Sevier County 4-H recently had ten senior 4-H members inducted into the State 4-H All Star organization. The induction ceremony was held at the Eastern Region 4-H Fall All Star Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
    Tennessee 4-H All Stars is the second level in the Tennessee 4-H recognition program for outstanding 4-H members.  Qualifications for the All Star recognition include: being an active 4-H member; having completed 8th grade; must be a 4-H Honor Club Member; exhibit outstanding leadership ability; commendable character and be willing to serve.
    New Sevier County All Stars include: Josh Gideon, Spencer Lewis and Courtney Rolen – Gatlinburg Pittman High School; Lauren Jenkins and Heather Hatcher, Pigeon Forge High School; and Jared Bruhin, Lawrence Clements, Maddie Rule, Erin Perry and Shaye Smith, Sevier County High School.  Other Sevier County All-Stars taking part in the Fall Regional Conference included Samantha Greene, Homeschool Club; Lizette Aparicio, Hannah Clevenger, Hunter Greene, Christina Lulich, Daniel Roberts and Autumn Ward, Gatlinburg Pittman High School and J.P. Caylor, Sevier County High School.    
    The All Star motto is “SERVICE” and 4-H All Stars exhibit this motto through county, regional and state service projects to benefit their neighbors at home and around the world.  At the regional conference, delegates completed six different service projects.  All Stars from across East Tennessee raised $1,200 for the Second Harvest Food Bank; they constructed 100 Beanie Baby care packages for Ronald McDonald House; prepared 300 Christmas Cards for East Tennessee Nursing Homes; prepared 600 Christmas Cards for U.S. Military Personnel currently stationed overseas and cleaned several hundred dollars worth of coins that had been tossed in the Grist Mill at Cades Cove for donation to the National Park.  All totaled, 4-H members contributed over 350 hours to these projects.
    Congratulations to these outstanding young people for their examples of service.  If you need more information about 4-H and 4-H All Star opportunities in Sevier County, please contact Glenn Turner at 453-3695.

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