UGA Cooperative Extension
2010 NEWSLETTERS
Carroll County Extension Office:
4-H Youth Development
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General Information
- How to join 4-H
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What is 4-H?
4-H Then...
When 4-H Clubs first started in 1905, just about everyone lived on farms. The first clubs were known as Corn Clubs for boys and Tomato Clubs for girls. Boys in the Corn Club would try to grow an acre of the biggest ears of corn. The girls would grow, harvest and can tomatoes from their family’s vegetable garden. Growing corn and canning tomatoes was not a game to these young people, their learning benefitted the entire family.
These pioneer 4-H’ers learned from adults who worked with the corn and tomato clubs. The clubs became known as 4-H Clubs. The adults were County Extension Agents.
4-H Now...
4-H is an educational program teaching leadership, citizenship, public speaking and practical life skills. The goal is to make learning fun! It is the youth phase of The University of Georgia Cooperative Extension.
The 4-H Program is part of the Carroll County and Carrollton City School Systems. There are also 4-H activities outside of school. 4-H is open to all children ages 9-19. 4-H may have begun as Corn and Tomato Clubs, however, today 4-H has evolved to teach computers, recycling, photography, nutrition, violence prevention, teamwork and many other topics relative to Carroll County and Carrollton Cityyouth.
There is no charge to be a 4-H member. Some optional activities may have a s
mall charge.
What Every 4-H’er Should Know
The 4-H Pledge
I pledge:
My Head to Clearer Thinking
My Heart to Greater Loyalty
My Hands to Larger Service, and
My Health to Better Living
For My Club, My Community, My Country and My World.
The 4-H Motto
"To Make the Best Better"
The 4-H Colors
Green and White
The 4-H Slogan
Learn By Doing
The 4-H Emblem
The Four Leaf Clover
Opportunities for Carroll County 4-H’ers
Team or Individual Competitions. Diverse team and individual learning experiences promote teamwork, develop public speaking skills, enhance decision making abilities and promote subject matter comprehension.
Shooting Sports
Air Rifle
Air Pistol
Archery
BB
Shotgun
And other fun activities!
Clovers and Crew
Cotton/Consumer Judging Horse Judging
Livestock Judging
Poultry Judging
The Chicken Project
The Duck Project
Summer Camps
And much more...
4-H is learning by doing . . . and one of the best ways to learn is by doing a demonstration. A demonstration shows how while telling how. 4-H’ers actually make or do something (step by step) and have a finished product to show and tell by talking and using visuals such as charts, drawings, or models.
By doing a demonstration, a child will learn to gather information about a subject, organize ideas, present information visually and feel more at ease in front of a group. County Project Achievement and District Project Achievement provide 4-H’ers the opportunity to do demonstrations on what they have learned. Interested judges evaluate the presentations.
Contact
For more information about Carroll County 4-H Youth Development Programs, contact Elisabeth Coggins at carco4h@uga.edu or call (770) 836.8546.
Visit the Georgia 4-H Web site at www.georgia4h.org.
