Research on the 4-H

So, after reading quite a few journals about the 4-H, and even one on how it is connected with Boy Scouts of America, I learned a few things. Just a few, mind you; not a lot, not a little, but a few. For instance, the 4-H club is apparently very popular with immigrants in dense urban settings, because they do not associate it as an agricultural club. Apparently, both 4-H and BSA have been pushing into neighboorhoods full of crime and poverty to help provide an alternative to gangs for youth, and this progam seems to be working well.

I read somethinge elsewhere about how the BSA, 4-H club, Girl Scouts and a few other youth orginization had a big meeting where they decided together what core values American Youth should learn. I will try to find that article again, but I do not even know where it was.

I have finally gotten in contact with the University 4-H group, and will hopefully meet with one of them this Sunday. So far, from what I have read, it seems like both the 4-H and Boy Scouts apply pretty much the same principles of learn by doing and teaching values to youth, and both have a positive image of the other. The only real difference seems to be that Boy Scouts is more outdoor adventure oriented while 4-H has more to do with job skills and school. More research, and a site visit, will be forth coming soon (I hope).

Drag like White Lightning and keep your covers out of the microwave,

NC/ STANTON