Happy National 4-H Week! October is the start of the 4-H year so nationally we celebrate our program the first whole week in October. Clubs have special activities planned and we encourage all youth to wear their 4-H shirts to school and share their favorite parts of 4-H with their friends.
You can tag your 4-H pictures on social media with the hashtag #4HGrowsHere.
It has been fun to search that hashtag and see what 4-H youth across the country and around the globe are doing.
Last week I talked about visiting a 4-H club. I hope you have a meeting on your calendar for October. Once you find a club you like you enroll in Kansas 4-H by using the 4-H online enrollment website. http://ks.4honline.com/
On 4-H online you create a family profile and add your 4-H’ers and select the projects they would like to learn about in the 2015/2016 4-H year. This week’s goal for Daryl and I is to sit down and select projects together. I know what I want him to study but I’m sure he has other ideas. If I want him to be excited about 4-H it is best to let him pick his projects himself. BUT, we are not getting a snake, he has already talked about it and Mom and Dad do get VETO power. (PS- I know there are many lovely pet snakes in the world, I just don’t like them) 🙂
If you are getting stumped on the 4-H online site please e-mail or call our Shawnee County 4-H office professional Kim Seeley. kjseeley@ksu.edu
Kim has also posted this helpful video with step by step instructions on our website. Thanks Kim!
So for now, after you visit a club make a family profile on 4-H online. Next time, we will talk about 4-H projects and I will let you know how letting Daryl pick his own projects went.
