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Ever since its scattered beginnings over a century ago, 4-H has been more than an organization devoted to serving youth — it has also provided youth a forum in which to serve. This important distinction has been the principle that has shepherded 4-H from its beginning as a loosely linked assembly of narrowly focused clubs to a national movement involving over 6.8 million American youth today.
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Floyd, D.T., McKenna, L. (2002). 4-H: An Adaptable Model for Youth Development and Service Learning. In: Kenny, M.E., Simon, L.A.K., Kiley-Brabeck, K., Lerner, R.M. (eds) Learning to Serve. Outreach Scholarship, vol 7. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0885-4_28
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