The 4-H Pledge
I pledge
my head to clearer thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger services, and
my health to better living, for
my club,
my community;
my country, and
my world.
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Special Thanks     The 4-H Pledge summarizes what 4-H is all about.  Four-H has as its goal the four-fold development of youth: Head, Heart, Hands, and Heath.  Most 4-H members learn and try to live up to the promises they make in the 4-H Pledge. 

     The National 4-H Pledge met with a popular response throughout the United States in its early years.  The pledge was adopted by the delegates to the 1927 National 4-H Club Camp in Washington, D.C.  State club leaders voted for and adopted the pledge for universal use.  The saying of the pledge has prominent place in 4-H activities at regular 4-H meetings, achievement days, and other club events.

     (The phrase "and my world" was added to the pledge in 1973.
4-H Club Motto
"To make the best better"
   The motto was adopted at about the same time as the 4-H Club Pledge.  Its intent is to aspire young people to continue to learn and grown, to make their best better through participating in educational experiences.
4-H Club Colors
Green and White
  The 4-H colors are green and white.  White symbolizes purity and high ideals, and green symbolizes springtime, life, and youth.
4-H Slogan
Learn by Doing
Last Updated: 9/16/02