Author: Lena Mallory
Planning Unit: Marshall County CES
Major Program: Community Vitality and Leadership – 4-H Youth Development
Plan of Work: Healthy Living Lifestyles for Youth, Families & Community
Outcome: Initial Outcome
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.”
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