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About Us
County Impact Statements - Perry County
Youth Excel in Community Service Projects and
Citizenship
Citizenship and Community Service are just a couple of great ways 4-H youth
learn and share. This year 22 Teen Leaders participated in a short government
workshop before heading off to Little Rock to tour the State Capitol and watch
the House and Senate at work. The workshop provides youth with basic information
on Arkansas such as the state flower, state motto; government operations such as
how bills are passed, how many years members serve, and hints that will help
them have a better understanding of what they will see in Little Rock.
After the Citizenship Tour, two young men from our county returned to the
Capitol to serve as pages for our local Representative, Charles Ormond. This was
a great experience for them to get to see their government in action and to
represent their county 4-H at the same time.
4-H youth in Perry County also share many hours helping out where needed.
They are involved in county-wide community service projects such as nursing home
visits, caroling at the nursing home, making cards for the nursing home
residents, decorating doors for the residents of the nursing home, conducting
canned food drives, participating in cleaning up at the fairgrounds and new city
park, St. Jude Bike-A-Thon, Angel Tree Project, Partners for Progress and so
much more. Several clubs also participate in the Adopt-A-Highway program, help
decorate their communities for the holidays, give goodie baskets to community
members and they make decorations and decorate the county tree at the State
Capitol each year. 4-H educational programs not only enrich the lives of Perry
County youth, but is also developing leaders for the future.
Perry County youth participate in the Citizenship Tour to the
state capitol.
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Impacts
- The Perry County 4-H program enrolled 89 youth in six clubs. Two new
clubs were established.
- Of the 89 youth in 4-H programs in FY01, 87 were white, and two minorities
with 84 living in rural settings and five in town.
- 13 adults volunteered in 4-H. Seven were female and six were male.
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