Photo: Chase Blum (center)
It continues to be a busy year for Mountain Home High School senior Chase Blum.
Blum is one of 32 4-H state record book winners from Arkansas who spent their Thanksgiving break in Atlanta at the National 4-H Congress, the premier leadership event for senior 4-H’ers.
In Atlanta, the youth joined teens from all over the United States for the 99th national 4-H Congress. This year’s conference theme is “Go Beyond” and focuses on leadership, citizenship, global awareness and inclusion. The teens also participated in a day of service in Atlanta.
Angie Freel, interim associate department head for 4-H, who accompanied the group, says, “The program is designed to help youth continue their development as the leaders of this millennium. All of our delegates are state record book winners and are among our best and brightest young people.”
During the five-day conference, the youth attended educational workshops and service-learning events. They also heard noted speakers, including U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue.
Highlights of the trip included visits to the Atlanta Zoo, CNN studios, Coca Cola headquarters, Martin Luther King Jr. Visitor Center and the Georgia Aquarium.
Funding for the trip was provided by the 4-H Foundation.
Earlier this year, Blum was one of seven 4-H state officers selected during the annual 4-H State O-Rama held in Fayetteville on the University of Arkansas campus. Blum is serving as secretary for 2019-2020.
In June, Blum was in the headlines as a member of the FIRST robotics competition team 323, Lights Out, from Mountain Home, who with team 5006 from Fayetteville won the first Arkansas robotics championship.
In February, Blum and the Mountain Home FIRST Tech Challenge Team 7572, Lights On, as part of an alliance with two other teams won the Arkansas State FIRST Tech Team Challenge Championship in Springdale.
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