| General Agency Information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name: | Santa Cruz County 4-H Youth Development Program | ||
| Alternate Name(s): | 4-H Community Club Program Santa Cruz County Agricultural Extension | ||
| Address: | 1432 Freedom Boulevard Watsonville, CA 95076-2796 Driving Directions | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-763-8015 | ||
| Email Address: | sfontana@ucanr.edu | ||
| Website: | cesantacruz.ucdavis.edu/Youth_Development/ | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | Monday-Friday, 8-5 | ||
| Description: | Administers the University of California Cooperative Extension Youth Development Program, commonly known as 4-H Youth Development. The goal of 4-H Youth Development is to provide young people with life skill education, leadership/citizenship development and to strengthen youth, families and communities. 4-H Youth Development does this through experiential learning opportunities that bridge research and practice through building partnerships for programming and funding, cross-age learning and teaching and through youth-adult partnerships.
Youth obtain these skills through participation in programs that focus on healthy lifestyle education, plants and animals, science and technology, communications and expressive arts, citizenship and civic education, personal development and leadership, consumer and family sciences, environmental education and earth science, and through volunteer and professional development. The audience of the 4-H Youth Development program includes diverse groups of youth, volunteers, professional staff, University faculty, community collaborators, as well as public and private partners. 4-H Youth Development takes place during school enrichment programs, through the development of community clubs, through special interest projects and programs, at school-aged child care facilities, at camps, as well as through independent study in rural, suburban and urban settings at community, regional, state, national and international levels. ELIGIBILITY: Youth membership is available to young people ages 5-19, and adult volunteers 19 and above are welcome as well. | ||
| Programs: | Youth participate in clubs, after school programs, day camps, or in other program settings. | ||
| Meetings: | Community Club meetings are in various locations: Corralitos, Felton, Green Valley, La Selva Beach, Scotts Valley and Soquel. Please call or check website for details. | ||
| Volunteer Info: | Adult volunteers 19 and above are welcome | ||
| Languages other than English: | Spanish | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | Call for Information | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within Four Blocks | ||
| Eligibility: | See Description Notes | ||
| Fees: | Call for Information | ||
| Areas Served: | Santa Cruz County | ||
| Funding Source: | County Government Federal Government State Government | ||
| Officials | |||
Stephanie Fontana Lynn Schmitt-McQuitty | |||
| Related Agencies | |||
| Parent Agency: | Santa Cruz County U.C. Cooperative Extension | ||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Animal Husbandry Programs Camps Environmental Beautification Government Agencies Leadership Development Life Skills Education Personal Enrichment Youth Agricultural Programs Youth Citizenship Programs Youth Development | |||
| This record last modified November 21, 2012 | |||