UGA Cooperative Extension
Rabun County Extension Office:
4-H Youth Development
Rabun County State Winner -- Jennifer Davenport
What is to Persevere?
The definition of to persevere is to keep at something in despite of difficulties, opposition, or discouragement.
We saw perseverance when Lance Armstrong won his seventh Tour de France despite being diagnosed with cancer in 1996.
Rabun County’s Jennifer Davenport also displayed perseverance and it paid off.
Jennifer graduated from Rabun County High in 2005 and attends Gainesville College. She wants to be a first grade teacher.
Jennifer has been a member of Rabun 4-H since she was in the fifth grade. She has been participating in project achievements in 4-H every year.
When she was junior, she competed in her District Project Achievement and did not make State 4-H Congress as she hoped.
Most high school seniors get a disease called senioritis. It is a mythical disease where the senior is just content to finish their senior year without trying hard.
Not Jennifer, despite losing her best friend to a car accident in December and having her car’s transmission going out in February and unable to get it fixed. Jennifer bummed rides to the Rabun County Extension Office to work on her District Project Achievement. At district, Jennifer won first place. She was going to State!
At State 4-H Congress, Jennifer competed in her DPA, which was Human Development. After the demonstration phase, Jennifer was in fifth place.
The last phase was the portfolio and interview phase. Jennifer blew away the competition and is Rabun County’s first state 4-H winner!
Jennifer could have taken the easy way out but that is not Jennifer.
The mission of Georgia 4-H is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. Jennifer Davenport is what Georgia 4-H is all about.
Contact
For more information about Rabun County 4-H Youth Development Programs, contact us at uge1241@uga.edu or call (706) 782-3113.
Visit the Georgia 4-H Web site at www.georgia4h.org.
