Allen County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021





4051 - Leadership
4051.1) 4

Number of youth who served as group leaders or officers (PRACTICE)

4051.2) 5

Number of youth who received education related to diversity and inclusivity (KOSA)

4051.3) 6

Number of youth who served as direct mentors to one or more younger youth (SEEC)

4051.4) 97

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)

4051.5) 63

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)



Success Stories

Senior 4-H'er puts 4-H's Head, Heart, Hands & Health Together to Create a Community Storybook Trail

Author: Anna Meador

Major Program: Leadership

Senior 4-H'er puts 4-H's Head, Heart, Hands & Health Together to Create a Community Storybook Trail

The 4-H Organization is founded with the purpose of helping youth develop the four H’s of 4-H: Head, Heart, Hands and Health.  Throughout a 4-H member’s experience, members develop each of these four foundational H’s through club, project and service activities in their county 4-H program.  Allen County 4-H’er, Kierra Owens, has taken those four elements and applied each to her senior 4-H service project called, The Storybook Trial.  Over the course of two

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4-Her’s Delight in Helping Others this Christmas

Author: Anna Meador

Major Program: Leadership

4-Her’s Delight in Helping Others this Christmas

What first started as a regular monthly 4-H Boredom Buster Kit activity to keep 4-H members engaged during COVID, turned into a county wide 4-H service project benefiting many families in Allen County.  Novembers Boredom Buster Activity Kit encouraged youth to turn their fleece into no-sew blankets and return these completed blankets to be donated to Allen County Scottsville School’s Together for Christmas Gift Drive.  Not only did our youth learn and apply a new skills, but they

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Allen County Youth Accomplishments Shine at State Teen Conference

Author: Anna Meador

Major Program: Leadership

Allen County Youth Accomplishments Shine at State Teen Conference

When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down programming in March 2020 youth, families, and communities experienced long-term isolation and alteration of their typical lives related to in and out of school activities. Youth out-of-school time programs, such as 4-H, are essential ecological assets and their disruption during the pandemic may have a major impact on youth’s developmental pathways (Ettekal & Aganas, 2020). For many youth COVID-19 will be the defining issue of their lives

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