Somerset County 4-H Awards: Achievement

Written by Calvin Embleton (Marketing and Communications)

Somerset County 4-H is proud to congratulate the recipients of the Achievement award. In order to be eligible, youth members must attain a broad knowledge of 4-H projects and activities and their contribution to improving family and community living. Become a skilled, productive and self-directing individual. Adopt and apply the latest practices and research finding to everyday living. Apply all 4-H training and experience in choosing and preparing for a vocation.

Kalpitha Somangali

In the 3 years she has been involved with The Clover Ensemble Kalpitha has learned, lead and achieved a great deal in the theatre arts. She has learned costume design and stage management, acting and directing and how to organize and produce our Haunted Ghost Tour performance on Zoom. We are so proud of how Kalpitha has embraced theatre and become a leader in the age of virtual 4H.

Tyler Gee

Tyler came into The Clover Ensemble from the Magician's Guild and has embraced the Theatre Arts. He has learned acting, stage management, set design, directing and leadership. Tyler took on the direction and organization of our Virtual Summer Kick Off Talent Show, and was on the production team of The Haunted Ghost Tour. He is always willing to learn and grow. We are very proud of his dedication to our club.

Ashka Shah

Ashka has been a member of the Clover Ensemble since 4th grade, where she immediately took on the choreography of our show, Peter Pan. She has since excelled in acting, stage crew and is an excellent graphic designer. She has put together our 4H yearbook pages, made professional quality posters for Mary Poppins and is an encouraging force in the 4H digital age. We are proud of Ashka's achievements and look forward to her continued leadership.

Emily Wolf

Emily and her partner took on a last-minute extra person (from a different county) in their group and won the 2020 Cupcake Wars. She worked extremely well with the new person whom she only met that day. Their entry was outstanding.

Eliza Rothenburger

Eliza has led the On Target Archery Club as either President or vice-president since the club began having officers 5 years ago. She has performed her job flawlessly.

Fayrooz Abdelkader

Fayrooz has stepped into being an outstanding club secretary for the On Target Archery. She is also a great mentor for the younger members and has helped instruct them on proper shooting technique (she has outstanding technique herself and was training with a private instructor as well as with the club). A few years back she was a quiet member of the club who kept mostly to herself, but not anymore. She is a tremendous asset to the club.

Natalie Phang

Natalie is the current 4H CCC student Council President. As the president for CCC student council, Natalie hosted numerous meetings with other CCC council members for Chinese holiday celebration ideas; she is also a liaison between CCC student council and RVCS Chinese school staff for all culture events to make sure that younger members still get to enjoy and learn Chinese Culture during this year’s virtual learning. Natalie also volunteered various 4-H events for 7+ years.