Political Quotes

“in 2002, the 4-H movement celebrates its centennial as one of America's premier youth development organizations. Reflecting its historic vision, Congress is commemorating this event that has brought together our nation's youth, youth leaders, and communities for over a century and created youth development strategies for the future. No other youth organization spans the nation like the 4-H movement, traveling the most remote roads of rural America and the most diverse streets of our large cities. 4-H is uniquely poised to bring together youth through collaboration, engagement, and a commitment to civic responsibility to build a nation of strong communities. 4-H is in every county in every state, in every U.S. territory and the District of Columbia and 3,067 countries around the world. The 4-H mission is to create supportive environments for diverse youth and adults to reach their fullest potential. The 100 year-old program has molded itself to meet the needs of our citizens by focusing on developing rural, suburban and urban youth and teaching youth utilizing the research and knowledge base of our state's land grant institutions. 4-H has broadened its program areas to encompass not only agriculture and animal science, but also public speaking, computers, wildlife, forestry and many other topics of interest to today's youth.”