Success StorySummertime Fun Project Days Offer New Skill Opportunities



Summertime Fun Project Days Offer New Skill Opportunities

Author: Ryan Farley

Planning Unit: Woodford County CES

Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum

Plan of Work: Developing Life Skills

Outcome: Intermediate Outcome

The development of vocational skills is an important component of the 4-H Youth Development model. Woodford County 4-H’s Summertime Fun Project Days are designed to provide opportunities for youth to engage in a variety of activities to spark interest in many topics. Over 20 individual project days were offered and ranged in topics from woodworking to horticulture to cooking to cartooning. Youth were recruited from around Woodford County, utilizing social media and mass mailings and project days were led by the Woodford County 4-H Agent and Program Assistant, as well as community volunteers. In all approximately 200 projects were completed throughout the summer, including many youth participating in multiple project days. Of those that participated, 95% reported having fun throughout the project days, 90% reported learning a new skill, 78% reported feeling proud of what they made during the project day and 66% reported feeling more confident in themselves because they completed the project. Through experiential learning, these youth made positive memories, tried new activities, had fun and developed new skills that someday might become passions and careers.






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