Dakota County 4-H awarded the prestigious 4-H Key Award to Hastings High School students Chloe Hanson,
Ameila Leifeld Miller, and Mattea Quigley at an event on May 28. The 4-H Key Award recognizes youth for
contributions to their club and community, and encourages youth to be civically engaged and positive change
makers. This award is the highest honor of achievement in 4-H, available only to youth who have shown long-
term dedication and growth. Their wide variety of experiences make them all shining examples of youth
leadership.
Chloe Hanson has been a member of the Happy Go Getters 4-H Club in Vermillion, MN for eleven years. She has
been very active in the Rabbit project, serving 5 years as the youth chair of the Project Development Committee
and exhibiting fifteen rabbits of seven different breeds.
Ameila Leifeld Miller has been a 10 year member of the Top Notchers 4-H Club in Vermillion, MN. Currently the
President-Elect of the Dakota County 4-H Federation, she has led her club as an officer, coordinated service
projects, and taught workshops on Parliamentary Procedure. She was instrumental in planning and promoting the
inaugural 4-H Goat Costume Contest at the Dakota County Fair in 2023.
Mattea Quigley is another eleven year active member of the Happy Go Getters 4-H Club. She is currently serving
as a 2023-2024 State 4-H Agriculture Ambassador, a positive representative for agriculture and the 4-H program.
She was featured in a video for the Minnesota Fair Board convention, explaining her various roles in 4-H and her
experience at the Dakota County Fair. She has exhibited in many projects including, Child Development, Shooting
Sports, Food Preservation, Crafts and Fine Art, Sheep and Dairy.