National 4-H Week proclamation

1:09:02Is anyone here for National Four H Week? Please come up to the podium.

1:09:11Yeah.

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1:09:19What did they think about the rest?

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1:09:24I'll go ahead and read the resolution. Resolution number 21295, a resolution by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, declaring October 3rd through October 9th. two thousand twenty one as National Four H Week. Whereas 4-H started in 1902 with the original motto of to make the best better. And whereas 4-H is the nation's largest youth development and mentoring organization with over 6.5 million members. And

1:09:54whereas the 4-H Youth Development Program has served young people ages 5 through 18 in our state and in Pasco County since 1909. Pasco County's 4-H Youth Development Program's mission is to use a learn-by-doing approach to help youth gain the knowledge and skills they need to be responsible, productive citizens. And whereas to achieve its mission, 4-H assesses and the expertise the expertise and resources of the University of Florida

1:10:24and a nationwide network of cooperative extension services. Facilities and staff. NRAS, the 4-H program, has broadened its program areas to encompass not only agriculture and animal science, but also public speaking, technology, wildlife, forestry, water conservation, engineering, and many other topics of interest to today's youth. NRAS 4-H Youth and volunteers across Florida devote thousands of hours to serve their communities annually and other service.

1:10:55Nan' now therefore be it resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of Pasco County, Florida, that said Board hereby proclaims the week of october third through the ninth, 2021 as National 4 H week. Done and resolved in regular session with the quorum present and voting this 28th day of September 2021.

1:11:12Second. Motion is second. All those in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Aye. Motion passed five zero. Welcome. Is this one family or a couple? Okay. I wasn't sure, I was just feeling sorry for somebody but

1:11:27They're real ac they're real active and I have a grandson that's in four eight right now and Uh appreciate everything y'all do for the kids because it's a great program. The entire board I know Appreciates all that you do. Would you like to speak and

1:11:43I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for recognizing National 4-H Week and all the work that our kids do. Um I'm Shayla Ryder, I'm the Pasco County 4-H agent, so I kind of oversee the program overall for the county. Um we have a couple of our kids that came. Ov obviously a lot of our kids are in school right now, so some of them couldn't make it and our team leaders and stuff like that. Um but I mean we have over a dozen 4-H clubs throughout the county. We have on average around 300 kids enrolled every year in Pasco County 4-H. Um, and

1:12:13they dedicate hundreds of hours to their projects from animal science to STEM to environmental science, all the different project areas that you listed in the resolution as well. Um and they are involved at the c from the club level to county, district, state, and national levels within their 4-H project areas and all that kind of stuff. So they really dedicate a lot of their time and a lot of their effort into these programs. Um and are just amazing youth learning life skills and leadership and citizenship and all these things to become well-rounded youth and productive

1:12:43citizens for Pasco County and for Florida Fore H overall and we're just very excited to recognize all of them and we hope we'll you all help us in celebrate a national four H week next week. So um but thank you again.

1:12:55Uh oh. We got Minnie Luke Minnie Luke Bryan right there in the in the in the hat.

1:13:03I'd love to see if we can invite the f your four H group to our blueberry farm.

1:13:06Okay. Yeah. Welcome there.

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1:14:30Yeah, she's twelve. And then Colin in the back, the tall one. That's Colin Loban.

1:14:37How old is he?

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