{"id":45327,"date":"2026-08-28T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=45327"},"modified":"2026-08-28T11:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T16:39:06","slug":"don-and-karen-grupe-inducted-into-illinois-4-h-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/45327-don-and-karen-grupe-inducted-into-illinois-4-h-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Don And Karen Grupe Inducted Into Illinois 4-H Hall Of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>Don and Karen Grupe (Karen holding the green cup in the front row, Don directly behind her)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Illinois 4-H volunteers empower and prepare youth for success as the program relies on its more than 15,000 volunteers to fill key leadership and mentoring roles. Longtime volunteers and former staff members were recently honored for their selfless dedication to the University of Illinois Extension 4-H youth development program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame recognizes those who have a track record of exemplary service to 4-H or outstanding career and community achievement and were nominated by county Illinois Extension staff.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 2026 Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame inductees include <strong>Don and Karen Grupe<\/strong> of Effingham County.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The ceremonies were held over three days during the Illinois State Fair, in conjunction with each county\u2019s exhibit day at the 4-H General Project Show.\u00a0 You can learn more about this year\u2019s Hall of Fame inductees and other Illinois 4-H honorees in the 2026 Illinois 4-H Alumni &amp; Volunteer Recognition video at <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/go.illinois.edu\/4-Hrecognition2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go.illinois.edu\/4-Hrecognition2026<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don and Karen Grupe (Karen holding the green cup in the front row, Don directly behind her) &nbsp; Illinois 4-H volunteers empower and prepare youth for success as the program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":45330,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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