4-H NEWS

1-4-H's Cathann Kress to Present Essential Elements of Youth Development Live Via Satellite September 30, 2004

Cathann Kress, Ph.D., Director of Youth Development, National 4-H Headquarters, CSREES, USDA, will present The Essential Elements of Youth Development a visionary strategy for the future of youth development education, live via satellite from West Virginia University at 4 p.m. Thursday, September 30, 2004.

The Essential Elements include engaging youth in the academic environment of America's 105 state land-grant universities; teaching knowledge and life skills that enhance quality of life; and creating opportunities that promote positive youth development, often in challenging community environments.

The presentation is being made during the Fall 2004 meeting of the National 4-H Council Board of Trustees in Morgantown, WV. This meeting will see West Virginia University President David C. Hardesty become the first university president to serve as chair of the National 4-H Council Board.

4-H America's largest youth development organization is a community of young people who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. 4-H serves more than seven million youth.

Check back Tuesday for satellite uplink coordinates. For more information, contact Ann Bailey Berry, WVU Extension Communications, at Ann.Berry@mail.wvu.edu.

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2-New National 4-H Week Resources Available

Several new tools have been added to the National 4-H Week 2004 blog. Two proclamations and a National 4-H Week graphic are now available at www.4husablogs.org/national4-hweek2004.

4-H Online! is the theme of National 4-H Week, October 3-9, 2004, in recognition of 4-H's leadership among youth development organizations using the Internet and the launch of 4husa.org, a web site exclusively for, by and about youth.

4-H clubs and county and state 4-H programs will be able to showcase their websites to the media and will be asked to cross promote 4-husa.org during National 4-H Week. Other media tools include a customizable media alert and a customizable news release, digital photos of the 4-HUSA Web Crew, links to the 4-H emblem and its graphic standards, tips to get great media coverage for 4-H and ideas for 4-H Online! events.

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