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Eight Nebraska 4-H leaders were honored Dec. 7 by Nebraska Farm Bureau and the Nebraska 4-H Foundation with the Nebraska Farm Bureau Salute to Excellence Award, at Farm Bureau’s state convention in Kearney.
Farm Bureau established the award with the Nebraska 4-H Foundation in 2003 “to provide well-deserved recognition to specific individuals and to the more than 11,000 adult 4-H volunteer leaders who give generously of their time to Nebraska 4-H’ers,” said Tina Henderson, Nebraska Farm Bureau director of communication services. Henderson also is a member of the 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees. Farm Bureau has endowed the Salute to Excellence awards through 2012.
The Volunteer of the Year Award recognizes 4-H leaders with fewer than 10 years of service while the Lifetime Volunteer of the Year Award honors those who have served 10 or more years. Winners in each category receive $500 from Farm Bureau, while those who receive Honorable Mentions are awarded $250 each. The winners are pictured below with Nebraska Farm Bureau President Keith Olsen and Nebraska 4-H Foundation Executive Director K. Kirk Jamison. 
The Lifetime Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Jean and Pat Stewart of Ashland. The Stewarts have led the Platte Valley Wrangler’s 4-H Club for more than 40 years and have never missed a county fair. Their caring and compassion for both 4-H members and the horses which are managed by those 4-H'ers is evident in what these young people achieve during their fair experience. Winning is not the focus, but learning is. 
Honorable Mention in the Lifetime category was awarded to Ann Tepley of Loup City and Lisa Eggerling of Milford. Tepley has been involved in 4-H in both Valley and Sherman Counties for 27 years. She is very involved in 4-H horse and dog shows and has always given her time to the Nebraska State 4-H Horse Expo. Eggeling has been involved in Seward County 4-H for 15-years. She serves as the Kountry Kids 4-H Club organizational leader, is a project leader in the area of horses and photography, and is the After School Coordinator at the Milford site.
The Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Cheryl Escritt of Pleasanton, who is in her ninth year as a 4-H volunteer. Throughout this time she has been involved in almost all aspects of the Buffalo County 4-H program, from being a club leader to serving on committees and completing certification training in archery and shooting sports. She provides opportunities for 4-H youth to develop skills and helps them develop the ability to think through situations and make positive choices. 
Honorable Mention in the fewer-than-10 years-category was awarded to Vicky Cowan of Beatrice and Jonathan and Delinda Mohrmann of Deshler. (Delinda was not able to be present.)
Cowan has been a dedicated volunteer leader for six years in Gage County, where she organized a new 4-H Club, the Beatrice Buddies. Jonathan and Delinda Mohrmann started as 4-H leaders eight years ago when they took over the oldest active 4-H club in Thayer County, the Deshler Willing Hands 4-H Club, and increased both membership and frequency of meetings.
The Stewarts and Escritt will represent Nebraska in competition for the National 4-H Salute to Excellence awards.
The Lifetime Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Jean and Pat Stewart of Ashland. The Stewarts have led the Platte Valley Wrangler’s 4-H Club for more than 40 years and have never missed a county fair. Their caring and compassion for both 4-H members and the horses which are managed by those 4-H'ers is evident in what these young people achieve during their fair experience. Winning is not the focus, but learning is.
Honorable Mention in the Lifetime category was awarded to Ann Tepley of Loup City and Lisa Eggerling of Milford. Tepley has been involved in 4-H in both Valley and Sherman Counties for 27 years. She is very involved in 4-H horse and dog shows and has always given her time to the Nebraska State 4-H Horse Expo. Eggeling has been involved in Seward County 4-H for 15-years. She serves as the Kountry Kids 4-H Club organizational leader, is a project leader in the area of horses and photography, and is the After School Coordinator at the Milford site.
The Volunteer of the Year Award was presented to Cheryl Escritt of Pleasanton, who is in her ninth year as a 4-H volunteer. Throughout this time she has been involved in almost all aspects of the Buffalo County 4-H program, from being a club leader to serving on committees and completing certification training in archery and shooting sports. She provides opportunities for 4-H youth to develop skills and helps them develop the ability to think through situations and make positive choices.
Honorable Mention in the fewer-than-10 years-category was awarded to Vicky Cowan of Beatrice and Jonathan and Delinda Mohrmann of Deshler. (Delinda was not able to be present.)
Cowan has been a dedicated volunteer leader for six years in Gage County, where she organized a new 4-H Club, the Beatrice Buddies. Jonathan and Delinda Mohrmann started as 4-H leaders eight years ago when they took over the oldest active 4-H club in Thayer County, the Deshler Willing Hands 4-H Club, and increased both membership and frequency of meetings.
The Stewarts and Escritt will represent Nebraska in competition for the National 4-H Salute to Excellence awards.
Nebraska Farm Bureau is the premier corporate sponsor of the Salute to Excellence program. In that role, Farm Bureau is helping highlight, at the state level, the vital role volunteers play within 4-H and provide recognition for their unsurpassed commitment to youth.
The Nebraska 4-H Foundation is proud to have Nebraska Farm Bureau as the premier corporate sponsor of the Nebraska Salute to Excellence Program.
The Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, founded in 1917, is the state’s largest voluntary agricultural organization. It represents more than 50,000 member families in all 93 Nebraska counties and has 86 organized County Farm Bureaus. The farmers and ranchers who belong to Farm Bureau raise various livestock species and grow a variety of crops from sugar beets to soybeans. Farm Bureau’s mission is to make the future great for Nebraska's agricultural community.
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