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About Us
County Impact Statements - Hot Spring County
Interstate 4-H Exchange is an Ideal Way to Experience 4-H In Other
States
Interstate 4-H Exchange
Interstate 4-H Exchange is an excellence way for 4-H’ers to
experience what 4-H is like in other states. We began a 4-H Exchange Program in
1998 as a way to provide broader educational and leadership opportunities for
our older 4-H members. We also saw this as a way to retain older teens in our
4-H Club Program.
The program consists of traveling to another state and spending a week living
with a host family, there are usually some planned activities as well as just
family time to better experience what life is like in the state you are
visiting. The next year you are expected to host 4-H’ers from the state you
visited. Adult Volunteers and Extension Agents travel as Chaperones with the
group and assist in planning the various events. Our first trip was to Bensen
County, North Dakota, our second trip was to Calumet County, Wisconsin and this
summer we will be traveling to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The 4-H’ers have
really benefited from this program and look forward to traveling to other states
or serving as a host family. 4-H’ers between the ages of thirteen and eighteen
years of age are allowed to participate. Those participating are required to
sign a two year commitment. Year one we travel to another state, year two they
are required to host the young person that hosted them. The 4-H’ers are also
required to assist with fund raising events to raise the funds necessary to both
travel to another state and to host 4-H’ers in Hot Spring County.
Exchange Group tours Arkansas State Capitol
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Impacts
- Coordinated 4-H Interstate Exchange Program - 50 4-H’ers, leaders and
parents were involved.
- Conducted 4-H Conservation Day - Involving 35 4-H’ers and leaders.
- Trained 9 youth for Beef Quiz Bowl Contest.
- Conducted Rabies Vaccination Clinic - vaccinated 200 dogs & cats and
provided other shots.
- Conducted Fishing Derby - 250 people attended.
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