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Show f What Youth Wants Jj7 4-H HAS', vg ! J WHY is 4-11 unique? Because Mary and Sue, Bill and Jim and all the other 2 million 4-H'ers do things. In fact, the 4-II way is "learn-by-doing." And what do they do? They work on projects. They have well over 50 projects and activities to choose from. Among them are garden, electric, horse, livestock, live-stock, crops, dog, poultry, photography, pho-tography, entomology, automotive automo-tive and home economics. With few exceptions, boys and girls participate in all projects with equal skill and success. For more than a half century, publicly supported 4 H has served the needs of youth through programs set up by the Cooperative Extension Service of the state land-grant universities, univer-sities, i Since the first 4 H Clubs were organized to teach boys how to '. farm better and girls how to i guide the youngsters. Many of them are parents of 4-H'ers. Through the National 4-H Service Committee of Chicago, nearly 60 business firms and foundations annually contribute large sums as sponsors of national and regional 4-H award programs approved by the Extension Ex-tension Service. In addition they host some 1,600 of the nation's finest teenagers at the National 4-H Club Congress. The 1967 I congress, tabbed "the showcase of 4-H," will mark its 46th straight year. Among the 4-H sponsors are: Eli Lilly and Company; General Motors; General Foods Corporation; Corpora-tion; Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corporation; Coats & Clark Inc.; Chicago Board of Trade; Allis-Chalmers; Allis-Chalmers; Westinghouse Electric Elec-tric Corporation; Merck & Co., Inc.; Wilson & Co., Inc.; Moorman Moor-man Mfg. Co.; Oliver Corpora- preserve loods better, private industry in-dustry and community-minded citizens have backed 4-H. Industry Indus-try provides incentive awards, recognition, educational aids and technical assistance. Collaboration between private interests in support of this youth program opc-u to all is probably without paraliei. Success of the "partnership" is evident in the long tenure of business donors. Today nearly 400.000 men and women serve us volunteer lead ers, using their special skills to tion; h. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company; Amchem Products, Inc.; Ralston Purina Company; Ileisdorf & Nelson Farms, Inc. and Eastman Kodak Company. Others include: Hercules Incorporated; In-corporated; The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company; Montgomery Montgom-ery Ward; Armour and Company; Com-pany; Carnation Company; American Oil Foundation; Humble Hum-ble Oil & Refining Company; Standard Oil Company (Kentucky) (Ken-tucky) and The Standard Oil Company (Ohio). |