FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Ann Bailey Berry, WVU Extension Communications
Phone: (304) 293-4221, ext. 3416; e-mail: Ann.Berry@mail.wvu.edu
To be archived (4-H) after 9/1/07
State 4-H Day recently attracted more than 200 award-winning 4-H’ers from across West Virginia to Lewis County High School where they competed for awards in visual presentations and public speaking.
Organized by West Virginia University Extension Service, the annual event gives junior and senior 4-H members opportunities to present subject matter knowledge and showcase leadership and social skills.
All contestants competing in State 4-H Day were county winners in their respective
areas.
Parents, friends, and 4-H members from 28 counties applauded young presenters’ skills.
Judges awarded points for a variety of criteria, including content, composition, delivery and presentation time.
Top-scoring 4-H members in each category were awarded gold ribbons. The winners had their photos taken as they again demonstrated their award-winning skills before the camera. (View the 4-H Day Photo Gallery.)
Presentations and public speaking help 4-H’ers achieve two of 4-H’s program initiatives—building healthy lifestyles and building leadership abilities—by involving youths in their communities and enhancing their communications skills.
A visual presentation is an illustrated talk during which the presenter is “demonstrating how to actually do something” by telling the audience “what, why and how.”
Educators with the West Virginia University Extension Service report that skills developed in both public speaking and visual presentation categories help participants achieve self-confidence in front of others, which can be translated into success in school now and at work later.
The 4-H’ers are part of a national organization which, according to the National 4-H Council, “prides itself on being a community of youth across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.”
West Virginia’s 4-H Youth Development Program is sponsored by the WVU Extension Service in each of the state’s 55 counties. WVU Extension forms learning partnerships with West Virginians of all ages and from all walks of life, enabling them to improve their lives and communities.
For more information about 4-H projects, clubs and other activities, contact your county’s WVU Extension Service office.
Details about 4-H and other WVU Extension Service programs also are available on the Web.
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June 6, 2007
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