Success StoryPartners making a diffrence
Partners making a diffrence
Author: Amy Branstetter
Planning Unit: Metcalfe County CES
Major Program: Agriculture & Natural Resources
Plan of Work: Develop Individual Youth and Adults for Leadership Volunteer Roles
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
Metcalfe County 4-H partnered with the Metcalfe County Schools Community Education and KY Fish and Wildlife to offer a “Firearm Safety and Range” program during two weekends in the spring and fall. This program offered a hands-on learning experience providing an opportunity to learn hunter safety information and practice skills on the range. Everyone completing this program would receive their “Kentucky Hunters Safety Orange Card.
There was a diverse group that attended and successful received their “Orange Card”.
- 69% from low-income households
- 2 black, 3 Hispanic
- 3 English second language students
- 87 males 16 females
- 6 special needs
- 1 senior citizen
- Individuals from nine surrounding counties
Adult and youth participants reported in a post survey that this class had been educational and that 99% had learned something new and that they would use it in the future.
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