• Wayne County 4-H gardening program helps build youth entrepreneurship skills

    Published on October 13, 2009
    Working under the leadership of key 4-H club leaders Leslie Huffman and Cornelius Williams, the Vandalia Gardens 4-H Club of Wayne County has been instrumental in teaching 4-H youth the business of farming and generating revenue with their harvest.

  • New UP program has youth "eating like horses"

    Published on October 13, 2009
    What do you get when you combine a Proud Equestrians Program (PEP), information about healthy eating and some creative educators from Allegan County MSU Extension? The new "Your Horse & You…Healthy Together!" program.

  • Club founder and founding member pursue their dreams

    Published on October 13, 2009
    Lisa Hodge Kander and Leah Walsh spent more than a decade together in the 1990s, creating some of Michigan's most ambitious youth theatre productions through the Class Act Drama 4-H Club of Oakland County.

  • Michigan welcomes volunteers from 12 states

    Published on October 13, 2009
    Imagine a place where 4-H volunteers from different states can come together to gain new ideas, share knowledge, learn about personal development and new program development - and to celebrate.

  • Great Lake State photos

    Published on October 13, 2009
    Youth aged 9 to 19 from 40 Michigan counties submitted entries in the 2009 Michigan Week Youth Photo Contest. Twelve winning photos were selected to represent our state and to be part of a touring exhibit for 12 months.

  • Baraga County 4-H and Red Cross partner to train babysitters

    Published on October 13, 2009
    In 2003, Baraga County 4-H became aware of the need for youth ages 11 to 15 to have a certified babysitting class. Since then, 4-H and Red Cross have been working together to train babysitters.

  • Nominate a 4-H alumnus!

    Published on October 13, 2009
    The Michigan 4-H Emerald Clover Society honors former Michigan 4-H members whose professional leadership and community service reflect the ultimate outcome of 4-H membership.

  • Yes I Can 4-H Club members present butterfly garden

    Published on October 13, 2009
    Members of the Yes I Can 4-H Club, key 4-H club leader/teacher Margaret "Peggy" Colrin and other students and staff at the Day School for Deaf touched a crowd of nearly 200 as the youth performed during their school's butterfly garden dedication.

  • Creating cross-cultural understanding through art

    Published on October 13, 2009
    As part of the 2009 4-H Children's Art Exchange with China, thousands of Michigan kindergarten through sixth-grade students from 22 counties painted and drew "visual letters" for Chinese children their own ages.

  • Teaching is something everyone should try

    Published on October 13, 2009
    This story from Jr. Master Gardener volunteer Babette Stenuis-Stolz shows how science learning can be incorporated into nearly any topic - and you thought gardening was just about having a green thumb!