4-H

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4-H A Great After-School Partner!
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4-H is

• Citizenship and Civic Education
• Communication Expressive Arts
• Consumer Family Science
• Environmental Education
• Healthy Life Style Education
• Personal Development Leadership
• Plants Animals
• Science Technology

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4-H Keeps Utahs Promise

• Caring Adults
• Safe Places
• Healthy Start
• Marketable Skills
• Opportunities to Serve

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4-H Can Enhance Your Existing Program!!

• 4-H has hands-on, learn-by-doing curriculum in a
  variety of different topics!
• 4-H has a built-in leadership component, which is
  great for youth development!
• 4-H can make lesson planning easier for you!!

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Experiential Learning Model
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2 Easy Steps to Make 4-H Work!

1. During club time each day, have a 4-H club
   meeting.
2. Have YOUTH club leaders start the club meeting to
   help develop their leadership skills.

• President -Welcome
• Vice President - Announcements
• Secretary - Minutes Roll Call
• Pledge Specialist - Pledges
• Song Leader - Song
• Activity Chairman - Plan activities

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Added Benefits of 4-H!!

• USU Extension resources are available to your
  after-school program.
• 4-H Staff are available to train youth leaders.
• Registered youth can participate in all 4-H
  events, camps and service activities.
• Once you have filled out the necessary paper
  work, you can start to use the 4-H curriculum to
  enhance your programming.

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4-H Registration Policy

• Gather youth information by sending home 4-H
  Youth Registration forms.
• Complete 4-H Club Enrollment Sheet, making
  certain all youth are recorded.
• Return Club Enrollment Sheets to the 4-H
  office. (The 4-H year is from October 1 to
  September 30. Youth only need to pay the
  registration fee once during that time.)

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To Incorporate 4-H Please Contact

• Extension Agent
• Address
• Phone Number
• Email address