Whose shoulders are you standing on? Who are the people who came before us to build the programs we use everyday? The Senior History 4-H Project was developed for Georgia 4-H'ers to investigate the history of the 4-H program in their county. Using personal interviews, research, and memorabilia, 4-H'er create a history of the 4-H program from its beginnings to present.

Our mission:

*To discover your relationship to others: peers, family, community, and society.
*To recognize and celebrate the achievements and contributions of those before us.
*To learn skills essential to participation as effective citizens.
*To have a respect for and responsibility to leadership and achievement of others.
*To learn how to conduct personal interviews and collect historical documents.

While 27 Georgia teams registered for the Senior History Project in the 1997-1998 4-H year, this is a list of teams and 4-H'ers who completed ALL THREE required phases (interviews, memorabilia, and narratives): 

Barrow County: Ashley Patrick, Whitney Tiller, Sloan Shelton, Adam Bolden, Cisco Damons, Heidi McElroy, Misty Patrick, Greg Hardegree, Jessee Smith, Jenny Thompson, Ruth Strickland, Valorie Kiley, Annie Banford, Michelle Thomas,and Tiffany Holcomb.

Toombs County: Heather Sheppard, John Stewart, Amy Wimberly, Carl Wardlaw

Walker County: Casey Gann, A.J. Hendricks, Kellye Cleghorn, Richard Ryan, Justin Wood, Kenny Wood

Stephens County: Jodi Ramsey, Crystal McFarlin, Kristin Murray, Nick Willis, Megan Whitworth, Jennifer Smith

Catoosa County: Kevin Schoettler and Craig Moore.

Special thanks to our Website Team of 4-H members who researched the information for this pilot site:
Kimberly Benfield and Sarah Henderson(Rockdale county), Trayvis Manuel (Bleckley County), Valorie Kiley, Tiffany Holcomb, and Jenny Thompson (Barrow County); Craig Moore and Kevin Schoettler (Catoosa County), and Heather Sheppard (Toombs County).

 Also special thanks to the Dowden Center for New Media Studies who developed the original pilot site: Director Scott Shamp (former Rockdale County 4-Her), and students Heather Erson, David Mills, and Shine-Lynn Chen.