Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
3/15/02
Contacts:
Brenda Allen, 4-H Youth Development, (515) 294-1567, bsallen@iastate.edu
Tracy S. Petersen, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515)
294-9915
Cass County 4-H Member To Attend National Conference
AMES, Iowa -- Teresa Jurchen, Cumberland, has been named a delegate to the 2002 National 4-H Conference, April 6 through 13, at the National 4-H Council in Chevy Chase, Md. Jurchen, 17, is the daughter of Jeff and Linda Jurchen.
Joining Jurchen will be Renee Schmitt of Rudd, Nate Hertel of Jefferson, Andy Determan of Early and Kari Entriken of Webster City. Dee Colwell of Woodbine and Helen Ackerman of Cedar Falls are attending the conference as adult delegates.
This year's conference theme is Building a Global Community: The Power of Youth.
"This year we'll focus on the 4-H centennial anniversary, as well as the Conversations on Youth Development initiative sponsored by the National 4-H Council," Brenda Allen, Iowa 4-H youth specialist, said. That initiative is the result of a series of conversations held over the past several months by 4-H supporters to create a national policy for youth development.
The delegates will attend meetings and focus groups that address recommendations from the conversations and how they relate to 4-H programs across the nation. They include: healthier and safer youth, diversity and how it empowers change, ethics, making education a global priority and the digital divide.
The delegates also will spend a day on Capitol Hill, meeting with members of the U.S. Congress and presenting the National Conversations on Youth Development recommendations.
Jurchen is a nine-year 4-H member who has completed several major projects including visual arts, beef and sheep. She has served on the county and state 4-H councils as well as the county 4-H youth committee. She also has attended 4-H camps and the Iowa 4-H Youth Conference.
"4-H has taught me to be a more confident person," Jurchen said. "It has helped me to realize my strengths and to learn to work to the best of my ability."
Jurchen's trip is sponsored by The Des Moines Register. For more information about 4-H contact your Iowa State University Extension county office.
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