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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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4-H alumni give back as volunteers
Once a 4-Her, always a 4-Her. According to the Illinois 4-H Alumni Association, 25...
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...
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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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...
Photo of Cathryn Frisby
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...
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...
Register as a 4-H alum during National 4-H Week
What do Chancellor Robert J. Jones, Coach John Groce, Philanthropist Lila Jeanne Eichelberger, Professor Bruce Fouke, Voice of the Illini Brian...

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...
Illinois 4-H Hall of Fame volunteers honored for selfless dedication
CHAMPAIGN, Ill – Illinois 4-H volunteers empower and prepare youth for success as the program relies on its more than 6,000 volunteers to fill key leadership and mentoring roles. Longtime volunteers and former staff members were recently honored by the Illinois 4-H Foundation for their selfless...

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