HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-20-2011 - 4gORANGE COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: September 20, 2011
Action Agenda
Item No.
SUBJECT: National 4-H Week in Orange County Pr_oclamataon
DEPARTMENT: N.C. Cooperative Extension PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No
ATTACHMENT(S):
National 4-H Week P-reclamation
1NFORMATIONF CONTACT:
Craig_Tucker, 4-H Agent, 245-2057
Carl Matyac, Cooperative Extension
Director, 245-2051
PURPOSE: To approve a proclamation recognizing the week of October 2"d through the 8th,
2011 as National 4-H Week in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: With an expansive network reaching every corner of the country, 4-H is the
nation's largest youth development organization. More than 6 million 4-H youth in urban
neighborhoods, suburban schoolyards and rural farming communities stand out among their
peers -- building revolutionary opportunities and implementing community-wide change at an
early age.
On the County level, Orange County 4-H plays host to a number of programs that range from
after-school to a five-week long middle school summer camp that offers affordable access to
fantastic enrichment opportunities. National 4-H week is time to celebrate and showcase the
ways in which 4-H is making a difference on the county, state, and national Level.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with consideration of the
proclamation.
RECOMMENDATION(S): The ManagEr recommends that the Board approve the attached
proclamation recognizing the week of October 2"d through the 8th, 2011 as National 4-H Week
in Orange County and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation on behalf of the Board.
JOIN I OF RE%PONSIgIONTY
North Carolina
ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
Proclamation
Natianal 4-H Week in Orange County
WHEREAS, 4-H youth across the nation are leading efforts to solve problems in their
communities and make a difference for their futures; and
WHEREAS, 4-H is the largest youth- development organization in North Carolina and the
largest in the nation with over six million participants; and
WHEREAS, 4-H in _North Carolina claims 218,669 youth members and 2.1,413 volunteers,
whale Orange County's 4-H program- numfiers morE than- 140 members and more than 35
volunteers and wiih over 2,700 youth reached through school-enrichment programs ~n both
Orange County Schoois and -Chapel-Hill-Carrboro City Schools; and
WHEREAS, 4-H as part of the NC Cooperative Extension System of NC State University and
NCA&T State University is a program where youth team through opportunities that provide
them hands-on experiences in 4-H's mission mandates of science, engineering and
technalagy; healthy living; and citizenship; and
WHEREAS, 4-H has connected youth and tfieir communities with the innovative research
and resources from our nation's 106 land-grant universities and colleges for more- than 101
years;
NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim
October 2-8, 2011, as National 4-H Week in Orange County and urge the people of the
County to take advantage of the opportunity to become more aware of this special program
that enhances young people's interests in their futures as part of Orange County 4-H Youth
Development and to join us in recognizing the unique partnership between the County and
the state University System.
This the 20th day of September 2011.
Bernadette Pelissier, Chair
Orange County Board of Commissioners
State University
R&T State University
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