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To: Willie Green
4-H is absolutely one of the best things you can do for your kid. It is a conservative organization that has existed since 1902, and it teaches hard work, leadership skills, community service, and respect for tradition. It also teaches a whole SLEW of skills that may one day be lost in this country. 4-H families tend to be tight, as 4-H is NOTHING ifit did not have the entire family pulling for it's members.

My daughter Caitlin is mildly autistc, and the confidence and skill that I have seen bloom in her since we joined 4-H are astounding and much better "therapy" than any shrink or any drug could be for her. Just talking to the judges and receiving awards and praise for the projects she works so hard on has made her "light up" and reach out to people in a way i never thought possible.

I cannot praise 4-H highly enough.

Want info? Freepmail me!

Tia

(Who can tell you more about llamas than you ever wanted to know! )

7 posted on 08/21/2003 4:32:50 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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To: tiamat
To add to the above: You do NOT have to live on a farm or have an animal to belong to 4-H. We have city kids and an "urban" program, too!

Tia

8 posted on 08/21/2003 4:36:54 PM PDT by tiamat ("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
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