Leon County 4-H Leadership Team advances to State

LEFT TO RIGHT- Leon County 4H Leaders 4 Life State Qualifers Tommy Neyland CEAAG/ NR, Taylor McCgill, Kelcey Cockrell, Reagan Robertson, Bruen Camp, David Roach, Wendy Neyland CEA- FCS and not pictured Jacob Rodell. Contributed photo On April 29, 2010 the Leon County Leaders 4 Life team of Reagan Robertson, Kelcey Cockrell, David Roach, Taylor McGill, Bruin Camp, and Jacob Rodell competed in the District 8 4H Leaders 4 Life Contest. The team placed first in the district contest and will advance to the state competition at Texas 4H Round Up in June. Leaders 4 Life is a new 4H contest and this is the first year for this competition. Youth leadership development at the county level is currently delivered 254 different ways. Some counties conduct a thorough training while oth- ers may not even have an active County 4-H Council because they only have one 4-H club or have been unable to develop a structure that works effectively. Counties have limited resources available to help them train their County 4-H Council Teams. The Leaders 4 Life Program will provide additional resources to equip counties in conducting high quality leadership training, parliamentary procedure training, and service learning activities. Over the next three years, there are plans to expand Leaders 4 Life Program by adding components that are more age appropriate for Junior and Intermediate age youth.

The goals of the Leaders 4 Life Program are to increase the leadership skills of youth to equip them for future leadership opportunities in adulthood by providing counties with a toolbox of resources to effectively train youth in leadership, parliamentary procedure and service learning. Develop a state leadership contest for County teams to demonstrate their skills. Equip members to be effective in leadership, parliamentary procedure and service learning.