WHEREAS, Oct. 1-7 is National 4-H Week in the United States; and

        WHEREAS, more than 5 million youths take part in 4-H club programs nationwide; and

        WHEREAS 4-H Clubs conducts programs to help young people acquire knowledge, develop life skills and form attitudes which will help them become self-directing, productive members of society; and

        WHEREAS, 4-H addresses issues facing youth wherever they live and helps break barriers by focusing on learning-by-doing; and

        WHEREAS, 4-H builds youths self-esteem, leadership and citizenship skills and focuses on critical issues such as protecting the environment; and

        WHEREAS, 4-H has programs on food and nutrition, science and technology, natural resources, substance abuse prevention, growing plants, caring for farm animals, career education, community pride, citizenship and leadership; and

        WHEREAS, exciting, fun and student-centered educational programs are available through county 4-H School Enrichment programs; and

        WHEREAS, nationwide volunteers in 4-H donate countless hours and effort each year in preparing for and teaching youth;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, JAMES E. RISCH, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim October 1-7, 2006, to be

4-H WEEK

in Idaho.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at the Capitol in Boise on this 21^st day of September in the year of our Lord two-thousand and six and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE