4-H Clubs Now Forming

BETHEL — All youth, no matter their interest, can find a place in 4-H. Boys and girls ages 7–19 are invited to join the 4-H Groups that are now forming.

Participating in 4-H allows youth to have fun while learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills.

4-H Offers much more than agriculture. 4-H opportunities include individual projects in nearly any interest area, including science and technology, plants and animals, family and consumer sciences, leadership education, healthy lifestyles, personal development, communication, expressive arts, environmental education, earth science, citizenship education, and workforce preparation.

In addition, club members can attend field trips, county, state, and national level activities, summer camps, citizenship activities, teen conferences, and more. 4-H clubs and their members make a difference in the community by choosing and doing community service projects of their choice.

4-H clubs are run by their members with trained volunteers assisting and supporting the group. Clubs typically have meetings once or twice a month, at a regularly scheduled time. Meetings usually last no more than two hours.

Edith Valiquette, the UConn CES educator at the Fairfield County Cooperative Extension System office in Stony Hill, has additional information about local clubs and activities. Contact her at edith.caliquette@uconn.edu or 207-3264.