4-H gets involved in the community

When most people think of 4-H they think of kids showing animals at the county fair. But we spoke to some 4-H ambassadors who shared that there’s a lot more to 4-H than most people think.

There is one 4-H ambassador for every 100 kids in Yuma County so there are 1,000 kids in 4-H just in Yuma County alone.

Robert Carrasco, says he’s been in 4-H basically his entire life. He says that when they aren’t showing animals at the fair they try to really invest themselves in community service.

“As an ambassador we go into the classrooms and give lessons to children on topics about agriculture and our last topic we talked about dairy cows and something that we teach the kids is that a lot of kids don’t know that chocolate milk doesn’t come from brown cows,” he said.

Another 4-H ambassador, Madison Cooper says being in 4-H has taught her how to be responsible.

“It’s beyond just going to schools and doing presentations, we worked at the harvest dinner, we’ll go and do community service, we will go and meet Arizona representatives and different officials,” she shared.

Most people don’t know that 4-H stands for health, hand, head and heart all a part of their pledge… “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world.”

Carrasco says if it weren’t for 4-H he wouldn’t be pursuing a career in agriculture. His plans are to be the first livestock vet in Yuma.

They have an upcoming summer camp in Prescott for ages 9 to 12. The camp run through June 2.

Contact the 4-H office for more information. Click here.