MC Hammer said a long time ago, “you can't touch this.”  Was he thinking of how programs are delivered today?  With the pandemic, 4-H strives to provide activities for youth to still “touch” and gain the proven benefits of experiential learning.  For spring through mid-summer, 4-H moved project-based activities online with supplies readily available at home.  An online calendar was created to coordinate the 4-H virtual activities locally and across the state and nation.  Over 14,083 people visited Green County 4-H’s social media accounts and the online calendar.

A youth participant’s parent said her child, “is becoming a great chef” by participating in the online 4-H baking club. ”It has got the whole family involved in the weekly meal planning.”

4-H is now offering smaller in-person project-based activities with distancing and mask required.  Two new clubs recently started are the 4-H Performing Arts and Forestry Clubs.  More will be starting each month until normal, traditional events return.