Award Applications Fact Sheet
4-H members of any age can apply for the following awards on the county level using the form in the
show book. Pins, certificates, plaques (Junior 8-12 years) and (Senior 13-18+years) will be awarded at
Achievement Program to the winners.
Category: Small Animal Science (Plaque) Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Cat, Dog, Horse & Pony, Small Pets,
Veterinary
Science/Animal Science projects.
Category: Animal Science-Livestock (Plaque)
Project Areas: Beef, Dairy, Goat, Poultry, Rabbit, Sheep, Swine, Veterinary Science, and any related county
projects.
Category: Community Involvement and Global Awareness (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Citizenship, Intercultural, and any related county projects.
Category: Natural Resources and Environment (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Entomology, Forestry, Geology, Natural Resources, Sportsfishing, Wildlife
Category: Food and Nutrition and Health (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Food and Nutrition; Health and any related county projects.
Category: Home and Family (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Child Development, Intergenerational, Clothing, Consumer Education, Interior
Design, and any related county projects.
Category: Engineering & Technology (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Aerospace, Bicycle, Computer Science, Electricity, Electronics, Geospatial,
Power of Wind, Robotics, Small Engines, Tractor, Welding, Woodworking, and any related county projects.
Category: Personal Development (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Communication, Journalism, Photography, Visual Arts, Leadership, Recreation,
Theater Arts, Video/Filmmaking and any related county projects.
Category: Plants & Soils (Plaque)
Project Areas: (Pin or Blue Award) Crops, Floriculture, Horticulture, and Plant and Soil Sciences
Here are some ideas on how to fill out the award application.
List all awards or recognition you received this year including 4-H, School, etc.
4-H Awards: Cats I-blue ribbon, Let’s Start Cooking- blue ribbon, Grand Champion for Photography also a blue ribbon
Grand Champion Brown Swiss Female, Champion Jr. Showmanship for Dairy, Blue Award for Dairy,
School Awards: Student of the Week, Perfect Attendance, Honor Roll, Student of the Month, Student of the Year, Student
Council President, 1st Chair for Band
Club Awards: Perfect Attendance for Meetings, Most Improved Member, Outstanding FFA Freshman, Green Hand Award
List any community service activities in which you were involved. (The focus of community service should be
on helping others.)
Join Hands Days -built park benches and did landscaping around a memorial bench; Collected items for the 4-H Can Make a
Difference Food Drive, Helped collect and pack boxes for the soldiers who are serving overseas, Helped at the Pleasant
Mound Picnic, Volunteered time at the Bond County Extension Office during the summer.
List other organizations outside 4-H, that you belong to and explain your involvement in the group:
(Examples; Girl/ Boy Scouts, church youth groups, etc.)
Girl Scouts: We are working on earning patches; Photography Patch, American Flag Patch, Connections Patch, Flag
Ceremony Patch, Fun Patches, Girl Power Patches / Church Youth Group: served on the Bible School Committee at United
Methodist Church in Pleasant Mound also taught a class at bible school /Photo Group Club: worked on how we could
improve our photos /Brown Swiss Association: on the Jr. Brown Swiss Judging team.
Project-Specific Information
I am applying for an award in the following project Photography
What did you learn for this project? List what new skills you acquired during your years of taking this
project.
That no matter how expensive the camera is the photos are only as good as photographer.
Camera Parts; How a Camera Works; Hold the Camera Steady; About light; About Subjects; About Film; Processing; How
to do Tricky Shots
Who did you teach, how and what? (Individuals or groups, 4-H or Non-4-H groups)
Held a small workshop for my Girl Scout troop; Took the information from the workshop back to my 4-H Club; Worked with
the younger 4-H members that were taking photography
Have you had any state or national recognition for this project?
(Examples: Visual Arts selected for display, photography-selected for display, superior award, etc.) Photography was selected for
display at the State 4-H Office; Received the Award of Excellence from the State Fair.