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4-H Healthy Living challenge event resources
The 4-H healthy living mission engages youth and families through access and opportunities to achieve optimal physical, social and emotional well being
2012 "Youth Voice: Youth Choice" mini-grants
Spring 2012 staff webinar recording
Spring 2012 volunteer webinar recording
Program guidelines and information (182 K PDF)
Grant application (166 K DOC) | (390 K PDF)
Roll sheet (236 K PDF)
Reimbursement form (106 K DOC) | (236 K PDF)
Healthy Living PDC guidelines (276 K PDF)
Resource list (451 K PDF)
Evaluation documents
Short survey (167 K DOC)
Parent recruitment letter (126 K DOC)
Parent youth consent (138 K DOC)
Youth letter (127 K DOC)
Youth survey (578 K DOC)
Teen survey (229 K DOC)
Cook-off resources
Cook-off guidelines (276 K PDF)
Cook-off evaluation (153 K PDF)
Cook-off flyer (456 K DOC)
Healthy living lessons:
Name that cooking term and food (1,000 K PDF)
My plate activity (374 K PDF)
Food safety (688 K PDF)
Cooking basics: An omelet (317 K PDF)
Presidential Active Lifestyle Award Challenge (PALA)
Stepping Out
Offering Healthy Food at Meetings and Events
Kit - Guidelines for Checkout from the Regional Office
Be Your Best You - Choices and Recipes
Stepping Out Program Orientation (VIDEO)
Youth-teaching-youth (teen teaching) resources
Stepping Out teen teacher training
Sample 4-H reflection activities
Understanding age groups training activity
Getting and keeping their attention
Managing for safety, efficiency and effective learning
Data collection and evaluation
Survey form - youth (updated 06/10/11)
Short youth evaluation form (incl. smiley face graphics)
End of program data collection form (MS-WORD)
Fitness challenge
Instructions for running "Fitness Challenge at the Fair"
Supplies needed for fitness challenge
Standards & scorecards
Explanation of each event and scoring information for adults
Standard scoring cards for fitness challenge
Explanation of each event and scoring information for youth
Healthy Lifestyle Challenge
Healthy Lifestyles Challenge Kickoff Suggestions
Health and Fitness Activities Suggestions
Healthy Living Challenge Guidelines
Milk Products and Foods Information
Jump Into Food and Fitness (JIFF)
JIFF End-of-Session Evaluation
4-H Nutrition Clubs
Food and Nutrition - Jump Into Foods & Fitness
Gardening - Get Down and Dirty
Marketing Healthy Lifestyles Resources
Offering Healthy Food at Meetings and Events
Nutrition Tidbits to Use in Newsletters
Links
Nutrition Benefits Health and Nutrition website
Resources
Jump Into Foods and Fitness Ordering Information
Ten Great Community Service Ideas
Jump Into Foods and Fitness - Michigan Website
Healthy Snack and Lunch Guidelines
MyPyramid, Resource Guide for use with county fair foods judges, 4-H foods project members, etc.
Pedometers
Feedback
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Agriculture
Agricultural Business Management
Crops
- Agricultural Drainage
- Climate & Weather
- Commodity Crops
- Forages
- Honey Bees
- Institute for Agricultural Professionals
- Nutrient Management
- Pesticide Safety
- Small Farms
Livestock
Community
Community Economics
- Business Retention & Expansion
- Customer Service Education
- Understanding Economic Change
- Festival & Event Management
- Public Finance
- Retail Analysis & Development
Leadership & Civic Engagement
Signature Initiatives
Environment
Forestry
Environmental Science Education
- Best Practices for Field Days
- Environmental Science Education
- Minnesota Master Naturalist
- White Earth Reservation Academy
Water Resources
Housing
Family
Family Relations
Family Resource Management
- Financial Security in Later Life
- Latino and East African Financial Literacy
- Resource Management for Daily Life
- Youth and Money
Housing
Signature Efforts
Garden
Horticulture
Commercial growers
- Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Production
- Turfgrass Management
- Honey Bees
- Plant and Nursery Health
- Pesticide Safety

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