Agenda 10-07-2025; 8-e - 4-H Week Proclamation

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4-H WEEK PROCLAMATION WHEREAS, 4-H youth across the nation are leading efforts to solve problems in their communities and make a difference for their futures; and WHEREAS, 4-H is the largest youth development organization in North Carolina and the largest in the nation with nearly six million participants; and WHEREAS, in 2024, 4-H in North Carolina provided 20,787 educational activities impacting 188,425 youth; and WHEREAS, Orange County’s 4-H program numbers more than 260 members and more than 40 volunteers engaged in camps, school enrichment, afterschool programs, and eight community clubs; and WHEREAS, 4-H, as part of the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service of NC State University and NC A&T State University, is a program where youth are engaged in experiential learning opportunities in 4-H’s mission mandates of science, engineering, technology, healthy living, and citizenship; and WHEREAS, 4-H has connected youth and their communities with the innovative research and resources from our nation’s 112 land-grant universities and colleges for more than 120 years. NOW, THEREFORE, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, do hereby proclaim October 5- 11, 2025, as 4-H Week in Orange County. We urge the people of this County to take advantage of the opportunity to become more aware of this research-based program that enhances our young people’s interests in their futures as part of Orange County 4-H Youth Development and to join us in recognizing this unique partnership between our County and the University of North Carolina System. Adopted this 7th day of October, 2025. ____________________________________ Jamezetta Bedford, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners 3