4H: Not a secret
September 5th
By Ben Nielsen
The Cache Valley division of 4-H, jokingly referred to as a “secret” by Utah State University Extension Assistant Professor Stacey MacArthur, has lately been attempting to get the word out about the program. Updates to their social media accounts, changes to the USU Extension 4-H logo, and improvements to the 4-H webpage have all been made as the office strives to get more youth involved in the program.
Stan Guy, another USU Extention assistant professor also said that USU is partnering with other youth organizations on campus to further improve the impact of 4-H on kids as well as broadening the program’s network to get more youth involved, although he said he did not know the specific details as to what the other organizations would be.
According to MacArthur, 4-H has been functioning in the State of Utah for more than 100 years. The 4 H’s in the title stand for Head, Heart, Health and Hands. 4-H works as a volunteer program that lets youth 9-18 participate in clubs or classes which are led by an adult volunteer and can include activities like robot building, home economics, coding and raising livestock. These activities put special emphasis on teaching leadership and life skills. Every year each club has the opportunity to put up a display at their county fair that shows what skills they’ve been putting into practice. “The fair exhibits that were deemed state fair worthy in their county fairs get to be moved on to their state fair,” MacArthur said.
The Utah State Fair, which will be from Thursday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Sept. 20 will have an entire building dedicated to Utah’s 4-H program.
By Ben Nielsen
The Cache Valley division of 4-H, jokingly referred to as a “secret” by Utah State University Extension Assistant Professor Stacey MacArthur, has lately been attempting to get the word out about the program. Updates to their social media accounts, changes to the USU Extension 4-H logo, and improvements to the 4-H webpage have all been made as the office strives to get more youth involved in the program.
Stan Guy, another USU Extention assistant professor also said that USU is partnering with other youth organizations on campus to further improve the impact of 4-H on kids as well as broadening the program’s network to get more youth involved, although he said he did not know the specific details as to what the other organizations would be.
According to MacArthur, 4-H has been functioning in the State of Utah for more than 100 years. The 4 H’s in the title stand for Head, Heart, Health and Hands. 4-H works as a volunteer program that lets youth 9-18 participate in clubs or classes which are led by an adult volunteer and can include activities like robot building, home economics, coding and raising livestock. These activities put special emphasis on teaching leadership and life skills. Every year each club has the opportunity to put up a display at their county fair that shows what skills they’ve been putting into practice. “The fair exhibits that were deemed state fair worthy in their county fairs get to be moved on to their state fair,” MacArthur said.
The Utah State Fair, which will be from Thursday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Sept. 20 will have an entire building dedicated to Utah’s 4-H program.