[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 124 (Thursday, September 26, 2002)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1659]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF 4–H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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                               speech of

                          HON. MARK R. KENNEDY

                              of minnesota

                    in the house of representatives

                      Tuesday, September 24, 2002

  Mr. KENNEDY of Minnesota. Mr. Speaker, good afternoon. I'm proud to 
stand up today in support of House Concurrent Resolution 472 that 
recognizes the 100th anniversary of the 4–H Youth Development 
Program.
  Both my wife and I, who I met when we were both Minnesota State 
4–H Ambassadors, were born and have lived in rural Minnesota most 
of our lives.
  Until graduating from college, I never lived in a town with more than 
one thousand people.
  4–H enables kids to have fun, meet new people, learn new 
lifeskills, build self-confidence, learn responsibility, and set and 
achieve goals!
  I will now recite the 4–H pledge
  I pledge: My head to clear thinking; my heart to greater loyalty; my 
hands to larger service; my health to better living; for my club, my 
community, my country, and my world.
  The World would do well to live by this pledge.

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