STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Two Lehigh County teens have gotten the highest award in the commonwealth’s 4-H program.
Allison Emanuel, of Laurys Station, and Payge Haydt, of Walnutport, received Diamond Clover Awards, according to a news release from Kelly Weisner, the county’s 4-H youth development educator.
“The Clover Award Program encourages 4-H members to explore new projects and activities throughout their 4-H experience that will help them acquire the seven leadership life skills," according to the release.
They are communicating, decision-making and problem-solving, getting along with others, learning to learn, managing, understanding self and working in groups.
“Engagement with the program is generally a multiyear process that guides 4-H members through several levels of achievement, culminating with the Diamond Clover Award, for which participants plan and implement a service-learning project in the community.”Penn State Extension Lehigh County
“Engagement with the program is generally a multiyear process that guides 4-H members through several levels of achievement," the release says.
"Culminating with the Diamond Clover Award, for which participants plan and implement a service-learning project in the community.”
The winning projects
Emanuel’s project included developing an agricultural curriculum toolkit for K-5 students, including an "Ag Box" resource for teachers that was piloted and adopted into school curriculum.
For her project, Haydt helped establish the Pennsylvania branch of Hearts for Music, a special needs orchestra, with a long-term goal of performing at the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee celebration.
There were 15 Diamond Clover awardees this year, but none from Northampton County, according to a list of winners posted on Penn State Extension’s website.
While 4-H is a U.S. Department of Agriculture program, the commonwealth’s is administered through Penn State Extension.
Find more information on the commonwealth’s 4-H program on Penn State Extension’s website.
