Health 4-H Core CurriculumMajor Program

8994

Total Hours

Contributed.

123001

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

24

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

6297

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices

25808

Number of youth that report not engaging in risky behavior

12013

Number of youth that report feeling good about themselves

16378

Number of youth that report that they know how to handle stress

11135

Stories

Let’s Bake: Increasing food safety and baking knowledge with youth in the kitchen

Preparing youth for success when baking was the goal of the Lets Bake program, a six-hour workshop provided by FCS, SNAP-Ed and 4-H at the Muhlenberg County Extension Office. Thirty eager bakers attending the program and gained valuable, hand-on skills. The youth experienced a series of life skills, and techniques including: how to properly and safely use an oven, food safety techniques such has handling raw eggs, decreasing germs, and testing finished products for doneness. Youth participated ...

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Let’s Bake: Increasing food safety and baking knowledge with youth in the kitchen

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