Cynthia: WELCOME BACK, AND
HE IS HERE WITH TEXAS A&M
ACCOMACK LIFE THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US FOR THIS MORNING.
THANK YOU.
Cynthia: BACK TO SCHOOL
MEANS SCHOOL PROGRAMS,
AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS WHICH ARE
CRANKING UP AND WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT WHEN HER THIS MORNING.
THE 4-H PROGRAM.
IF PEOPLE AREN'T FAMILIAR TELL
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT AN
OVERVIEW.
FOR HSA YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
ORGANIZATION AND FOR YOUNGSTERS
FIRST THROUGH 12TH GRADE.
WE HAVE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE.
THE 4-H PROGRAM HAS
ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICES, A LIFE
EXTENSION AND YOU CAN CONTACT
HER EXTENSION OFFICE
INTERCOUNTY TO FIND OUT HOW
MANY CLUBS THERE ARE, WHEN THEY
MEET AND ALL THE DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES.
Cynthia: LET'S TALK ABOUT
SOME OF THOSE ACTIVITIES, WHAT
CAN KIDS LEARN WITH THIS
PROGRAM?
WE HAVE REALLY EVERYTHING
FROM A LOT OF FOLKS MAY BE
FAMILIAR WITH FOR AGENT ONLY
REMEMBER OR THINK IT IS ONE
PART PERHAPS THE ANIMAL
PROJECTS, THE LIVESTOCK
PROJECTS.
THEY ARE STILL AROUND, VERY
POPULAR.
WE HAVE A TON OF OTHER NEW
PROJECTS AND THINGS IN THE AREA
WITH FAMILIES, FOOD AND
NUTRITION.
THEY HAVE CHALLENGED PROJECTS
THAT ARE GREAT FOR KIDS TO SEE
WHAT THEY CAN COME UP WITH LIKE
TV SHOWS, IT'S REALLY FUN.
ROBOTICS IS THE NEW PROJECT AND
ALL SORTS OF NEW THINGS.
NO MATTER WHAT THE PROJECTS ARE
FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE INVOLVED
IN, THEY LEARN WITH LEADERSHIP
AND CONFIDENCE, DIFFERENT
ACTIVITIES AND THEY CAN BE
OFFICERS AND SERVE THE
COMMITTEES.
THEY ARE INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY
SERVICE AND THE BENEFITS ARE
TREMENDOUS.
Cynthia: SPEAKING OF WHICH A
LOT OF THE ACTIVITIES YOU
MENTIONED ARE DEFINITELY MORE
HANDS-ON.
IT'S A LOT MORE ACTIVE LEARNING
AND HOW DOES IT BENEFIT THE
KIDS BEING HANDS-ON LEARNING.
IT IS HANDS-ON LEARNING AND
OUR MOTTO IS TO LEARN BY DOING.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP IF YOU'RE A
FIRST-YEAR MEMBER, YOU'RE GOING
TO JUMP IN WITH BOTH FEET AND
THAT'S HOW YOU START LEARNING
IS DIVE INTO A PROJECT AND
LEARN BY DOING IT.
ANOTHER THING WE ARE REALLY
PROUD OF HIS IN THE PROGRAM
IT'S VERY FAMILY ORIENTED.
WE HAVE PARENTS WHO ARE
INVOLVED AND YOU KNOW, SOME
THAT WORK AND OTHERS ARE
INVOLVED IN DIFFERENT LEVELS.
IT IS FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY.
IF THE WHOLE FAMILY IS
INVOLVED, OF COURSE MANY
DIFFERENT PROJECTS AND THINGS
THAT THEY CAN AFFORD OR HAVE
TIME TO GET INVOLVED IN.
YOU CAN MAKE IT WHAT YOU WOULD
LIKE IT TO BE.
IF YOU CAN MAKE IT TO FIT YOUR
FAMILY, FOR EACH SITUATION TO
GET EVERYONE INVOLVED, HANDS-ON
AND LIKE I SAID STARTING IN
THIRD GRADE.
IT'S FUN AND THE KIDS HAVE FUN.
THEY MAKE FRIENDS AND DO
EVERYTHING FROM A ONE NIGHT
EVENT TO WHAT WE CALL THE
LEADERSHIP TRAINING WHEN THEY
GET TO BE OLDER.
Cynthia: ARE THE DEADLINES
FOR WHEN YOU CAN SIGN UP COMING
UP SOON?
OF COURSE THE NEW YEAR HAS
STARTED WITH THE NEW SCHOOL
YEAR, LOTS OF THINGS TO CHOOSE
FROM.
THE ENROLLMENT PERIOD HOPING
YOU CAN JOIN ANY TIME.
THERE'S A MEMBERSHIP FEE $25.
RIGHT NOW WHICH IS A BARGAIN
COMPARED TO A LOT OF THE OTHER
ACTIVITIES.
NOW THROUGH OCTOBER IT IS $25,
AFTER THAT IT GOES UP $5. IN
MOST CLUBS, AND COUNTIES YOU
CAN ENROLL AT ANY TIME AND GET
INVOLVED.
Cynthia: ANDY, THANK YOU SO
MUCH FOR STOPPING BY THIS
MORNING.
WORKING PEOPLE LEARN MORE ABOUT
IT?
OUR OFFICE THE COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICE IN WOOD COUNTY
AND OUR NUMBERS ON THE SCREEN,
CALL US FOR MORE INFORMATION
THERE.
EACH COUNTY HAS, CAN BE
CONTACTED AT THE COUNTY
EXTENSION OFFICE FOR FREE.
WHERE THE LOCAL CLUBS ARE AND
WHEN THEY MAKE, HOW FOLKS CAN
GET INVOLVED.
Cynthia: SOUNDS LIKE FUN,
