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.
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/
Check us out on Instagram #westpott_4h
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Find us in the App Store at WestPott4H
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Find us in Google Play at 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 Thursday, September 19th (Fair Wrap up meeting) - 6:30 p.m. - Extension Office. Dinner will be served, please R.S.V.P. by September 10th.
County Council:
The next County Council meeting will be Thursday, September 19th - 6:30 p.m. Dinner will be served, please R.S.V.P. by September 10th.
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.
- Youth Committee/County Council Guidelines & Policies (must be signed and returned to office).
- 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 2019-2020 does not begin until after September 1, 2019.
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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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, almost 900 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities.
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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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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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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
