Logan
County 4-H’er attends State Junior Leadership Conference
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[April 12, 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.
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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.
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.”
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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. |