4H
Foundation Award Gala Ceremony
By Bettina Mästle Torres
Due to inclement weather in January, the Gala was rescheduled and took place the 17th of February, 2019 at the Martin Westend Center in Baltimore, MD,
As we arrived, my family sat down on their designated spot. Everyone was dressed very fancy, and there were a lot of people. For the first few minutes, we talked with the family sitting at the table with us, who came from another rural county in Maryland. My parents enjoyed very much the conversation, as they were discussing farm mattes, and comparing this family’s experiences of raising goats, pigs, and chickens and our much more modest, but still enjoyable adventure of raising five hens in our backyard!
Then, the ceremony started. Different people gave speeches,
some boring, some interesting. Award receivers were asked to go to the back on
the room according to their pillar number. Initially, I was confused, so I just
followed the others. Luckily, I got it right, because I was Pillar 1, as Katja
and I would be receiving our Diamond Clover 5. All award receivers stood on a line, and we
slowly made our way to the stage. Everyone got a turn on the stage to get their
certificate and picture taken. Katja and I were pretty far back in the line, so
it took some time before we got on the stage. Once I had taken my picture, I
got handed a big green mug and made my
way back to my seat. I really liked the mug!
After a long time of announcing all the award-winners,
participants were finally allowed to
have dinner. I liked the cake the most.
All in all, the evening was an interesting
experience. We met several of our Lucky Clovers 4Hers ( the Guernsey and the
French). I also liked seeing again a couple of people from Tawasentha
camp!
