UGA Cooperative Extension
Oconee County Extension Office:
4-H Youth Development: What is 4-H?
What is 4-H?
4-H is an educational youth program focusing on the needs, interests and concerns of young people. Our aim is to help Oconee youth gain a positive self-concept, develop social skills and decision-making abilities, and learn subject knowledge needed for a productive life. 4-H members develop leadership and citizenship skills through individual project work, group activities, community service and school meetings. We are the youth division of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. 4-H began as corn and tomato clubs, but has evolved to become the largest youth organization in the world.
Who is Eligible?
Any youth ages 9-19 may join 4-H. However, we do have some programs to include younger children.
When are 4-H Meetings?
Students in 5th-8th grades have in-school 4-H meetings during the school year. High school students meet after school.
How Much Does it Cost?
There is no charge to join 4-H. Some optional activities may have a small charge.
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How to Speak 4-H
Cloverbuds: 2nd-4th grade 4-H members
Cloverleafs: 5th-6th grade 4-H members
Juniors: 7th-8th grade 4-H members
Seniors: 9th-12th grade 4-H members
County Extension Agent: Off-campus UGA faculty members serving Georgia counties by specializing in the areas of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H.
Program Assistant: A member of the Extension staff to help provide program support, teaching and guidance to the 4-H program.
Volunteer Leader: Interested parents and leaders who donate their time to help with the Oconee County 4-H Program.
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.
4-H Motto
To Make the Best Better
4-H Colors
GREEN which stands for life, springtime and youth & WHITE which symbolizes purity
4-H Slogan
Learn By Doing
4-H Club Creed
I believe in 4-H club work for the opportunity it will give me to become a useful citizen.
I believe in the training of my head for the power it will give me to think, to plan and to reason.
I believe in the training of my heart for the nobleness it will give me to become kind, sympathetic and true.
I believe in the training of my hands for the dignity it will give me to be helpful, useful and skillful.
I believe in the training of my health for the strength it will give me to enjoy life, resist disease and work efficiently.
I believe in my country, my state, my community and in my responsibility for their development.
In all these things I believe, and I am willing to dedicate my efforts for their fulfillment.
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A Little More About Georgia 4-H:
4-H began as a club for rural children and was deeply rooted in the agricultural and homemaking activities of children of the time. Over the years, as the challenges facing America's youth have changed, so have the programs offered by 4-H.
Today's 4-H programs are much, much more than farming and sewing. Georgia 4-H'ers can learn how to create and maintain Web sites, speak effectively, lead volunteer efforts and make smart consumer choices.
Exploring and discovering, encouraging and challenging, that's what Georgia 4-H is all about. As a program of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Cooperative Extension System, 4-H is part of the nationwide Extension network.
Click here more more information about: What is Georiga 4-H?.
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Georgia 4-H Environmental Education Program:
Georgia 4-H invites you to make learning come alive in the outdoors! Our Environmental Education Program is more than a change of pace for learning; it is the excitement that comes from students realizing that education involves the life-long learning arena of the world around us. Hundreds of schools and thousands of students visit 4-H centers throughout the school year. While some schools come for a day experience and others stay for several nights, they all come with one goal; expanding the walls of their classroom to include the environment around them. Teachers who bring their students to the 4-H centers know the benefit of learning firsthand in a unique, real world setting.
Click here for more information about: 4-H Environmental Education.
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Contact
For more information about Oconee County 4-H Youth Development Programs, contact Lauren Healey at laureng@uga.edu or Joey Bristol at jbristol@uga.edu or call (706) 769-3946.
Visit the Georgia 4-H Web site at www.georgia4h.org.
