4-H Youth Development
Click on this link for Prince William County 4-H and learn even more about the 4-H program in Prince William County and how to become involved.
4-H is the comprehensive youth development program of Virginia Cooperative Extension. Youth between the ages of 5 and 18 engage in hands-on learning experiences under the guidance of adult or teen 4-H volunteers trained by 4-H agents. 4-H programs use experiential learning opportunities to teach the latest research-based subject matter knowledge and to foster skill development in effective citizenship, leadership, and other life skills. The 10 areas of 4-H curriculum focus are: Animal Sciences; Communications and Expressive Arts; Environmental Education and Natural Resources; Jobs, Careers and Economics; Plant and Soil Sciences; Citizenship; Family and Consumer Sciences; Health, Nutrition and Wellness; Leadership and Personal Development; and Science and Technology.
Youth also participate in educational experiences at the Northern VA 4-H Educational Center. 4-H has both a school-based and a community-based delivery models to allow maximum access to Virginia's youth. The specific learning experiences a 4-H member participates in are shaped locally and supported at the state and national levels. 4-H members learn how to: make decisions, manage resources, work with others, and utilize effective communication skills. 4-H serves as an effective prevention educational program. Involvement in 4-H reduces the potential for dysfunctional involvement in the community by youth. The mission of 4-H is to develop youth and adults working with those youth to realize their full potential-becoming effective, contributing citizens through participation in research-based, informal, hands-on educational experiences.
Upcoming 2010 Events for Prince William 4-H
2010 Holiday Fundraiser-Place your order now until November 19th, 2010
Prince William County 4-H members are selling beautiful, florist quality poinsettia plants and nuts for the holiday season. Chocolate covered, cinnamon glazed, and glazed pecans, and cashews come in a decorator foil bag suitable for gift giving! Send orders to Virginia Cooperative Extension, attn: 4-H Poinsettia & Pecan Sale, to 8033 Ashton Avenue, Suite 105, Manassas, VA, 20109 or by PWC County Government inter-office mail with payment to SN-375. Poinsettias will be available for pickup on only Friday, December 3rd from 2PM to 8PM and Saturday, December 4th from 9AM to 11AM at Manassas Church of the Brethren, 10047 Nokesville Road. After these dates, nuts will be available for purchase at the 4-H Office 8033 Ashton Ave. Suite 105, Manassas, VA 20109. Feel free to contact the 4-H office at 703-792-6286 for nut availability after December 4. For more information, contact Cindy Puryear at 703-792-4780 or the Prince William 4-H office at 703-792-6286.
Project Day - A day-long 4-H event where youth experience hands-on learning in a variety of interest areas. Youth may select as many as four classes to attend in one day. Workshops to select from include learning to make healthy foods, acting, rocketry, watercolor, geocaching, creating a bottle garden, basic photography, lampmaking, etc.
Fashion Revue
4-H youth who like to shop or sew and have an interest in clothing and design will want to participate in this event. Sewers and non-sewers have an opportunity to model and be judged on an outfit they have either made or purchased.
Virginia 4-H State Congress at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA from June 20-23, 2011.
This is a week-long annual conference held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, for 4-H youth ages 15-18 years, volunteer leaders and 4-H staff from all over the state. 4-H youth participate in service learning experiences, dances, competitions, youth issue forums and more! It is an experience 4-H members never forget.
4-H Junior Camp: Junior Camp is a five-day camp for youth ages 9-13, held July 24-28 at the Northern Virginia 4-H Educational Center in Front Royal, Virginia. Children participate in camp classes, recreation, swimming and campfires and have lots of fun! Extension agent staff, trained adults and teen counselors operate the camp. Registration will begin in Spring 2011.
PWC 4-H Fair Day Camp August 15-19, 2011: Fair Day Camp is held during the week of the annual County Fair, at the Prince William County Fairgrounds. Children ages 5-12 learn about agriculture in Virginia and enter projects in the fair. Registration will begin in Spring 2011.
State 4-H Horse Show, September 2011 -This show is held in September at the Virginia Horse Center in Lexington, Virginia. Classes are offered in hunter, western, jumper, English pleasure, games, drill team competition, gaited classes, and a variety of other disciplines.
Recognition Day - October 2011
This 4-H awards night and end-of-year celebration gives 4-H youth an opportunity to receive project pins, portfolio awards, outstanding member awards, and more. A video presentation of the past year is the evening's highlight.