4-H Youth Program
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The 4-H Youth Development Program is an educational youth program conducted by the University of California Cooperative Extension. The purpose of 4-H is to help young people discover and develop their potential and grow into competent, contributing, and caring citizens. Learn-by-doing activities, youth-adult partnerships, and research-based educational programs help young people enhance their leadership abilities and develop a wide range of other life skills including responsibility, community service, citizenship and critical thinking.
Sandy (Fortin) Hutchens, 4-H Community Education Specialist
Phone: 530-251-8285
sfortin@ucanr.edu
"Head-Heart-Hands-Health" represents the four H's in the 4-H clover. Whether youth participate in animal, cooking, creative arts, leadership or citizenship projects, the 4-H Youth Development Program's mission and goals remain the same...to help youth develop to their full potential!
4-H MOTTO: "To Make the Best Better"
4-H SLOGAN: "Learn by Doing"
4-H PLEDGE:
As a true 4-H member, I pledge:
My Head to clearer thinking,
My Heart to greater loyalty,
My Hands to larger service,
My Health to better living,
for my club, my community,
my country and my world.
4-H CREED:
I believe in 4-H 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, plan, and 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 ability it will give me to become helpful, useful, and skillful. I believe in the training of my HEALTH for the strength it will give me to enjoy life, to resist disease, and to 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 to their fulfillment.
Resources
Member and Leader: CA 4-H Resource Center
The Record Book and Achievement Programs are optional and separate programs: California 4-H Record Book and Achievement Program
Required California New & Returning Volunteer Courses: CA 4-H New & Returning Volunteer Trainings
4-H Volunteer Interest Survey
We now have a new volunteer interest survey for 4-H volunteers to complete as the first step to enrollment (Required to be completed and reviewed by staff before they can be made active volunteers in the enrollment system).
The survey is here: 4-H Volunteer Interest Survey