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Spring Co-op Classes
It is time to choose classes for the Spring 4-H coop. We need to know what your 4-H member will be taking for coop classes. Choose one from each of the class periods listed below. We need you to reply by February 19, 2010
1st Period Classes (Please have your 4-H member pick one)
Electricity- or Jewelry/Crochet-
Teachers- [...]
Co-op is Postponed for Friday Oct 23rd
There are a couple of families that are suffering from the flu this week so in order to avoid spreading the bugs further we will be postponing this week’s co-op class and extend the co-op to Friday, November 13. Thank you all for understanding and we look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 30.
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Beginning Clown Workshop
If your child has a hankering to learn more about clowning and possibly do it as a project this year, this sounds like a great resource to utilize with the project curriculum supplements linked here. You can order the Clown curriculum by clicking here and click the link to the 4-H (Missouri 4-H Members Only) [...]
Help Jackson County 4-H Program Recieve $400
Receive $400 for your County 4-H Program
Thanks to generous support from John Deere, a $400 award will be presented to one county from each state (and one U.S. territory) with the highest number of individual Biofuel Blast results survey submissions between October 1st and October 30th, 2009. The awards can be used toward the implementation [...]
Ice Cream Recipe
For those of you that want to re-create the ice cream treat we had at the last meeting, here is the recipe! Feel free to modify it and come up with your own gourmet specialty! If you do, please be sure to comment below with your new recipe so we all can try it. If [...]
Orientation Meeting
We had a gangbuster turnout to our Orientation Meeting on Friday, September 11! Kudos to our speaker, Cammy Marble, for bringing her presentation from the VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary on Citizenship. I know the youth were pleased to have the goodie bag she shared with everyone too. Here are the photos that were taken during the [...]
Orientation Meeting Friday 9-11-09
Just a quick reminder that our Orientation meeting is tomorrow!!! If you didn’t get to make it to our open house, not to worry, you still have time to join 4-H this year and be involved with our co-op.
We are meeting at the East Independence Church of Christ on 291 Hwy, just north of 23rd [...]
Jackson County 4-H Code of Conduct
Character Development is the cornerstone of the 4-H program, and therefore the Jackson County 4-H Council and Equine Council expects all people involved with the 4-H program to exemplify the six pillars of character, Trustworthiness, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring, and Citizenship. To make sure that you are aware of these [...]
Homeschool Expo
We have been invited to have a table at the Homeschool_Expo to be held at the Midwest Genealogy Center, 3440 S Lee’s Summit Road in Independence on Wednesday, November 11th from 9 am to 12 noon. There are going to be several neat things going on that day geared towards the homeschool community. Put this [...]
County Wide Shooting Sports October Meeting
The Shooting Sports club will be having its next meeting on Tuesday, October 13 at the Blue Springs 4-H Office at 7:00 pm. Anyone interested in participating in any of the shooting sports projects (numbered from 740 to 749) SHOULD attend this meeting. Fall safety meetings will be held at the Blue Springs office on [...]