A Partnership Model for Training Episodic Environmental Stewardship 4-H Volunteers

Authors

Jane Chin Young, University of California Cooperative ExtensionFollow
Janice Alexander, University of California Cooperative ExtensionFollow
Martin H. Smith, University of CaliforniaFollow

Volume

51

Issue

2

DOI

10.34068/joe.51.02.07

Abstract

The Marin Environmental Stewardship pilot project demonstrates the potential for a partnership model that brings together external and internal collaborators to recruit and train episodic 4-H volunteers to meet environmental education needs within a community. The clientele served by the volunteers trained through the project was at-risk, urban youth. In this model, the University of California Cooperative Extension provided project design and leadership, youth development professionals, and natural resources expertise. The community partner provided volunteers, training facility, transportation for field trips, community sites for service, and support material for program delivery. The resulting framework provided a strategy for other professionals.

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Recommended Citation

Young, J. C., Alexander, J., & Smith, M. H. (2013). A Partnership Model for Training Episodic Environmental Stewardship 4-H Volunteers. The Journal of Extension, 51(2), Article 7. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.51.02.07