4-H Youth Development News
4-H Youth Development News
Charles Comer, Montgomery County 4-H Agent
February 19, 2025
February focus on Heart Health
February is known as Heart Health Month. It is a perfect time to consider how important your heart matters when you consider heart disease is the leading cause of death in United States.
Your body’s cardiovascular system is the heart and its entire network vessels running through your body. This system delivers life-sustaining blood to every part of the body.
Cardiovascular disease is an umbrella term for diseases associated with a variety of heart conditions. These include heart disease, high blood pressure, and artery diseases.
A narrowing of the arteries that supply blood and oxygen to the heart causes coronary heart disease.
Coronary heart disease includes myocardial infarction or by its common name “heart attack.” When a person has a heart attack, there is a blockage of a coronary artery, usually caused by a blood clot. Chest pain occurs when the heart does not receive enough oxygen.
A stroke occurs when the blood vessels, carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain, become clogged or ruptured. When this happens, the brain is deprived of the blood flow it needs. Without the blood flow, cells will die, and the part of the body controlled by these cells cannot function either.
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death for American women aged 35 and older and the leading cause of death in Kentucky. In fact, CVD will kill more people in Kentucky this year than all forms of cancer, pneumonia, influenza, and traffic accidents combined.
It’s important to understand, reduce, and control the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. It matters to you and your loved ones.
Eat More Fruits and Vegetables and Exercise each Day
Want a healthy heart? Start by eating more fruit and vegetables…and getting more exercise. It matters when it comes to maintaining a healthy weight. Plus, it may even reduce your family’s risk of many diseases. Every step towards getting more physical activity also matters in weight management and overall health. You can help your family be at their best by encouraging a balance of diet and exercise!
4-H Speech and Demonstration
The 4-H Speech and Demonstration Contest takes place Thursday, March 27 at 6:00pm at the Montgomery County Extension Education Center. Call the County Extension Office, 859-498-8741 to pre-register your presentation for the contest by Friday, March 7.
Summer 4-H Camp 2025—Registration for Volunteer Camp Counselors ends soon
The registration window closes for volunteer adults and teen counselors on Friday, February 28. For more information about serving as a volunteer counselor at camp contact me at the Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741.
For Campers ages 9-14—Camp registration begins March 3…
For young people ages 9-14, 4-H camp registration window opens on-line Monday, March 3, 2025. If you want to be on our email list to receive the 4-H Camp Registration link to register your child for camp, you can contact us at 859-498-8741 to register your email address to receive the link.
4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. For information, contact me at the Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741 or via electronic mail ccomer@uky.edu. You can also visit our website at www.ca.uky.edu/montgomery/.
Educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of economic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expressions, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
February 5 , 2025
4-H Speech and Demonstration
Presenting a speech to an audience is one of the most frightening, nerve-wracking experiences one can experience. And it’s also one of the best things you can do to make a positive difference in your life. When you have stood and delivered a speech, you receive the biggest dose of confidence and the knowledge that you can do it!
The 4-H Speech and Demonstration contest is the event that helps you gain the confidence and knowledge to stand and deliver. A long-standing communication skill-building tradition in 4-H, participation in speech and demonstration helps young people master communications skills of summarizing information; organizing thoughts; and delivering information in a logical order or persuasive manner.
Communications expertise is a vital skill for today’s youth and tomorrow’s adults. 4-H Youth Development helps youth gain communication skills and improve their quality of speech along with their association with others whether one-on-one conversation or through a job interview or delivering a key address before an assembly.
The 4-H Speech and Demonstration Contest will take place Thursday, March 27 at 6:00pm at the Montgomery County Extension Education Center. Call the County Extension Office, 859-498-8741 to pre-register your presentation for the contest by Friday, March 7. Why not give it a try?
Summer 4-H Camp 2025—Registration for Volunteer Camp Counselors Now
Montgomery County attends summer 4-H Camp in the week of June 2-6, 2025. Volunteer opportunities are available for teenagers ages 14-17 and adults ages 18 and older. Teens and adults serve as volunteer camp counselors to provide leadership and direction to a cabin of campers ages 9-14. The registration window is open to volunteer adults and teen counselors until February 28. Contact me at the Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741. The office is located at 106 East Locust Street in Mount Sterling.
For Campers ages 9-14—Camp registration begins March 3…
For young people ages 9-14, 4-H camp registration window opens on-line Monday, March 3, 2025. If you want to be on our email list to receive the 4-H Camp Registration link to register your child for camp, you can contact us at 859-498-8741 to register your email address to receive the link.
4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. For information, contact me at the Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741 or via electronic mail ccomer@uky.edu. You can also visit our website at www.ca.uky.edu/montgomery/.
Educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of economic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expressions, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
January 29, 2025
Summer 4-H Camp 2025—Registration for Volunteer Camp Counselors Begins February 3…
One of the best summer service opportunities is to serve as a volunteer 4-H camp counselor! It is a fun, leadership-building experience, for a few days each summer, that involves being responsible for the care and development of young people attending 4-H Camp.
This year Montgomery County attends summer 4-H Camp the week of June 2-6, 2025. Volunteer opportunities are available for two age cohorts--teenagers ages 14-17 and adults ages 18 and older. Each year the counties across Kentucky promote the opportunity to recruit teens and adults to serve as volunteer camp counselors to provide leadership and direction to a cabin of campers ages 9-14.
What does it take to be a volunteer 4-H camp counselor? A mature, responsible individual who cares about young people and provides a positive camp experience for campers.
Are you interested in serving as a volunteer 4-H camp counselor? The registration window is open February 3-28, 2025. Contact or visit your Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741. The office is located at 106 East Locust Street in Mount Sterling.
For Campers ages 9-14—Camp registration begins March 3…
For young people ages 9-14, 4-H camp registration window opens on-line Monday, March 3, 2025. If you want to be on our email list to receive the 4-H Camp Registration link to register your child for camp, you can contact us at 859-498-8741 to register your email address to receive the link.
4-H is a community of young people across America learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. For information, contact me at the Montgomery County Extension Service office at 859-498-8741 or via electronic mail ccomer@uky.edu. You can also visit our website at www.ca.uky.edu/montgomery/.
Educational programs of the Cooperative Extension Service serve all people regardless of economic or social status and will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnic origin, national origin, creed, religion, political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expressions, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age, veteran status, or physical or mental disability.
