Submitted by: Christine O’Reilly While I have always credited 4-H for my personal development (specifically in public speaking and leadership skills), I never realized the impact 4-H has at a community level until my final year of university. During the last meeting of the school year, the OAC Beef Science Club invited a lecturer from the veterinary college to talk about his involvement in the recently updated Beef Code of Practice. As he packed up his laptop and projector, we moved on to the business of electing a new executive to carry on the club’s activities the following school year. Part way through elections, just as he was about to leave, our guest speaker politely interrupted the proceedings. “I just want to say that I’ve been the faculty advisor for a number of student clubs in the vet college, and I’ve never seen a group of students that knew how to run a meeting so well.” As a group, we were momentarily stunned. But I looked around and realized that the majority of students sitting in the room had been (or still were) 4-H members or Junior Farmers. The beef club never thought they were doing something unusual because all of the Aggie clubs were run that way. Thanks to 4-H, an entire college community of students knows how to run meetings. It’s a small thing that helps makes that community strong.