Surveys from our Hart County Extension Council plan of work meeting indicated a need for teaching teens basic adult life skills.  The 4-H Youth Development Agent and Family Consumer Science Agent collaborated to offer a 4-H Adulting 101 Virtual Club this year due to COVID 19 restrictions.  

Teens participated in educational club lessons on car maintenance & how to change a tire, dorm room meals, financial planning, laundry & stain removal, basic sewing and mending clothing and how to purchase insurance.  Fifteen students participated in the virtual club that met for six sessions.  Students were mailed kits with items to participate in hands on activities or given live digital activities to complete during the meetings.

A Qualtrics survey was given at the end of the six sessions.  98% of the participants said they learned a life skill from participating in the 4-H Adulting 101 Club.  96% said they plan to use the information they gained from the club within the next year.   One student wrote “After participating in the session on automobile maintenance I have been able to top off my washer fluid and change my oil in my car”.  Another participant responded by saying “I have already made two of the dorm room meals for my family as practice for living in the dorms in the fall”.  A parent said “the financial management activity and lesson was great.  It started some great conversations with my child about purchasing their first car and got them to think about the future and saving to purchase a home.”