4-H Members Attend 4-H Citizenship Focus

This press release was written and sent to the press on June 21, 2016.  It was also published on the Robeson County Cooperative Extension web page.

A delegation of two Robeson County 4-H members and one adult attended 4-H Citizenship North Carolina Focus, which was held in Raleigh.  The Robeson County delegation returned home after three days in which more than 140 youth and adults representing 61 4-H programs across the state gathered to exchange ideas, gain knowledge, and learn through hands-on experiences about the importance of being an active and engaged citizen.

Alex Evans and Maurice Rogers were the 4-H members who represented Robeson County at the June 13-15 conference.  Through various conference sessions and facilitated discussions, delegates learned and shared information related to local, state, and national government as well as learned how they could make an impact in the area of citizenship.

The highlight of the conference was the Legislative Breakfast where delegates had a chance to meet and have photos taken with their elected officials.  Senator Jane Smith took part in the breakfast and exchanged ideas with the youth and talked about policies being discussed in Raleigh that would affect them.  Following the breakfast, delegates traveled to the Legislative Building in Raleigh to meet with their elected officials and their staff.  Representative Ken Waddell and Charles Graham took time from their busy schedules to sit down and talk with and encourage our youth.

North Carolina 4-H is Cooperative Extension’s youth development program.  The 4-H Citizenship North Carolina Focus is sponsored by North Carolina’s Electric Cooperatives – Touchstone Energy.

For more information on this event or other 4-H programs, please contact Shea Ann DeJarnette, Extension 4-H Youth Development Agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Robeson County Center, at 910-671-3276, by E-mail at Shea_Ann_DeJarnette@ncsu.edu, or visit //robeson.ces.ncsu.edu.  North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status, or disability.  In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation.