TOP STORY — February 21, 2012

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Cecilia Stuetz, a 4-H member from Gilbertsville, Pa., Montgomery County, has been chosen to serve on the 2012 National 4-H Congress design team.
The National 4-H Congress annually brings more than 1,000 4-Hers from across the country to Atlanta to participate in social and cultural activities, leadership development programs and community service.
The 2012 event will take place on Nov. 23-27.
Each year, the design team — consisting of extension educators, 4-H youth and 4-H adult volunteers — analyzes current youth issues and develops a program combining plenary sessions, seminars, discussion groups and a service-learning experience.
Selection to the Design Team is considered a prestigious honor for 4-H youth. Stuetz, 16, was one of 45 applicants from 24 states.
A 4-H member since the age of 7, Stuetz participates in 4-H programs in Chester and Montgomery counties.
She has been involved in activities such as sewing club and county council and has served as a volunteer teen intern and regional camp counselor.
Stuetz has attended statewide 4-H events such as Pennsylvania State Leadership Conference and State Achievement Days.
She attended the 2011 National 4-H Congress in November as a delegate from Pennsylvania.
Outside of 4-H, she is involved in her school band, the “No Place for Hate” committee, and service clubs such as Key Club and Leo Club.
Pennsylvania 4-H is a youth-development program administered in each county by Penn State Extension.