Perpetual Funding

Looks like we’ll be getting a new license plate for our car next year, one that will have the 4-H logo - green four-leaf clovers with an "H" on each leaf. Starting in 2013, drivers here in our state can buy a 4-H license plate for $40, and about $28 of it will go towards 4-H youth development. In contrast to all the vanity plates out there that leave most people shaking their heads wondering what in the world they actually represent, the 4-H plates will be recognizable at a glance.
Another plus is that the plates will also bring recognition to the more than 90,000 children and 10,000 adult volunteers in the program. I’ve long been a supporter of the 4-H program. Don’t worry I’m not going to regale you with the pledge again, but I will urge people to do all they can to help these valuable clubs, which focus on making children better through community service, learning activities in agriculture, crafts, performing arts, health, leadership, and science. In this day and age, where most things don’t make it to the twenty, or even ten year mark, wouldn’t it be nice to take part in helping a program that’s been around for 110 years survive another one hundred years?