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Jason: To all of you that helped contribute to a successful 2015 for 4-H program
I want to say thank you.
Thank you for all that you have done to build um 4-H across the state of Indiana
and for having positive impacts on on youth.
I was just speaking to one of my friends the other day
and his son went to 4-H round up for the first time
and usually when he comes back he's talking about girls
and all the different activities that he was able to enjoy
but this time when he came back home he talked about engineering.
He talked about all the different academic activities that he was able to participate on campus
and he talked about what he had to do to be successful
and it started with improving his grades.
These are the types of impacts that 4-H has across the whole state.
We have impacts of giving youth different viewpoints on life,
showing them different opportunities, different career paths
and we do all this by teaching life skills to make the best better
and so for that I want to say thank you.
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4-H to me is not just a club or an organization that you join to a build your resume
4-H is a lifestyle.
It teaches you to be responsible, determined, and dedicated.
It teaches you show me life skills that will help you down the road in your future career plans.
4-H help me set goals
because part of the 4-H um thing is your first year you want to be able to have a few goals in mind
and after so many times in 4-H you just continue setting goals throughout your entire career
until the point where you're just so used to setting goals you just do it every day.
I have to say that I love my job
because it gives me the chance to work with kids from all over the state that are passionate
um and I think the amazing thing about 4-H science workshops
is it's 3 days of immersion for kids
and that's going to lead them to find out what they like
and maybe don't like for a future career
for a future field that they're interested in
maybe for a future college choice.
Daniel: What impresses me the most about animal science workshop
is um how organized, how organized they are
and a how they really tried to incorporate what you're suppose to be here for
into what you're actually going to be doing.
I've been to a lot of camps where they don't do that
and those camps are very frustrating.
Um and when they're really teach you things that you're going to be using one day
and giving you kind of a prelude to what you are going to be learning
um for me in vet school it was really nice to see what you're going to be getting into.
Paige: I told myself I was never going to run for an office position because it looked hard and scary.
Well that's changed in fifth grade and I got my first officer position.
and it was a low role, but it was still a role.
and now I've worked myself up to being my clubs president for 4 years
and I've been a club officer for 8 out of my 10 years.
Daniel: And it strengthened my leadership capabilities
and throughout different various activities I've been able to really step up
and become the leader that I know I was suppose to be.
Mitch: I've seen what a tremendous factor 4-H is in the lives of our young people around Indiana
and a I have to say that I am so heartened to see the program grow
and spread into let's say nontraditional places,
into our inner cities,
a helping some of our immigrants who have come to the state more recently.
I can't think of anything more positive for the future of this state
then that the values and the lessons, life lessons of 4-H
reaches many young people as possible.
To make a comment that I know is obvious to the people in the room
a far too many young people today absent an encounter with a great program like 4-H
will not learn the lessons of character, discipline, and purpose that are necessary for success later in life.
4-H has always been a central part of Indiana
and a the lives of young people
that has never been nearly so necessary as today
and so thanks to everyone who's a part of it
and who is taking it to new places
and to new um new young people
a for all the a benefit this will mean to us all over time.
Jo: Well the state junior leader conference is run by um the state junior leader council
which is elected each year.
Um and so we're here for a week and it's basically a 4 day conference
that is actually led by teens, the actual council.
It's a really great chance for them to actually lead one another and develop
um and hold actual leadership roles.
Claire: I was able to grow my organizational skills,
my empathy, my sympathy skills
and really know how to plan something and execute it fully through.
Adam: Our entire group of council members has a very wide variety of leadership styles
and it kind of helped me understand how my leadership style blends in with everybody else
Cara: What I see when youth come to junior leader conference
they've had the opportunity to um learn these skills that they back to their county
and actually do you know implement and use those skills they've developed.
Ryan: 4-H has helped me grow my confidence
by participating in a lot of conferences and conventions
because meeting new people all the time has helped me to give up give out a lot of speaking skills and meeting new people
so my confidence has been boosted a lot by meeting all these new people every time.
Austin: I was you know shy at first I think
and I think getting into 4-H helped me see that you know
I can talk talk to anyone and they don't care how, how I am
or how I might talk at all
Brittany: As a result of my 4-H participation
I feel like a more confident person
and I know what the life skills that I've gained through the 4-H program
I am that much closer to becoming the woman that I aspire to be in the future.
Sergio: Some of the teachers and some of the people that I've met that have been teaching the classes
that are so passionate about the things that they do that I want to learn to be more passionate
and learn more about what I like
and help other people who who or who need help with that
or need help be more passionate and help them be more confident with it.
Samm: 4-H really stresses belonging, independence, mastery and generosity
and 48 roundup gives kids a chance to really experience all 4 of those.
A they get to belong to a group
um not only from their county but from their area.
A their independence
many of these kids are going away from home for the first time on overnight trips
mastery
different classes that these kids are able to take
3 classes throughout the day on the second day of roundup
and generosity a as we convene on Purdue University the first day.
Kids are asked to bring a donation to the Ronald McDonald House of Indiana.
Jennifer: My kids will grow and they will remember this day at round up
and along with all the other trips they take with 4-H
and it just warms my heart because I can say once they become a student here at Purdue
and they graduate and they find that job in their degree
that I had something to do with it.
Sally: 4-H has helped my curiosity
by giving me giving me opportunities to be
curious about new environments and new people.
Meeting new people is a big factor in my curiosity.
A lot of people have I have met necessarily been able to relate to
but through 4-H we have something we can relate through.
Ethan: To me 4-H means the opportunity to explore new ideas
a safe environment where mistakes are possible
and everyone's there to learn and have fun.
Jay: It's a real pleasure to have this opportunity to say thank you
and congratulations to everyone involved in Indiana 4-H
for another terrific year.
You know I know it takes incredible effort on the part of our county educators,
our on campus specialists, our 4-H staff
a an army of of volunteers,
and those amazing 4-H members
to make Indiana 4-H the truly remarkable organization that it is
because I think a you're in an organization that truly live that motto of making the best better
and I see it in new initiatives that are bringing new 4-H clubs to new areas in our state.
A I see it in in new projects that are focused on the STEM disciplines.
I see it in your use of digital media a and to help support programming activity.
You know when I see Indiana 4-H blending the the traditional and the tried-and-true
with those things that are new and different
and and really positioning the organization
to continue to help our young men and women to develop in a positive and encouraging way
a but just know that you've got a dean that's a huge fan of 4-H
and I couldn't be more excited about the future of Indiana 4-H
and the directions that you're moving
and certainly a you have our deepest appreciation
and thanks for all your doing to make a difference in the lives of our Indiana youth.
Jacob: Participating in this years leadership conference
has allowed me to learn how to work with a broader range of people
a both in a teamwork activities
and activities where you may work by yourself for awhile and collaborate with others at a later point
Jacob: I really love this conference because not only do we come up here and
and you know meet other people from around the state of Indiana
but we help set up for the state fair and that we help helping
and that we help you know we're just helping everyone by through this.
Lacie: If you're looking for something that's like different
where you get to experience all kinds of things that you just wouldn't get to do
like meeting the lieutenant governor,
cooking for important people,
seeing the state house making bills
this is it like there's so much to do here
and it's such a it's a great way to like learn how to keep an open mind.
It's a good conference
Taylar: Um without 4-H I don't think I would be the person that I am today.
Um community service is an extremely big part of my life.
All of my clubs do community service each month
and we make donations and we do work days so
Meg: To me 4-H is working together
in communities as well as in different projects.
It's all about working with each other
and learning together, being involved together
you might be taught something
and you know you might remember in school
but 4-H is involving and being involved in things is how you truly remember
and learn and you learn to grow with those things.
Allison: My opinion of what makes 4-H great
is everybody is accepted in 4-H.
You know you can be so many different things
and everybody is there
and you know it doesn't matter if you're black or if your white
and you fit together
and it's like a family that's not technically family
and I think that's just something special you know I think the what makes
Sergio: I think the what makes 4-H great is just kind of the diversity
and the individualism that people have
I mean some people can be showing um sheep or something
and then other people are just doing art or something.
It's just the just the diversity of what it is is probably what is the best about it.
There's so many different options you can choose from.
I just think that's great.
Jeremy: What I like with working with the 4-H kids
is seeing the kids realize that they can actually do something
and you know that even though they're not given all the information on how to complete a task
they can figure it out
and um they're able to to do some very impressive things
if if we give them the tools to accomplish them
and just get out of their way.
Um and it's once they've figured out that they can do it
you know they typically will go on and do great things.
Renee: As we look at putting a wrap on the 2015 4-H program year for the state of Indiana
it causes me to just a sit back and reflect a bit
on the number of changes that we've introduced over the course of the past year
as we build to the future.
A the capacity of this organization will be enhanced by the new enrollment system that that we've a put in place.
A we we have new a procedures, new mechanisms for helping us facilitate our work
and I just can't express enough my appreciation to our staff,
the faculty on campus who helped us develop resources,
a the support staff, and local offices as well as the
um and when combined these individuals comprise our feet, our legs, our hands, our ears
and help us build a program for the future of young people across this great state.
Again my appreciation and thanks.