Youth development is the continual growth process in which all youth are invested in meeting their basic personal and social needs to feel safe, well cared for, valued, useful and emotionally grounded (Miller, 2003). Scientists have long studied what youth need to be successful and contributing adults. Youth development is an educational field which includes numerous frameworks and lists of elements that are used by different researchers. 4-H youth development has its own list of elements. This set is based on the four Essential Elements which were distilled from the 8 Essential Elements generated by the 4-H Impact Study, based out of the Norton School at the University of Arizona. Several key elements have been identified and described to demonstrate youth development frameworks, including Lerner’s five C’s important to positive youth development, including: competence, confidence, character, connection and caring (Lerner, 2002). These documents will emphasize the importance of understanding how learning skills, developing interests and spending meaningful time with peers and adults contributes to positive youth development.