Logan
County 4-H volunteer competes for national honor
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[April 11, 2017]
Logan
County 4-H volunteer, Leslie Starasta, of Lincoln has advanced to
national competition in the National 4-H Council Salute to
Excellence Volunteer of the Year contest after earning both the
state and north central states top awards.
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Starasta serves as volunteer leader for two 4-H
clubs, the Cloverdale 4-H Club and the LoCo Robo 4-H Robotics Club,
and has also served as coach for the Logan County 4-H Horse Bowl
Team as well as assisted with the YES! Junior Leadership Club
serving teens in Logan County.
“Enthusiasm, dedication, and compassion. If you were to look in the
Logan County 4-H ‘dictionary,’ you would definitely find Leslie
Starasta’s name next to each of these characteristics,” said
University of Illinois Extension Program Coordinator Patty Huffer.
“Leslie is a great networker and is dedicated to always having her
eyes and ears open for additional ways to give youth valuable
experiences.”
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Starasta is an information services librarian at Lincoln Christian
University.
The national winner will be announced during National Volunteer
Week, April 23-29. As the Illinois winner, Starasta will be honored
at the Illinois State Fair. National 4-H Council will also make a
$200 donation to the Logan County 4-H program in Starasta’s name.
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“We are proud to endorse Leslie for this national award,” said
Pat McGlaughlin, U of I Extension 4-H youth development specialist. “Leslie
exhibits all the characteristics we admire in our volunteers. She is a positive
role model who helps create inviting, caring environments for youth to learn and
grow as leaders.”
More than 20,000 volunteers assist with Illinois 4-H. To learn
more about 4-H, visit 4-H.illinois.edu online.
About 4-H: Illinois 4-H empowers and prepares Illinois youth for success.
University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in
Illinois. Illinois 4-H impacts the lives of 200,000 youth each year through
sustained learning clubs and groups and short-term programming.
[Patty Huffer
Extension Program Coordinator
University of Illinois Extension] |