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Service
 The
4-H All Star motto is "SERVICE."
4-H All
Stars exhibit this motto through county, regional, and state
service projects to benefit their neighbors at home and around
the world.
Although
some things in Tennessee 4-H are changing, the All Stars'
commitment to service isn't one of them. The May 2004 edition
of Western Region's The Turtle Tribune newsletter
had this to say about the All Star Service Award:
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most of you know, All Stars has made some changes to
several different things. The All Star Service Award,
formerly known as the Tomahawk Service Award, is still
based on service in your county. Our look may be changing, but our views aren't.
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County All Stars groups can submit their projects for the
4-H All Star Service Award,
which is presented annually at Roundup. For the 2007 All Star
Service Award, All Stars reported 110 projects,
for a total of 49,115 hours of service. If
you multiply the number of hours and the nationally accepted
dollar value for volunteer time ($17.19 -- see information
from Independent
Sector), this equals $844,286.85! Not only
that, but the All Stars helped over 73,000
people!
Service
is included in local, regional and state All Star conferences
and meetings. At the July 2007 Roundup and
State All Star Conference, 4-H members collected over 9,000 dental items, enough items to stretch over 1 mile.
You can
strengthen your service experience by turning it into a service
learning project. How? It's simple! Look at your
community, decide what the needs are, and plan a project to
meet the needs. Then, to make it true service learning, think
about the skills and knowledge you can gain through the project
and make those things your learning objectives. Conduct your
project and reflect on what you've done. Then, evaluate and
celebrate your accomplishments! Visit the 4-H
Seeds of Service Web site for tons of great information
on service learning.
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