The 4-H TRY Program is OPEN TO UTAH TEENS, grades 8th-12th
Here is your chance to get trained on exciting new projects, mentor younger kids, build your portfolio, all while having a blast!

TRY stands for Teens Reaching Youth. It is the newest leadership program sponsored by Utah 4-H. You do not have to be enrolled in 4-H to get involved. We are currently recruiting TRY Teams throughout the state. A team is made up of 2-4 teens and their adult coach.

Selected teams will attend a retreat to learn how to teach fun, hands-on programs for younger youth, selecting one of four project areas: Robotics, Lotions & Potions, Recharge Fun, Food & Fitness, or Science Polooza!

Enjoy these awesome benefits:

• Great resume experience for work, scholarship, and college applications!
• Gain experience teaching others.
• Make friends!
• Awards and recognition for you and the youth you teach.
• Be adored by the younger kids you teach!

Each team commits to teach at least 6 hours of instruction in the project area to at least 15 younger youth sometime during the year. Your team chooses…

• Who you teach
• Where you teach
• When you teach  (either all 6 hours at once, such as a day camp, or for an hour or two at a time for a few weeks)

Getting started in TRY is easy. Talk to a couple of your teen friends to organize a team. Then select a coach your team feels comfortable working with, which is often a team member’s parent. Each member of the team and their coach submits an application by the deadline listed for your tract. Download for all the details!! 

Exciting TRY Team Choices:
Get involved and form or join a TRY SET team!  Check out our 4-H SET Brochure to discover more about TRY Teams!  We have various SET Guides that are easy to use to create 4-H SET experiences in 4-H Clubs, camps, afterschool programs and with TRY teams!  Download our curriculum guide to learn more!

Fun, Food & Fitness:
Learning to eat right and stay active has never been so fun. The Recharge Fun, Food & Fitness project uses an NFL theme to help youth discover healthy eating and lifestyle habits. It’s full of games, sports, food preparation and other great activities that kids will love, and you will love teaching! Thanks to a generous grant from Walmart, funding is even available to provide the food and prizes for the Recharge classes taught by TRY team members.

Robotics:
Learn how to build and program robots using Lego Mindstorm© kits. Whether you loved Legos© as a kid, or have never even touched them, this project is awesome. TRY teams learn how to build robots and attachments using the simple step-by-step instructions. Then they learn how to create a program that will instruct their robot to complete the assigned challenges. The software program is easy to learn because it uses simple icons—which makes it easy to teach younger youth to program robots! Plus, there are theme based missions to make it even more fun.

Science Polooza
If science is more your style, you will love the Science Polooza project. You’ll help kids discover the world of science through awesome activities like making slime, monster bubbles, CO2 sandwiches, potato gun launchers, mentos volcanoes, and more! You don’t have to be a science genius to enjoy this tract! You will have fun right along with the kids you teach.

Lotions and Potions:
If pampering is more your style than science and technology, you may choose to get trained in the Lotions & Potions project. You will learn how to make body lotion, lip balm, bath salts, and other wonderful spa products. These finished spa items also make GREAT gifts that both you and the youth you teach will enjoy giving.

Download Detailed Brochure
Download TRY Application
Contact your County Extension Office for more information!!

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TRY training for Robotics and Science Polooza are generously funded by the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development WIRED Initiative.