Health 4-H Core CurriculumMajor Program

10587

Total Hours

Contributed.

194786

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

55

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

6905

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth that report making healthy lifestyle choices

30641

Number of youth that report not engaging in risky behavior

16653

Number of youth that report feeling good about themselves

20314

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

11551

Stories

Window Sill Garden

For the 3rd year in a row, students from CCES second grade classes got a hands on lesson in nutrition and gardening by creating their very own Window Sill Garden.Through the collaboration of the Crittenden County Extension Service Ag, 4-H and EFNEP Assistant, students have been receiving education about better nutrition, how to make healthier food choices, and lessons in how seeds sprout and grow and then planting their own seeds to begin a Window Sill Garden in their classroom.The idea got star...

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Window Sill Garden

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • Trying New Fruits

    Over the course of the school year more than 4,000 students and teachers at South Western High School in Somerset, Kentucky had the opportunity to sample fruits that are not a common offering.Less tha... Read More

  • 4-H Jr. Master Gardeners Learn Health and Nutrition from the Garden

    The need for nutrition education is great in Kentucky, as it is a relatively poor state with a heavy burden of chronic disease related to poor nutrition practices. The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance... Read More

  • 4-H YES Club

    According to the CDC children in Kentucky are less likely to be physically active for at least 4 days a week than other children nationwide. Seeing this as an issue locally, 4-H Youth Development Agen... Read More

  • Farm Safety Day

    The Todd County Extension 4-H Office teamed up with community partners and Long Vue Farms to offer a Progressive Agriculture farm safety day to 160 4th graders in Todd County. With 30% of the students... Read More

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