Awards

Leader Awards | Individual or Group Awards

4-H Award of Excellence

On-going

The order form for the 4-H Award of Excellence is available as an interactive PDF.

The 4‑H Award of Excellence is a series of four awards (bronze, silver, gold and platinum) that recognizes 4 H member's project work, leadership and community service achievements.

Alberta 4-H Legacy Builders (ATB Financial, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development, Canada Safeway and UFA Cooperative Limited) and 4-H Partners (4-H and Agriculture Education Branch, Alberta 4-H Council and 4-H Foundation of Alberta) support the Award of Excellence. Since the program's inception in 1988, over 22,000 medallions have been presented.

Please remember to send a Thank You card to the sponsors of the 4-H Award of Excellence - click here to obtain the addresses to send the thank yous to. Thank you cards are available to download under Resources - click here to access that page.

During 2008 4-H members received the following 4-H Award of Excellence - Bronze 364, Silver 104, Gold 344 and Platinum 241.

The awards are distributed on the basis of a member's accumulated points from his or her Yearly 4-H Diary (302kb). NOTE: the Yearly 4-H Diary is interactive so you can fill out the information on-line and then print, or just print but you will not be able to save your information on-line.

For a sample of a completed Yearly 4-H Diary click here to download (165kb). Also available is a PowerPoint on how to fill out a Yearly 4-H Diary click here to download (399kb) . The points needed for each award are as follows:

A member must fill out a diary for each year he or she has been in 4‑H to be eligible to receive an award. The club leader checks over the forms and confirms the points.

Order early as your Regional 4‑H Office only processes order forms on the 1st of each month. Once ordered, delivery usually takes 3 to 6 weeks. Clubs may only order once per year.  Awards will be shipped to the locations where clubs usually pick up supplies.

Contact: your Regional 4‑H Office

Ambassadors

Ambassadors are chosen each year at the Provincial 4‑H Selections program to represent youth and 4‑H. They spend a two-year term exemplifying the leadership, communication and personal development skills for which Alberta's 4‑H program is recognized.

To be eligible to become an ambassador, a senior member must:

• Place in the top half of all the delegates attending Selections based on their diary points, a quiz and group session scores
• Demonstrate cooperative behavior and effective communication skills
• Display a positive attitude and a high degree of maturity throughout the weekend
• Commit to attending both training sessions

Ambassadors create a marketing plan that includes:

As well, Ambassadors attend two training sessions per year (May and January) to learn skills relevant to their future career paths, and discuss the direction of the Ambassador program.

Ambassador Contacts

Contact: Cameron Horner

Premier's Award

Contact: Cameron Horner

Travel Awards

4‑H members who attend the Provincial Selections, Horse Classic or Judging programs may receive one of 4‑H's 14 award trips. Each year, over 80 senior 4‑H members receive the opportunity to partake in trips based on performance at these programs as well as past 4‑H involvement.

Contact: Mark Shand

Leader Awards

Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame

Deadline Jul 15

The Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame nomination form is available for use either as a PDF or in Word.

Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development invites the 4-H community to submit nominees for the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame. The 4-H Hall of Fame honours Albertans who have made outstanding contributions to the 4-H program in this province. Albertans who have demonstrated significant initiative, leadership and a positive impact on 4-H will be chosen to join the other men and women who have been honored since the award was initiated in 1971. A nominee should have impact and achievements at the local, district, regional and provincial level.

Nominees may have served the 4-H program as volunteers or professionals. Their responsibilities and impact on 4-H as well as involvement in other community organizations and activities will,be taken into consideration. Albertans chosen for induction into the Alberta 4-H Hall of Fame will be honoured at a banquet and ceremony in January during the annual Alberta 4-H Leaders conference. A maximum of two inductees will be honoured in a specific year.

A selection committee, made up of 4-H staff, Alberta 4-H Council members, and 4-H Foundation Directors will make a recommendation to the 4-H Branch head who will forward the choices to senior department officials. The Minister responsible for 4-H will make the official announcement during National 4-H month (November).

Groups or individuals are invited to submit nominations up to July 15 of the current year. Under no circumstances will late applications be accepted. Application forms are available from any 4-H staff member or can be downloaded from the 4-H website.

Contact: your Regional 4‑H Office

Co-operators/4-H National Volunteer Leader of the Year

Deadline Oct 23

The Co-operators and the Canadian 4-H Council are pleased to offer the annual Co-operators/4-H National Volunteer Leader of the Year Award.

For the past eight years, the Canadian 4-H Council has received a tremendous number of quality nominations from across Canada. A volunteer leader is selected from each province, and a grand prize winner is selected from that group.

Provincial winners will be awarded a certificate, $100 cash prize, plus Co-operators and 4-H merchandise. The Grand Prize is a $1,100 cash award and a trip to the National 4-H Conference in Toronto in November.

More information about the award, as well as nomination details and deadlines, can be found here.

Contact: Canadian 4‑H Council

UFA Young Adults Volunteer Service Recognition

Deadline Nov 2

The application for the UFA Young Adults Volunteer Service Recognition is available as a PDF.

4-H alumni returning to their rural roots want to be active volunteers in their communities. On restriction facing them is their debt load from financing an education, starting their careers and raising families. These potential 4-H volunteers therfore end up working more and volunteering less in their community. This program recognizes five (5) young 4-H alumni between the age of 20 and 35 who pursue post-secondary education, return to their rural roots and enhance their community as a 4-H volunteer for at least two years. Each year, UFA and the 4-H Foundation of Alberta will award each recipient a $2,000 UFA gift certificate for their contribution. This is just one more way that UFA is recognizing the value of 4-H members and helping to build the future capacity of volunteers in rural Alberta.

Contact: 4-H Foundation of Alberta, Jackie Mann 1-877-682-2153 (toll-free) 780-682-3784 (F)

Individual or Group Awards

Golden Clover Award

Deadline Nov 1

The application for the Golden Clover Award is available as a PDF.

The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals or groups who have exhibited outstanding leadership while initiating a special contribution such as an innovative idea, program, activity or event that has made a significant difference to 4‑H in Alberta.

Contact: Stacy Price 403-946-5373 (H) 403-912-7628 (W) 403-912-7252 (F)

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award

On-going

The nomination for the Duke of Edinburgh's Award is available as a PDF.

The Duke of Edinburgh's Award Young Canadians Challenge is an exciting self-development Program available to all young people, equipping them with life skills to make a difference to themselves, their communities and their country.

The Award is flexible and can be done by anyone aged 14-25 in their own time: mental or physical ability or social circumstances should never be a barrier. Moreover, the individual chooses what activities to do depending on his/her interests and resources. If you are over 25 then do not despair! You too can get involved by becoming an Award leader - the backbone of the Award Program and the key to its success.

There are three levels of the Award in which you can participate - Bronze, Silver and Gold, with each successive level demanding increased commitment.

• BRONZE - for those over 14. The minimum period of participation to gain this Award is 6 months;
• SILVER - for those over 15. The minimum period of participation to gain this Award is 12 months (or 6 months if you have completed Bronze);
• GOLD - for those over 16. The minimum period of participation to gain this Award is 18 months (or 12 months if you have completed Silver).

Contact: The Duke of Edinburgh's Award