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Integrating Community Service in to your 4-H Club

Integrating Community Service in to your 4-H Club. Ideas to help you add community service to your club and inspire youth to be proactive. What is Community S ervice for Youth?. “Intended to strengthen young peoples' senses of  Civic engagement  and  community.

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Integrating Community Service in to your 4-H Club

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  1. Integrating Community Service in to your 4-H Club Ideas to help you add community service to your club and inspire youth to be proactive

  2. What is Community Service for Youth? • “Intended to strengthen young peoples' senses of Civic engagement and community

  3. How Does Community Service Help Youth? • helps them achieve their educational, developmental and social goals” (Wikipedia, 2012).

  4. Community Service and 4-H Record Books: (Pg 19) Member Requirements/District Awards WHO IS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE A YEAR END PIN? • (Leader makes determination for yearend pin.) Member must have: • 1) Completed at least one 4-H project (See project record book for criteria for a • completed project) • 2) Participated in a community service activity • 3) During the year, do at least one presentation • 4) Participate in at least one district/community event, representing 4-H

  5. CITIZENSHIP/COMMUNITY SERVICE: (Pg. 20) List activities you did without pay to help others. Include activities done with your club as well as by yourself. News articles written, window displays or other 4-H promotional activities should be included here. Date Who Benefited Type of Service What I Did (Include Number)

  6. Good Feeling Proactive Gratification Thankfulness Satisfaction Contentedness Inspired Enthusiastic

  7. North Pole Ptarmigans Current Community Service opportunities • Petting Zoo’s • Pioneers home • Adopt a Highway program • Christmas cookie deliveries • Planting flowers • Martin Luther King Day of Service

  8. North Pole Ptarmigans possible additions to our Community Service opportunities • Food Bank volunteers • Rescue Mission volunteers • Adopt a village • Adopt a trail • Toys for Tot’s • Samaritans Purse • Donating to emergency needs

  9. Finding Opportunities • Talk to your Local Government officials • Ask the club members if they know of special needs. • Google it • Call shelters

  10. Inspire • Leaders, parents get involved. Volunteer with your club. • Talk to the club about the needs, show pictures. • Let them come up with idea’s • Encourage the youth when they step out of their comfort zone. • Recognize them

  11. Community Service. Wikipedia. (2012). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_service

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