Legacy 4-H Club
We’d love to have you join the Legacy 4-H Club! We are a community-based 4-H club with members from the Lucas, Fairview, Wylie, Allen & Plano areas. The Goal of our club is to teach kids life skills (how to do stuff), leadership (how to accomplish goals within a group) and citizenship (how to be a great American) while having FUN and making FRIENDS. Project areas include Horse (don’t have to own one), Foods & Nutrition, Photography, Rabbits, Dogs, Public Speaking, Leadership, Community Service and Arts and Crafts.
Club Managers:
Kathrin Esposito,214-616-2460; Kathrin_Esposito@asus.com
Tammy Duke 469-235-7238; tammyduke1@att.net
Club Youth Leadership Team:
President: Bethany Woelmer
VP of Programs: Elizabeth McConnell
VP of Recreation: Christine Engel
Council Delegate: Michaela Brown
Secretary: Amanda Gonzales
Treasurer: Grace Woelmer
Reporter: Zach Parmer
Public Relations: Kierstin Esposito
Parliamentarian: Cassie Duke
Club Meetings:
4th Monday of each Month, 7-8 pm at Lovejoy High School.
Projects/Leaders
Below are the current projects offered by Legacy 4-H Club. Project meeting dates/timess are set by the Project leaders.
Adopt A Grandparent Community Service: Rachel Woelmer
4-H members visit seniors at Loving Care Home once a month for about an hour. Visits usually include some talking, some singing, a craft or visits with therapy animals (rabbits, puppies, baby 
goats –whatever is around at the time). Loving Care is a small assisted living home with about 9 reresidents and is located at 999 Forest Grove Road (east of Country Club).
Clover Kids: NEED LEADER
Clover Kids is for those kids interested in 4-H but are not yet 9. Clover kids can enter some of the same competitions as 4-H members.
Creative Arts: Tammy Duke/Celia Omas
Express your creativity by exploring various artistic medias including clay, fabric and paper. Projects can be entered in the Collin County Youth Show as well as the State Fair. Project will start in the spring.
Dog /Companion Animals (Need a Leader)
Learn about all aspects of caring and training your dog. The state dog show is held in the summer and has many opportunities to strut your stuff –be it in obedience, showmanship, agility or tracking. Dog pedigree is not important – just your willingness to spend time training your dog.
Foods and Nutrition: Tammy Duke /Bill Esposito 
Project includes learning about all aspects of Foods and Nutrition – from basic cooking skills to nutrition to food safety to careers in the food industry. Opportunities to showcase what you have learned in the Collin County Foodshow as well as Food Challenge (i.e. Iron Chef type of completion) or Food Quiz Bowl. 
Members can also enter in the Collin County Youth Fair (in January) and the State Fair Cooking Competitions (such as Ice Cream Crank Off, Kid’s Cooking Competition).
Horse/Hippology : Don
Don’t have a horse, but want to learn more about horses? This project is for you.
Various activities in the Horse Project include Hippology which is the study of horses and there are a couple of different competitions to show off your knowledge. Horse Judging –were participants will learn the how to judge horses based on confirmation and riders skills. Of course, if you have a horse, there are numerous 4-H Horse Shows that you can participate in.
Leadership –Kathrin Esposito/Tammy Duke
Even if you aren’t an officer in the club, there are many opportunities to learn and hone leadership skills –from leading the pledge at the meetings to reporting on project meetings, to publicizing upcoming events at school to helping plan upcoming meetings. You can also get involved at the 
County level by attending the Collin County Council (every 1st Monday at 7 pm) or attend various leadership training events on the county, district or state level.
Grab a Camera (film or digital) and learn about your camera and taking great photos – from composition to lighting to focus. Members can enter various photography competitions including Collin County, District 4 and State Fair among others. Any photographs taken from March 1 of 2010 are eligible for the spring 2011 competitions. If interested, can also serve as club photographer, documenting club & project meetings.
Public Speaking: Kathrin Esposito
Public Speaking is a powerful skill that builds confidence and self esteem and prepares you for the job market. We have informal public speaking opportunities throughout the year and encourage members to speak up! In addition, most of the other projects have some level of presentation. There is a competition specific to public speaking that members are encouraged to participate in. You can do this project as an individual or a team and the topic can be anything –so we make it a lot of fun.
Learn about all aspects of raising rabbits from breed selection, to handling, to feeding , to breeding to showing. You do not have to have a rabbit to join just an interest in learning more about rabbits. If interested there are numerous ‘local’ rabbit shows where one can learn more about showing rabbits. The State Rabbit Extravaganza is held in November in Killeen and includes a 
rabbit show as well as various youth competitions including showmanship, youth judging, breed identification, photography contest, posterboard contest, creative arts contest.
