Sussex 4-H member to represent New Jersey at national leadership meet

A Sussex County 4-H member has been selected to represent New Jersey at the fifth annual 4-H
Leadership Washington Focus (LWF) Conference. This leadership conference will be held July 16-20
at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Leadership Washington Focus (LWF) is a 4-H leadership development program for 4-H members
entering grades 7-9. Youth from across the nation will be participating in this five-day event. The
program will provide an opportunity for youth to listen to motivational speakers and participate in
workshops that will develop communication skills, increase leadership capacity and build lifetime skills.
LWF will utilize Washington, D.C. as a working classroom to learn about leadership and provide
hands-on opportunities for our younger teens to promote “Learn to Lead Now-Better Leaders
Tomorrow."
The delegate from Sussex County attending the Leadership Washington Focus Conference is Julia St.
Clair from Stillwater.
“The conference provides an opportunity for Sussex County 4-H members to become better leaders as
they experience our nation’s capital in a unique and inspiring way.” says Dave Foord, Senior 4-H
Program Director.
Financial assistance for the delegate’s travel and tuition costs was provided by the First Pioneer
Agricultural Leadership Fund-Joshua Geary Fund and the Sussex County 4-H Foundation.
The 4-H Youth Development Program is part of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station -
Cooperative Extension, 4-H educational programs are offered to all youth, grades K-13, on an ageappropriate
basis, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital
status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status, and any other category protected by
law.
For more information about the Sussex County 4-H Program call the 4-H