Simpson County CES Program Indicators and Success StoriesJul 1, 2017 - Jun 30, 2018





4041 - Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum
4041.1) 192

Number of youth who indicate they listen to people who have different ideas

4041.2) 192

Number of youth who indicate they can finish a job they started

4041.3) 243

Number of youth who indicate they can take responsibility for their actions

4041.4) 30

Number of youth provided with diversity focused education

4041.5) 10

Number of 4-H members leading a project group or project club

4041.6) 12

Number of 4-H members serving as direct mentors to younger youth

4041.7) 30

Number of youth reported being a better leader (due to skills improved through Extension programming)



Success Stories

Interstate Exchange Trip

Author: Catherine Webster

Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum

Seven youth and two chaperones from Kent County Delaware traveled to Kentucky to stay with 4-H host families for a week in July 2017.  This was the seventh interstate exchange trip for Simpson County 4-H.  Over the years our 4-H families have also hosted & traveled to Wisconsin, Montana, Minnesota, New York, Kansas, and Wyoming.  Interstate exchange trips are the longest running teen leadership program in Simpson County, spanning over fifteen years.  Feedback from the vis

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4-H Communications

Author: Catherine Webster

Major Program: Leadership 4-H Core Curriculum

According to a Chapman University study done in 2017, America’s biggest phobia is “public speaking”.  Providing youth with the ability to enhance and develop communication skills is of great importance in Kentucky 4-H.  The development of communications skills is one of the preeminent skills necessary to grow as an individual, a community member, and a leader.  If young people can learn to public speak at an early age through 4-H, one can only imagine the leaders

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