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About Us
County Impact Statements - Arkansas County
4-H Teen Leaders "Students Teaching Students"
Health Rocks! A community-based wellness and life skills program is a
curriculum developed by National 4-H Council to reduce youth risk factors. The
program focuses on positive youth development and life skills development as an
approach to preparing young people to make healthy lifestyle choices. Health
Rocks! which includes life skills such as decision making, critical thinking,
and stress management is taught by Arkansas County 4-H Teen Leaders. The program
promotes healthy lifestyle choices, targeting youth (ages 8 to 12). This program
is open to all eligible persons regardless of race, color, national origin,
religion, gender, age, or disability.
Character Critters: Character education is “the training of the heart and
mind toward good.” Arkansas County 4-H Teen Leaders utilize the Character
Critters program developed by LSU Agriculture Center – Cooperative Extension
Service to teach preschool children. The Character Critters program features
stories for very young children with a message about six key elements of
character development – responsibility, caring, trustworthiness, fairness,
citizenship and respect. These basic elements of character are relevant for all
individuals, regardless of race, creed, ethnic group, gender, politics or
wealth. The program increases children’s understanding of character concepts.
Teaching children to exhibit character is an investment in tomorrow.
Pre-School children seem mesmerized by 4-H teens as they share
the story of “Carrie the Caring Cat”.
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Southside After School
students learn about handling stress from Health Rocks! Team
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Impacts
Four 4-H Teen Leaders received Health Rocks! training at the 4-H Center in
Ferndale and returned to Arkansas County with information to train seven
more teens. Four summer workshops reached a total of 77 youth. Arkansas
County 4-H Teen Leaders have conducted four Health Rocks sessions for DeWitt
After School reaching 46 youth.
4-H Teen Leaders presented Character Critters for Child Development, Inc. of
DeWitt and Stuttgart reaching 44 preschool children.
4-H Health Rocks State Training - 4
4-H Health Rocks County Training - 11
4-H Health Rocks Workshops - 77
4-H Health Rocks After School - 46
4-H Teen Leader, Character Critters - 44
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