4-H: Come Join The Fun!
This article was written and published in the Robesonian and the Robeson Journal. Remember when you were a child? You always wanted to be a part of something – a group of friends, a school club, or maybe a social club. Robeson County 4-H offers youth a chance to be a part of clubs and something much larger. The 4-H Youth Development Program is a dynamic nonformal educational program. This program is about having fun, learning, exploring, and discovering. Robeson County 4-H members make new friends, develop new skills, become leaders, and prepare to be successful members of the community. The 4-H clubs are groups of youth members and adult volunteers who meet monthly. Club leadership is a joint venture between the youth and the adults. Youth are expected to run the business aspect of the meeting using parliamentary procedure. Adult volunteers are there to coach the youth through the decision-making process and assist with hands-on activities. Learning and having fun are two ess...