Introduced Version
SENATE RESOLUTION No. ___
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOL UTION
A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana 4-H and
recognizing February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the
Statehouse.
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, read first time and referred to Committee on
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Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024)
SENATE RESOLUTION ____
MADAM PRESIDENT:
I offer the following resolution and move its adoption:
1 A SENATE RESOLUTION honoring Indiana 4-H and
2 recognizing February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the
3 Statehouse.
4 Whereas, The National 4-H program serves youth in rural,
5 urban, and suburban communities throughout every state
6 across the nation;
7 Whereas, From its origins in Hamilton County in 1904,
8 Indiana's 4-H program has expanded to all 92 counties and is
9 delivered through Purdue Extension, which offers educational
10 programing in science, technology, engineering, mathematics,
11 healthy living, and civic engagement;
12 Whereas, The Indiana 4-H Youth Development mission is
13 to provide real-life educational opportunities that develop
14 young people who will have a positive impact in their
15 communities and the world, and it strives to be the premier
16 community-based program empowering young people to reach
17 their full potential;
18 Whereas, Community clubs, after-school programs, school
19 enrichment, camps, and workshops give youth across Indiana
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1 an opportunity to be involved with the 4-H program;
2 Whereas, Members of Indiana 4-H cultivate life skills,
3 including confidence, independence, resilience, and
4 compassion, and are empowered with skills needed to lead for
5 a lifetime;
6 Whereas, Indiana 4-H Day at the Statehouse will take place
7 this year on February 13 and will provide Hoosier 4-H
8 members an opportunity to spend a day at the Statehouse
9 serving as pages, meeting members of the General Assembly,
10 and learning more about the legislative process; and
11 Whereas, It is proper to honor Indiana 4-H on the occasion
12 of 4-H Day at the Statehouse and to congratulate the
13 organization for preparing young Hoosiers to be productive
14 citizens and world-class leaders of tomorrow: Therefore,
15 Be it resolved by the Senate of the
16 General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
17 SECTION 1. That the Indiana Senate honors Indiana 4-H
18 and recognizes February 13, 2024, as Indiana 4-H Day at the
19 Statehouse.
20 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
21 to transmit copies of this Resolution to all Indiana 4-H
22 ambassadors (Travis Barnhart of Marshall County, Shelby
23 Davis of Jennings County, Audrey Fisher of Posey County,
24 Noah Miller of Lake County, Kylee Reeves of Montgomery
25 County, Isabel Sayre of Benton County, and Emma Wooley of
26 Union County), the Indiana representatives of the 102nd
27 National 4-H Congress (Lora Commens of Posey County,
28 Kaylyn Zeigler of Cass County, Danessa Hoffman of LaGrange
29 County, Rosalind Kidwell of Warrick County, Roman Peterson
30 of Fayette County, Jace Duttlinger of Spencer County, Colton
31 Neal of Lake County, and Troy Wolters of Boone County), and
32 the leader for the 2023 National 4-H Congress Design Team,
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1 McKinley Underhill of Hamilton County.
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