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.
West Pottawattamie County 4H & Youth
Local Highlights
Interested in how to join 4-H? Check out the items below!
4-H Project Information and Resources - Click Here!
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Recruitment Brochure (with club leader contacts)
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Clubs in West Pottawattamie (with meeting locations and times)
- Paper Enrollment Form (for new families)
Check us out on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/WestPott4H/
West Pottawattamie 4-H members can also access the newsletter on their 4-H Online account at www.4honline.com.
4-H Youth Committee:
The next 4-H Youth Committee meeting will be Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
County Council:
The next County Council meeting will be Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 6:30 p.m.
Enrollment Information and Forms:
- Youth Committee/County Council Enrollment Form (Due October 1). All incoming and existing Youth Committte and County Council members must submit an enrollment form to be on the committee. Youth must currently be in 9th-12th grade to be on the committee.
- 4-H Project Hot Sheets
- Financial Assistance Application (for 4-H enrollment fee)
- Record Keeping Forms
All 4-H enrollments will now be submitted online at www.4honline.com Contact the Extension Office at 712-366-7070 or email jenvin@iastate.edu if you have any more questions. New families without a 4-H Online account can find a paper copy of the enrollment form here. NOTE: ENROLLMENT FOR 2017-2018 DOES NOT BEGIN IN 4H ONLINE UNTIL AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2017!
The paper enrollment form is only for NEW families. All other families must enroll in their 4-H Online account at www.4honline.com.
Medical Release Forms:
Colleges and Universities:
- Iowa State University introductory college courses--Jump Start Your Career
- Iowa Western Community College
- University of Iowa
- Drake University
- University of Northern Iowa
- Des Moines Area Community College
- Southwest Iowa Regents Resource Center, Council Bluffs: Your link to distance learning education
Websites:
- E-SET, your link if you interested in science
- NATIONAL 4-H ONLINE WEB SITE
- 'FINANCIAL EDUCATION FOR KIDS OF ALL AGES'
Statewide Resources
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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!
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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.
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Your adventure in 4-H starts here. Choose from nearly 50 project areas and discover your skills, talents and interests.
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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.
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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.
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Youth and teens can discover opportunities to be recognized for personal growth, project learning, leadership and citizenship.
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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!
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Takes service to the next level. It builds civic skills, improves social behavior, increases youth engagement, strengthens communities and improves academic achievement.
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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.
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Provides financial resources to develop and deliver quality 4-H youth programs and opportunities throughout the state of Iowa.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A partner and leader in providing positive youth development through out-of-school programming. Outreach priorities include curriculum development, staff training, and partnership development.
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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.
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When you just don't know who to talk to, Teenline can help.
- 1-800-443-8336
- 1-800-735-2942
