Interview/Site Visit, or lack thereof

Well, the phone number I called to reach the Virginia Cooperative Extension, which is sort of in charge of the 4-H club of Montgomery County, led to an answering machine, which, despite my repeated attempts, did not answer any of my questions about 4-h. I did manage to leave a message, but no one has called me back yet. Still, I decided that there are other things about which I can post.

From all of my searching of the news, the only news that gets reported about groups like the Boy Scouts or 4-H club, at least nationally anyways, is negative; I have yet to see a national news story on how Scouting or 4-h improves the communities they are in. I did find out some back round information on the 4-h club, so I might as well share that.

The 4-h club started out as a small corn growing club for youth, about 100 years ago, to help encourage them to stay involved with agriculture; it was spread out among different rural counties and had no actual organization. Later on, the USDA figured out that youth are more willing to try new techniques and technology, especially in farming, than adults, and, by teaching the youth, they could encourage their families and communities and improve farming in the U.S. This allowed for organization of the different types of clubs to spread across the country. Gradually, the focus shifted away from farming and agriculture to the goals of service to others, a sense of belonging to a group, and the development of youth, physically and mentally.

Well, that is just a very loose, and I mean loose, history of the club. There is a lot more to them, but my post is too long anyway, so I should wrap it up.

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