1. To help 4-H members learn specific skills. Members have fun with projects while “learning by doing”. Youngsters remember something if they actually experience it and have the opportunity for some “hands-on-learning.”
2. To teach members how to think, not what to think. We help develop creative thinking in young people by giving them a chance to make decisions on their own. They will learn from their own choices.
3. To recognize and encourage each 4-H member so they feel noticed and important. The most significant recognition that can be given to members is praise, attention or compliments, letting them know they are important and what they have done is worthwhile.
4. A Project Leader is a volunteer who helps 4-H members acquire knowledge, skills, attitude and habits through learning by doing experiences in a specific area called a project. A project can be any topic in which the members and adult have an interest within safety limitations. A variety of curricula is available or any expertise can be used to teach.
5. Each club has a volunteer or team of volunteers who act as role models in guiding and counseling the officers of the club. The community club leader also does many of the management tasks such as enrollment, providing information to 4-H members from the county level, and answering hundreds of questions. The CCL provides the base structure of the club.