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Program Objective
The objective of the 4-H Youth Development Program is to help young people discover their potential and grow into competent, contributing, and caring citizens.
Program Description
The University of California 4-H Youth Development Program engages youth in reaching their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development.
4-H Youth Development is a non-formal educational youth program, conducted by the University of California Cooperative Extension. The purpose of the Mariposa County 4-H Youth Development Program is to help diverse young people discover and develop their potential and grow into competent, contributing, and caring citizens.
Program Goals:
Enable all youth to reach their fullest potential through:
- Developing citizenship, leadership, and life skills.
- Learning by doing.
- Utilizing the knowledge and resources of the land-grant university system.
- To have fun, meet new people, learn skills, build self-confidence, learn responsibility, and set and achieve goals!
Leaders of Tommorrow!
4-H builds the leaders of tomorrow:
- Members can range from age 5 to age 19.
- 4-H events and activities start on a community level, and then move onto county, section, state, and national levels.
- 4-H offers a wide range of projects, programs and activities so every member can benefit through participation.
- Exhibitors receive a ribbon award- purple, blue, red, white, or participation, according to the judging and age of member.
- Parents, volunteers, community leaders, and 4-H staff share their time and talents with 4-H youth.
Activities
- County 4-H Events
- 4-H Camps
- State 4-H Youth Gatherings
- Other 4-H Delivery Methods, such as “Ag in the Classroom” school programs