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Kansas 4-H Tip Sheet

February 15, 2016

Kansas 4-H’ers Selected for Norway Exchange

Submitted by Deryl Waldren

All four Kansas 4-H’ers nominated by Kansas 4-H International Exchange Programs have been selected as part of the 2016 delegation to Norway by States’ 4-H International Exchange Programs.  The U.S delegation is expected to include 15 teens from throughout the country and a chaperone.  They will begin their exchange an outbound orientation where they will meet the rest of their delegation at a gateway city on June 29 and depart for Norway on June 30.  After a short Norway 4H orientation in Oslo, each will spend the rest of a month with Norway 4H host families and attend National 4-H Camp.  They return to Kansas July 31.    The Kansas delegates and their Extension unit are as follows:

  • Riley Angleton, Southwind District, Neosho County
  • Lauren Baalman, Golden Prairie District, Logan County
  • Catherine Davidson, Leavenworth County
  • Kane Thimmesch, McPherson County

The outbound delegates will have their second Kansas orientation February 27-28 in Gypsum, Kansas, in conjunction with the Kansas IFYE Association’s spring meeting on February 27.