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Bringing the University to Youth
Vision
Values
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Vision
Oregon 4-H is a leader in creating learning experiences where Oregon youth and adults can build a true sense of self esteem and discover positive futures.
Values
- Community volunteers as a vital key to success.
- Respect for the individual and fostering a caring attitude toward others.
- Continuous development of Head, Heart, Hands, and Health to achieve full potential.
- An appreciation of human diversity to encourage respect for cultural diversity.
- Teamwork to achieve objectives.
- Learning through discovery and learning as a lifelong activity.
- Developing leadership in youth for a better tomorrow.
- Research and knowledge, supported by public universities, providing 4-H with a valid basis for youth development methods.
- Partnerships as essential to successful youth and adult development, educational programs, and resource development.
Mission
The mission of the Oregon 4-H Youth Development Program is to develop youth and adult potential to improve communities through
- Learning to live
- Learning to make a living
- Strengthening families and communities
- Becoming lifelong learners
- Developing leadership
- Using research-based knowledge and the land grant university system.
Statistics
Find out who we are on the Statistics page.
History
4-H has been a national community education and service program in Oregon for 88 years. Its character is defined by its unique Mission, Values, and Vision, by its participants--youth members, adult volunteers, staff, and alumni--and by its programs, activities and events, and by it's long history of service, education and training.
Read a detailed narrative of our history, written by Len Calvert, 1986.
Program Objectives
Provide educational programs to assist youth in developing appropriate life and technical skills for adulthood.
Provide volunteer and staff training to assist families and communities in developing sound educational programs for youth.
Activities
- Develop educational programs for positive youth development.
- Develop curricular materials to support educational programs.
- Deliver organized youth development programs throughout Oregon.
- Collaborate with other youth serving agencies.
- Train 4-H volunteers to expand programs for youth.
- Evaluate effectiveness of 4-H Youth Development Programs.
Functions
The primary function of the department is instruction, carried out through extended education, delivered to
Oregon youth and families through the state-wide Extension system. A secondary function is applied research conducted as part of the Extension program. In the future, there may also be opportunities to support academic training for individuals desiring employment in Extension youth development work.
