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^Reporter
October 8, 2008
Cotton Boll and consumer
judging, Forestry judging,
and Livestock judging
meet seasonally on
Wednesday afternoon. The
Horse team meets on sec
ond and fourth Thursdays
at the Rec. Department.
In 2007, more than
200,000 youths participat
ed in Georgia 4-H pro
grams. Besides projects
and competitions, mem
bers can go to camps and
events all over the state
and nation. Special UGA
football and basketball
days, camps at the beach,
mountains and city and
even trips to Washington,
D.C., offer exciting ways for
our students to learn while
having fun.
Monroe County 4-H activ
ities this year included
Project Achievement,
where the youth can pre
pare a speech and visual
aids to compete against
others at a district comple
tion, Junior Conference for
7th and 8th graders, Fall
Forum for senior 4-H’ers,
and Summer Camp is
available to all age groups.
But the 4-H’ers aren’t the
only ones having fun. Adult
volunteers work help 4-
H’ers prepare for competi
tions, sharing their knowl
edge and, most important,
spending their time.
“I don’t know what we’d
do without our volunteers,”
Abbie Bunn, County
Extension Program
Assistant said. “They work
with our 4-H’ers on so
many projects and teams.”
Volunteer-led activities
include the horse quiz
bowl, horse judging, live
stock team, forestry judg
ing and S.A.F.E. shotgun
team. Bunn is the County
Extension program assis
tant for 4-H and youth.
She also goes into class
rooms to conduct monthly
4-H meetings. Along with
Jenny Brown, County
Extension agent for 4-H
and youth, Bunn conducts
the monthly breakfast and
dinner meeting. Kathy
Ivey, Janet Hencely and
Happy Wyatt, Monroe
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County 4-H certified volun
teers lead the horse team,
while Bill Waldrep, certi
fied volunteer and John
Pope, county extension
agent ag and natural
resources are responsible
for the livestock team and
the forestry judging team.
Sandy Linkous, certified
volunteer leads the cotton
boll and consumer judging
team. Nipper Bunn, Bill
Myers and Brian Walker
are the certified S.A.F.E.
shotgun coaches. There are
many other volunteers that
help us in so many ways
we really appreciate all our
volunteers and all their
hard work.
Many volunteers are 4-H
alumni, so they recognize
the benefits of 4-H. Jordan
Harris and Cameron
Parker both agree that 4-H
helped them improve their
speaking skills and helped
them learn to be better
team players when work
ing with others. Chelsea
Bunn former Monroe
County 4-H’er said, “She
meet so many people and
really learned the value of
networking through 4-H.”
To learn more about
Georgia 4-H’s legacy, or to
become a part of its future,
call Cooperative Extension
at (478) 994-7014, or come
by the UGA Cooperative
Extension office at 90
Martin King Luther, Jr.
Drive, Forsyth, Georgia
31029 or visit the Monroe
County 4-H Web site at
www.ugaextesnion.com/mo
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In 2008, 4-H is “Still
Keepin’ It Green.” And it
couldn’t be done without
Monroe County. 4-H'ers,
volunteers, agents and pro
gram assistants.
Local 4-H’ers are proud
to continue the tradition of
mastery, generosity, belong
ing and independence
through various activities
and especially by helping
the community. This year
they have participate in
three rabies clinics across
Monroe County. They have
help Save-A-Pet with their
pet parade, assisted with
Special Olympics, Senior 4-
H’ers have taught classes
for younger 4-H’er and
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Monroe County 4-H'ers
help the community, but
they also need help from
the community. They need
support through funding,
volunteers and guidance in
their project areas.
“Monroe County 4-H pro
grams offer so much to the
youths here,” said Jenny
Brown, Cooperative
Extension agent with the
University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences.
“There is a project in 4-H
that interests almost
everyone. Whether it’s
through learning and judg
ing events, activities, com
munity volunteering or
statewide competitions, our
students are learning more
about themselves and how
they can better their com
munities.”
More than 600 active 4-H
members from 5th through
12th grade are enrolled in
Monroe County. Extension
4-H agents and program
assistants meet with 4-H
members in all the elemen
tary schools in 5th grade
and in the middle schools
in 6th grade by going into
their classrooms on a
monthly basis. Juniors (7th
and 8th grades) and sen
iors (9th to 12th grade)
meet at the Extension
office for breakfast once a
month and for dinner once
a month. Home School 4-H
also meets once monthly at
the Extension office.
Judging teams such as
Horse Quiz Bowl team
from 2007.
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A s I write this I’m
watching the sun
rise over Rock
Eagle Lake and
hearing the
sounds of a thou
sand people begin
ning to stir for a
new day. It’s a dis
trict project achieve
ment week here,
and my mind drifts
back over the years.
I know with great
certainty that 4-H
was an essential el
ement in my devel
opment as a young person, as
an adult and as a profession
al. 4-H taught me my leader
ship abilities, drove my ambi
tions and molded my life.
4-H’s full scope of peo
ple, places, experiences,
opportunities, friendships,
hopes and dreams
inspired me, equipped me
and challenged me. My 4-
H story is one that is
repeated by hundreds of
thousands of adults as
they reflect on this organ
ization. It has and contin
ues to be the essential
element in positive youth
development and educa
tion for so many people.
4-H has been the catalyst
for the knowledge in my
head, the passion from
my heart, the work of my
hands and the attention
to my health.
As I reflect on the past
year, I recall the strategic
and purposeful steps that
were taken to assure that
the content of 4-H cur
riculum remains relevant
to schools and comple
mentary to the education
system of our state. We
joined our colleagues
across the nation in pro
moting Science
Engineering and
Technology (SET) and
have continued our
dynamic work in healthy
lifestyles. Across our
state, we have worked
with school officials to be
certain 4-H is an integral
part of the program and a
valued partner in educa
tion.
I remember the extraor
dinary dedication of our
agents and specialists
who hosted the 2007
national meeting of 4-H
agents. I vividly recall the
realization of the largest
appropriation in our orga
nization’s history as the
groundbreaking ceremony
was held for the new din
ing hall at Rock
Eagle 4-H Center. I
recall the statewide
support of the pro
grams and facilities
on the south end of
Jekyll Island.
Last year brought
expansion to our
citizenship and
leadership pro
grams and
increased focus on fair
ness and ethical behavior
in our animal science
education programs.
Environmental education
continues to expand, and
we have taken steps to
assure that we will camp
more youth than ever
before in the near future.
We have bright, enthu
siastic and engaged fac
ulty at the county and
state levels. We have
hard-working, dedicated
employees at all loca
tions. We have a large
and engaged alumni base
and a diverse and active
population of young peo
ple.
With this support sys
tem in place, we will con
tinue to focus our efforts
on our partnership with
schools, our attention to
engaging youth in
acquiring the essential
elements of positive
youth development. We
will continue our com
mitment as educators to
science engineering and
technology. And we will
expand our world citi
zenship efforts.
As donors, volunteers,
parents and partici
pants, we need your help
to keep 4-H moving for
ward and serving youth.
We have embarked on
the replacement of the
54 cabins at Rock Eagle
4-H Center. This effort
requires all of 4-H to
step up and provide
resources to assure a
bright future at the
world’s largest 4-H cen
ter.
2007 was a record year
for us, but the rest of
2008 must be better.
That motto of ours is a
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confident we will “make
the best better” again.
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the state director of
Georgia 4-H
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