Mason Martin, Rusk County 4-H’er, just lately attended the 2022 Wholesome Texas Youth Ambassador East Area Summit for his second 12 months of required coaching as a Wholesome Texas Youth Ambassadors.
The Wholesome Texas Youth Ambassador Program is for teenagers which are motivated, excited, and able to make a change of their group. This system is designed for highschool age youth who’ve a ardour for well being and wellness. These youth are educated on the regional degree to turn out to be youth well being consultants who can inspire others to make a change of their life-style to enhance their well being. Extra importantly, these ambassadors help native county extension brokers with program efforts, challenge actions, and rather more.
To be eligible, a youth should be a minimum of within the nineth grade and submit a accomplished utility to the native county extension workplace. After youth are accepted to the native program, they need to fulfill the next obligations: full and report 40 hours of management, program efforts or group service yearly; attend face-to-face and on-line trainings; full a two-year time period.
Mason had a busy and productive first 12 months as a HTYA as he assisted and lead a number of meals demonstrations on the Summer season 2021 “Rising & Nourishing a Well being Communities” program held at Sonshine Lighthouse in New London; assisted with Ag Day within the Rusk County faculties; assisted CEA-Buckner-Cross and members of the Rusk County L.E.A.N. Coalition with the 10-week college backyard/diet training program, “Be taught, Develop, Eat, and Go!,” participated within the “Older Individuals Month” by serving wholesome recipe samples on the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension sales space and hosted a two hour “Youngsters Well being and Health Honest” at a neighborhood fitness center.
Congratulations to Mason Martin, Wholesome Texas Youth Ambassador-Rusk County on all of his laborious work and finest needs in his second and remaining 12 months of the HTYA program.
