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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 132
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
A RESOLUTION
To designate May 28, 2014, as 4-H Day at the legislature and to commend the state 4-H
Executive Board officers.
WHEREAS, LSU AgCenter 4-H program participants gain knowledge and life skills
enabling them to become positive, productive, and compassionate members of their
communities; and
WHEREAS, 4-H has three primary program initiatives: citizenship; healthy living;
and science, engineering, and technology; and
WHEREAS, 4-H youth learn leadership and life skills through a variety of projects
on topics such as outdoor skills, aerospace, animal science, nutrition, forestry, and
community service; and
WHEREAS, "Learning by Doing" is the 4-H club slogan which encourages members
to develop and improve their critical thinking and communication skills; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana 4-H Youth Development program continues to expand
to meet the needs of youth, with participation exceeding two hundred forty thousand
members across the state; and
WHEREAS, through its extraordinary record of research, education, youth
development, and community service, Louisiana 4-H is an invaluable asset to the LSU
AgCenter and the state of Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, more than twelve hundred 4-H members and volunteers from all
sixty-four parishes are at the capitol for the thirteenth annual 4-H Day meeting legislators
and learning about the legislative process.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby designate May 28, 2014, as 4-H Day at the legislature.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana also
recognizes and commends the 2013-2014 state 4-H Executive Board officers as follows:
Anne Catherine LeBlanc, President; Benjamin "Buck" Owens, Vice President; McKenna
Jenkins, Secretary; Kreig Todd, Historian/Reporter; and Austin Gaspard, Parliamentarian. SR NO. 132 ENROLLED
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
state president of the 4-H Executive Board.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE