BECOMING A VOLUNTEER:
Volunteering for Howard County 4-H can provide you with a wide variety of opportunities to encourage, educate and mentor youth. Volunteer jobs may be one-time events, such as teaching a project workshop or may be ongoing like becoming a 4-H Club Leader. To begin the process you should first…
CHOOSE A VOLUNTEER JOB:
Organizational Leader –support members by providing meaningful educational experiences to help youth grow and reach their fullest potential through a 4-H club experience and by informing and encouraging members, parents, and other volunteers to actively participate in appropriate 4-H opportunities to stimulate the best chance for their success.
Project Leader –help youth develop life skills and skills and information about a specific project. Support members by providing meaningful educational experiences to help youth grow and reach their fullest potential through a 4-H club experience.
Clover Kids Leader –promote children’s positive development through cooperative learning and developmentally appropriate practices by providing opportunities for K-3 youth to practice 5 life skills: self-understanding, social interaction, decision-making, learning to learn and mastering physical skills.
START THE BACKGROUND CHECK:
Becoming a Howard County 4-H Volunteer is a fairly simple process. However, our youth are our most valuable resource and we hold our volunteers to the highest standards of quality and safety. For their protection we do require a letter of intent and a number of reference and safety checks for our ongoing volunteers. After submission of your letter of intent you will be required to complete the following forms including: volunteer application, youth safety agreement, driving record check, child abuse registry check and criminal records check. We also check the sex offender registry each year.
Current Leader Resources
- Leader List (2020)
- Winter Waiver
- Generic Field Trip Waiver
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Document
- 4-H Club Secretary Book
- Risk Management
- 4-H Logos
- Sample Letter to a New Family
- 4-H Club Program Plan
- Tips to Set a Meeting up for Success
- Tips to Improve Communication within a Club
- The T.E.A.M. Approach - Character Counts!
- Parents can Help in our 4-H Club