Youth Organizations

4-H offers youth opportunities in communications, leadership, career development, livestock, home improvement and computer technology to seven million American youth. Programs are found in rural and urban areas throughout the country and similar programs around the world.

Lincoln Electric has been a sponsor of the FFA - a premiere youth leadership organization - for over 60 years promoting welding safety and technology to the next generation of future leaders. The standards that the FFA instills in their over 500,000 members are the same standards that were the building block for the Lincoln Electric Company.

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives, working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. It is a national organization serving teachers and high school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations.