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4H and Youth Development

The 4-H and Youth Development Program is specifically designed to meet the needs and challenge the strengths of Georgia’s youths. The components of this program are 4-H Sprouts (6 to 10 years old), 4-H Sprouts Graduate (11 to 14 years old), and 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate (15 to 18 years old). These program components focus on initiating success by empowering the minds of our youths to enable a higher level of thinking through leadership development, entrepreneurship, life skills, and science-based educational activities and programs for adolescents and teenagers.

  • 4-H Leadership Workshops
  • 4-H Entrepreneurship Workshops
  • 4-H Life Skills Workshops
  • 4-H Sprouts Leadership Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Graduate Leadership Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Leadership Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Entrepreneurship Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Graduate Entrepreneurship Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Entrepreneurship Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Science Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Graduate Science Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Science Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Summer Camp
  • 4-H Entrepreneurship Camp
  • 4-H Sprouts Life Skills Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Graduate Life Skills Club Meetings
  • 4-H Sprouts Post-Graduate Life Skills Club Meetings

The 4-H Life Skills Program Subject Areas are:

Head

  • Positive Thinking
  • Envisioning Success
  • Making Positive Choices
  • Strategic Planning
  • How to Set Goals
  • Becoming Self-Disciplined
  • Becoming Optimistic
  • Developing the Positive Leader in You

Heart

  • Developing Positive Self-Esteem
  • Identifying Your Values
  • The Benefits of Charity
  • Helping Yourself and Others
  • The Benefits of Forgiving
  • Caring for Yourself and Others
  • Respecting Yourself and Others

Health

  • Controlling Your Emotions
  • The Benefits of Abstinence
  • (Being Responsible for Your Health)
  • Managing Stress
  • Managing Anger
  • Managing Conflicts
  • Managing Our Environment

Hands

  • Entrepreneurship
  • Taking Initiative
  • Developing Potential
  • (Focusing on Our Similarities
  • Instead of Our Differences)
  • (Working Successfully with
  • Challenging Personalities)
  • (Communicating with Others Positively)

Contact:
Mr. Woodie Hughes Jr.
Extension 4-H and Youth Development Specialist
(478) 825-6219
hughesw@fvsu.edu