Editor’s note: The following information was provided by 4-H / UW-Madison Extension

Walworth County 4-H celebrated the graduation of twenty-five members from its program this summer. 4-H graduates are current youth members who are either aging out of the 4-H program or who graduated from high school during the spring and are not planning to continue their 4-H membership into their freshman year of college.

Honorees include:

• Melissa Konkel, Elkhorn, Big Foot Pioneers 4-H
• Madeline Eggert, Elkhorn, Elkhorn 4-H
• Gavin Storlie, Elkhorn, Elkhorn 4-H
• Amelia Guanci, Spring Grove, IL, Flame Throwers 4-H
• Alexia Schroeder, Janesville, Harvesters 4-H
• Abigail Tollakson, Janesville, Harvesters 4-H
• Lillian Geuder, East Troy, Lake Beulah 4-H
• Dakota Horlacher, East Troy, Lake Beulah 4-H
• Ty Adams, Delavan, Lakeland 4-H
• Phoebe Phillips, Lake Geneva, Linn 4-H
• Bethany Klein, Darien, Sharon 4-H
• Makayla Ohrwall, Sharon, Sharon 4-H
• Codey Schell, Clinton, Sharon 4-H
• Owen Kramer, Whitewater, Spring Prairie 4-H
• Benjamin Laskowski, Burlington, Spring Prairie 4-H
• Jack Etten, Elkhorn, Spring Prairie 4-H
• Alexander Haacker, Elkhorn, Springfield 4-H
• Claire Schilz, Elkhorn, Springfield 4-H
• Tommy Slack, Lake Geneva, Springfield 4-H
• Anna Hansen, Elkhorn, Sugar Creek 4-H
• Julia Brost, Walworth, Walworth 4-H
• Amanda Harder, Delavan, Walworth 4-H
• Theresa Bellrichard, Whitewater, Whitewater 4-H
• Tiffany Bellrichard, Whitewater, Whitewater 4-H
• Ruth Tanis, Whitewater, Whitewater 4-H
  
  

4-H Graduates were formally recognized by the county 4-H Senior Leaders’ Association during a program at the Walworth County Fairgrounds on July 26. They are also being honored via social media throughout the months of August, September, and October.

4-H is a Positive Youth Development program of UW-Madison Division of Extension. Membership is open to boys and girls, grades 5K-13. Learn more about Walworth County 4-H at: https://walworth.extension.wisc.edu/, contact the Walworth County Extension Office at 262-741-4951, or visit our promotional display in the Youth Building at this year’s Walworth County Fair (September 1-6). The new 4-H year is starting soon!