4-H kicks off new year with open house – St. Augustine Record

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To kick off a new year, the St. Johns County 4-H Youth Development Program will host an enrollment Open House from 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at the St. Johns County Extension Office, 3125 Agricultural Center Drive.

At the open house, families will have an opportunity to learn more about 4-H and all it has to offer.

4-H is a youth development program for young people ages 5 to 18. The program, which focuses on the development of life skills, citizenship and leadership, has been around for more than 100 years and provides opportunities for youth to use their head, heart, hands and health to positively develop into competent, caring and contributing citizens.

St. Johns County has more than 20 different 4-H clubs, and more than 30 county schools participate in 4-H in-the-classroom projects such as public speaking and chicken embryology.

Some of the 4-H clubs and projects that are accepting new members include the Aerospace Club, Dog Club, Cooking Club, Farm Life Club, Dreamcatcher Stables Club, Horseination Club, Plant Science Project, Outdoor Buckaroos Club, Happy Hoppers Club, Odyssey of the Minds Project, Crazy Comets Science Club, Hairy Caterpillars Club, Palencia Culinary and Garden Clubs, Clever Clovers Club, Cloverbud Club, Insect Project, Forest Ecology Project and the Toxophily (archery) Club.

Members age 8 to 18 are required to pay a $20 membership fee. Some clubs charge additional fees for project supplies.

St. Johns County 4-H is also looking for caring adult leaders.

As one of our nations oldest, yet most current organizations, 4-H is reaching millions of young people with positive youth development opportunities.

4-H and all programs and related activities sponsored for, or assisted by, the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences are open to all persons with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations.

For club and enrollment information, call 209-0430 or go to stjohns.ifas.ufl.edu/4-H.shtml.

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4-H kicks off new year with open house - St. Augustine Record