List of General Record Keeping Awards & Definition of Terms
General Record Keeping Awards available:
 Little Clover (3rd and younger)
 Junior (completed 4th – 6th grade)
 Intermediate (completed 7th - 8th grade)
 Senior (completed 9th – 12th grade)
Terms used:
Local – your 4-H club
County – involves other Butler County 4-H members
Area – involves 4-H members from neighboring counties
State – involves 4-H members from all over the State
Citizenship/Service – helping or working for the benefit of others or the community
for no pay with the goal of benefiting someone else
Club examples – host a meeting, lead pledges, serve on a committee, 4-H’ers for 4-H
donation, National 4-H Week promotion, club community service project, etc.
County examples – herdsmanship at county fair, cleaning show rings and wash racks,
picking up trash at fairgrounds, pre and post fair clean-up, work at fundraisers, etc.
Project ideas – help a new 4-H member with a project, make a donation to charity
related to project area, food pantry, needy family, serve on a committee to plan a community
event, help others at workshops, prepare a display related to your project, take your project to
show people, volunteer, make gifts related to your project, plant flowers in community, etc.
Communication – writing, talking to, or showing others in order to share ideas,
knowledge, or skills
Club examples – answering roll call, club presentations, making posters for a club fund
raiser, sharing ideas with committee, etc.
County examples – working exhibit, presentation, share the fun act, 4-H poster contest,
speaking at a 4-H event, etc.
Project examples – create a display or poster related to your project, talk about or show
your project to a class, community club, interview an expert in your project area, write
newsletter or newspaper articles, etc.
Leadership – teaching others how to make or do something related to a project area
or service work and/or organizing an activity.
Club examples – serving as a club officer, participating in a committee, helping a
younger member learn a new skill or providing information.
County examples – serving on county council, assisting with livestock weigh-ins,
conducting a project workshop
Project examples – showing a younger member how to lead an animal, teach how to
measure ingredients, organize and conducting a project workshop.