PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County 4-H will celebrate National 4-H Week with a kick-off from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today in the Marina Room at Point Hudson.
This event will showcase what 4-H offers and highlight the work of its young members.
In Jefferson County, more than 220 young people are involved in 4-H.
Tanya Barnett, the new 4-H coordinator will attend.
The week-long celebration will spotlight 4-H volunteers — in particular, Jefferson County 4-H’s Leader of the Year, Glenda Meek.
The club said Meek, the leader of Silver Spurs 4-H Club and 4-H Horse Committee president, represents the long-term, highly committed nature of the more than 85 adult 4-H volunteers throughout Jefferson County.
“I started in 4-H in Kitsap County in second grade caring for and showing rabbits, and working with horses a few years later,” Meek said.
“When I moved to Jefferson County, I worked with 4-H to care and show cattle, but my passion remained with horses.”
Meek stayed with 4-H until she graduated from high school, the club said.
When it came to raising her own daughters, Meek returned to 4-H to help young riders learn the principles of proper horsemanship, riding, community service and respectful sportsmanship.
Return to 4-H
“I became involved as an adult in 4-H when my daughter joined 4-H in third grade and have been active in 4-H since,” Meek said.
On Wednesday, the Jefferson County group will join hundreds of thousands of youth around the nation to complete a single experiment on 4-H National Youth Science Day.
The 2015 National Science Experiment Motion Commotion will explore the physics of motion and distracted driving.
Developed by Oregon State University Cooperative Extension, the activity will combine a speeding car collision and a distracted driving demonstration in a simulated activity.
For more information about Jefferson County 4-H, see http://ext100.wsu.edu/jefferson or call Barnett at 360-379-5610, ext. 208.
To learn more about National Youth Science Day, visit www.4-h.org/nysd.
