4-H Summer and Year Round Nutrition Education Program

4-H youth ages 14 to 19 from at risk, low income/limited resource communities are trained as facilitators in basic nutrition and physical activity promotion. Topics include wellness through healthy eating and physical activity, food safety, and food stamp education. This program has a cyclical pattern for the Summer Camp delivery and the Year Round delivery within each year of a three-year plan. Each summer new and former youth facilitators are trained to deliver basic nutrition lessons, food demonstrations and hands on activities to urban summer camps (campers aged 4 to 13 years) in New Haven. During the Year Round delivery, these trained youth facilitators lead presentations at health fairs, after school/extended day programs or faith based programs. In addition, they actively prepare for the summer delivery. Delivery methods include food demonstrations, hands on activities and interactive games.