WSU 4-H
Welcome!
4-H is the nation’s largest youth development organization. We reach out to kids and their families to build skills for real life.
4-H Mission
4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.
Washington State 4-H Youth Development education creates supportive environments for all youth and families to reach their fullest potential. This will be accomplished through a systemic approach of foundation and mission-driven science to meet our goals to:
- provide formal and non-formal experiential learning,
- develop skills that benefit youth throughout life,
- foster leadership and volunteerism in youth and adults,
- build internal and external partnerships for programming and funding,
- strengthen families and communities,
- employ research-based knowledge and the land-grant university system, and
- embrace and expand the traditions of the 4-H Youth Program.
4-H Vision
A world in which youth and adults learn, grow, and work together as catalysts for positive change.
Washington State University 4-H Youth Development is developing young people to become productive citizens who are engaged in positive change, meeting the needs of a diverse and changing society.
