Meet the 2025-26 Tennessee 4-H State Council Members
Meet the 2025-26 Tennessee 4-H State Council, a group of 23 student members who represent more than 151,000 Tennessee 4-H'ers.
Meet the 2025-26 Tennessee 4-H State Council, a group of 23 student members who represent more than 151,000 Tennessee 4-H'ers.
The Tennessee 4-H Foundation hosted the second annual Picnic at the Fair at the Tennessee State Fair/Wilson County Fair in Lebanon on Aug. 18, 2023. Photo credit: Wilson County Fair/Tennessee State Fair With nearly 350 tickets sold, the celebratory fundraiser garnered more than $45,000 to support 4-H youth programs and, more specifically, 4-H summer camp scholarships for fourth, fifth and sixth graders. Fundraising at the Fair “The inaugural Picnic at the Fair in 2022 allowed for a total of 100 4-H camp
Showing gratitude to the many generous 4-H supporters was the primary goal of the June 2022 Tennessee 4-H Ambassador Tour. The ambassador tour takes place each year with the top five Tennessee 4-H State Council officers, but this year’s included a sixth – At Large Scout officer. The six officers who traveled throughout Tennessee were: President Jim Jenkins of Hawkins County, who represents all of Tennessee 4-H and the whole of the state council Vice President Isaac Chandler of Anderson County, who
Chloe Ragland, the Speaker of the House, is a big believer of leading by example, which inspired her to run for Congress.
For Claire Brooks, the Speaker of the Senate, participating in 4-H makes perfect sense.
“Don’t be afraid to take new opportunities – no matter how scary they may seem,” says Katherine Anne Thierfelder, Congress Governor.