Lancaster County 4-H presents a Heart of 4-H Award to a Lancaster County 4-H volunteer each month in recognition of outstanding volunteer serice. The purpose of this award is to recognize volunteers who are, indeed, the heart of 4-H.
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Kate has volunteered with 4-H for more than five years, starting when she was still a member. She is co-leader of the Esprit de Corps 4-H horse club, helps the club superintendent the 4-H Dressage Show at the Lancaster County Super Fair and is a tester at horsemanship advancement level testings. She also coaches horse hippology and quiz bowl teams competing at the state 4-H Stampede. The hippology team she coached in 2016 earned first place at the 4-H/FFA Western National Roundup in Denver.
“I love being a part of 4-H’ers journeys and using my experience to help them create their own successes,” says Kate. “Many great 4-H volunteers helped me on my path to many successes and I love to be able to say I did the same for someone else. I love watching a difficult horse transform after a lot of hard work, but my favorite experience was taking my first hipppology team to Denver and bring home a national title!”
She is a senior at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln majoring in veterinary science, and just applied for vet school.