Project Planning

Planning Your Project

Are you searching for tools you can use to assist you in planning your Revolution of Responsibility project? Use this quick list to guide your process.

Form Your Revolution of Responsibility Team – Identify team members and an adult coach.
Brainstorm Community Issues – Explore the media, talk with people, connect with decision makers, choose an issue of concern to your group.
Select a Strategy – Focus on a goal for your group within the larger issue, choose a project, set a goal and write it down
Engage the community – identify who in the community can help, interview those in power, find collaborators and helpers
Create an Action Plan – list the steps you will need to follow to reach your goal, delegate responsibilities to team members, plan a budget and decide what resources (people, money, materials) you will need.
Identify strategies to involve others
Deal with obstacles and do problem solving, evaluate along the way
Write up your results – include reflections from the group and from those served by your project
Celebrate your success and tell your story. Share your story with others in the community. Be sure to write thank you notes to those who helped along the way.

Use the two manuals below to help you with your planning.

Youth Project Planning Guidebook - will lead you through the planning process and illustrate the process with a sample project.
Service-Learning Coach's Manual - will help the adult volunteer to understand more fully their role as a coach for the youth-led project

California 4-H $1,000 for 1,000 Service Learning Projects

Building Picnic Tables for Siskiyou Park Area

The University of California 4-H Youth Development Program is dedicated to fostering an environment where youth and adults work together as equal partners to gain new skills and create positive community change. 4-H groups can apply for up to $1,000 to identify, plan, and carry out a service-learning project in their community. Projects will be focused on the three key content areas that form the core of all 4-H programs, Science, Healthy Living, and Citizenship. An open application process has review dates of January 15, 2012; March 15, 2012; May 15, 2012; and July 15, 2012. To apply, go to: Revolution of Responsibility - UC 4-H Youth Development Program.