Record Book Roundup
Month 4 Read the previous months for more information.
These forms are available online at https://www.kansas4-h.org/resources/awards-and-recognition/ProjectRecognition.html.
In person training will be at Regional Club Days on March 19th at the Medicine Lodge High School at 9:00 A.M. I will also be available for questions and help all morning.
This resource is from the Meadowlark District 4-H page. I know we often struggle with the difference between Citizenship and Leadership. I hope this helps. Also, feel free to ask me about any specific events. Bottom line, at the county level, you will not be pentalized greatly for putting something in the wrong place. Make sure to show everything you did in the project.
4-H Record Keeping Terms
Ideas for Citizenship and Leadership
CITIZENSHIP
Citizenship means helping out in your community and serving others without compensation. The 4-H’ers primary goal is to benefit someone else.
4-H Club Citizenship Examples: host a meeting, lead pledges, serve on a committee, work with club on community service or fund raising project, 4-H’ers for 4-H donation, National 4-H Week promotion.
4-H County/District Citizenship Examples: herdsmanship, hosting exhibit building, working in 4-H foodstand, cleaning show rings and wash racks, pre and post fair clean up, work at foodsale fund-raiser.
4-H Citizenship Project examples:
Volunteer at a community event related to your project such as Pioneer Day, Peace Treaty Festival, Labor Day
Recycle articles related to your project
Take your project to show the people at a nursing home, preschool, day care, library, etc.
Make a donation to charity, care facility, food pantry, needy family, fund-raiser, etc.
Volunteer at Humane Society, clothing exchanges, Salvation Army, food pantry
Make a gift for someone related to your project
Care for animals, yard, garden, etc. for friends or neighbors while they are away
Plant flowers, bake a cake, decorate tray favors, volunteer to baby sit, make bird feeders.
Collect donations or walk for Relay for Life.
LEADERSHIP
Leadership is having major responsibility for guiding the planning and carrying out of an activity to help a group attain its goal. Leadership is the process of determining needs, exploring resources, setting goals,
planning action, and evaluating. The 4-H’ers main goal is to develop skills related to leadership. These skills could include teaching another person or a group skills or information and includes organizing or
coordinating an activity, event, or meeting, selecting and preparing materials, and selecting presenters. Key words that show leadership include plan, facilitate, conduct, teach, guide, and lead.
4-H Club Leadership Examples: club officer, committee chairman for fund raiser, community service project, educational activity, club booth, family activity, fun activity, lead recreation, schedule workers for club responsibilities at fair.
County/District 4-H Leadership Examples: County 4-H Council, camp counselor, lead recreation at a county/district event, have major responsibility at a county event such as Club Day, Officer Training, or record keeping workshop.
4-H Leadership Project Examples:
Serve as a junior leader in your project (club, county, district or state)
Plan a project workshop, field trip, guest speaker etc… for your project
Be committee chairman or active member for a club or county/district 4-H project activity or fair
Teach a group about your project
Create an educational activity for use by other 4-H’ers (kit, game, information sheet, etc.)
Facilitate with community groups to involve 4-H’ers who are in the project
Conduct an evaluation or judging event, serve as a judge
Take responsibility for an event
Lead activities in project related activities, events or judging contest
I hope these examples give you ideas for your projects. You can always go back to the goals section and add a leadership and/or citizenship goal for each project.