[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 15]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 20553]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              APPLAUDING THE 4-H YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

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                    HON. JUANITA MILLENDER-McDONALD

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, October 9, 2002

  Ms. MILLER-McDONALD. Mr. Speaker, I am here to applaud the long 
history of service provided by the 4-H Youth Development Program to 
young people all over the world. For over 100 years, 4-H has taught six 
million youth ages 5-19 the value of leadership, good citizenship and 
life skills.
  In my home state of California, 4-H assists over 120,000 youth each 
year in urban, rural and suburban communities, and has a large 
volunteer network of more than 26,000 youth and adult volunteers.
  Let's do all that we can to continue allotting resources to expand 4-
H's positive influence on our young people nationwide.

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