Page 4 • Special Edition • Morrow County Fair and Rodeo • Heppner Gazette-Times, Wednesday, August 10,2005
Morrow County 4-H helps build character
Raising children to
become decent and respon
sible adults is a complex and
challenging job that is be
coming increasingly difficult
in our society.
To be a person of
good character, youth must
develop strengths of the 4
“H ’s” : head - they must
know what is good; heart -
they must desire to do the
good; hands - they must be
w illing to do good; and
health - they must develop
a lifestyle that supports the
desire and willingness to do
good. The Morrow County
4-H program strives to de
velop good character in 4-H
members.
Qualities that define
good character have been
debated by various groups
but in 1992, the Josephson
Institute of Ethics with the
help o f scholars, parents,
youth workers, and others
published the Aspen Decla
ration. This declaration has
become the cornerstone for
the character development
education programs in the
United States. The Aspen
Declaration states:
1.
The
next
generation will be the stew
ards of the world.
2.
The well be
ing of society needs citizens
with good character.
3.
P eo p le do
not automatically develop
good moral character. Chil
dren must be taught so that
they develop the values and
abilities necessary for moral
decision making and con
duct.
4.
Character
education is based on core
ethical values - pillars of
ch aracter developm ent -
trustworthiness, respect for
others, responsibility, fair
ness, caring, and citizenship.
5.
T hese core
values transcend cultural,
religious, and socio-eco
nomic differences.
6.
Although
character education is first
and foremost an obligation
o f faith com m unities, the
c o mmu n i t y in g en eral,
schools, and youth and fam
ily serving organizations are
also responsible.
7.
Youth have a
better chance o f learning
moral values if all groups
work together to teach and
reinforce moral values.
8.
Every adult
must take responsibility to
model and teach the pillars
of character development.
You can see, that al
though this declaration was
only developed in 1992, 4-
H, as the youth program of
the land-grant universities
(Oregon State University)
has been using similar guide
lines for the past 75 years.
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MORROW COUNTY FAIR & OREGON TRAIL PRO RODEO
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