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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, 4-H is the largest youth organization in the State
3 of Illinois, challenging nearly 300,000 Illinois youth and
4 adults with unique "hands on" learning each year; and
 
5     WHEREAS, 4-H is an effective educational program, based on
6 the expertise of the United States Department of Agriculture
7 and University of Illinois Extension, planned by local, county,
8 and State committees; and
 
9     WHEREAS, More than 25,000 caring, nurturing adults work
10 together with 4-H youth in family and community environments to
11 create real life learning laboratories that help youth practice
12 skills they need today and will continue to use in their
13 future; and
 
14     WHEREAS, 4-H enriches Illinois youth with important
15 programs that make countless differences in the lives of youth
16 and adults and the communities in which they live; and
 
17     WHEREAS, 4-H is a family and community effort supplementing
18 and complementing the home, church, and school with
19 action-oriented and practical educational experiences; and
 
20     WHEREAS, This year, Illinois 4-H youth celebrate the
21 national 4-H movement, an idea that was conceived by early
22 Illinois educators and now annually reaches more than 8 million
23 American youth and is found in 82 nations around the world;
24 therefore, be it
 
25     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
26 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
27 we hereby designate Wednesday, March 16, 2005, as 4-H Day at
28 the State Capitol, and we salute the rich traditions of
29 Illinois 4-H club work and the outstanding accomplishments of

 

 

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1 Illinois 4-H members and leaders.