Delia beef 4-H member Michelle Hoover was chosen as the 2013 4-H Alberta Premier’s Award, the highest honour awarded to a 4-H member in the province.
Hoover, 17, a Grade 11 student at Delia School, was chosen from among the province’s 4-H members during the 4-H Selections event at Olds College May 3-6.
Hoover, an eight year member of the Delia 4-H Beef Club, has held executive positions within the club and excelled at public speaking, Hoover is also a volunteer within the small central Alberta rural community, active in basketball, track and field, yearbook and Students Against Drunk Driving.
“I am extremely excited to be given this opportunity to promote 4-H as the Premier’s Award recipient,” said Hoover in a news release.
“I look forward to talking to youth and adults about the benefits of 4-H and what the program means to me.”