HLS 25RS-805 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 46
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROMERO
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH: Designates Thursday, May 8, 2025, as the 4-H Day and
commends the state officers of 4-H
1 A RESOLUTION
2To designate Thursday, May 8, 2025, as 4-H Day at the state capitol and to commend the
3 state 4-H officers.
4 WHEREAS, 4-H is the largest youth development organization, empowering
5approximately six million young people throughout the United States of America; and
6 WHEREAS, through America's land-grant universities, 4-H reaches every corner of
7the United States, from urban neighborhoods to suburban schoolyards to rural farming
8communities; and
9 WHEREAS, 4-H represents head, heart, hands, and health as core values of all
10members, ages eight to eighteen, and works to develop each through engaging programs; and
11 WHEREAS, the Louisiana office of 4-H is the premier youth development program
12of the Louisiana State University AgCenter Cooperative Extension Service and includes
13clubs, camps, and after-school programs that help members become responsible citizens
14leading healthy and productive lives; and
15 WHEREAS, with a network of more than five hundred thousand volunteers, more
16than three thousand professionals, and nearly six million members, 4-H helps to shape our
17country's youth in ways that no other youth organization does; and
18 WHEREAS, 4-H empowers all members to reach their full potential, working and
19learning in partnership with caring adults and growing together as catalysts for positive
20change; and
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1 WHEREAS, 4-H boys and girls are four times more likely to contribute to their
2communities, including economic achievement and civic engagement; and
3 WHEREAS, the 4-H program is enhanced by leading corporations, foundations, and
4organizations whose support allows the development of cutting edge models for young
5people to learn real-world skills that better prepare them for the challenges of today and
6tomorrow; and
7 WHEREAS, the national 4-H social networks and social media communities are
8managed by the National 4-H Council and help to further first-of-its-kind research projects
9to reveal how young people benefit from life-changing experiences; and
10 WHEREAS, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana also
11recognizes and commends the 2024-2025 state 4-H officers as follows: Breleigh Page,
12president; Eliza Foster, vice president; Elizabeth Page, secretary; Mattelyn Miller,
13historian/reporter; and Andrew Chevallier, parliamentarian; and
14 WHEREAS, each officer works with the entire membership to improve their heads
15for managing clearer thinking, their hearts for caring and greater loyalty, their hands for
16giving and enlarging service, and their health for better living, all done for their club, their
17community, their country, and their world.
18 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
19Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Thursday, May 8, 2025, as 4-H Day at the
20state capitol and does hereby commend the state 4-H officers.
21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
22state 4-H president, Breleigh Page.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 46 Original 2025 Regular Session Romero
Designates Thursday, May 8, 2025, as 4-H Day at the state capitol and commends the state
4-H officers.
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