Extension
It Starts With Us
Teaching today's children to be tomorrow's leaders
Engaging Community Youth
Ammerman, Conkwright, McFarland
Agriculture
Civic Engagement
Agriculture and Extension Leadership Development
Youth Engagement Leadership Program (YELP)
Discussions with local stakeholders and recent community survey identified youth activities that develop and promote core competences needed in life and that education was needed to further those core competences in all areas.
Students acquire and educate others life skills
Students apply acquired skills to enhance personal well being
Students learn basic life skills and are capable of responding in general and emergency situations.
Initial Outcome: Students learn basic life skills
Indicator: Students attend and learn basic life skills
Method:end of meeting questionaires and observations
Timeline: year round
Intermediate Outcome: Students apply acquired skills
Indicator: Students are faced with decisions in life and apply knowledge gained to make better informed decisons
Method: followup questionaires and personal testimonies
Timeline:year round
Long-term Outcome: Students acquire and educate others life skills
Indicator: former students return to programs to educate others
Method: observations
Timeline: year round
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: 4H Country Ham
Content or Curriculum: UK Food Science
Inputs: hams, house, socks papers and volunteers
Date: Jan - Aug 2025
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: Babysitting Clinic
Content or Curriculum: 4H Babysitting and Red Cross First Aid/CPR
Inputs: volunteers
Date: Summer 2025
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: Project Club
Content or Curriculum: varies by project
Inputs: volunteers and supplies by project
Date: spring and summer 2025
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: 4H Summer Camp
Content or Curriculum: 4H Camp and Agents
Inputs: kids, camp staff and volunteers
Date: Summer 2025
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: Environmental Camp
Content or Curriculum: 4H Camp Staff, kids and volunteers
Date: Fall 2024 or Spring 2025
Audience: 4H Youth
Project or Activity: 4H Teen Council
Content or Curriculum: varies by project
Inputs: volunteers and supplies by project
Date: year round
Author: Chris Ammerman
Major Program: Horticulture, Consumer and Home
Less than 2% of the population in the United States is made up of farm and ranch families according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. Despite millions of dollars invested by farm organization less than 25% of U.S. adults have a high degree of trust in information they get about food production.In a collaborative effort with Grant County Schools, Grant County High School FFA, Grant County Soil Conservation, Grant County Farm Bureau Federation, Grant County Family Resource Officers and
