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About Us
County Impact Statements - Prairie County
4-H Program Strives "To Make Best Better"
Since the inception of 4-H early in the 20th century, youth participating in
out-of-school 4-H clubs have self selected the projects or subject areas they
will pursue through hands-on training by learning by doing. These projects have
evolved from corn and canning to computer and leadership development. Today,
consumer education, clothing and textiles, leadership skills, physical health,
forestry, crop and weed science are the project areas enrolled in by Prairie
County youth.
County wide activities that provide opportunities for 4-H’ers to learn skill
development include the annual achievement banquet, county fair, poultry and
swine chain, record book training, shooting sports, school enrichment and
talks/demonstrations given at county, district and state O’Ramas. Prairie County
youth also participated in Citizenship-Washington Focus, High Adventure, Rice
for Ducks, Kansas City Global Conference and 4-H State National Conversation.
Volunteers are essential to the successful delivery of 4-H programs to youth.
The average volunteer spends roughly 220 hours per year volunteering with youth
development.
4-H has a lot to offer. It addresses the need of youth development by
providing "life skills" and abilities that can be used throughout life.
4-H members showing livestock at Prairie County Fair.
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Impacts
- The Prairie County 4-H program enrolled 37 youth in 6 clubs.
- Of the 1065 youth in 4-H programs in FY01, 820 were white and 240 were
black.
- 1122 youth were reached in school enrichment programs.
- 1065 youth learned consumer education, clothing and textiles, forestry,
physical health, leadership skills and crops and weeds.
- The Prairie County Teen Leaders conducted a three day county camp for
youth ages 9-19.
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