Chuck Lifer made tremendous contributions to 4-H across the state and nation. He headed the research & development of the 4-H Professional Research and Knowledge Base (PRK). Under his leadership, every county in Ohio hired an agent for 4-H Youth Development and a 4-H program assistant, doubling 4-H membership over 200,000. Lifer led the restructuring of the Ohio 4-H Foundation to involve more key executives such as Bob Evans & Dave Thomas, which quadrupled the endowment fund. Lifer initiated the first 4-H Center on a land-grant university at OSU. He served on numerous state and national committees that recommended directions and thrusts that kept 4-H strong and growing.
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“The only thing better than ice cream is 4-H. For more than 40 years, I’ve been involved in 4-H professionally. I have always felt that the best investment is 4-H. My efforts as State 4-H Leader for 17 years and leadership at the National and International levels were to improve the curriculum for 4-H (PRK).”
My 4-H Story
