Author: Lawrence Caudle
Planning Unit: KSU Administration
Major Program: Economic Development and Workforce Preparation – 4-H Youth Development
Plan of Work: Unrelated to a specified County Plan of Work
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Kentucky State University’s 4-H Youth Development program held the 2023 4-H Ignite Conference on April 21st. The conference drew in 100 middle school youth participants, 40 volunteers, 10 chaperones, and 10 extension staff members. During the conference, the participants got the opportunity to participate in 3 of the 6 available workshops of their choosing. One of the workshops offered was a workshop based on finances called Reality 4-You, which was led by one of the 4-H team members. This workshop exposed the workshop participants to different financial strategies, investing in the stock market, information about saving and spending money, and a hands-on portion where students were given a set amount of paper money, and was tasked with making spending choices while visiting several booths that provided services such as a booth for the students to pay their bills, or a booth to pay for veterinary bills. The workshop had 46 middle school youth participants to choose this particular workshop. At the end of the workshop, there was a post-workshop survey given to each student, and the results included: 82% of the workshop participants agreed that the workshop made them think about their relationship with money differently; 41% and 50% of the workshop participants stated that the workshop was either very organized or extremely organized respectively; 64% of the participants agreed that they wanted to learn more about finances.; and 82% of the workshop participants agreed that this workshop should be included in future 4-H Ignite Conferences. This workshop was a major success, and the 4-H team will consider keeping this workshop within the 4-H Ignite Conference rotation.
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