Family and Consumer ScienceMajor Program

28285

Total Hours

Contributed.

148658

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

57

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

9164

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of Volunteers (19+) engaged in FCS 4-H Programming

7933

Number of Youth (5-18) engaged in FCS 4-H Programming

36944

Stories

4-H Babysitting Clinic

Family Magazine reports that 76% of middle school age youth are babysitting either family members or others children. According to a new American Red Cross poll, parents say that good babysitters are hard to find, and they want to entrust their children to babysitters trained in first aid, CPR and childcare skills. Childcare training provides life skills in parenting. Babysitting is often a youths first gainful employment experience. Henderson County 4-H hosted a babysitting clinic the first day...

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4-H Babysitting Clinic

Stories Behind the Numbers

  • 4-H Food & Fun

    4-H Food & Fun was a free at-home cooking program that united families in the kitchen and at the dinner table. The goal of the program was to get young people in the kitchen and preparing home-cooked ... Read More

  • 2023 NEP Super Star Chef Camp

    According to 2017 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, the obesity rate for children ages 9 to 12 in Kentucky was 20.2%. To help our community develop better educated yout... Read More

  • Stem & Nutrition Sessions

    Stem and Nutrition sessions are intended to foster ingenuity, creativity , create healthy eating, preparing home-cooked meals, trying new foods , encouraging family time, developing communication skil... Read More

  • 2023 Culinary Challenge

    The culinary arts sector in Kentucky is experiencing a significant boom, largely due to the steady rise in tourism within the state. The U.S. Department of Labor projects a career growth rate of 25-30... Read More

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