Posted on April 12, 2011 at 11:33 AM by Global Reach
Yvonne has a love for 4-H and the youth in Benton County that goes beyond compare. She has helped shape the minds and values of so many 4-H’ers in her career as a leader that the true numbers of the lives she has touched will never be known. The great honor of being inducted into the Iowa 4-H Hall of Fame is only a small way to show how truly grateful we are for everything that she has done for our 4-H Program now and for years to come.
· Leader of the Florence Hawkeyes for 27 years. Current membership in the club is 40 members.
· Yvonne’s current co-leader is her son Adam Brecht.
· Yvonne started working with the Florence Hawkeyes club to help her brother Herb Schulte, Jr. and co-leader John Brochschink, Jr.
· Yvonne’s three sons were in the Florence Hawkeyes from the time they were old enough to join until they graduated from high school. All 3 sons had a variety of projects, just as their mother did before them.
· Yvonne was a 9 year Member of the Florence Hawkeyes 4-H Club under the leadership of Royal Tuttle who originally started the club and Bernard Schulte, Yvonne’s uncle.
· Yvonne has been a 4-H Judge for 12 years
· Yvonne was Benton County Leader of the Year in 1995 and 2003. Leader of the Year is decided 100% by the members in the clubs. Members have to nominate their leader with a letter stating why they believe their leader deserves that honor.
· Honorary Benton County 4-H Member in 1997
· Honorary FFA Degree in 1999
· Iowa State University Alumni
· Was one of the original members of the Benton County 4-H Endowment Committee that started the 4-H Endowment in Benton County
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