John King with the 4-H Shooting Sports Rifle Team.
The National 4-H Council has announced that John King, Owego, N.Y., has been selected as the 2016 4-H Salute to Excellence North East Region – Volunteer of the Year. The National 4-H salute to Excellence 4-H Volunteer Recognition Award recognizes 4-H volunteers who demonstrate exemplary service to 4-H, while promoting service through volunteerism as both an opportunity and a privilege.
Each year, selected from state nominations, the 4-H Salute to Excellence honors one individual in each region as the Regional 4-H Volunteers of the Year and one individual in each region as the Outstanding Lifetime 4-H Volunteer. The Selection Committee was extremely impressed by John’s accomplishments. The competition was stiff with more than 30 nominations from throughout the U.S. being reviewed.
The eight regional honorees, of which King is one, now become nominees for their respective national award, and one volunteer from each category will be named the national honoree; the outcome of which will be announced in April.
The 4-H Rifle Team at their last match of the season presented a plaque to John. A cash award of $200 was also presented to the Tioga Co. 4-H Program in recognition of King’s accomplishment.
“John’s outstanding service to 4-H and its youth is nothing short of an embodiment of 4-H dating back to organization’s founding in 1902. The youth and future 4-H volunteers that we educate and inspire today will be our leaders of tomorrow,” said Adam M. Rosenberg, grants manager, National 4-H Council.
To find out more about the Tioga County 4-H Program contact the 4-H Office, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Tioga County at 687-4020 or visit their website at tioga.cce.cornell.edu.
