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LifeSmarts
DC Reads
Operation Military Kids
4-H Cyber and Water Resources Camp
Community and School Based 4-H Clubs
DC H20: What's on Tap?
Sewing Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
LifeSmarts… the ultimate consumer challenge is an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for their knowledge. The program complements the curriculum already in place in high schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations.
LifeSmarts, run as a game-show style competition, is open to all teens in the U.S. in the 9th through 12th grades. Teams of four to five teens compete in district and state matches with the state winners going to the national competition to vie for the national LifeSmarts title.
There is a five week summer camp program that helps participants prepare for competition. There is also a schedule of regular study sessions for teams. ( see practice schedule for LifeSmarts)
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The 4-H DC Reads Program is the University of the District of Columbia Cooperative Extension Service’s literacy program created to break the chain of illiteracy that ties people to poverty.
DC Reads tutors (primarily college students) are hired and trained to work with youth identified through testing as being in need of assistance to read and comprehend reading material better. Prior to entering the program, youth are tested to determine potential reading problems. Tutors travel to assigned schools or after-school programs Monday through Friday to work with assigned students in a variety of interactive and fun activities designed to improve reading skills. Proven structured and repetitive training processes help to ensure individual success no matter at what level the students enter the program. Prior to program completion, students are retested to determine how much their reading skills have improved.
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Fact Sheet
This program is a 4-H project designed to provide support to children of deployed parents. When National Guard, Army Reserve and other military parents living in civilian communities are mobilized, their children suddenly become different. Now they are "military kids" but they still "look the same" to teachers, friends and the rest of the community. Their lives are turned upside down! These "new" military kids need to connect with other youth in similar situations. They seek friends and adults who can empathize and can help them cope with their new world. Operation Military Kids is that vital link for these children.
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The primary objective of this program is teaching children how to use computer programs that help them express their ideas while knowing when to move away from the computer to explore the outside environment.
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In this qualitative research study, Cultural Psychological, and Environmental Barriers to Maintaining a Healthy Diet in Inner City African Americans Research Project, 12 community-based focus groups, each consisting of 6-8 African American adult men or women who are residents of District of Columbia (DC), will discuss their barriers to a healthy diet and preferences for dietary interventions. The specific aims of this study are to: 1) Describe social, cultural, knowledge, and environmental barriers to adopting a healthy diet that is high in fruits and vegetables and low in fats in African Americans, and 2) Identify community-based educational strategies that are likely to increase African Americans’ knowledge and skills about healthy food choice and to motivate them to improve their dietary patterns. The overall goals of this project are to describe African Americans’ barriers to adopting a healthy diet and explore African American’s preferred dietary educational programs. To accomplish this goal, we will recruit 72-96 adult African American men and women 25-55 years of age from communities in District of Columbia (DC) to participate 12 focus groups (each consisting of 6-8 people). Focus group assignment will base on age (25-40 vs. 41-55 years old) and gender; three focus groups will be conducted in each of the four age-gender strata. The PRECEDE framework and the Social Cognitive Theory will be used to guide the design of focus group questions and the analyses of focus group data.
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DC H2O (Water): What's on Tap? is an environmental service learning project designed to help youth realize the contribution they can make to their communities through water quality research. Participants (12 - 17 years old) will take water samples from their homes, schools, public libraries, as well as other community-shared areas. They will also carry out field research on DC waterways such as the Anacostia watershed, the Potomac River, and Rock Creek Park.
Participants will then plot points of the water collection sites and other related data to create an interactive map for District residents' use with Global Information Systems (GIS), which includes Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units and related software. This will allow participants to obtain a greater understanding of how they can use technology to make a significant impact on their community. The project is funded by the UDC Water Resources Research Institute.
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The Sewing Entrepreneurship Program is an after-school program that teaches youth ages 7 - 17 basic sewing, design, and re-design skills. The goal is to teach youth to start their own business ventures or clothing line which is used as their 4-H project. During the school year, Sewing Entrepreneurship is an after-school program offered weekdays from 4 - 6pm. During the summer, the program is offered as a day camp.
The Sewing Entrepreneurship Summer Day Camp is the same program as the after-school program, but is offered weekdays during July and August 2005. |
