Carteens Program

What is the Auglaize County Program?

The Auglaize County Carteens program began in March 2000. This Ohio 4-H coordinated program is a traffic safety education program for first time juvenile traffic offenders. The mission is to decrease the number of repeat traffic offenses among juveniles in Auglaize County and to increase awareness of vehicular safety among teens. The juveniles ate sentenced through Judge Mark Spees, Juvenile Court Judge.

The Car in Carteens stands for Caring and Responsible Teens. Each session includes some of the following: driving skills, drinking & driving, safe driving tips, seat belt usage and much more. Visual aids, group activities, videos, and evaluation tools are all a part of the program.

What do Carteens do during the program?

The unique quality of the Carteens program is that teens, 15-19, serve as the instructors and curriculum planners along with the Advisor Don Baumer. During each session, Carteens are needed to register participants, introduce the program, utilize pre-written stories (personal stories are best) and evaluate each session. Usually only 3-4 Carteen members are needed to be present for each session. If more individuals become Carteens then sessions can be rotated in teams of three to four members for each program. Click here application.

Who else benefits from the program?

 A part of the monies collected from participation will be donated to local scholarships. These scholarships are named in memory of teens that lost their lives in auto accidents.

How often are the Carteens programs?

Currently each program is set for the second Monday of each month, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Auglaize County Fairgrounds.

                           For more information on becoming a Carteen or about the program,                                

Contact:

Don Baumer, Advisor, 419-628-3420

or

Beth Miller, Extension Educator

4-H Youth Development, 419-738-2219