Way to go Courtney Miller!

Mr. Wells Hall, Mrs. Phyllis Stainback and Dr. Hugh Liner present Dixie Acorn, a Hoke County 4-H’er who will attend Sandhills Community College, and Courtney Miller, Richmond County 4-H’er who will attend East Carolina University, with the South Central District 4-H Development Fund Scholarship.

Courtney Shea Miller, 17, of Richmond County was recently selected for North Carolina’s 4-H Honor Club, one of the highest honors a 4-H’er can achieve.

Miller, daughter of Anne and Jeff Miller of Laurel Hill, was tapped for the club during a candlelight ceremony Monday July 19 during State 4-H Congress. Congress is the high point of the 4-H year, bringing young people from across the state to the North Carolina State University campus and Raleigh for four days of activity July 19-22. More than 500 4-H’ers, volunteer leaders and North Carolina Cooperative Extension agents attended 4-H Congress.

Membership in the Honor Club is based on service to the 4-H program, leadership, moral standards, 4-H activities and project achievement. Less than one-half of 1 percent of North Carolina 4-H’ers are selected for membership each year. Members must be at least 16 years old and have a minimum of three years 4-H experience.

Miller was also awarded the South Central District 4-H Development Fund Scholarship at the annual North Carolina 4-H Scholarship and Awards Reception and Partnership Luncheon held in Raleigh during North Carolina 4-H Congress.  The Scholarship and Awards Reception and Partnership Luncheon celebrates outstanding North Carolina 4-H’ers who have distinguished themselves through their long-term project work, as delegates to national 4-H events, and recognizes those youth who are awarded college scholarships.  This year 4-H honored over 137 4-H’ers and awarded over $66,000 in academic scholarships. 

The 4-H program is the youth education program of North Carolina Cooperative Extension, based at North Carolina State and North Carolina A&T State universities. More than 240,000 young people between the ages of 5 and 19 participate in North Carolina 4-H activities each year with the help of 21,000 adult and youth volunteers.

- Written by:  Michael Martin & Dee Shore -