A quick survey:
- Have you ever experienced rope burn while halter-breaking an animal?
- Do you have a passing familiarity with rules of order for meetings?
- If yes to the above, have you ever competed with someone else to move
or second the motion to adjourn?
- Can you get a good sleep on the night before giving a speech?
- Has picking up trash along a public roadway left you with a lifelong
hatred for litterbugs?
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- Have you ever referred to a heifer, horse, pig, sheep or hand-sewn
tote-bag as a project?
- Do you giggle at the idea of confusing a forelock with a fetlock?
- Do you have an automatic response when someone asks you the best way
of learning how to do something?
- Do you think back with wonder at the patience of certain youth group
leaders?
- Does a four-leaf clover mean more than luck to you?
If you answered yes to at least five of these questions, you might also
have been subject recently to another set of queries.
The Canadian 4-H Council commissioned Ipsos-Reid to survey former 4-H
members this spring “to determine the impact the youth program has had
on their lives and careers,” says a News release
news from that organization.
“We strongly suspect the results from the survey will confirm what
we’ve known for years – that 4-H members may well represent many of
tomorrow’s business, government and civic leaders,” says council
executive director Mike Nowosad.
He has some evidence on which to base his suspicions. According to
council data, a 1997 survey of former members “determined that 4-H
alumni earn higher salaries, attain higher education levels, and are
more involved in their communities when compared to the Canadian
average.”
There are more than 35,000 4-H members in Canada ages 9 to 21 and
10,500 volunteer leaders operating 2,600 clubs, says the News release
news.
Figures on the number of 4-H alumni aren’t as easy to find, although
it’s doubtless a pretty big number considering the program and its
predecessors, called Boys and Girls’ Clubs, have been around since the
early 1900s.
The News release
news about the survey suggests positive results could
encourage potential sponsors and investors to support 4-H youth.
Results are to be announced May 25 in Ottawa, so we’ll check them out
and let you know.
