4-H Youth DevelOpment Program

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