News Release
December  20, 2007

4-H educator to help implement programs at F.E. Warren, Guard facilities

Jenna Evans will begin Jan. 2 as a 4-H youth extension educator in Laramie County.

This is a new position funded through a 4-H military grant obtained by University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service (UW CES) Educator Jeremy Green in Laramie County and UW, said Susan James, federal relations and staff development coordinator for UW CES.

Evans will help implement 4-H programs on F.E. Warren Air Force Base and Wyoming National Guard installations across the state.

Her husband is stationed at F.E. Warren Air Force Base. According to James, her knowledge of military culture and extensive 4-H experience will be an asset to the development of this non-traditional program.  

 “I am thrilled to be given the opportunity to join together two things very dear and important to me – 4-H and the military,” said Evans. “4-H has given so many youths opportunities that otherwise may not be possible to them, and I am excited to be able to offer many of these opportunities to military youths as well. 4-H is and always has been a passion of mine – it is what helped me decide to go to college and even what determined my major at college.”

Evans is a 2006 UW graduate with a bachelor’s degree in family and consumer sciences with emphasis in textiles and merchandising. A native of Greybull, she graduated from Greybull High School in 2002. She is an 11-year alumnus of the Big Horn County 4-H program and also completed a summer 4-H internship the summer of 2004 in Park County. 

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