What do you do in 4-H?  Do the kids do anything?  Is it just cows and cookies?  All questions asked over the years, but a standard form of measuring the Communications, Leadership, and Civic Engagement impact of Kentucky 4-H programming has not been available.  For the 2023-24 program year, Kentucky 4-H has made evaluation tools available with counties able to add their spin as needed.  Marshall County 4-H Youth Development Agent implemented these evaluation tools at the last club meeting for all three County 4-H Club levels – Teen-Middle, Elementary (4th & 5th) and Cloverbuds (K-3).

Beyond the standardized questions asked, the Marshall County 4-H Youth Development Agent went a step further asking Cloverbuds and Elementary members to highlight one thing they liked and one thing they learned.  Below are Cloverbud responses:

•    Everything!

•    Made new Friends.

•    Learning about solar eclipse.

•    Crafts, relay races, and having fun.

•    Enjoyed making cards for people.

•    “4-H is Fun!”

•    “4-H is a place about learning.  You can learn about being respectful, nature, and more.”

Elementary 4-Hers liked or learned included: 

•    Making new friends

•    Crafts at Holiday Workshop

•    Piggy Bank Contest 

•    History of Valentine’s Day lesson.

Out of the conversations with Marshall County Cloverbuds and Elementary 4-Hers during the evaluation process, this response says it all about the impact of 4-H…

“I learned to be a better person.”