San Francisco Bay Area Youth Celebrate National 4-H Week October 4-10

September 22, 7:29 PMSF Gardening ExaminerChris McLaughlin

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October 4-10 is National 4-H Week, and Alameda County would like to invite you to come see what America's # 1 youth group is all about. The fundamental 4-H ideal of practical, “learn by doing” experiences encourage youth to experiment, innovate and think independently.

4-H programs are offered through school-based, after-school and camp settings and within community clubs. 4-H youth across the nation are leading efforts to solve problems in their communities and make a difference for their futures. Along with strong focus on leadership skills and community awareness, individ ual 4H clubs offer projects for the kids to participate in and at the end of the 4H season, they participate in their county fair.

4H Projects may include: 

• Beginning 4H                                             
• Cooking
• Cake Decorating                                    
• Community Service
• Dog Care                                                
• Gardening/Plant Science
• Dairy Goat                                               
•  Dirt Biking
• Shooting                                              
• Sheep
• Swine                                                   
• Vet Science
• Woodworking                                       
• Sewing
• Scrapbooking                                       
• Photograpghy
• Rabbit                                                     
• Poulttry
• Horse

This is no way an exhaustive list of the projects offered in the 4H program. Projects are only limited by the leaders within each club.

 4-H is a community of six million young people across America learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. National 4-H Council is the private sector, non-profit partner of National 4-H Headquarters (USDA). The 4-H programs are implemented by the 106 Land Grant Universities and the Cooperative Extension System through their 3,100 local Extension offices across the country. Learn more about the 4 H adventure at the California Cooperative Extension Office.

If you'd like to get more information about the 4H Club, please contact your county's cooperative extension office. If you're in the Pleasanton/Danville/San Ramon area and would like to visit a Tassajara Valley 4H community meeting, please call Laura Vaughn at (925) 683-3114.