4-H club members will have a chance to look away from screens and put pen and paper to use through the West Virginia University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development pen pal program which aims to teach youths about communication while fostering friendships and connections.
4-H club members will have a chance to look away from screens and put pen and paper to use through the West Virginia University Extension Service 4-H Youth Development pen pal program which aims to teach youths about communication while fostering friendships and connections.
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Audio file: “We wanted to think of ways…
“We wanted to think of ways to keep youths engaged and encourage them to think of traditional ways of communicating. Given the digital age in which we live, writing a letter to a friend is not as common as it once was.” — Julie Tritz, 4-H youth development agent in Wayne County, WVU Extension Service
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Target audiences
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4-H members
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Nonmembers
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Families
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CONTACT: Haley Moore
Communications Specialist
WVU Extension Service
304-293-8986 (office) or 304-612-6359 (cell); hrmoore@mail.wvu.edu
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