MEDIA RELEASE
For release 10/4/2021
4-H Invites Youth to Join 4-H Clubs
4-H members in Logan, Menard & Sangamon counties will join the 6 million youth across the country in celebrating National 4-H Week Oct. 3-9. 4-H youth development programs provide hands-on learning activities for youth in Illinois and throughout the country. 4-H youth programs focus on leadership, citizenship and life skills.
Every county in Illinois has a 4-H program which is operated through University of Illinois Extension. 4-H club membership is open to youth ages 8 to 18. Youth 5 to 7 years of age may join the 4-H Cloverbud program.
Youth may join 4-H clubs, coordinated by local screened adult volunteers. Each club decides how often it meets, the location of its meetings and the activities held during the meeting. Members may select from dozens of project areas to study while they build leadership, teamwork, cooperation, decision-making and communication skills. Clubs are currently accepting new members.
Illinois 4-H members prepare for their future by studying careers related to their 4-H project. “They choose from more than 100 projects to study,” said Carissa Davis, University of Illinois Extension Youth Development Educator. The topics range from rocketry, robotics, computer science, and public speaking to photography, animal science, nutrition, and more.
“4-H also instills a generous spirit in youth,” states Lisa Diaz, University of Illinois Extension assistant dean and state 4-H director. 4-H members are encouraged to help others in their communities through the hundreds of service projects conducted by Illinois 4-H clubs.
4-H club membership is open to youth aged 8 – 18. Youth 5 to 7 years of age may join the 4-H Cloverbud program. Contact the Sangamon County 4-H office for more information at 217-782-4617.
Sangamon County 4-H Clubs youth can join:
- Capitol Clovers 4-H Club & Capitol Cloverbuds (Springfield), 3rd Sunday of the month, 3:00 PM
- Cooper Jets 4-H Club & Cooper Jets Cloverbuds (Rochester), 4th Sunday of the month, 6:30 PM
- Illiopolis 4-H Club (Illiopolis), 3rd Sunday of the month, 5:00 PM
- Island Grove 4-H Club & Island Grove Cloverbuds (New Berlin), 3rd Sunday of the month, 2:00 PM
- Pleasant Plains Clovers 4-H Club (Pleasant Plains), 3rd Sunday of the month, 2:00 PM
- Rock N Riders 4-H Club (Auburn), 2nd Tuesday of the month, 6:00 PM
- Sugar Creek Pioneers 4-H Club (Chatham/Glenarm), 2nd Sunday of the month, 2:00 PM
- Talkington 4-H Club (Waverly), 2nd Sunday of the month, 5:30 PM
- Town & Country 4-H Club (Auburn/Divernon), 1st Saturday of the month, 1:00 PM
- Tri-City 4-H Club (Buffalo), 3rd Wednesday of the month, 7:00 PM
- West Side 4-H Club & West Side Cloverbuds (New Berlin), 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7:00PM
About 4-H: Illinois 4-H strives to help youth learn skills for living. University of Illinois Extension provides 4-H programs in every county in Illinois. Illinois 4-H aims to impact the lives of 200,000 youth each year through sustained learning clubs and groups and short-term programming.