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- Led a meeting to support an individual volunteer through challenging interpersonal situations and group dynamics while serving in their role on a committee providing educational opportunities for youth.
- Provided ongoing communication, follow-up, and tracking for enrolled volunteers to ensure compliance with UW-Madison’s required training outcomes including understanding sexual misconduct, mandatory reporting expectations, program policies, and risk management and youth protection practices.
- Facilitated a session for students at a local alternative school where students learned how to make three styles of baked chicken wings. This opportunity was a part of an overall effort to teach students valuable life skills related to health and wellness.
- The 4th H 4-H Club, a middle school Special Interest 4-H Club, will meet four times throughout February on Saturdays (4th 11th, 18th, and 25th) from 10:00 a.m. – Noon at Plymouth High School! The first hour of each “meeting” will focus on physical health while we meet in the Plymouth High School Fitness Center and move your body and strength your muscles to achieve the goals set by each individual participant! In the second hour of the program, we will move to the Culinary Arts rooms at the school to focus on nutrition as we make healthy snacks and meals together. Join local educators, community members, older youth mentors, and your 4-H Youth Development Educator, Sarah Tarjeson, each week for fun and fitness! This club is perfect for current 4-H members AND/OR any young person in grades 7 & 8 who is interested in getting the year and their journey in wellness and health started.
- I have been supporting the 4-H American Spirit Experience by meeting regularly with a dedicated group of volunteers and staff to coordinate registration, logistical planning, risk management planning, contract coordination, and program development and evaluation. This educational experience is a special opportunity for young leaders to develop knowledge of America’s heritage, further understand their citizenship responsibilities, and practice leadership and communication skills in a safe and supportive environment. As youth travel throughout Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New York City, New York; Plimoth, Boston, Lexington, and Concord, Massachusetts; and even Niagara Falls Canada the program has the following objectives:
- Further develop skills in leadership and personal expression of values
- Increase awareness of self in relationship to others
- Increase knowledge and understanding of America’s heritage
- Build awareness of the many steps taken to gain U.S. independence and freedom
- Share what is learned with other
