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4‑H staff report growth in membership, district activities and youth civic engagement
Summary
Osage County Extension staff reported growth in 4‑H membership and described recent district activities including civic engagement trips to the state capitol, club days and leadership programming.
Extension staff told commissioners on March 7 that the county’s 4‑H program has grown in recent years and listed upcoming activities and programming. Rebecca McFarlane and 4‑H staff said Osage County has 137 4‑H members; across the district (which includes Anderson and Franklin counties) there are about 421 members. Staff highlighted a “Citizenship in Action” trip in February that took nine district 4‑H members to the state capitol for civic-engagement training and observation of legislative debate.
Staff also reported 89 4‑H members participated in district club days (public speaking, project talks, demonstrations and parliamentary procedure) and described school enrichment and library STEM lessons that 4‑H program managers are delivering across the district. The extension team said they are offering day camps for 4‑H members this summer and are providing leadership sessions and parliamentary-procedure “escape boxes” to help clubs with team-building and civic skills.
Why it matters: 4‑H programming provides youth leadership and civic learning opportunities; staff said recent hiring of program managers in each county has expanded programming capacity and participation.
