County Ambassador Application
Due May 29, 2025
Requirements & Qualifications
The following Application Requirements must be scanned and submitted with your online application. Please email to the address listed in the application.
- Resume highlighting leadership and citizenship skills, as well as personal and professional development.
- Written evidence of leadership experience and skills.
- Letters of Recommendation (3):
One letter from a 4-H Youth Member
TWO letters from adults who have knowledge of the applicant’s leadership experience, skills, and character. One of the letters must be from a 4-H adult who has knowledge of the applicant’s skills and character demonstrated in the 4-H Youth Development Program.
Recommendations MAY NOT be from a parent/guardian, sibling or other family member residing in the same household as the applicant.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Applicant must be between 14 – 18 years old, by appointment date (July 1, 2025) and meet the 4-H membership requirements for the length of the term of service, (July 01, 2025 - September 30, 2026).
- Applicant must have completed at least one year of membership in 4-H prior to the year of application. Membership does not have to be the most recent consecutive year.
- The applicant must have demonstrated leadership experience and skills. To ensure that the position of County Ambassador is open to 4-H members in all program delivery modes (community club, after-school club, SPIN club, summer camp, etc.), a member must document the following:
These qualifications may be highlighted by the achievement of a Gold Star Rank as evidenced by the signed and dated Star Rank Chart, but it is not mandatory that youth have a Gold Star to apply for the Placer County 4-H Ambassador program.
OR all of the following:
- Mastery of a project as demonstrated by at least 6 hours of instruction, documented by a statement of skills.
- 40 hours of significant leadership roles, either inside or outside of 4-H (this can be club leadership, school leadership, outside organizations or other).
- 30 hours of citizenship and/or community service, either inside or outside of 4-H.
- 10 public speaking engagements, at least two of which must have been given at a 4-H event (this means a prepared or spontaneous talk/speech and can be at a club, countywide, school, or other).
- Demonstrate involvement in 4-H as evidenced by activities in the areas of project skill activities, 4-H events attended, and honors/recognition. Completing a Personal Development Report is not an application requirement for County Ambassadors.