What is 4-H?
It is Head. Heart. Hands. Health.

Head: Thinking
4-H will get you thinking. You'll learn how to think as a team member and how to work with others to accomplish your goals. 4-H is Learning and Achieving!

Heart: Feeling
It can be tough growing up today. To sort out your thoughts, ideas, and feelings, you can talk with 4-H members and leaders about things that are important to you. You'll probably find that other people in 4-H feel the same way you do! 4-H is Sharing and Caring!

Hands: Doing
In 4-H, you'll do fun things and learn skills you can use for the rest of you life--on your job, at home, or with your friends. 4-Hers work to improve their communities, share their skills and ideas with others, and get hands-on experience for the future. You'll learn new skills and explore careers that interest you. 4-H is Serving Others!

Health: Living
4-H helps you learn to make healthy choices about exercise and eating. Being healthy means feeling good inside and outside, with school, friends, and family. 4-H is Making Healthy Choices!

4-H is a unique, informal educational program for all boys and girls in grades 4 - 12. Youth who live in town, country, or a farm can participate in 4-H regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability.

You can decide what you do in 4-H.
4-H gives YOU the chance to learn bout NEW things like taking pictures, using computers, cooking, backpacking, and camping, fashion, studying rocks or bugs, and caring for pets. You can find out about drama, model rockets, arranging flowers, putting together engines, growing vegetables, making speeches, becoming a leader, and a WHOLE LOT MORE!

4-H has something for everyone!
These are all part of 4-H:
• Fun
• Friendship
• Learning-by-doing
• Helping your community
• Travel

You can:
• Go to Club Meetings
• Go on Field Trips
• Go to 4-H Camp
• Make new friends
• Have Lots and Lots of Fun!

Join 4-H today and let the fun begin!

You may join 4-H when you are in 4th grade.

I participate in 4-H because:
I like making things with my hands
We can do lots of different things
I found friends in 4-H
County Fair is really fun
Going to camp was awesome

Over 5,000 adult volunteers in the United States are getting into 4-H!

Call the Marion County Extension Office for further information or contact one of the Marion County 4-H Clubs listed below.

Marion County Extension Office, 1445 Lake Drive; PO Box 409, Knoxville, IA 50138 - 641-842-2014
Office Hours: 8 am - 4:30 pm - Office Location: approximately 1 mile east of Knoxville on T15 (Main Street) in the brick building across from the "Knoxville Estates" sign.

County Crusaders, 842-4895
Dalcher Go-Getters, 947-2701
Friendly Guys & Gals 943-2270
Healthy Hustlers 947-5500
Hex-A-Poppin' 828-7570
Hop 'N Hurry 944-5302
Just Us 848-5755
Lake Prairie 628-3561
Merry Maids & Butlers 848-3760
Peppi Pals 842-2197
Thunder Creek Hawks (Pella area club) 842-2014
White Breat Beavers 842-5585