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3 <br /> NCCOOPERATIVE <br /> EXTENSION <br /> Ai.C.ART <br /> NATIONAL 4-H WEEK PROCLAMATION <br /> WHEREAS, 4-H youth across the nation are leading efforts to solve problems in their communities <br /> and make a difference for their futures; and <br /> WHEREAS, 4-H is the largest youth development organization in North Carolina and the largest in <br /> the nation with nearly six million participants; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2022, 4-H in North Carolina provided 20,787 educational activities impacting 188,425 <br /> youth; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County's 4-H program numbers more than 260 members and more than 40 <br /> volunteers engaged in camps, school enrichment, afterschool programs, and eight community clubs; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, 4-H, as part of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of NC State University <br /> and NC A&T State University, is a program where youth are engaged in experiential learning <br /> opportunities in 4-H's mission mandates of science, engineering, technology, healthy living, and <br /> citizenship; and <br /> WHEREAS, 4-H has connected youth and their communities with the innovative research and <br /> resources from our nation's 112 land-grant universities and colleges for more than 120 years; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, we, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim October <br /> 1-7, 2023, as National 4-H Week in Orange County, and urge the people of this County to take <br /> advantage of the opportunity to become more aware of this research-based program that enhances <br /> our young people's interests in their futures as part of Orange County 4-H Youth Development and <br /> to join us in recognizing this unique partnership between our County and the University of North <br /> Carolina System. <br /> Adopted this 3rd day of October, 2023. <br /> r- <br /> Jamezetta Bedford, Chair ; <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />