COLLEGE STATION — Two state agencies have joined forces in a program that may help redirect the lives of young juvenile offenders from across Texas. The program will use existing 4-H programs as its core but also will involve more strongly the parents of offenders in helping them get on a positive track, a Texas…
COLLEGE STATION — On the introduction to her AGED 340 final exam, Texas A&M University’s Dr. Chris Townsend writes, “This experience is worth 150 points.” But to students in her honors class for professional leadership development, the experience is really worth much more. “Every once in a while, you walk away from a class thinking…
COLLEGE STATION — For inner city kids like sixth-grader Queendra Wood, M.C. Williams Middle School in Houston has become more than just a place of education. It is now a learning ground for her success as a leader. The 4-H Youth Development Program of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service is putting leadership into action with…
Texas 4-H Event Adds New Twist To Eight Decades of Tradition
COLLEGE STATION — In 1929, Lorene Russell Ludwig had just turned 17 and was making history in Dallas County as the first 4-H Gold Star Award recipient in Texas. The skills she had learned through 4-H would help equip her to survive the Great Depression and World War II. “All of the things we did…
COLLEGE STATION — After 84 years, Zeta Gandy, the oldest surviving member of the first girls’ 4-H club in the nation, still enjoys home-canned tomatoes. Gandy, a 94-year-old Milano resident, was 10 years old when she joined the first Tomato Club for girls in 1912. It was organized near Milano in the small community of…
COLLEGE STATION –The Texas 4-H program is reaching more children than ever before, with membership increasing by 44 percent over the last two years. Today, the enrollment of more than 628,000 youth is one indication that the 4-H and Youth Development Program of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service has something to offer almost every child….
MCKINNEY NAMED DIRECTOR OF TEXAS 4-H CENTER
COLLEGE STATION –More than $920,000 in scholarships will be awarded to outstanding young people at the 1995 Texas 4-H Roundup at Texas A&M University June 5-8. Roundup is the state’s biggest annual 4-H event. About 2,000 young people will gather this year to practice leadership and demonstrate skills and knowledge gained through work in 4-H…
