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                          County Fair July 17-22, 2019
ANNOUNCEMENTS:

  • AmeriCorp Application 2019
  • Goal sheet for Static Projects
  • April/May 2019 4-H Newsletter
     

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    April 18, 2019
    Camp Wild Registration is Now OPEN for Youth in Grades 5-7

    Join us for a residential summer camp at Camp Clover Woods on June 8-10, 2019.

    April 8, 2019
    Southwest Ag (SWAG) Conference Introduces 250+ Youth to Careers in Agriculture

    On Wednesday, April 3rd, more than 250 youth from schools in Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Montgomery, Ringgold, Taylor, and Union Counties visited Southwestern (Iowa) Community College’s campus in Creston for the first ever Southwestern Agriculture (SWAG) Conference, hosted by Region 18 4-H County Youth Coordinators and Youth Program Specialists.

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    December 4, 2018
    Grades 9-12: Sign up for Citizenship Washington Focus 2019 today!

    Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF) is a 4-H leadership and civic engagement program for high school youth (completed grades 9-12 at the time of the trip). Each summer teens gather at the National 4-H Conference Center to learn what it means to be a strong leader in their community, country, and world.

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