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4-H honors state award recipients

Marcum named National Youth in Action Award winner

The Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program recognized its 2024 Outstanding Alumni and State Partner Award winners at the Honors Night Banquet during the 103rd State 4-H Roundup in Stillwater on July 25. Click here for more information.

The National 4-H Council today announced the winners of the 2024 Youth in Action Awards, a national program sponsored by Bayer that recognizes four diverse young leaders who have made a positive impact in their communities. Reed Marcum, an active member of the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program in Pittsburg County, is one of the four national winners. Click here for more information.

Dugger named finalist for 4-H Youth in Action Award

The National 4-H Council has announced Jenessa Dugger of Harthshorne, Oklahoma, is a runner-up for the prestigious 2024 4-H Youth in Action Award. She was recognized for her commitment to supporting heart patients. Dugger is a member of the Lakewood 4-H Club in Pittsburg County. She created her nonprofit, Art for Hearts, to raise funds by auctioning pieces of art donated by Oklahoma artists. Proceeds from the project help patients at the Saint Francis Heart Hospital with medical needs. A heart patient herself, Dugger aims to raise awareness and funds to support those with heart problems. She also serves as a leader on her tribe’s reservation, honoring her heritage and focusing on meeting needs in her community. Click here for more information.

Garfield County’s Madison Nickels inducted into 4-H Hall of Fame

Garfield County 4-H’er Madison Nickels believes the most important job as a leader is to inspire others. Through her 4-H project work and leadership roles in fabrics and fashions, breads, community service, and foods and nutrition, she has done just that. In addition, Nickels was awarded the $1,200 Rule of Law Graduating Senior Scholarship sponsored by the Rule of Law Endowment; the $3,000 NoBro Farms LLC Endowment; and the $2,000 Harold and Edith Shaw Memorial Ambassador Scholarship sponsored by the Shaw Family Endowment. She was also named a member of the Blue Award Group. Click here for more information.

Abigail Logan takes top honor at State 4-H Roundup

Kind, dedicated and hardworking are three words used to describe Abigail Logan. The Payne County 4-H’er inspires others, is devoted to service and is 100% committed to the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program. Logan, a nine-year veteran of 4-H, was also awarded the $1,200 Advanced Family and Consumer Sciences Scholarship sponsored by the Oklahoma Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and the Oklahoma Association for Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals, and the $1,200 Larry D. Anderson Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Larry D. Anderson Memorial Endowment. In addition, she was named a member of the Blue Award Group. Click here for more information.

Collins recognized as 4-H Volunteer Leader of the Year

Christina Collins is a self-proclaimed “sandwich generation 4-H’er,” with her father an active club member in his youth, her own 10-year 4-H career and her two children currently reaping the benefits of membership in the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program.. Collins’s leadership and dedication to the program were recognized in June when she was named the Oklahoma 4-H Volunteer of the Year during the 4-H Parent/Volunteer Leader Conference at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. She was also recognized as the Southeast District and the Pottawatomie County 4-H Volunteer of the Year. Click here to read more.

Brents named 4-H Lifetime Volunteer of the Year

An educator by trade, and at heart, Alicia Brents saw the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program as a way to further her students’ education. Not only did she teach in the classroom, but she volunteered in 1972 to become the Swink Public Schools 4-H volunteer leader. Fifty-one years later, she continues to serve the youth in Choctaw County as the leader of the Fort Towson 4-H Club. Click here to read more.

New Frontiers donors support Oklahoma 4-H with named spaces in new building

Oklahoma State University is known for America’s Brightest Orange, but there is another color prominent on the OSU campus. Green represents Oklahoma 4-H, which is delivered by OSU Extension to provide experiences where young people learn by doing. The OSU Stillwater campus will be covered with green during the 102nd State 4-H Roundup on July 26-28. While on campus, 4-H members will see the soon-to-be new home for Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development and the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation. Click here to read more.

Cotton County 4-H’er takes top honor at State 4-H Roundup

When Zach Wagner was younger, he heard the quote, “The only thing limiting yourself is yourself.” It didn’t mean much to him until he started down his 4-H path. What a journey that has been, culminating in receiving the highest award a club member can achieve on the state level. Click here to read more.

Masonic Charity Foundation sponsors 4-H Youth Leadership Summit with $25,000 donation

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma (MCFOK) contributed $25,000 to the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation to sponsor the Oklahoma 4-H Innovate Youth Leadership Summit. Click here to read more.

Oklahoma 4-H Foundation achieves $100,000 goal for New Frontiers campaign

American Farmers & Ranchers Cooperative (AFR) committed a generous $13,000 to finish the $100,000 commitment set by Oklahoma 4-H Foundation directors and staff for naming opportunities in the New Frontiers Agricultural Hall on the Oklahoma State University campus. Click here to read more.

Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma gifts $800,000 to Oklahoma 4-H Foundation

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma (MCFOK) has gifted the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation $800,000 to bolster support for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) project work within the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program, as well as funding to enhance the annual State 4-H Roundup. Click here to read more.

Oklahoma 4-H Foundation receives $125,000 gift

A prosperous partnership between the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation and the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma (MCFOK) continues to benefit Oklahoma 4-H members with the 4-H Foundation’s reception of a $125,000 charitable gift. Click here to read more.

Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma raises 4-H scholarships

Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma increased its annual gift from $5,000 to $10,000 to honor Oklahoma 4-H Hall of Fame Scholarship winners. The Oklahoma 4-H Hall of Fame is the most prestigious award a 4-H member can earn on the state level. Annually, two outstanding 4-H members are inducted into the Oklahoma 4-H Hall of Fame and earn a $2,500 scholarship sponsored by Farm Credit Associations of Oklahoma. Click here to read more.

Oklahoma 4-H Foundation receives $100,000 gift

The Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma recently awarded the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation a charitable gift of $100,000. The purpose of these monies is to establish the Masonic Charity Foundation of Oklahoma Endowment Fund. This endowment will support the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program’s Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Program and the annual Oklahoma 4-H Roundup.  Click here to read more.

Charles Cox inducted into National 4-H Hall of Fame

When he joined his first 4-H club in fourth grade, Charles Cox had no idea the impact it would have on his life and his choice of career. And what a long and storied career he has had – a career spanning nearly three and one-half decades. Click here to read more.

4-H’ers learning about gardening and more in Pottawatomie County

Thanks to a dream, some grants, donations from local businesses and a lot of support from the community and the school, members of the South Rock Creek 4-H Club in Pottawatomie County are learning about gardening, food production and much more. Click here to read more.

4-H Foundation scholarships help make dreams come true

The cost of college figures into many college dreams. Madison Deeds, an agricultural education junior at Oklahoma State University, is no exception. Deeds knew she wanted to earn her degree from OSU, but she had concerns about the cost. Scholarships from the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation helped her dream come true. Click here to read more.

Kay County 4-H’er has big plans for her community

She may only be 12 years old, but this Kay County 4-H’er is making a big difference in her community of Newkirk, Oklahoma. Hannah Cross has developed a plan for her town, which includes a fitness path, story walk and a bike share program, all of which combines her belief in physical fitness with her love of the historic downtown area of Newkirk. Click here to read more.

Cherokee County 4-H’ers lend a hand with flood relief

I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country and my world. While 4-H’ers from across the state can recite the 4-H pledge at the drop of a hat, club members in Cherokee County have been living it and putting it to work in the wake of devastating flooding in their area. Click here to read more.

Oklahoma 4-H Foundation welcomes Jenkins as new executive director

Milford Jenkins recently has been appointed as the new executive director of the Oklahoma 4-H Foundation. Jenkins is no stranger to the Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development Program. Growing up as a 4-H member in Ellis County, Jenkins was involved in the beef and sheep project areas. He credits 4-H for instilling in him a lifelong passion not only for the agricultural industry, but also serving others. Click here to read more.

4-H’ers gain knowledge of how Oklahoma government works

The Oklahoma 4-H Youth Development program is well known for providing hands-on learning experiences for its members. Recently, a group of 4-H’ers spent the day at the Oklahoma Capitol Building learning not only how the state’s government works, but also getting one-on-one time with their senators and representatives sharing the impact 4-H has statewide. Click here to read more.