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Read article: Illinois 4-H Alumni Recognition Program honors Mason County volunteer Barb Knake
Illinois 4-H Alumni Recognition Program honors Mason County volunteer Barb Knake
Honored with the Illinois 4-H Alumni Award, Mason County...
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Read article: Illinois 4-H wants alums to know: you can always come home to 4-H
Illinois 4-H wants alums to know: you can always come home to 4-H
Each year, 4-H members across the nation celebrate National 4-H Week, joining 6 million other 4-H members of the country’s premiere youth development...
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Read article: 4-H alumni give back as volunteers
4-H alumni give back as volunteers
Once a 4-Her, always a 4-Her. According to the Illinois 4-H Alumni Association, 25...
Read article: When the why is as special as the what
When the why is as special as the what
They do it because someone did it for them. They do it because their parents modeled the behavior and created a mindset in them that helping others...
Read article: Let's keep smiling
Let's keep smiling
I've smiled every morning for the past six days. I smile because every morning, I check the Farmfluencer website and see that Montgomery County 4-H...
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Read article: 4-H friendships live on
4-H friendships live on
A group of alumni enjoy 4-H so much, they’re still meeting, 90 years after the oldest began her 4-H journey. At 98 years young, Cathryn Frisby and...
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Read article: 4-H friendships live on
4-H friendships live on
A group of alumni enjoy 4-H so much, they’re still meeting, 90 years after the oldest began her 4-H journey. At 98 years young, Cathryn Frisby and...
Read article: 4-H friends are life-long friends; tell us how you met your best friend through 4-H
4-H friends are life-long friends; tell us how you met your best friend through 4-H
"I hear that train a-comin," and it's being led by a group of former 4-H members who found each other on the University of Illinois campus years...

News Releases

Tri-County volunteers inducted into Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Outstanding 4-H volunteers Jim McGuire of DuPage County, Doris Braddock of Kane County, and Mary Schobert of Kendall County were celebrated as part of the 2022 class of the Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame at an in-person ceremony during the...