Child Development Study links 4-H Participation with Community Involvement

According to the Institute for Applied Research in Youth Development at Tufts, children who participate in 4-H programs are "25 percent more likely to contribute to their communities than other youth." The study was cited recently in an article on www.farmersadvance.com, which can be accessed at the link below:

"4-H Taps Text Giving for New Fundraising Effort"

Interested in Child Development? Tufts' CD department offers many summer courses through Tufts Summer Session, such as "Child Life & the Hospitalized Child," "Technology and Learning: Virtual Communities for Children"and "Bilingual Children in U.S. Schools," among many more. For full course listings, check out the Summer Session site here.