Middle schoolers in the 4-H program hailing from seven counties will get the opportunity to participate in an annual leadership conference this Saturday.
Among those youths heading out to the Gloucester County town of Clayton for the Discover the Leader in You! 4-H Conference is Hannah Golden, of Hillsborough Township.
Touted by officials as a way to “provide an opportunity for middle school age youth to learn about and develop leadership knowledge and skills,” the leadership conference from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. this weekend will give attendees a chance to work in large and small groups through a number of hands-on activities.
Additionally, officials said the conference will be an opportunity for participants to “meet 4-H’ers from across New Jersey; make new friends and gain valuable life skills including understanding self, communicating, getting along with others, decision making, and working with groups.”
This will not be the first time that Golden will attend a 4-H leadership conference, having gone to last year’s event. This year, however, she is the sole representative from Somerset County.
The other attendees to this year’s conference will be Zachary Lewis, of Burlington County; Mirsab Milhan, of Camden County; Elizabeth Schalick, of Cape May County; Emma Cohen, of Cumberland County; Kielee DeJesus, Kate Hiller, Kandence Holston, Callie Smith and Caroline Wisniewski, of Gloucester County; and Marina Errera and Isabella Wansleeben, of Salem County.
The annual leadership conference is held in conjunction with the 4-H Youth Development Program, which is part of Rutgers, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station – Cooperative Extension.
4-H educational programs are offered to all youth, grades K-13, on an age-appropriate basis, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status and any other category protected by law.
For more information about the New Jersey 4-H Youth Development Program visit the website at http://nj4h.rutgers.edu or contact Jeannette Rea-Keywood, State 4-H Agent at [email protected].