The 4-H Ontario Ambassador program provides youth with advanced level training in leadership, citizenship, communications and public relations. Ambassadors put their energy and 4-H experiences to work recruiting new members and sharing the 4-H story. Throughout 2014, each of 4-H Ontario’s six Ambassadors will submit blog entries about their experiences in the program. The 4-H Ontario Ambassador program is proudly sponsored by GROWMARK, Inc. and UPI Energy LP. For more info on the Ambassador program click here. To book an Ambassador for you event please complete the request form. Submitted by Brooke Thompson, 4-H Ontario Ambassador, York 4-H Association

I have had so much fun engaging in different events so far this summer and I am really enjoying my time as an Ontario 4-H Ambassador. I have had the privilege to go to many more events since the last time I blogged. I have since been to Sunderland’s Maple Syrup Festival, a York 4-H fundraiser and barbecue, Markham Youth Forum, Region 3 Discovery Day, the UPI Energy Annual Invitational Golf Tournament, the Ambassador Sponsor Tour and the Junior Dairy Show in Orono. I have had a blast being able go to all of these events meeting new people and sharing lasting experiences within my role as a 4-H Ambassador. The 4-H Ambassador program has given me the advantage to further my knowledge within 4-H allowing me to experience and see things that I would have never seen without this amazing opportunity. Learning about maple syrup, helping with a beef show, playing games with junior 4-H members, running a mini putt activity at a golf tournament, touring co-ops and learning about our sponsors GROWMARK, Inc. and UPI Energy LP, and helping young 4-H members show their calves have been many of the highlights to my summer so far. It is always fun seeing familiar faces at 4-H related events as well as promoting 4-H to new people within the communities that I have visited around me. I am looking forward to what the rest of my 4-H Ambassador experience has in store for me. I have more events coming up this summer that I am eager to get to! I want to personally thank all of those who have requested a 4-H Ambassador to participate at their events that they have planned. It has been both an honour and a privilege to be a part of the various events representing 4-H and making memories that will be cherished forever.