LEON COUNTY 4-H MEMBER GOES TO D.C.

Leon County 4-H member Ryan McCarty travels to Washington D.C. for Texas 4-H Leadership Conference. Over the Thanksgiving Holidays 24 Texas 4-H State Recordbook Winners and four Chaperone's converged on our nation's capitol? These very lucky individuals were selected as the state winner in their category last summer during the state 4-H recordbook contest. Each summer their are over 10,000 recordbooks turned in for competition in the state of Texas and these 4-H members were at the top of the pile! Record keeping and 4-H Recordbooks are an important part of all Texas 4-H projects. By learning good record keeping skills, 4-H members are able to refelect annually, and over their career, the growth and development they have experienced in 4-H. Record keeping is done on a daily and monthly basis on all projects, recording such things as financial investments, learning experiences, goals of projects, and leadership. At the end of the 4-H year, 4-H members are encouraged to transfer their records into a Texas 4-H Recordbook, which is a competitive process allowsing youth to be evaluated with other youth in one of the categories. Recordbooks are a family affair that involves the 4-H member and an adult recording and completing the record book of project experiences, leadership, community service, awards, and non-4-H accomplishments. Over the Holidays 24 state winners traveled to Washington, D.C., to attend the Texas 4-H Leadership Conference. Their focus was to take their leadership skills to the highest level by learning to solve local problems; learning to build relationships; developing their character and making the best better. Located in our nation's capitol, the Texas 4-H Leadership Conference is a five-day event that trains allowed 4-H members to make a positive impact in their school, local community, state and country. The Texas Agrilife Extension Service selected Leon County Extension Agents Tommy and Wendy Neyland as two of the Chaperone's for this state activity.


pic caption: County Extension Agents Tommy Neyland & Wendy Neyland and State 4-H Recordbook Winner Ryan McARTY









Tommy Neyland, CEA-Ag
Texas Agrilife Extension Service