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service management.
The final hand -over will be a
major change, but unlike the
frustration expressed by 4-1-1 leaders
over the past decade as OMAFRA
downloaded more and more of the 4-
H program on the volunteer leaders,
this time leaders seem cautiously
optimistic about the future.
While many people resist
change, and put up
roadblocks in its way, the
4-1-1 Council decided it was
inevitable so they should harness the
change and not put up roadblocks,
Bridge says. As OMAFRA continued
to withdraw from 4-H, there had been
a lot of frustration over whether 4-H
was an OMAFRA program run by
the 4-1-1 Council or a Council
program directed by OMAFRA, she
says. This past year the Council
decided it was a good time to take
control over the program completely
and set up its own structure.
Whereas leaders of a few years
ago were objecting to the added
workload being thrust upon them by
the OMAFRA withdrawing the
support of staff, Kuntz doesn't see
the workload being a deterrent to
today's 4-1-1 leaders. Hopefully the
new Association Support
Representatives will also be able to
lighten the Toad, he says.
Bridge sees those ASR positions
as someone local association's can
turn to in time of need. Even though
the ASRs will represent a whole
region, they will be someone who
can step in to help, she says.
Some 4-H leaders enjoy the new
freedom allowed by the program,
says Haynes. Instead of accepting 4-
H courses developed by OMAFRA
staff in the past, some leaders have
been going out and researching new
courses, preparing the course
material and teaching it. Others are
bringing in courses developed by
other counties. (Before any new
course can be offered, it must be
approved by the county Leaders
Association.)
The new options have allowed a
4-H llama club in the Kirkton area,
says Haynes and Perth is proud that
members of the club will be
representing their county at the Royal
Winter Fair in Toronto later this
month.
Other lifeskills clubs introduced
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