Author: Renata Farmer
Planning Unit: Knox County CES
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Plan of Work: Nurturing Families & Youth Development
Outcome: Intermediate Outcome
Approximately 35 percent of the Knox County population falls below the poverty level. Structure and peer interactions among youth can be difficult for families to maneuver in the summer months when schools are out. Simply put, many families lack the monies to fund extracurricular activities and the travel to and from those activities. Knox County 4-H Council identified several day camping programs for the summers of 2018-2019 that would promote interactions among peers and positive youth development. Knox County 4-H offered 10 days of day camping programs for approximately 90 youth participants during the months of July 2018 and June 2019 that included Cloverbuds, Woodworking 101, and Expressive Arts day camps. Knox County FCS Extension and 4-H partnered as well to offer 4 days of beginning sewing to Knox County youth. 4-H youth were led by 9 Extension Homemaker volunteers. Youth focused on learning the parts of the sewing machine, practiced sewing on paper, made a simple pillow and then completed a harder project-an origami owl bag.
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