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4-H is a community of youth who are developing confidence, competence, character, compassion and connection. 4-H helps create successful kids, which, in turn, helps create better communities. Findings from a recent study confirm that 4-H develops youth who are leaders, contribute to their communities and are civically engaged.
Findings from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD) show that youth in 4-H programs are doing better than their non 4-H peers. Youth involved in 4-H experience high levels of PYD; are more likely to contribute to themselves, their families and their communities; and are good citizens. As you know, PYD is a strength-based perspective of adolescence that emphasizes the potential for youth to successfully grow into mature adults. The 4-H study finds that:
- Involvement in 4-H reduces the likelihood that young people will engage in risk behaviors, such as underage drinking, smoking, bullying, etc.
- Youth involved in 4-H clubs are 41 percent more likely to contribute to themselves, their families and their communities, compared to youth in other activities (28 percent) or no activities at all (17 percent).
- Youth in 4-H programs are more likely to be civically engaged than other youth. Civically engaged youth are more inclined to volunteer; participate in school and community activities; speak against inequality and social injustice.
Legacy of Youth Development
Yamhil County 4-H has established a legacy of developing youth for more than 100 years. Yamhill County is the official birthplace of the Oregon 4-H program. This legacy began back in 1904 when L.R. Alderman, the Dayton School Superintendent, started the first boy's industrial club and a girl's canning club, which set the stage of modern 4-H. Since then, 4-H has been helping youth acquire knowledge and life skills, and forming positive attitudes that enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society.
Donate to Yamhill County 4-H
If you want to support the work of 4-H in Yamhill County, donations are always accepted to the Yamhill County 4-H Leaders Association, which is a non-profit 501c3 organization. Your donation can help:
- Provide funding for operation costs such as fair judges, tax accountants, camp & conference scholarships, volunteer leader training and appreciation events, and annual 4-H member recognitiion programs.
- Grow and expand 4-H programs to reach more youth with diverse interests
- Acquire funds for equipment necessary for County Fair-such as livestock panels, cages, etc.
- Support outreach efforts for 4-H to serve youth in afterschool science and technology programs.
We would like to thank the following partners who have committed to annual contributions of support:
Joe Sharp, Yule Tree Farms of Aurora, Oregon
OBC Northwest Inc., Canby, Oregon
John & Nancy Nyberg, Newberg, Oregon
Tim & Rosanna Breeding, Newberg, Oregon
Ken Austin, A-DEC of Newberg, Oregon
Your tax deductible donations to Yamhill 4-H can also be made through the OSU 4-H Foundation.


