My Favourite 4-H Club
Being in my final year of 4-H, and during this time of social distancing, I find myself thinking a lot about my years in 4-H. All the experiences I’ve had, and the friends I’ve made. But one question comes back to me every time, and it’s a question I haven’t ever been able to answer, what is my favourite 4-H project? With 67 projects completed in all, I have yet to find one project to be my overall favourite but I still look back from time to time and remember the skills I still learned from all of them. Narrowing it down, I think I would have to lean toward a club that I have been a Youth Leader with. They say you remember things so much better if you can teach it to others, and I think that is true for youth leading a club too. I also find that I enjoy those clubs so much more. I have been a Youth Leader in five clubs throughout my tenure: Beekeeping, Book, Square Dancing, Best Of The Bakery, and Spice Of Life. Being a Youth Leader allows you to become more involved in the club as a whole. You can lead activities with the members and end up enjoying the club more because you are sharing in the fun of an activity with others. If I had to pick my absolute favourite I think I would have to say Spice Of Life. In this club I got to watch members (leaders and myself) go from not being able to identify many herbs and spices to being able to identify most of them. I watched members come out of their shells and become comfortable sharing their thoughts and ideas. In each club I have learned something new, met new people, and had new experiences that I never would have had if I hadn’t joined 4-H. 4-H has some of the best people I have ever met, from the leaders to its members. Their involvement in these clubs makes them even better. That’s why I find it so difficult to pick just one club to be my favourite, and that’s why I will always recommend 4-H to anyone I meet. It’s not just about that one six meeting club, but every club, throughout your entire 4-H career.
