TEXAS 4-H October 2015
4-H AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT COUNTY FACT SHEET
The Mission of Texas 4-H Prepare youth to meet the challenges of childhood, adolescence and adulthood, through a coordinated, long-term, progressive series of educational experiences that enhance life skills and develop social, emotional, physical and cognitive competencies.
About Texas 4-H Texas 4-H programs has served more that 600,000 youth in counties throughout Texas. For the 2015-2016 school year, the Texas 4-H Youth Development Program will offer more that 40 projects within 13 focus areas for youth to participate in. The focus areas are:
Animals
Biological Science
Civic Education
Communication & Arts
Community/Volunteer Service
Consumer & Family Science
Environmental Education
Food & Nutrition
Health
Leadership
Personal Safety
Plant Science
Technology & Engineering
“58,013 youth participate in community, in-school, after-school, and military 4-H clubs in
2013-2015.” 4-H Grows (2014) Scan QR Code
To learn more about 4-H at PVAMU
For more information regarding 4-H projects in your county, contact your county agent.
Monthly Fact Sheet Published by Joaquina Scott Kankam (Program Specialist, 4-H and Youth Development)
Top 10 Texas 4-H Club Programs 1. Shooting Sports* (10,151) 2. Food and Nutrition (9,424) 3. Swine (9,215) 4. Goats– Meat (7,002)
5. Rabbits (6,833) 6. Photography (6,219) 7. Beef (5,007) 8. Horse (4.616) 9. Clothing & Textiles (3,754) 10.Sheep (3,482) *Shooting Sports may include any of the following disciplines: shotgun, rifle, pistol, archery, muzzleloading, hunting and wildlife.
Sources Learn About Texas 4-H
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/learn/
4-H Grows
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/files/2015/04/ImpactReport_2015.pdf
2015-2016 Club Project List
http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/publications/
4-H National Youth Science Day
http://www.4-h.org/4-h-national-youth-science-day/ 761 Carden-Waller Cooperative Extension Building 250 E. M. Norris Street Prairie View, Texas 77446 T: (936) 261-5148 F: (936) 261-5143
The Cooperative Extension Program serves people of all ages regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, disability, political beliefs, and marital or family status (Not all classes are protected by legal statues). Issued in the furtherance of Cooperative Extension Work, Act of September 29, 1977 in cooperation with the U. S. Department of Agriculture and Texas Agrilife Extension. Dr. Alton B. Johnson, Dean and Director of Land-Grant Programs, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences, Prairie View A & M University. Monthly Fact Sheet Published by Joaquina Scott Kankam (Program Specialist, 4-H and Youth Development)