Ohio Foundation Presentation

The Ohio 4-H Foundation was "Founded in 1945 as part of The Ohio State University Development Fund, the Ohio 4-H Foundation solicits and receives contributions on behalf of Ohio 4-H in order to enhance the 4-H Youth Development Program and to recognize 4-H members and adult volunteers.
The Ohio 4-H Foundation established an Endowment in 1946 in order to create a permanent investment. With private support from individuals, businesses and organizations, the Ohio 4-H Foundation is able to fund new programs and improve existing programs at the county, district and state levels. Annual program grants are awarded by the Foundation to support innovative programs, meet emerging, local needs or pilot new efforts. In 2003, 163 grants were distributed to county, district and state 4-H programs for a total of $149,600.
The Foundation uses all contributions to benefit the educational efforts of the program. Gifts to the 4-H program support specific program areas, teen and adult leadership education, volunteer programs, member recognition, project clinics, camps, counselor training, teen leader clubs, livestock and non livestock events and much more. "
Taken from http://www.ohio4h.org/foundation/index.html

I was able to observe a presentation done by Mark on Technology and youth today. The presentation was talking about the future of education, the technology gap, and then many different forms of Web 2.0 applications being used today by youth, and adults.
The main purpose of this presentation was education, but it also helped to support the camp counselor online training that the foundation has been funded by the foundation. The response was mostly positive, and I feel that the negativity that came accross was more misunderstanding the ideals, that directly opposing them. I did get to network with a large variety of individuals from around the state of Ohio.
Overall, I feel that education about technology is imperitive to the future of 4-H and other youth organizations. Being able to help people understand how they can be a part of this future is something that I hope I can do more of.