Virtual Kentucky 4-H Leadership Boot Camp 

Program Year: 2020-21

Kentucky 4-H engages youth with hands-on experiences where they can build leadership competencies at the beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. The Kentucky 4-H State Leadership Boards provide experiences for senior 4-H’ers to build upon their leadership skills in the core area of their interest at the advanced level. 

It is a goal of Kentucky 4-H that youth who are interested in applying to run as a Kentucky 4-H State Officer and/or have state-level opportunities to fully develop as a leader, therefore the Kentucky 4-H Leadership Bootcamp was created to meet this need. Senior level 4-H’ers are invited to the Kentucky 4-H Leadership Bootcamp. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 Leadership Boot Camp was held virtually. Two youth and an adult volunteer from Ohio county completed the day-long experience. The youth had the opportunity to participate in exercises that would empower them to lead within their community at an advanced level through state-level 4-H opportunities. As a result, these youth have written an 4-H Issues grant to organize and implement a 4-H Club for youth with learning disabilities and have completed Gold and Bronze Achievement applications.       

The Ohio County participants of the 4-H Leadership Boot Camp met with current and former Kentucky 4-H State Officers, 4-H Agents, 4-H Specialists, and members of the Kentucky 4-H Foundation. These youth had the opportunity to learn and practice skills related to public speaking, interviewing, resume writing, teaching, goal setting, and teambuilding. End of program evaluations by participants in the 4-H Leadership Boot Camp:

From the 28 youth members participating in 4-H Leadership Boot Camp, these are the state-level leadership opportunities they were interested in pursuing…

From the 28 youth members participating in 4-H Leadership Boot Camp, these individuals were interested in the following 4-H Achievement Program awards…