Local & National Recognition

“Jesse, 17 and a senior, said joining the Tech Wizards his sophomore year of high school changed his life. ‘If I weren't in this program I would have still been with those bad boys’” he said. His story is not much different than other wizards. After high school, Jesse wants to attend Portland Community College and eventually study at Portland State University. It's a goal that he and his parents share because he will be the first in his five-member family to attend college.”

~ By Ellen Ast of the Hillsboro Argus 2004

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• 4-H Tech Wizards receive 2004 Hillsboro Chamber of Commerce Youth Achievement Award
• 4-H Web Wizards receive 2003 Business Education Compact Achievement Award
• 4-H Web Wizards recognized by the Hillsboro School Board for 2002-03 Achievement and Excellence!
• 4-H Web Wizards receive 2002 Congressional Award for Youth Service
• 4-H Summer Day Camp receives top National Diversity award from NAE4-HA in 2002
• 4-H Web Wizards receives top National Technology program award from NAE4-HA in 2002
• CYFAR (USDA funded Children Youth and Families at Risk Initiative) Program of Excellence - Dr. Faye Lee of San Francisco State University conducted a nation wide evaluation of all CYFAR funded programs and reported that the 4-H Web Wizards program was the top selection.
• 4-H Web Wizards featured on the cover of the 2002 Oregon State University Annual Report
• 4-H Web Wizards project is the only Oregon program featured in Intel Corporation 2001 Annual Report.
• 4-H Web Wizards joins other Oregon Outreach programs as recipients of 2001 NAE4-HA Diversity Award
• 4-H Web Wizards named as participant in proposed “Portraits of Oregon” history project.
• 4-H Web Wizards is named as a partner for national oral history project in collaboration with the USDA, Veterans Administration, Library of Congress, National Archives, National Institutes of Health, AARP, and National Retired Teachers Association,
• 4-H Web Wizards in Washington County is named as one of 5 pilot test sites for a new national 4-H Web Cast initiative,
• 4-H Web Wizards was featured in information and success stories prepared for Oregon Legislative Packets regarding Bi-annual OUS Budget process
• Because of their demonstrated support and commitment to positive youth development through the 4-H Web Wizard project, their support of the Extension service politically in Washington County as well as statewide, their equally impressive commitment, funding, and support of Washington County k-12 education, along with their support of and contributions to higher education in the state of Oregon (notably OSU), Washington County 4-H nominees Intel Corporation and the Intel Latino Network (ILN), were granted the OSU Extension Service Cooperator of the Year Award in the year 2000

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