{"id":2829,"date":"2023-06-26T11:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T15:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/?page_id=2829"},"modified":"2026-08-10T13:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T17:28:34","slug":"julius-benton-memorial-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/julius-benton-memorial-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Julius Benton Memorial Scholarship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Each year in conjunction with the Georgia 4-H Foundation Achievement Scholarship presentation, the Georgia Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals recognizes one 4-H’er with the Julius Benton Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded in memory of Mr. Julius Benton. Mr. Benton was an outstanding 4-H volunteer in Georgia 4-H. In 1977, he was recognized as the third recipient of the Friend of 4-H Award, one of the highest honors bestowed by our association. He was employed by Savannah Sugar Company, and during his time as a volunteer, not only were Savannah Sugar packets branded with the 4-H emblem served in the Rock Eagle dining hall, but he also gave them to 4-H’ers he met through volunteering at events. Because of this, he was affectionally given the nickname “Sugar Man.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 Recipient: Prayushi Padhi, Cobb County<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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(L-R) Prayushi Padhi, Award Recipient; Brittany Teets, GAE4-HYDP President<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Previous Winners Include:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Year<\/strong><\/th>Recipient<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
2026<\/td>Prayushi Padhi, Cobb County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2025<\/td>Ann Parker, Bulloch County <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2024<\/td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2023<\/td>Bailey Hutchins, Toombs County<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2022<\/td>Sara Pawlik, Forsyth County<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2021<\/td>Asher Childs, Grady County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Each year in conjunction with the Georgia 4-H Foundation Achievement Scholarship presentation, the Georgia Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals recognizes one 4-H’er with the Julius Benton Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded in memory of Mr. Julius Benton. Mr. Benton was an outstanding 4-H volunteer in Georgia 4-H. In 1977, he was recognized […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"caes_section_patterns":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2829","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2829"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3358,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2829\/revisions\/3358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gae4-ha\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}