About Us
The 4-H Million Trees community service project was conceived by a member of the
Pacifica, California 4-H Club after viewing the film "An Inconvenient Truth."
Originally a club project, 4HMT was upgraded to an international campaign by the sheer magnitude of the numbers. The youth members of this project
in San Mateo County, CA, and youth participants from other clubs across the U.S. and Canada, are managing the operations including:
- Building the network of 90,000 4-H clubs and units to participate in the project
- Creating this website
- Fundraising
- Public Relations Outreach
- Data Management
- Communications
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Plant a Tree
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It is our hope that 4-H members from clubs and units across the country will volunteer to lead this project for their club or county. Besides the obvious reduction in greenhouse gases from the successful completion of this project, the youth involved will learn valuable life skills which are at the core of the 4-H program, such as:
- Responsibility
- Organization
- Management
- Leadership
- Citizenship
This all-volunteer effort is in keeping with the 4-H Pledge which members recite at every meeting:
As a true 4-Her, I pledge
my Head to clearer thinking,
my Heart to greater loyalty
my Hands to larger service, and
my Health to better living,
for my club, my community,
my country, and my world.
The 4-H Million Trees owes a debt of gratitude to numerous individuals and organizations, many of whom are listed below. We hope that we have not excluded any of our generous supporters, and this page will be updated continually as more people step forward to support this project.
4-H Supporters
National 4-H
- Dr. Lisa Lauxman, Director, Youth Development,
National 4-H Headquarters,
USDA
- Dr. Cathann Kress, Former Director, Youth Development,
National 4-H Headquarters
- Mike Nowosad, Chief Executive Officer,
Canada 4-H Council
- Jennifer Sirangelo, Senior Vice President, Resource Development,
National 4-H Council
- Kristin Francini Walter, National 4-H Council
- Craven Rand, Director of Operations, Resource Development,
National 4-H Council
- Eric Boucher, Web Content Developer, National 4-H Council
- Jim Kahler, Youth Development Program Specialist,
USDA, Washington, D.C.
- Betty, Wingerter, President, National Association of Extension 4-H Agents, Ohio
State & Local 4-H
- Sharon Junge, Acting State 4-H Director, California
4-H
- Annette Leeland, Executive Director, The California 4-H Foundation, Davis,
CA
- Pat English, State 4-H Program Representative,
California 4-H, Davis, CA
- Steven Worker, 4-H Science, Engineering, and Technology Coordinator,
Davis, CA
- Jeannette Warnert, Sr. Public Information Representative, University of California
- Marilyn Johns, Director,
San Mateo County Cooperative Extension, Half Moon
Bay, CA
- Mary Meyer, 4-H Youth Development Program Representative,
San Mateo County 4-H
- Leslie Jensen, Manager,
Elkus Ranch, University of California,
Half Moon Bay, CA
- Sue Garcia, Trustee, San Mateo County (CA) 4-H Support Trust
- Jeff Richardson, Treasurer, San Mateo County
(CA) 4-H County Council
- Daniel Stiner, Webmaster and Database Manager, Hardin County, Iowa 4-H
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Jessica Choi, Project Artist and Webmaster, Alameda County, CA 4-H
- Gerry Snapp, 4-H Specialist, Natural Resource Projects,
Missouri 4-H
- Justin Crowe,
Extension Specialist, 4-H Youth Development,
Tennessee 4-H
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Jess Hainstock, Resource Development and Communications Specialist,
Alberta
4-H
- Ken Filar, Web Designer,
Pacifica 4-H Club, Pacifica, CA
- Robert Lewit,
IT Consultant, San Carlos/Eaton Hills 4-H, San Carlos, CA
Other Supporters
Media
- Jean Bartlett, Staff Writer, Pacifica Tribune, Pacifica, CA
- Steven W. Easley, Freelance Writer, Savannah, TN
- Lynn Ruth Miller, Impresario & Writer,
Coastviews Magazine, Half Moon Bay,
CA
- Heather Murtagh,
The
Daily Journal, San Mateo, CA
- Lesley Nagy, Environmental Reporter, YourTV20, San Francisco, CA
- Julia Scott, Medianews Staff Writer,
San Mateo County Times, San Mateo, CA
- Hazel White, Freelance Writer, San Francisco, CA
NonProfits
- Lynn Adams, President, Pacifica Beach Coalition, Pacifica, CA
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Joe Liszewski, California Releaf, Davis, CA
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RobRoy McGregor, Bike4Trees, Oak
Ridge, TN
- Janet Milkman, Former
President, ERTHNXT, Philadelphia, PA
- Maria Pyra, Supervisor of Youth Engagement,
Habitat for Humanity, Chicago,
IL
- Brian Schenk, Corporate Partnerships Manager,
The Arbor Day Foundation, NE
- Youth Service America
Corporate
- Bob Anderson, Executive Producer, Eco-Company, San Jose, CA
- Celeste Bottorff, VP, Living Well, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
- Christine Charlick,
Busch Gardens Education Department, Tampa, FL
- Dina
Gerson, Director, Sports Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GA
- Nicholas Hebb, Founder, BreezeTree Software, LLC., Sherwood, OR
- Nickelodeon, New York, NY
- David Schindler,
SeaWorld Education Department, Orlando, FL
Government
- Sean Cross, Refuge Manager, Modoc National Wildlife Refuge, Alturas, CA
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Jonathan Gervais, Director,
Parks & Recreation Department, Belmont, CA
- Rowan Gould, Acting Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Washington,
D.C.
- Jerry Hill, Assembly Member,
The California State Assembly, San Mateo, CA
- Lief Karnuth, Forester, Chickasaw National Wildlife Refuge, Tennessee
- Daniel Ourtiague, Supervisor,
Parks & Recreation Department, Belmont, CA
- Art Shine, Volunteer Coordinator,
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Sacramento, CA
We try our best to make sure all relevant information is readily available on the 4-H Million Trees Project website, but if you have any trouble with the registration process, or you would simply like speak with a real person about any part of the project, please do not hesitate to use the following form to contact a project leader.
