PRESIDENT BUSH HONORS CENTENNIAL OF TEXAS 4-H AT WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY

Writer:  Toby L. Lepley t-lepley@ag.tamu.eud, 979-845-1212
Contact:  Martha E. Couch, m-couch@ag.tamu.edu, 979-845-1211

WASHINGTON D.C.  The Texas AgriLife Extension Service 4-H Program was honored by President George W. Bush at the White House, Monday, July 28, 2008, for one hundred years of developing young people into future leaders of our country.  Texas 4-H members, volunteers, and Extension faculty members were greeted in the East Room of the White House by President Bush, where he posed for photographs from the official White House photographer and members of the White House Press Corp.  Texas 4-H Council President Loni Woolley, Johnson County, presented the President a centennial plate on behalf of 4-H members in Texas.  President Bush then offered his advice to the 4-H members on leadership and the importance for each of them to serve others throughout their adult lives.

The Texas 4-H and Youth Development Program is the youth development program of the Texas AgriLife Extension Service, part of the Texas A&M System.  From September 2007 to August 31, 2008, Texas 4-H is celebrating one hundred years of serving the youth of Texas.  Started in Jack County, Texas in 1908, the Texas 4-H Program serves youth in all 254 counties of Texas with more than 640,000 youth involved annually.

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