Texas 4-H

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

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Biological Science

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Civic Education

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Communication & Arts

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Community/Volunteer Service

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Consumer & Family Science

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Environmental Education

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Food & Nutrition

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Health

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Leadership

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Personal Safety

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Plant Science

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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)