Waushara County Record Book Awards and Recognition
Waushara County 4-H members are eligible for record book awards based on the goals and accomplishments reported in their record books.
Clubs should establish a record book award committee to review each member’s record books according to the record book evaluation sheet. Member record books should be reviewed by adult leaders and parents. Cloverbud record books should be reviewed by club leaders and parents and will not be reviewed on the county level. Each Cloverbud will receive a recognition item at Achievement Day.
Younger members (grades 3-6 at the time of enrollment) may be nominated for a record book award sponsored by the Waushara County Association for Home and Community Education.
Older members (grades 7 and up at the time enrollment) may be nominated for four types of awards.
Project awards recognize members for outstanding achievement in a specific project. Each older member can be nominated for awards in two projects. Clubs may wish to ask members to indicate which two projects they would like to be nominated for awards in.
Special awards are designed to recognize members for achievement in multiple projects and overall achievement or leadership experiences. Each older member can be nominated for up to two special awards.
Career awards recognize members for their accomplishments and contributions throughout their 4-H career. These awards (Robert Roggow Junior Leader Award and I Dare You Award) are not included in any of the quotas for members.
A club may nominate up to 1/3 of their membership for county awards. Individuals nominated for county awards will be screened only by leaders from other clubs at the county record book review. Nomination does not constitute automatic award of a county level award. If more than 1/3 of the members are deserving of nomination, additional nominations will be reviewed. If less than 1/3 of the members are deserving, clubs do not need to fill the 1/3 guideline. The Community Service Award was created to recognize members who make exemplary contributions toward community service. This award is not included in the quota of awards per member.
Project Awards for Older Members
Leaders can nominate 4-H members to receive awards in up to two of the projects at the end of this document.
Older Member Special Awards
Special Awards include the following project area awards. They recognize youth for achievement in two or more of the projects in that project area during the current year. Members should set challenging goals in all of the related projects, be involved in a variety of learning experiences throughout the project year and publicly exhibit their accomplishments.
Animal Science (bantams , beef , cats , clothes horse , dairy , dairy goats , dogs , horse and pony , horseless horse , model horse , pets , pigeons , poultry , rabbits , sheep , swine , turkeys, vet science , waterfowl)
Home Economics (child development, clothing decisions , clothing, crocheting, food preservation, foods and nutrition, health, home environment, intergenerations, knitting)
Arts and Communication (arts, block printing, clowning, computers, creative writing, drawing and painting, folk arts, leathercraft, metal enameling, photography, speaking, theater arts, videography)
Mechanical Science (aerospace, bicycling, electricity, scale models, small engines, tractor, wood-working).
Natural Resources/Environmental Education (adventures, air pistol, archery, backpacking, bicycling, birds, canoeing, fishing, hunting, insects, muzzleloading, naturespace, recycling, rifle, shotgun, trees, water, wildflowers, winter travel).
Plant & Soil Sciences (corn, crops, flowers, forage, fruits, home grounds, house plants, plant crafts, small grains, vegetables).
The remaining Special Awards focus on the youth’s involvement in their club, involvement with younger members and participation in opportunities at the club, district, and state level.
Leadership – Nominees should show outstanding development and work in the area of leadership during the current project year. This is shown through project leadership, club officer roles and/or committee work as shown on the A Citizenship/Community Service record sheet and “4-H Permanent Record”. Any youth in seventh grade and up at the time of enrollment meeting these qualifications should be nominated. Those selected to receive this award will receive a leadership disk, a certificate, and a recognition item that will assist in carrying out future leadership roles.
4-H Achievement Award – Nominees should be very involved in 4-H throughout their 4-H career. In nominating members, consider their involvement in all of these aspects throughout their 4-H career: project work, involvement in club activities, and participation in appropriate county activities. This award is given to members who have completed grade 10 and up. They will receive an achievement disk and a 4-H medallion.
Career Awards
These two Career Awards recognize a member for their achievements and contributions throughout their 4-H career.
Robert Roggow Junior Leader Award – Bob Roggow, a Waushara County 4-H Alumni, established this award to recognize one youth annually who has developed their leadership skills and been actively involved in numerous roles at the club, county and other levels of 4-H. The record book reviewers will review the quantity of leadership roles involved in, the amount of growth experienced by the member throughout their 4-H career and the variety of experiences. This award is typically presented to a graduating member or a member within one or two years of graduation. This award can be received once during a 4-H member ‘ s career and is a plaque.
Nomination form for Robert Roggow Leadership Award (Adobe Acrobat)
Nomination form for Robert Roggow Leadership Award (Microsoft Word)
The “I Dare You Award,” established by the American Youth Foundation, recognizes two youth each year who have demonstrated qualities of leadership, excellence in character and who have potential for effective future leadership. The award includes a certificate and book encouraging continued leadership development. The award is designed to be given to a member in grades 9-11 and can only be received once during their 4-H career.
Nomination form for I Dare You Award (Microsoft Word)
Community Service Award
This award for members recognizes members who do make exemplary contributions to community service as part of their club. It is for the individual who participates actively in most, if not all, of the club’s community service projects. It is not necessarily the one who spearheads, or leader such projects, although they may meet the qualifications below and also be eligible. It is for the member who is an active contributor. It is the member who stays and rakes leaves until it is done, serves a dinner, and helps clean up, who comes every time to help the elderly. It is the type of member that a leader can depend on to show up, work hard and not leave until everything is done. The award may be given every year that it is deserved and to as many members as deserve it. It will be based on a leader recommendation including several examples and the Community Service sheet in the member’s record book. It does not include non-4-H community involvement. It is based on the individual’s best effort and members are not to be compared to one another.
Individual Community Service Award Nomination Form (Microsoft Word)
Waushara County 4-H Older Member Project Awards
| Adventures | Horseless Horse |
| Aerospace | Houseplants |
| Air Pistol | Hunting |
| Archery | Intergenerations |
| Art | International Study |
| Backpacking | Introduction to Naturespace |
| Bantams | Knitting |
| Beef | Leathercraft |
| Bicycling | Model Horse |
| Birds | Muzzle loading |
| Block printing Metal | Pets |
| Enameling, Folk Arts | Photography |
| Canoeing | Pigeon |
| Cat | Plant Crafts |
| Child Development | Poultry |
| Citizenship | Rabbits |
| Clothes Horse | Recycling |
| Clothing | Rifle |
| Clothing Decisions | Scale Models |
| Clowning | Self -Determined |
| Computers | Sheep |
| Corn | Shotgun |
| Creative Writing | Small Engines |
| Crocheting | Small Grains |
| Dairy | Speaking |
| Dairy Goats | Swine |
| Dog | Theater Arts |
| Drawing and Painting | Tractor |
| Electricity | Trees |
| Entomology | Turkey |
| Fishing | Vegetables |
| Flowers | Vet Science |
| Foods and Nutrition | Videography |
| Food Preservation | Water |
| Forage | Waterfowl |
| Fruits | Wild Flowers |
| Health | Winter Travel |
| Home Environment | Woodworking |
| Home Grounds | Youth Leadership |
4-H Graduates
Members graduate from 4-H the year they graduate from high school or the year following high school graduation. These members will be recognized at the County Fair and at the 4-H Achievement Program.
