Your investment in 4-H helps create a Brilliant Future for 4-H youth and for our communities, state, country, and world. Positive youth development is a great way to invest in a brilliant future. Please consider helping turn 4-H dreams and ideas into realities that positively impact youth. The 4-H motto is "To Make the Best Better." And while that is a philosophy we want 4-H youth to embrace, it is also a philosophy that our University of Illinois Extension 4-H Youth Development staff team possesses as they work towards making 4-H programs even better in the future.
Following is a list of new initiatives or resources that, if privately funded, would enhance our 4-H program and help create a Brilliant Future for Illinois 4-H’ers:
Annual Fund Potential Funding Priorities
| $50,000 | Marketing Tools for 4-H Membership & Leader Recruitment |
| $25,000 | Leadership Conferences |
| $5,000 | Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame Recognition Program |
| $5,000 | 4-H After-School Learning Kits |
| $2,000 | "Get Up & Move" Program Incentives & Grants |
| $2,000 | 4-H Volunteer Training Program |
| $2,000 | Volunteer Recognition Gifts |
| $1,000 | Clover Bud Leader Guides |
Endowment Funding Priorities
| $100,000 | 4-H Leadership Initiatives Fund |
| $100,000 | 4-H Marketing Initiatives Fund |
| $100,000 | 4-H Volunteer Development Fund |
| $25,000 | Named Legacy of Leadership Scholarships |
| $15,000 | Named 4-H Congress Awards |
Facilities & Building Project Funding Priorities
| $2,000,000 | 4-H Memorial Camp (Monticello) Building Fund |