Iowa 4-H Foundation

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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