Creating a Plan for Your 4-H Club
Welcome to the new 4-H year! As you begin making plans to re-connect with your club members and families, make plans to create a year-long plan for your 4-H Club. Why should your 4-H club plan up to a year in advance? A plan will help to: Meet the needs of all members...
Welcoming New 4-Hers!
It is always a little bit difficult starting something new in a new place with new people. In 4-H we want to create a safe environment where all youth and volunteers can speak their mind, share ideas, and work together as a team. That is why we try our best to make...
It’s Here!
This is our final countdown post! I'm sure many of you who have been long-time 4-H supporters have seen this video before, but it pumps me up every time I see it! Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC90-fGzGuo&noredirect=1 Join us TONIGHT, Monday, August 19,...
Bringing Summer Fun to Your 4-H Club Meeting
It’s time for our 4-H clubs to start the new 4-H year. If your 4-H club took time off for the summer break the first club meeting can be a little crazy. Everyone will want to catch up and share their summer adventure stories. Why not take advantage of this...
The Countdown Continues!
Out of the mouths of babes: "4-H brought me closer to my grandfather." - 9th grade 4-H member "I have developed a better work ethic and communications skills." - 9th grade 4-H member "4-H has taught me leadership and commitment that I can use for the rest of my life."...
The Countdown Continues!
You are making a difference: Studies done with 4-H youth show adults in their 4-H clubs make them feel important (65%) and listen to them (64%). (Perkins & Butterfield, 1999). ...
The Countdown Continues!
The out-of-school hours constitute the biggest single block of time in the life of a young adolescent (Council on Adolescent Development, 1992). What are they doing with it? With the help of 4-H volunteers like...
The Countdown Continues!
In 2001, Kirk Astroth and George Haynes of Montana State University published research which found the following: Compared to other youth, 4-H youth are more likely to: Succeed in school, getting more A's than other kids Be involved as leaders in their school...
The Countdown Begins!
The countodown is on to the first session of our Make a Difference Mondays Volunteer Training Series. We are just one week away from our first session! This session is going to be great for all volunteers interested in leading a 4-H club. New or experienced... you...
4-H: A recipe for success
4-H and Foods, sounds pretty yummy to me! In fact cooking projects are a great example of how youth learn about foods by partnering with adults in the kitchen to plan and prepare them. Most 4-H cooking projects explore the science, nutrition and history of cooking...