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4-H Youth and Development
Elizabeth M.S. Hill
4-H Educator
The 4-H Program, as the youth education arm of the University of Maryland, provides the opportunity for youth to learn beneficial cognitive and life skills through community and school focused, research-based experiential educational programs. Decision-making, acquiring knowledge, responsibility, creative thinking, communication, understanding of self and cooperation are the life skills that accomplish the mission of creating competent, caring, responsible individuals.
Each 4-H member selects at least 1 educational project to complete throughout the 4-H year.
Projects include: arts, crafts, photography, dairy, forestry, swine, clothing, goats, leadership, shooting sports, dog, entomology, sheep, veterinary science, horse, citizenship, small pets, woodworking, foods and much more
4-H involves 46 enrolled volunteers and 123 4-H club members in traditional club programming. Additional volunteers serve as workshop leaders, fair activity leaders, club assistants and more. 4-H conducts education programming for approximately 500 students in in-school and after school programming such as outdoor education, farm tours, embryology, entomology and more. Beth Hill, 4-H educator, is responsible for all county level activities, volunteer and club management, training, 4-H division of Kent County Fair and overall educational programming.4-H'ers and volunteers impact the community through service activities including visits to Briscoe Manor retirement community for afternoons of games, eating, crafts and visiting; making quilts for hospitalized children; making gifts for Chester River Manor residents; 4-H Toy Drives and fundraisers to benefit the community.
It is the policy of the University of Maryland, Agricultural Experiment Station and Maryland Cooperative Extension, that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital or parental status, or disability. If you need special assistance to participate, please contact Kent County Extension Office at 410-778-1661.
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Last updated: 05/30/2007