June 27, 2019

News Release

For Immediate Release

EDITOR'S NOTE: Members of the media may contact the Rutgers 4‑H Youth Development Program by phone at 848-932-3597 or by email at nj4h@njaes.rutgers.edu.

New Jersey 4-H Members to Attend 4-H Leadership Program

Sixteen 4‑H members have been selected to represent New Jersey at the 6th annual 4‑H Leadership Washington Focus (LWF) Conference. This leadership conference will be held July 15–19 at the National 4‑H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Leadership Washington Focus (LWF) is a 4‑H leadership development program for 4‑H members entering grades 7–9. Youth from across the nation will be participating in this 5-day event (Monday–Friday). The program will provide an opportunity for youth to listen to motivational speakers and participate in workshops that will develop communication skills, increase leadership capacity and build lifetime skills.

The program will utilize Washington, D.C. as a working classroom to learn about leadership and provides hands-on opportunities for our younger teens to promote "Learn to Lead Now - Better Leaders Tomorrow."

The New Jersey delegates representing ten (10) counties attending this year's conference are:

  • Burlington County: Alycia Klaus
  • Cape May County: Kate DiGilio
  • Cumberland County: Isabela Saltar
  • Hunterdon County: Cassidy Hunt and Annabelle Majorossy
  • Morris County: Mahi Gupta and Kailey Sinko
  • Ocean County: Lacey Jernstedt, Grace Leavitt, and Alex Morgan
  • Passaic County: Sky Sedlacek
  • Salem County: Fashia Comerford
  • Somerset County: Sophia Gaudet, Jacquilin Kirby, and Rishikesh Ravi
  • Sussex County: Paige Patrie

"The LWF Conference is a great opportunity for young people to become better leaders as they experience our nation's capital in a unique and inspiring way that will leave them with the experience of a lifetime and the skills to shape a better future." says Jeannette Rea Keywood, State 4‑H Agent, Department of 4‑H Youth Development.

The 4‑H Youth Development Program is part of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension, 4‑H educational programs are offered to all youth, grades K–13, on an age-appropriate basis, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status, and any other category protected by law. For more information about the New Jersey 4‑H Program visit the 4‑H website at nj4h.rutgers.edu. Like New Jersey 4‑H on Facebook.

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Cooperating Agencies: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Boards of County Commissioners. Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, is an qual opportunity program provider and employer.

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