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global 4-H
'''4-H''' is a [[youth organization]] administered by the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA). The name represents four personal development areas of focus for the organization: head, heart, hands, and health. The mission of 4-H is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development."<ref name="ca4h.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ca4h.org/files/1982.pdf |title=The California 4-H Youth Development Program - Directions for the Decade Ahead |date=Winter 2003 |accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>
'''4-H''' is a [[youth organization]] administered by the [[National Institute of Food and Agriculture]] of the [[United States Department of Agriculture]] (USDA). The name represents four personal development areas of focus for the organization: head, heart, hands, and health. The mission of 4-H is "engaging youth to reach their fullest potential while advancing the field of youth development."<ref name="ca4h.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.ca4h.org/files/1982.pdf |title=The California 4-H Youth Development Program - Directions for the Decade Ahead |date=Winter 2003 |accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>
==Structure==
The program has 540,000 volunteers, 3,500 professionals, and more than 60 million alumni. 4-H'ers engage in hands-on learning activities in the areas of science, citizenship and healthy living. The program welcomes youth from grade school through high school.<ref name=scope/>
The 4-H program is administered through the United Statesn’s 109 [[land-grant universities]] and the [[Cooperative Extension System]].<ref name=scope/>
==Global 4-H==
The 4-H program has expanded from the United States other countries. Today, 4-H reaches 7 million young people and is found in more than 70 countries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-h.org/about/global-network/|title=Global Network|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref> In 2012, Global 4-H received a $1.5 million grant from the Gates Foundation to help youth in sub-Saharan Africa.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-h.org/Press-Room/Press-Releases/Global-4-H-Network-Receives-$1-5-Million-Grant/|title=Global 4-H Network Receives $1.5 Million Grant|date=January 12, 2012|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref>
==The 4-H Pledge==
==The 4-H Pledge==
<blockquote>I pledge my head to clearer thinking,<br>
<blockquote>I pledge my head to clearer thinking,<br>
My hands to larger service,<br>
My hands to larger service,<br>
and my health to better living,<br>
and my health to better living,<br>
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-h.org/about/youth-development-organization/|title=Youth Development Organization|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref></blockquote>
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.<ref name=scope>{{cite web|url=http://www.4-h.org/about/youth-development-organization/|title=Youth Development Organization|accessdate=September 2, 2012}}</ref></blockquote>
==References==
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