UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Guam 4-H is ready to grow

UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Guam 4-H is ready to grow

UOG Horizons: Knowledge for Life - Guam 4-H is ready to grow


9/29/2025
Clarissa Barcinas
UOG Land Grant extension associate Clarissa Barcinas, right, poses with two 4-H summer camp participants in June 2025 and the new cooking aprons they sewed.
Katrina Macasaquit
Katrina Macasaquit, an extension associate with UOG Land Grant, assists a 4-H summer camp participant in a food dehydrating project this past July at the University of Guam.
UOG Assistant Professor of Chemistry John Limtiaco demonstrates a chemistry experiment during the 4-H Program鈥檚 Crazy Chemistry Summer Camp this past July at the University of Guam. 
Dareon Rios, M.S., is an extension agent with the 4-H & Youth Development Program at UOG Land Grant.

 

Today鈥檚 youth are growing up in a world that鈥檚 changing faster than ever - from rapid advancements in technology to sudden shifts in the workforce to global challenges like pandemics and climate change. The question that looms large for parents and educators is: How do we prepare our youth to succeed given these challenges?

For more than 40 years, the Guam 4-H Youth Development Program, through the 91快播鈥檚 Land Grant Extension Service, has been nurturing young people to thrive in their lives and careers. The week of Oct. 5鈥11 is National 4-H Week, so it鈥檚 the perfect time to shine a light on one of Guam鈥檚 most impactful youth programs and build momentum as a community to address that important question.