Today, countlesss youth organizations compete for membership; but many years ago, 4-H was the only club that captured the hearts and imaginations of Louisiana’s youth. Through a century’s progression, no organization has been more successful at molding young people into exemplary leaders and citizens, while positively impacting Louisiana communities.
This TV documentary uses rare photographs and striking footage to guide you through 4-H’s incredible hundred year journey. Interviews with famous 4-H alumni like Lt. General Russel Honoré (as well as other past and present 4-H members and leaders from every region of Louisiana) color the program with firsthand perspectives of this remarkable club that would change the state.
The groundwork for 4-H had been set in 1908 with the founding of the Corn Club in Avoyelles Parish. It was the first of many agricultural efforts which would quickly blend into an organization called 4-H. Despite some obstacles, the club would blossom, adapt, and survive, while becoming Louisiana’s largest youth movement of all time. It would also help bridge societal barriers, while building leaders and innovators.
The club’s symbol- a four leaf clover would prove to be an apt icon- as 4-H members, leaders, and volunteers have continually brought good fortune to Louisiana. Join us as we retrace one hundred years of 4-H achievement in our state. It’s the story of “Louisiana’s Lucky Clover.”
“The underpinning of 4-H is to help you be a leader. . . You see many national leaders today; when they were young, they were into 4-H.”
Lt. Gen. Russel Honore’
Former 4-H club member/Commanding General of Joint Task Force after Hurricane Katrina.