HealthMajor Program

9743

Total Hours

Contributed.

102654

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

133

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

3725

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of youth who were educated on health and well-being through 4-H programs (KOSA)

33337

Number of youth who indicated they made healthy lifestyle choices as a result of what they learned through 4-H programming (PRACTICE)

19302

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #13 “Is 4-H a place where you have a chance to be a leader?” (SEEC)

9495

Number of youth who indicated “yes or usually” to the Common Measures Experience Survey Question #6 “Is 4-H A place where you get to figure out things for yourself?” (SEEC)

10924

Number of youth who indicated they increased their daily number of servings of fruits and vegetables eaten as a result of 4-H programs (PRACTICE)

14805

Stories

4-H Soccer Camp: Kicking for goals

According to the Kentucky Health News report from 2022, Kentucky now ranks the highest for childhood obesity rates for children ages 10-17 in the Nation. Not a list Kentucky wants to be the top of and consequently the age group it listed fits right into the 4-H age group. In an effort to get kids moving and exercising the CES 4-H Agent attended a 4-H Soccer Training the weekend COVID hit, so the idea of hosting any type of event would be placed on the back burner. However, the CES Agent was dete...

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4-H Soccer Camp: Kicking for goals

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