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Posted by July 08, 2021 Accidents can happen in a split second. It is never too young to start learning how to be situationally aware and safer. For the past 30 years, University of Illinois Extension and Illinois Farm Bureau have made it a priority to teach area youth how to be safe around the farm and beyond. Farm Bureau and 4-H staff serving Fulton and Mason counties partner together to coordinate the annual Farm Safety Day. The name can be misleading, as the topics provide valuable lessons ...

OSWEGO — The Oswego County Healthy Miles Coalition is once again encouraging residents to get out into the great outdoors on National Trails Day, Saturday, June 5. It has organized

Winneshiek County earns Iowa 4-H Foundation Grant Monday, May 24, 2021 1:06 PM Winneshiek County 4-H Program was recently awarded a grant through the Iowa 4-H Foundation for their Water Quality Workshop program. The Iowa 4-H Foundation is proud to offer grant support to state, regional, and county 4-H programs each year valued at more than $200,000. This summer, grants have been awarded to programs from over 20 counties across the state of Iowa, each offering a wide variety of 4-H o...

  VSU 4-H Program receives $141K grant to expand efforts to empower teens to teach digital skills to adults Published Friday, May. 21, 2021, 6:15 am Join AFPs 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes and Spotify News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Virginia State University’s 4-H Program recently received a $141,000 grant to expand efforts to empower teens to teach digital skills to adults. The Na...

May 18, 2021 LEWISTOWN, Ill. - 4-H is the youth education program of University of Illinois Extension. Through 4-H there are several local scholarships available. These scholarships go to current Fulton County 4-H members who actively participate in 4-H events, and who have shown great accomplishments through 4-H. This year Fulton County 4-H presented scholarships to eight graduates from four area high schools. Five scholarships were awarded from funds donated in memory of Hilda Rock, a long-ti...

Richard J. Pollard Richard J. Pollard has created the Richard J. Pollard Dickinson County 4-H Endowment to support his local county program, Dickinson County, Mich., as he is grateful to 4-H for encouraging him to reach his potential. Pollard was raised on a depression-era farm in Dickinson County where he was an active 4-H member. To this day, he recalls how much his 4-H leader impacted his life, teaching both he – and his fellow club members – about banking. He didn’t have money to ope...

For 4-H Leader and Neag Student, Learning is a Lifelong Process To me as a kid, UConn was this big, amazing place Rachael Manzer, with her husband Ken, receives a 4-H leadership award in 2019. Manzer, a STEM educator who has worked with NASA, is a doctoral candidate in the Neag School of Education. (Courtesy of Defining Studios) Copy Link For Rachael Manzer, a doctoral candidate in the Neag School of Education, life-transformative education takes many forms. Manzer is a five...

Talk About Oak Harbor: County now has 32 barn quilts LInda Hartigan The Ottawa County Barn Quilt Trail has 32 barn quilts. There is at least one in every township. Soon there will be a brochure that includes a photo of each, the name of the design and location of the barn. It also includes a map showing each barn quilt location. This will enable folks to tour the trail in the most efficient manner. The Barn Quilt Committee paused its efforts to add more barn quilts to concentrate on making the�...

FAIRFIELD — Two Solano County teens received a Lynne Burns Memorial 4-H Scholarship for their leadership and achievements in the Solano County 4-H Youth Development Program. The scholarship, sponsored by the Solano County 4-H Leaders Council, memorializes Lynne Burns of Rio Vista, a nine-year Solano

Trail Blazers The Trail Blazers 4-H Club of Washington County, Ohio has started a Little Free Library at the Hickory Grove Laundry Mat in Vincent, Ohio. This is a library that you can take a book or put a book in to share with others. This is a nonprofit organization for anyone in the community and a community service project for the 4-H Club. The Little Library was donated to the Washington County 4-H Program by the Marietta Community Foundation. — Reported by Emily Hoffman and Cory Hoffman....