Logan County 4-H’er attends State Junior Leadership Conference

[April 10, 2017]  LINCOLN - Logan County 4-H member Caroline Ahrends, from the Chester 4-H Club in Lincoln, recently attended the 2017 State 4-H Junior Leadership Conference. This annual event brought together over 100 junior high delegates and chaperones for a weekend of fun and educational programming. The conference was planned and organized by the Illinois State 4-H Youth Leadership Team, including Grace Skelton, from the Middletown 4-H’ers club, who helped lead the weekend events.

As a participant at this junior high conference, delegates develop their leadership skills, meet and interact with youth across the state, take part in community service, and view state leadership opportunities in action while networking with the State 4-H Youth Leadership Team.

Grace Skelton (left) and Caroline Ahrends

When asked what she took away from the conference, Ahrends stated she “learned how to be a leader and learned a lot about myself while having fun doing so. My favorite activities were bovine basics, where we learned all about cows, and architecture, where we made a structure out of trash and recycled materials while working together as a group. Most of all I enjoyed meeting other 4-Hers from other counties and met a lot of people I had things in common with.” Ahrends added “I think all 7th and 8th graders who get a chance to go to this conference should go.”

To learn more about the Logan 4-H program and opportunities such as the Junior Leadership Conference, contact the Logan County 4-H Office at 732-8289.

[Patty Huffer
Extension Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension]

About 4-H: Illinois 4-H strives to help youth learn skills for living. University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in Illinois. Illinois 4-H aims to impact the lives of 200,000 youth each year through sustained learning clubs and groups and short-term programming.