Success StoryImpact of Marshall County 4-H Clubs – Part II



Impact of Marshall County 4-H Clubs – Part II

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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