Author: Cathy Toole
Planning Unit: Henry County CES
Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The Land Grant Universities have been developing leaders for over 100 years and the Henry County Cooperative Extension Service has been doing the same since 1925. Much like as the University of Kentucky’s slogan, “We Grow Ideas”, in Henry County we grow great leaders. The strength of the extension program in the county lies in the roots or foundation of leadership opportunities found within all three program areas. The seeds are planted within the 4-H program where:
Curtis Coombs, the youngest to serve on the Henry County Extension Council, a graduate of the UK College of Agriculture, and a ten 4-H member stated, “4-H to me is friendship, leadership, and opportunity. Memories that last a lifetime and skills that help make it through a lifetime.”
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