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4H HistoryKevin Raney

Presentation Contents

Background

Founder of 4H

Timeline

4H Today

4H

What does 4H mean to you?

Background Info

4H is a youth organization administered by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture of the USDA. Their mission is to engage the youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development

Mission Of 4H

“Engage youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development"

4H

The Name 4H represents four personal development areas of focus for the organization “Head, Heart, Hands, and, Health”

A.B Graham

Founder of 4H: Albert Belmont Graham was born in Lena, Ohio. He was a country schoolmaster and agriculture extension pioneer at The Ohio State University. Graham taught at an integrated rural school in Springfield Township, Clark County:

Timeline

1890: In the late 1890’S rural America set the social tone for the country. There was a need to create an organization for kids to become more agriculturally educated

1902-1912 A. B. Graham, Superintendent of Schools in Clark County, Ohio, organized a boys’ and girls’ agricultural club in Springfield Township. Activities included growing corn, planting a garden, testing soil, and club meetings.

Timeline Cont. 1902-1912

1902 A.B Graham formed a club of boys and girls with officers, projects, meetings, and record requirement. His clubs are considered the foundation of 4H

1904 T.A Erickson Superintendent spent 20$ of his salary to buy seeds for the first corn growing contest

1907the first boys’ and girls’ demonstration clubs under USDA sponsorship began in Holmes County, Mississippi.

Timeline Cont 1902-1912

1908 The first emblem used nationally was designed by O. H. Benson as a three-leaf clover. It stood for head, heart, and hands

1910 The USDA appointed Ella G. Agnew as the country’s first woman agent for farmers’ cooperative demonstration work.

1911 Benson suggested that the fourth H should be hustle, and the 4-H design was adopted. Later O. B. Martin suggested that health replace hustle.


1912 The first 4-H club in Washington State began in Wahkiakum County.


1914 Passage of the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 established the Cooperative Extension Service, of which 4-H is a part, to provide public financial support for Extension programs.

1918 First use of the term "4-H Club" in a federal document appeared in a bulletin written by Gertrude L. Warren.

1918 Wyoming provided the first club creed which later was adopted as the National 4-H Club Creed.


1920 The system of volunteer leadership evolved and became well established.

1922 The First National 4-H Club Congress was held in Chicago. Selection of the nation's healthiest boy and girl received national publicity.


1923 President Calvin Coolidge accepted honorary chairmanship of the National Committee on Boys and Girls Club Work – the beginning of a tradition followed by each succeeding U.S. President

1924 The 4-H emblem was patented.

1927 State 4-H Leaders adopted the National 4-H Pledge and the 4-H Motto at the first National 4-H Club Camp.

1928 Testimony by Maryland 4-H members and a Virginia volunteer leader impressed Congress and helped gain passage of the Capper-Ketcham Act, which increased Extension funding.


1929 The first national 4-H songbook was introduced.


1935 National 4-H Club News, in an effort to meet growing publication costs, began accepting commercial advertising. In 1936, national 4-H enrollment passed the one million mark.

1942 With U.S. entry into World War II, 4-H responded to the needs for increased agricultural production and support of the war effort. 4-H members were directly responsible for over 77,000 head of dairy cattle, 246,000 swine and 210,000 head of other cattle. 4-H contributed over 40,000 tons of forage crops and 109,000 bushels of root crops.


1942 National 4-H Mobilization Week was observed annually. The following year, and each year after, it has been observed as National 4-H Week.


1945 Congress passed the Bankhead-Flanagan Act which recognized 4-H as one of nine Extension responsibilities and gave Extension Service additional public support. Through this Act, Congress authorized nearly $8 million of a total appropriation of over $12 million for furthering 4-H Club Work.

1946 After the war, interest in 4-H increased around the world. Seven English farmers attended National 4-H Club Congress. Occupation forces began 4-H in Germany and Japan. 4-H started in Austria, Korea and other countries.


1945 County 4-H club agents established their own national professional association, the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents.

1951The Chevy Chase Junior College was purchased as a site for a national 4-H training center by the National 4-H Club Foundation. This was dedicated the same year and later became the National 4-H Center.

Timeline Cont.1943-1952

1952 A commemorative stamp was issued in honor of 4-H in its 50th year.


1953 The Consolidation Act of 1953, adopted by the 83rd Congress, consolidated ten separate laws relating to the Extension Service. It also broadened the language of the original Smith-Lever Act to include 4-H.

1959 National 4-H Center opened in Chevy Chase, Maryland with President D. Eisenhower participating in the dedication ceremonies.

1962 Age requirements for 4-H members changed from 10-21 to 9-19 years of age. This age change was implemented in 1965.


1965 The Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP) endorsed 4-H work in urban areas.

1968 In a move to bring 4-H into Washington D.C., Congress established Federal City College as a land grant institution and Extension Service. 4-H began in Washington D.C. the following year.

1971 After 23 years, the International Farm Youth Exchange was renamed International Four-H Youth Exchange


1973 The first change to the National 4-H Pledge, adopted in 1927, added the words "and my world" to the closing.

1982-1983 Begun in 1982 and completed in 1983, a 4-H National Needs Assessment. The needs assessment led to the development of "4-H Horizons." This included a statement of ten national 4-H goals and introduced a new mission statement, "The mission of 4-H is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills and forming attitudes which will enable them to become self-directing, productive, and contributing members of society."


1985 Volunteer for the Future project was funded by W.K. Kellogg Foundation for $1.6 million. It was focused on volunteer leader development. Eight states were funded for pilot programs in youth as resources, volunteer middle management, and working with advisory committees.

". . . and My World" project was developed. The 4-H curriculum introduced international and cross-cultural education. It was funded by a grant from International Programs, Extension Service, USDA.


1990 "Community Cares", a national 4-H project funded by Kellogg for $5.9 million, laid the groundwork for expanded outreach to youth at risk. Focus areas of the project were: fund development, staff development, volunteer management, and Centers for Action

1992 Strengthening Our Capacity to Care project was funded at $3 + million by DeWitt Wallace Readers Digest Foundation.


1993 The National Cooperative Curriculum System (N4-HCCS) was established. More than 400 4-H staff participated in developing a set of national 4-H criteria for youth development curriculum.

1995 USDA entered into an agreement with US Army to create the School-Age and Teen Project which brought 4-H youth development professional and 4-H curriculum to Army Youth Programs.


1998 National 4-H Centennial Committee began. It is chaired by Dr. James Rutledge, Oregon.

1999 USDA and U.S. Air Force developed a youth collaboration project, building youth programs on nine Air Force bases.

2002, The Power of YOUth Pledge campaign began. Jo Turner, State 4-H Program Director in Missouri, and others created the campaign idea.

4H Today

The organization has over 6.5 million members in the United States, in approximately 90,000 clubs.

Today, 4-H and related programs exist in over 80 countries around the world; the organization and administration varies from country to country. Each of these programs operates independently, but cooperatively through international exchanges, global education programs, and communications.

Refrences

http://msue.anr.msu.edu/uploads/234/38594/cloverstory.pdf

http://4h.wsu.edu/centennial/1983.htm

http://4-hhistorypreservation.com/History/Clover/

http://texas4-h.tamu.edu/learn/learn_history










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