4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. Participating youth, from grades 3-12, and adult volunteers and leaders “learn by doing” through opportunities in which they gain a sense of belonging within a positive group, cultivate independence with guidance from caring adults and peers, and master life challenges.

Description:
4-H Is...
• Learning by doing, and is available to all boys and girls in the 3rd through 12th grades, from
urban, suburban and rural areas. 4-H uses projects to teach youth important life skills.
• A fun-filled, action oriented educational program for youth and volunteer leaders sponsored by
our Land Grant University, Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service.

Some of the new areas that Utah 4-H is leading the nation in includes:
Youth and Families with Promise (YFP) Program - designed to address youth problems through early intervention with at-risk-youth, ages 10-14, and their families. YFP is a mentoring program designed to reduce and prevent delinquent behavior.
Global Position Systems (GPS) - HAM Radio –
ATV Safety – After school Programs – Military 4-H - Continuing project areas are Robotics - Cooking - Sewing - Livestock - Agriculture - Expressive Arts - and more!

History:
Utah had 98,269 youth participate in 4-H last year – 2006.
We had more than 7,050 4-H volunteer leaders last year in Utah.
National, we have over eight million 4-H members.

Participation in 4-H projects in Utah was:
Plants & Animals – 35,898
Healthy Lifestyle Ed – 18,323
Personal Development & Leadership – 11,505
Science & Technology – 7,655
Environmental Ed & Earth Sciences – 21,231
Communication & Expressive Arts – 10,889
Consumer & Family Sciences – 6,431
Citizenship & Civic Education – 3,556
Total Project Activity – 115,488

Contact person: Angela Hackwell, Program Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (435) 586-3314

Address:

585 North Main Street, Suite 5 Cedar City, UT 84720 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.utah4h.org

Directions:

The Utah State University Extension office is located just south of the Iron Mission Museum and in the same office complex as the Iron County Visitor Center.

Overall Experience   
Fun times to be had by all!

I have learned so much about science and fun stuff with my kids. I didn't have to know anything about our projects in the beginning and I enjoyed the learning experience as much as my kids. 4-H has taught my kids about leadership, service and cooperation all along the way. I look forward to volunteering more with Iron County 4-H. posted by chweety on April 28, 2008