Recordkeeping & Project Awards

Record Keeping Awards and Definition of Terms:  

Certificate of Recognition:
Available for members choosing not to apply for a project award or for members who have already received all project awards for which they are interested at their age level.

Intermediate and Senior Project Awards (Plaques and/or Bars):
Intermediates and Seniors may apply for up to five (5) of the following project awards with the understanding that Citizenship & Leadership has to be included with each project area:
 

Citizenship examples:
¨      host a meeting
¨      lead pledges
¨      serve on a committee
¨      work with club on community service or fundraising project
¨      4-H’ers for 4-H donation
¨      National 4-H Week promotion
¨      herdsmanship at the county fair
¨      hosting the exhibit building at the fair
¨      cleaning show rings and wash racks
¨      picking up trash at the fairgrounds
¨      pre and post fair clean up
¨      work at fund raisers

Project Citizenship examples:
¨      help a new 4-H member with a project
¨      serve on a committee to plan a community event
¨      help others at a workshop related to your project
¨      prepare a display for a community event
¨      recycle articles related to your project
¨      take your project to show people at the elderly care center, day care center, preschool, or library
¨      make a donation to charity, care facility, food pantry, or needy family
¨      volunteer at a community event related to your project
¨      make a gift for someone related to your project
¨      care for animals, yard, garden, etc. (or for friends or neighbors while they are away)
¨      plant flowers, bake a cake, decorate tray favors
¨      volunteer to babysit, make and donate bird feeders

Communications examples:
¨      answering roll call
¨      club presentations
¨      making posters to promote a club fund raiser
¨      community service project
¨      working exhibit
¨      educational presentation
¨      share-the-fun act
¨      4-H poster contest
¨      speaking part at a 4-H event
¨      public service announcements on the radio to promote 4-H

Project Communications examples:
¨      any of the county communications examples related to a project area
¨      write a report dealing with a project area
¨      create a display or poster related to a project area
¨      talk about or show your project to a class, non 4-H friends, community club, radio, etc.
-      interview an expert in your project area
¨      write 4-H newsletter articles or local newspaper article
¨      take photos or make a scrapbook of your project to show others