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4-H
In Tennessee
The
Tennessee 4-H program
is the youth education program of the Cooperative Extension
Service, conducted by
University of Tennessee Extension
and Tennessee
State University.
What began in Tennessee in 1910 as a corn club for boys, now has
more than 300,000 statewide youth participants. Today, almost
18,000 teen and adult volunteers assist Extension agents in
Tennessee counties in conducting outstanding youth development
programs.
Youth are
involved in projects ranging from art and crafts to veterinary
science. What was once a rural-based delivery system, has become a
tool for reaching all youth, including inner-city youth. 4-H is
hands-on learning resulting in the development of valuable life
skills young people need to succeed. Leadership, citizenship,
health, social development, creativity, vocational training and
ethics — all these are skills and abilities young people develop
through involvement in 4-H.
Climbing "The Wall" at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center in Crossville, Tennessee.
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