uf/ifas extension sarasota county staff pose for a group photo, wearing green and waving a 4-h flag, to celebrate national 4-h week. [credit: uf/ifas extension sarasota county]

🍀🎉 Happy National 4-H Week! We're showing our pride 😁 in our 4-H youth and families for all they've accomplished 🔓, with still more to come. Learn more about 4-H: tiny.cc/ufsaraext_4h.

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Pam and Sagen, who is wearing her Army uniform and Olympic silver medal around her neck

On a stage festooned with green 4-H clovers, Sagen as a child in her 4-H uniform holds a cake she baked as a man in a cowboy hat speaks into a microphone as he talks to her

Maddalena on left, preparing to compete in rifle shooting event beside 2 competitors from other countries at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Banner in background reads "Paris 2024."

Shooting star Sagen Maddalena was a delight to interview. She described her path from discovering her passion for shooting sports as 4-Her in Groveland - population 540 - to becoming an Army marksman to Olympic silver medalist bit.ly/4dDwrgt
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