Being a part of 4-H gives youth many opportunities to build and grow essential skills that are needed in everyday life as a part of learning. 4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health, all components which we need for survival. Local 4-H The Pas Helping Hands Leader Cheryl Antonio has been involved with 4-H ever since she was a child and started out as a member whose mother was a 4-H leader.
“My first involvement with 4-H was in the late 70s,” said Antonio. “My mom was a 4-H leader and taught us sewing. My mom is an extremely talented seamstress and it was important to her to pass along these skills to her daughters. Learning something fun was even better when you could do it as a group and thus we attended the 4-H sewing club.”
Watching her mother be a 4-H leader and knowing how valuable the program was led Antonio to also become a leader and her own children became interested in it as well.