About Us
The 4-H Million Trees community service project was conceived by members of the Pacifica (California) 4-H Club after viewing the film "An Inconvenient Truth." This project was adopted by the youth board of directors as one of the club's projects. The project was upgraded to an international campaign by the sheer magnitude of the numbers. The youth members of this project, including youth volunteers from other clubs across the U.S. and Canada, are managing the operations including:
- Building a network of 90,000 4-H clubs and units to participate in the project
- Creating this website
- Fundraising
- Public Relations Outreach
- Data Management
- Communications
It is our hope that 4-H members from clubs and units across the country will volunteer to lead this project for their club or county. Besides the obvious reduction in greenhouse gases from the successful completion of this project, the youth involved will learn valuable life skills which are at the core of the 4-H program, such as:
- Responsibility
- Organization
- Management
- Leadership
- Citizenship
This all-volunteer effort is in keeping with the 4-H Pledge which members recite at every meeting:
As a true 4-Her, I pledge
my Head to clearer thinking,
my Heart to greater loyalty
my Hands to larger service, and
my Health to better living,
for my club, my community,
my country, and my world.
Acknowledgments
The 4-H Million Trees owes a debt of gratitude to numerous individuals and organizations, many of whom are listed below. We hope that we have not excluded any of our generous supporters, and this page will be updated continually as more people step forward to support this project.
4-H Supporters
- Dr. Cathann Kress, Director, Youth Development, National 4-H Headquarters
- Mike Nowosad, Chief Executive Officer, Canada 4-H Council
- Jennifer Sirangelo, Senior Vice President, Resource Development, National 4-H Council
- Craven Rand, Director of Operations, Resource Development, National 4-H Council
- Eric Boucher, Web Content Developer, National 4-H Council
- Betty, Wingerter, President, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents, Ohio
- Sharon Junge, Acting State 4-H Director, California
- Pat English, State 4-H Program Representative, California
- Steven Worker, State 4-H Program Representative, California
- Jeannette Warnert, Sr. Public Information Representative, University of California
- Marilyn Johns, Director, San Mateo County 4-H
- Mary Meyer, 4-H Youth Development Program Representative, San Mateo County 4-H
- Leslie Jensen, Manager, Elkus Ranch, University of California
- Sue Garcia, Trustee, San Mateo County 4-H Support Trust
- Jeff Richardson, Trustee, San Mateo County 4-H Support Trust
- Daniel Stiner, Webmaster and Database Manager, Hardin County, Iowa 4-H
- Ken Filar, Web Designer, Pacifica 4-H Club, California
- Robert Lewit, IT Consultant, San Carlos/Eaton Hills 4-H, California
Other Supporters
- Julia Scott, Medianews Staff Writer, The San Mateo County Times
- Hazel White, Freelance Writer, San Francisco, California
- Lynn Ruth Miller, Impresario & Writer, Coastviews Magazine
- Janet Milkman, President, The Future of Life, Inc.
- Brian Schenk, Corporate Partnerships Manager, The Arbor Day Foundation, Nebraska
- Nicholas Hebb, Founder, BreezeTree Software, LLC., Sherwood, OR
- Lesley Nagy, Environmental Reporter, YourTV20, San Francisco, CA
Contact Us
We try our best to make sure all relevant information is readily available on the 4-H Million Trees Project website, but if you have any trouble with the registration process, or you would simply like speak with a real person about any part of the project, please do not hesitate to use the following form to contact a project leader.
