Extension
It Starts With Us
| 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) |
Author: Anna Meador
Major Program: Leadership
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
Author: Anna Meador
Major Program: Leadership
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
Author: Anna Meador
Major Program: Leadership
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
