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| | Total of 3,100 seniors in the county.
- Park High School 624 seniors
- Woodbury High School 621 seniors
- Stillwater High School 720 seniors
- Forest Lake High School 500 seniors
- Tartan High School 450 seniors
- Hasting High School 28 seniors out of their class of 391 live in Washington County
| 3/9/2009 11:47 AM | Steve Anderson |  | | Here are Minnesota numbers/key facts. Attached PDF(page 6) explains data:
•Total Minnesota jobs: 2,644,301 (Jan. 1, 2009)
• Agriculture is the second largest employer in Minnesota
• Employment in ag and food industry accounts for 15% of total jobs
• 13% of metro jobs are ag related
| 3/7/2009 10:48 AM | John Strohfus | | | 3,100 High School Seniors in Washington County, 17% of the Active work force employed in the Agricultural Field - therefore approximately 500 students will be working in the field of Agr. And the exposure of 4-H/County fair is very valuable to the county to keep these future tax payers living in Washington County
STROHFUS>>>Created action item to analyze what % of current 4-H members are High School Seniors. | 3/9/2009 11:48 AM | Steve Anderson | | | "4-H's primary funding source is not Washington County, but the US Department of Agriculture and the State of Minnesota. 4-H is a youth development program that brings federal funding for youth programs into the State. Because 4-H is a Department of Agriculture program, it can never be run or funded as if it were a private organization. What 4-H does is pool federal, state and county money with private funding from companies and individuals to operate and run the programs. Because the federal dollars are specifically tied to extension programs run out of land grant universities 4-H has to be part of the U of M extension program"
Source: Julie Finch from Star Tribune Article Discussion | 3/10/2009 2:30 PM | John Strohfus | | | Washington
County 4-H generates a large volume of community service hours to directly
benefit our county. Over the past five years, 4-H has contributed more than
80,000 hours of community service to Washington County residents —
a value of $1.4 million!
18 Clubs averaged 5 Community Service Projects Per Year
• Collected 7,500 pounds of food for county food shelves
• Shipped 34 care packages to U.S. servicemen and women
• Sewed 70 quilts for teens at Gillette Children’s Hospital
• Taught safety to 500 youth in Lake Elmo
• Led after-school arts programs for underserved youth
• Removed buckthorn from Camp Kawanis
• Donated to Toys for Tots
• Collected money for Salvation Army
• Visited nursing homes and veterans’ homes
• Removed trash from county parks and ditches
• Prepared car kits for those in need
***Calculation based on ~16,000 Community Service Hours x $18 per hour = ~$289,000 per year. | 3/10/2009 5:43 PM | John Strohfus | | | Tufts University Study showed that 4-H youth are:
• More engaged in school and have higher grades
• More likely to become stronger civic leaders
• Less likely to engage in risk behaviors such as drinking,
smoking and bullying
• Less likely to show symptoms of depression | 3/10/2009 5:40 PM | John Strohfus | | | When asked "If you were unable to win a State Fair trip, would you join a 4-H club in a neighboring county?"
Yes = 51
No = 59
Not Sure = 100
Source: March 2009 Washington County 4-H Member Survey. Respondent Total = 210
| 3/18/2009 5:07 PM | John Strohfus | | | 131,000 investment in Washington County 4-H Program Coordinators generates a return of over 1.1M in economic stimulus within the County. This is derived from multiple sources such as:
1) Money spent on 4-H Projects
2) Money spent on ancillary items due to participation in 4-H events
3) Washington County Ag Society (County Fair Board) who spends money to keep fair running to house 4-H exhibits.
4) Local business revenue brought in from outside the county for "convenience purchases".
5) 4-H Club Donations to other non-profit organizations within the County. | 3/24/2009 2:26 PM | John Strohfus |
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