Changing the World

  We tell our 4-H members that the sky is the limit for them.  We encourage them to strike out and change the world for the better.  Today, on the last day of Congress that was the case.  It was time for our annual community service project and our youth joined together to prepare, package, and ready for distribution more than 80,000 meals.  These meals will go to families in need right here in North Carolina.
  4-H partnered with Feeding Children Everywhere to make these nutritious meals.  The red lentil meals include seasonings, grains, and protein.  Each bag made is six meals.  Each box pack by an assembly line includes 48 bags.  It was a labor of love, pride, and education by our youth packing meals to help other youth.  Not even a complaint about a hairnet by one of them.  Of course some were more fashionable in their hairnets then others....
  After the stacking the boxes and getting the photos it was time to wind up the 2017 Congress.  We had our slideshow, and a few last minute exciting announcements.  Our very own Maurice Rogers was selected for 4-H National Congress thanks to his hard work, and our own Alex Evans was selected to attend National 4-H Conference.  So proud of these two and their hard work.
  After we said goodbye to our friends and loaded up to head home we came up with a new tradition.  the state 4-H program publishes a yearbook highlighting the year's events and the counties.  Starting this year each member of our county delegation will sign the book, and a list of highlights and successes will be written in the book.  The books stay on our coffee table in the lobby for folks to look at for a year and then are placed in our office library.  This way our youth can give their impression of Congress and they will go down in Robeson County 4-H History, just like this 4-H Congress has now.