National Opportunity to Serve on Healthy Living Summit Focus Groups

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Health is a critical issue in ourcountry.  It is essential that young people are armed with qualityinformation about health and its impact on all aspects of personal andcommunity well-being.
Currently plans are underway forthe creation of a National 4-H Youth Healthy Living Summit at the National 4-HConference Center for late 2013 or early 2014. Teams of youth, aged 16 – 19,will be encouraged to apply and become involved in this interactivelearning/training experience.
This inaugural event will:
•            Train youth to become engaged in their communities•            Focus attention on communities becoming a healthier place in which to live•            Provide the opportunity to create a plan of action for use in their owncommunities •            Encourage the participants to explore opportunities in health-related careers
Your assistance is needed for thedevelopment of this approach to a community engagement experience. To helpdetermine the content and learning sessions for this first National 4-H HealthyLiving Summit, five focus group sessions are being planned in the Adobe Connectformat for March.  Please help us identify potential youth and adultparticipants for the focus groups. Please send  the names to Courtney Dodd (cfdodd@ag.tamu.edu) by 12:00noon on Monday, February 25th.  Participants forthe focus groups will be determined and notified promptly.