Logan 4-H members attend 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip

 

[July 02, 2019]    Middletown 4-H’ers club members, Klarissa Helton (right) and Miranda Nelson attended the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip in June.

Citizenship Washington Focus offers high school teens opportunities to enjoy a behind-the-scenes look at our nation’s capital and the chance to meet their Congressional Representatives and Senators. Youth are immersed in the culture and history of Washington, D.C. through onsite workshops at many of the museums, memorials and other educational sites throughout the city and surrounding areas.

Through educational workshops and assemblies, teens learn to increase their individual commitment to citizen involvement and build lifetime skills for success, such as decision-making, debate and public presentation, team-building and consensus. In addition, the youth delegates participate in activities that encourage new and lasting friendships with teens from their own states and across the country.

Miranda shared that she enjoyed seeing and learning about all of the monuments and memorials in the DC area and their significance as to why they were there.

Klarissa stated “CWF was a great trip all together. I really liked how they let us go out and see all the monuments. The Holocaust Museum was the best part. Anyone who has the opportunity to go on this trip should definitely go!”

Additional information about the 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus trip can be found on the Illinois 4-H Website here: https://4h.extension. llinois.edu/events /citizenship-washington-focus 

[Patty Huffer
Extension Program Coordinator/4-H Youth Development]