Hancock County 4-H & Youth

Local Highlights

March 13, 2013

Hancock County Extension is seeking a 4-H food stand manager during the Hancock County District Fair, July 23-29.  4-H food stand has been revised for 2013 so the manager position will look differently than it has in the past.

photo of test tube experiment.
March 6, 2013

During spring break any Hancock County 1st-3rd graders have the opportunity to make silly putty, create a lava lamp, color milk, and eat glowing jello.  Sign up today for the 4-H Science Mini-Camp on March 27th from 9-11am at the Garner Education Center.  Cost is $5 (scholarships are available).

4-H Online logo
January 22, 2013

Log-in to your families' 4-H online account to manage all your 4-H preferences.  You can also identify all your livestock in 4-H Online.  Keep track of what projects you are signed up for in 4-H. 

Start remembering that password and log-in frequently to get familiar with 4-H Online because soon even more will be available via 4-H Online.  Register for an event, enter state fair livestock shows, and more.

Afterschool Kids' 4-H Club at MacNider Art Museum
January 7, 2013

Students can experience an afterschool 4-H club where they learn more about a project area they chose.  Club members enjoy hands-on activities, snacks, games, field trips and more while developing leadership and teamwork skills. 

Click here to get to registration and enrollment forms.  Registration due January 18 for Garner-Hayfield and January 24 for West Hancock.

August 23, 2012

Medical release forms for 4-H clubs, special workshops, or overnight trips.  Download here.


4-H Enrollment Form                                                                    Hancock County 4-H Newsletter
4-H Code of Ethics Form
                                                             4-H Online Log-In Link

Hancock County Fair Forms and Info 
                                      County Record and Award Forms

Iowa State Fair                                                                               4-H Pick A Project Paper (pdf)
Premium Book
Entry Info

Statewide Resources

  • Provides opportunities for youth to develop skills they can use now and throughout their life, empowering them to reach their full potential working and learning in partnership with caring adults.

  • Addresses youths’ basic needs through the eight essential elements: caring adults, safe environments, inclusive settings, and opportunities for mastery, service, self-determination, planning for the future and engaged learning.

  • Statewide updates posted each Thursday afternoon by the State 4-H Office. Check it out every week to keep up-to-date on events, grants, forms, fair info, and fun!

  • Provides financial resources to develop and deliver quality 4-H youth programs and opportunities throughout the state of Iowa.

  • Join a 4-H club where you can learn about your interests while having fun, improving your communication skills, and serving your community. These are resources to make your club experience even better.

  • An ideal year-round getaway for families, corporate retreats, team-building experiences, 4-H clubs and more, situated on 1,100 acres of wooded bluff and native prairie in the heart of Iowa's Des Moines River Valley near Madrid.

  • Your adventure in 4-H starts here. Choose from nearly 50 project areas and discover your skills, talents and interests.

  • Challenge your mind by exploring the world around you with hands-on science experiments and solve problems using engineering design principles and the latest technology.

  • Discover the world of animal science from breeding, nutrition and general care to food safety and management. Find statewide forms, trainings and activity sheets here.

  • Iowa 4-H Volunteers are motivated by positive purposes in helping youth become caring, competent, and contributing members of their family and communities. Discover the resources you need to be most effective.

  • Every June, 1000 teenagers converge on the Iowa State University campus for 3 days of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities. If you've completed 8th-12th grade, you're eligible to attend. Non-4-H members are welcome.

  • Provides opportunities for youth to demonstrate, learn and apply project and communication skills. Every year the 4-H Exhibits Building features well over 3,000 exhibits and Livestock shows engage more than ## youth.

  • Youth and teens can discover opportunities to be recognized for personal growth, project learning, leadership and citizenship. 

  • A partner and leader in providing positive youth development through out-of-school programming. Outreach priorities include curriculum development, staff training, and partnership development.

  • Clover Kids is a FUN 4-H program for children in kindergarten through third grade. Children participate in hands-on activities designed to build many life skills!

  • Takes service to the next level. It builds civic skills, improves social behavior, increases youth engagement, strengthens communities and improves academic achievement.

  • A unique partnership between AmeriCorps and Iowa's Promise. The vision is that all Iowa youth have safe and supportive families, schools and communities and that they are healthy, socially competent, successful in school and prepared for a productive adulthood.

  • When you just don't know who to talk to, Teenline can help.

    • 1-800-443-8336
    • 1-800-735-2942
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