Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation

4-H is giving today's youth that extra edge for life success through hands-on, research-based educational programs and opportunities. Youth hold the future in their hands, but they need your support.  Arizona 4-H annually touches the lives of more than 115,000 youth all over the state--rural, urban, suburban, military bases and tribal communities and reservations.

The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a longitudinal study conducted by the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts University, shows 4-H youth are:

• —2.2 times more likely to get better grades in school;

• —2 times more likely to plan to go to college;

• —4.9 times more likely to graduate from college as other youth;

• —2.8 times more likely to engage in healthy habits;

• —Nearly 2 times more likely to positively contribute to their communities;

• —2.5 times more likely than other youth to have greater civic involvement.

Arizona 4-H is one of the pillar organizations that have contributed to the fabric of the state for 100 years.  Without 4-H, Arizona would be a much different place.  The thousands of volunteers and participants have made critical contributions back to the state because of the 4-H value of giving back.  Won't you help by giving something yourself?