YA4-H! Youth Advocating for Health

07/05/2012

310 youth and 40 adult chaperones logged 5,892 miles at 4-H Summer Conference at OSU last week! That is two and half times around the state of Oregon, and over 11 million steps! Amazing!

06/28/2012

YA4-H! Yoga at 4-H Summer Conference!

06/28/2012

5K Run with YA4-H this morning!

06/28/2012

YA4-Hers in a crack of dawn Zumba class! Over 300 youth took part in one of the activity classes before breakfast this morning!

06/28/2012

5K run, 3K walk, Zumba, Yoga, Cardio and Dance Blast with 300 teems all before 8am this morning (and before breakfast). Photos and videos to come. Thanks all for making these things happen! It was great!

06/27/2012

4-H Summer Conference at OSU! HEY YA4-Hers! We are gearing up to walkabout Oregon during the next three days! Let's get our steps on!

06/21/2012

Justin and Rachel facing), who are YA4-H! members from Malheur County, present a project to show how seeds become plants through ‘gardening in a glove’, using a clear glove, cotton for soil and of course seeds. They were at one of the booths at the Four River Community Garden open house Saturday afternoon, which was promoting the growth of growing and eating vegetables and fruit. There were vegetables and fruit to sample, some of which was grown an the community garden, plants to take home and food, prepared from produce grown in the garden, to try, plus edible weeds.

06/18/2012

Wasco County YA4-H! Team at the first farmer's market of the season. Nothing yet to sell from the garden, so they made rhubarb and strawberry-rhubarb crisp, gave out samples and recipes, and made a splash at their first market night!

06/18/2012

The Wasco County YA4-H! team is off and running with their YA4-H! garden! First night at the Farmers Market in the Dalles.

06/18/2012

GO MALHEUR COUNTY YA4-H! Team!!!

Justin and Rachel Hughes (facing), Youth Advocates for Health, a 4-H program, present a project to show how seeds become plants through ‘gardening in a glove’, using a clear glove, cotton for soil and of course seeds. They were at one of the booths at the Four River Community Garden open house Satur...

06/12/2012

The last day of school in Sherman County was the kick-off for a youth summer activities program, designed by local teens to encourage kids to get outside and explore local playgrounds and trails. Over 120 elementary students were given colorful t-shirts with the program motto, “Sherman Explore S’More” . This program gives local youth a checklist of various activities and fun things to do over the summer months, with gatherings in each town and prizes throughout the summer for participants. The monthly gatherings will focus on fun activities such as outdoor cookery, bikes and kites, and outdoor water play.

“Sherman Explore S’More” is led by 4-H members of the Youth Advocates for Health (YA4-H), in cooperation with OSU Sherman County Extension and the Eastern Oregon Center for Independent Living. YA4-H is a new program in a limited number of Oregon counties that engages youth in participatory health research and action. In Sherman County, the teens in the YA4-H club brainstormed to design this summer program to promote outdoor physical activity at local parks, trails, schools and other resources close to home.

05/31/2012

Tyler presented his research poster on YA4-H! at the celebration for undergraduate excellence at OSU this morning! Way to go Tyler and thanks for being such a great undergraduate research apprentice this year. You will be missed! Good luck in grad school!