Local 4-Her wins statewide Young Adult Leadership Award
Posted November 27, 2013
Vancouver resident Melissa Brown has been awarded with the Heather Rider Leadership Award for Young Adults, at the recent 4-H statewide Leaders Forum held in Vancouver. This award, created in Heather Rider’s honor by the State 4-H Advisory Board, seeks to recognize a young person 19-22 years of age for their 4-H involvement past and present at the club, county, regional, state, and/or national levels. Heather Rider was an exceptional young woman who touched many lives in her 4-H career before her life was cut short in 2005.
Melissa Brown was a 4-H member in Clark County for 11 years. In addition to her leadership work in Clark County, Brown was involved in various statewide leadership roles, which included Clark County teen representative and facilitator, SW District Teen Rally chair, SW District Teen representative to the State 4-H Advisory Board, State Ambassador, 4-H State Teen Conference Planning Committee member, Know Your Government delegate and facilitator, LABO-4-H International Japanese Exchange Student and host family, and ultimately a 4-H National Congress delegate.