4-H Youth Development
4-H Youth Development
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.
4-H Camp 2024
Bell County had 71 attendees at 4-H Camp which is the third most participants all-time from the county. Thank you to the donors, community participation, and volunteers! We could not have a successful week at camp without the support of you.
What is 4-H?
4-H Youth Development is part of Kentucky Cooperative Extension. Extension’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of Kentucky citizens through non-formal education for the entire family. Extension agents and volunteers take the results of university research and explain it in such a way that different age groups can learn and apply the information to their own lives. Kentucky 4-H believes in providing positive youth development that allows all youth to experience belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. The four H's represent the idea of Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. These are the values members work on through fun and engaging programs.
Head Managing, Thinking
Heart Relating, Caring
Hands Giving, Working
Health Being, Living
4-H Pledge
I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
4-H Clubs
The Middlesboro 4-H Club is held every 3rd Wednesday of the month from 3:30-4:30pm at the Educational Alliance Building on SKCTC campus.
We learn skills in leadership, community service, socialization, creative freedom and more! Open to all youth ages 9-18
The Bell County Cloverbuds Club is held the first Monday of every month in our office from 5:30-6:30 pm
Join us to learn basic skill development, interaction, lessons on natural resources and environment, and more! Open to all youth ages 5-8
Additional Information
4-H Newsletters
County Fair Submissions
More info to come
How does 4-H benefit youth?
4-H’ers, regardless of their background, socio-economic status, race or gender, benefit from their participation in Kentucky 4-H. Positive youth development studies have affirmed that compared to other youth, young people involved in 4-H are:
- Four times more likely to contribute to their communities.
- Two times more likely to be civically active.
- Two times more likely to make healthier lifestyle choices.
- Two times more likely to participate in Science, Engineering and Computer Technology programs during out-of-school time.
- 4-H girls are two times more likely (Grade 10) and nearly three times more likely (Grade 12) to take part in science programs compared to girls in other out-of-school time activities.
Brian Good
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
(606) 337-2376 brian.good@uky.edu Bell County Extension Office 10524 U.S. Highway 25E, Pineville, Kentucky 40977Tanzi Rader
Extension Assistant, 4-H Youth Development, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Science
(606) 337-2376 tanzi.rader@uky.edu Bell County Extension Office 10524 U.S. Highway 25E, Pineville, Kentucky 40977
