4-H and Youth

Core Area: 4-H & Youth Development

Total participation in community clubs

348 4-H members in 16 clubs (ages 8-19) led by 67 adult volunteers
67 Cloverbud members in 8 clubs (ages 5-7) led by 10 adult volunteers

Event	Number participating
Food Bowl	60 youth representing 12 teams from 8 clubs
Project Pool	65 youth, 27 volunteers
4-H Camp	47 campers, 9 counselors from Lee County Total: 132 campers, 26 counselors from Ogle, Stephenson and Lee counties
Lee County 4-H Fair & Jr. Show	302 4-H members (89% of membership) and 47 Cloverbuds (79% of membership) exhibited

Youth Development

4-H School Enrichment Programs

Earth Day is Everyday, Character Education, Health Fairs	3,796 youth
4-H Embryology	25 classrooms from 12 schools (569 youth)
Outdoor Stewardship Days	1,300 youth
Summer Youth Program	95 youth
Camp Clover Summer Day Camps (five week-long day camps for youth ages 8-12)	55 youth in Dixon, Amboy, Franklin Grove

Focus on: Science Siesta

Science Siesta is . . .

a science lesson disguised as a pajama party! In 2005, the Discovery Center Children's Museum and Burpee Museum (Rockford) hosted more than 175 girls, grades 4-6, for a weekend pajama party. Into the wee hours Science Siesta participants met women working in the science industry–an urban ecologist and a vet detective. They conducted science experiments, toured the museums and developed friendships with other girls from counties in northwestern Illinois.

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