News Archive: 4 H Youth
Sunshine Day delivers memorable experience to youth with special needs in Kentucky

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Christopher Carney
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Sunshine Day is a free annual event that provides an easier experience for children with special needs and their families to enjoy carnival rides, games, a livestock show and more at the Boone County Fairgrounds.
Kentucky 4-H to celebrate 100 years at teen conference

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Christopher Carney
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The 2024 Kentucky 4-H Teen Conference will celebrate 100 years — bringing together high school youth from across the Commonwealth and building strong future leaders on June 11-14.
Kentucky 4-H workshop teaches business, entrepreneurship skills to youth

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Grace Sowards
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As the largest youth development organization in the United States and in Kentucky, 4- H is providing positive youth development experiences that last a lifetime.
Reach new horizons at the 2024 Kentucky Volunteer and Extension Forum

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Christopher Carney
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For more than two decades, this biennial forum has provided a developmental and education conference for 4-H and extension volunteers in Kentucky and beyond — becoming one of the largest volunteer events in the world.
Seeds of support: Transforming 4-H camps into havens for social, emotional and behavioral health

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Jordan Strickler
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Ryley Butler Modaff, a graduate student in the College of Social Work and inaugural 4-H Camp Behavioral Health Fellow, says the fellowship program is a buttress for youth health.
Kentucky 4-H alum conquers Appalachian Trail using stepping stones for life

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Christopher Carney
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Clay Comer completes a 2,200 mile journey, a challenge that tested physical endurance, and mental power, which began at Kentucky 4-H.
Monroe County 4-H club looks to grow Kentucky tabletop farming

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Jordan Strickler
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Monroe County 4-H Tabletop Farmers Club are cultivating cultivate a love for farming one miniature tractor at a time.
Activities, games and more awaits at Pumpkin Days 2023

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Christopher Carney
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Over the years, Pumpkin Days events have offered thousands of Kentuckians fun, pumpkin-related activities.
The power of youth: Kentucky 4-H attracts largest summer camp attendance in state history

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Christopher Carney
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Kentucky 4-H Camping's locations in London, Nancy, Carlisle and Dawson Springs contributes to this year's record-breaking milestone.
Resilient Appalachians still rebuilding from historic Eastern Kentucky flooding

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Aimee Nielson
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Eastern Kentucky still rebuilding from 2022 catastrophic flooding