Illinois State 4-H Award Areas Focus of your 4-H work in service to/for others. Work should focus what you Community Service – have done as an individual, not only as a member of your club working on group projects. Focus of your 4-H work in the art of communicating with others, including Communications but not – public presentations, 4-H ambassadors, Speaking for Illinois 4-H, presentations to elected limited to officials, television/radio interviews, etc. Focus on the development of your leadership skills, including offices held, committees Leadership – served on, programs lead, public presentations on behalf of 4-H, any of the following Teen Leadership roles - teaching, mentoring, planning, promoting, advocating, or advising, etc. Focus on your own personal growth through participating in the 4-H program. Personal Growth – Could include, but is not limited to growth in skills, demonstrated initiative, self-confidence, interpersonal interactions, poise, etc. Focus on your 4-H work in your project (i.e. Woodworking, Photography, Project Mastery primary – Beef). Only one project should be included in the application and members should not submit an application in more than one area. For award is defined as those “Project Mastery” purposes, “project” areas of enrollment as listed in the Illinois 4-H Clover or as a county-offered project (i.e Llamas, Reading, etc.). A member could include multiple areas of study in their project mastery application if the member was enrolled in multiple areas within a specific project during those 3 years. (i.e. A member could complete their application in Food and Nutrition and include information on Cooking 301, Meat and Other Proteins, and Food Preservation OR a Woodworking Project Mastery application could include information from Woodworking Levels I, II and III.) Illinois 4-H Award Application 90221 Revised September, 2015 Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, George F. Czapar, Director, University of Illinois Extension. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. The 4-H Name and Emblem are protected under 18 U.S.C. 707.
Illinois State 4-H Award Areas Community Service – Focus of your 4-H work in service to/for others. Work should focus what you have done as an individual, not only as a member of your club working on group projects. Communications – Focus of your 4-H work in the art of communicating with others, including but not limited to public presentations, 4-H ambassadors, Speaking for Illinois 4-H, presentations to elected officials, television/radio interviews, etc. Leadership – Focus on the development of your leadership skills, including offices held, committees served on, programs lead, public presentations on behalf of 4-H, any of the following Teen Leadership roles - teaching, mentoring, planning, promoting, advocating, or advising, etc. Personal Growth – Focus on your own personal growth through participating in the 4-H program. Could include, but is not limited to growth in skills, demonstrated initiative, self-confidence, interpersonal interactions, poise, etc. Project Mastery – Focus on your 4-H work in your primary project (i.e. Woodworking, Photography, Beef). Only one project should be included in the application and members should not submit an application in more than one “Project Mastery” area. For award purposes, “project” is defined as those areas of enrollment as listed in the Illinois 4-H Clover or as a county-offered project (i.e Llamas, Reading, etc.). A member could include multiple areas of study in their project mastery application if the member was enrolled in multiple areas within a specific project during those 3 years. (i.e. A member could complete their application in Food and Nutrition and include information on Cooking 301, Meat and Other Proteins, and Food Preservation OR a Woodworking Project Mastery application could include information from Woodworking Levels I, II and III.) Illinois 4-H Award Application 90221 Revised September, 2015 Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Acts of May and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, George F. Czapar, Director, University of Illinois Extension. University of Illinois Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment. The 4-H Name and Emblem are protected under 18 U.S.C. 707.