Any 4-H'er who will be in high school during the current year. Enrollment is limited to first 50 applicants. The program to develop leadership, understanding of group dynamics and an awareness of self and others is carried out with the guidance of Junior Leader Council members elected at each conference to conduct next years program. Each delegate or leader spends one month with one host family. A two-way exchange program with Japan.
Japanese youth come to Indiana every year.
Host family covers meals and lodging, but delegate pays incidental expenses for the trip and provides own spending money. Learning to appreciate another country's culture and traditions. Interacting with a foreign language. Young mean and young women between the ages of 16 and 19. The Indiana State Fair Leadership School for young men and women is held during the Indiana State Fair and is sponsored by the Indiana State Fair Board, the Cooperative Extension Service and local county sponsors.