Pleasant Grove Review | 1974-10-10 | Page 9 | We can Make it Happen

WE a a CAN MAKE vgrr happen Across the country, increasing in-creasing numbers of young people are involved in efforts to improve the quality of life in their communities. These youths, all 4-H'ers and their parents and leaders are working work-ing cooperatively to make things happen through individual in-dividual and group activities. National 4-H Week, October Octob-er 6-12, focuses on these cooperative efforts which involve in-volve nearly 5.3 million boys and girls and some 560,000 volunteer leaders, nationwide. An annual observance since 1927, National 4-H Week serves as a time for 4-H members and leaders to review re-view past accomplishments and to exert even greater ef- fort for the future in the "learn by doing" program. "We Can Make It Happen" is the theme of 1974 National 4-H Week. The words sum up the optimistic philosophy and aims of 4-H participants everywhere. The phrase pinpoints pin-points youths' commitment to learning, service to others and involvement in programs designed to develop their leadership and citizenship potential to the fullest. With an active program in nearly every county of the U.S., 4-H has grown dramatically drama-tically in recent years. This past year alone saw a 32 percent increase in the number num-ber of youth participants.