CLINTON COUNTY INTERMEDIATE/SENIOR 4-H PROJECT AWARD APPLICATION FORM Name _______________________________________ Years involved in 4-H program __________ Address _________________________________________________________________________ Current Grade in School _________ Age _________ Club ________________________________ Award Areas – For youth who have completed 7 – 12 grades ( the area(s) you are applying for) Animals Beef Breeding Beef Market Beef Bucket Bottle Calf Dairy Cattle Dairy Goat Dog Horse & Pony Meat Goats Pets Poultry Rabbit Sheep Swine Veterinary Science Comments: . Creative Arts Music Photography Visual Arts Family & Consumer Sciences Child Development Clothing & Fashion Consumer Management Food & Nutrition Health Home Improvement Sewing & Needle Arts Personal Development Citizenship Communication Leadership Self Determined Science, Engineering, & Technology Mechanics Woodworking Science, Engineering & Technology Agriculture & Natural Resources Crop Production Environment & Sustainability Horticulture Outdoor Adventures Safety & Education in Shooting Sports Special Awards (9th Grade & Above Only) Achievement Agriculture Citizenship Leadership State 4-H Recognition Project Award Application Cover Sheet Personal Information (Click on line or in box to type information) PROJECT NAME Name Years involved in 4-H program Address City Phone Ext. Region # Current Year in School IA Zip Code County E-mail Address Age Birth Date Parent(s)/Guardian(s) 1. Complete application = Cover Sheet; application question responses—not more than two (2) pages; and two (2) pages of support material. 2. The questions and support material are different for each opportunity for which you are applying. 3. You may use up to two (2) pages to answer the five (5) questions that follow related to this opportunity. 4. You may attach two (2) additional pages of support material related to this opportunity. May be a story, resume, records or a portion of a record, photos, etc. Format: 8 1/2" x 11", one sided, 12-point font recommended. 5. Submit the original and 3 copies of your total application (include this cover sheet, 2 question response pages, and 2 support material pages for no more than 5 total pages. Four (4) sets total. No folders, sheet holders, or binders please. Staple or clip written material. 6. Send ALL application materials by February 1 (received or postmarked) to: 4-H Recognition, Extension 4-H Youth Bldg-ISU, Ames IA 50011-3630 October 2012, State – 28 – Project 2 County & State 4-H Project Award Application Questions Name Project You may use up to two (2) pages, no more, to answer the following five (5) questions. Boxes should expand as you type. 4-H Project Award Application Questions 1. What skills and knowledge have you gained in your 4-H project? Include goals, plans, and growth of your project. Share your own personal growth connected to your work in this project over the years. 2. How have you shared your project knowledge with others? 3. What is leadership to you? Highlight specific opportunities you have had within this project area and any other elected or voluntary leadership you have taken on locally or beyond. 4. Share how your 4-H participation, individually or as part of a group, has met the needs of others. 5. How do you think your 4-H project experiences will affect your future? [You may attach two (2) additional pages of support material.] Iowa State University Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, sex, marital status, disability, or status as a U.S. veteran. Inquiries can be directed to the Director of Equal Opportunity and Compliance, 3280 Beardshear Hall, (515) 294-7612. Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Cathann A. Kress, director, Cooperative Extension Service, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa. October 2012, State – 28 – Project 3