Cooperative Extension Service Departments
4-H Youth Development
4-H
is an educational program of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of
Arkansas, involving youth and adults. 4-H
is an informal educational program; community based and locally determined;
primarily group focused and family oriented; volunteer operated, and coordinated
by professional Extension faculty. 4-H uses projects as a means to help individuals gain
knowledge, meet basic developmental needs, and acquire essential life skills.
The 4-H club is one of the primary delivery methods used by the Arkansas 4-H
program for educating youth in Arkansas.
The goal of 4-H is to help youth acquire essential life
skills through planned “learn by doing" experiences. A necessary component of the youth development goal is the development of
volunteers as leaders in the 4-H program.
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