Boone County

Clubs

Boone County 4-H Documents

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State dues for Missouri 4-H are $20 with the additional $10 for Boone County. Until dues have been paid in full, the member’s enrollment status will remain in pending. For more information about enrolling in 4-H, feel free to contact a club you are interested in or you can contact Boone County Extension Office at 573-445-9792 or [email protected].

Adventurers

Regular meeting time: Second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Located: North Columbia

The business meeting always includes a recreation activity and full club involvement. Our club officers include, among many others, a Health Officer who gives out "Healthy Challenges" every month to keep us fit and active, a Social VP to keep us connected as a club, and a Service VP to make sure we are doing our part to make our community a better place.

Projects offered: We offer Archery, Robotics, Entrepreneurship, Cake Decorating, Cats, Horseless Horse, Golf, Photography, all the Shooting Sports, Sewing, Knitting, Wildlife Conservation, and other projects according to the members’ interest. We have a very active Clover Kids program with a monthly activity during the regular business meeting. Members compete in county and state events, including the STEM Expo, Share Your Wares, Public Speaking, and Fashion Revue.

Activities: Adventurers is a diverse community of passionate families who foster an atmosphere that is unconditionally inclusive. We are committed to community service, including volunteering with animal rescues, cleaning up litter, packaging at the Food Bank, and participating in a cookie exchange for the homeless shelter. We hold a couple of social events every year, including the Annual Ice Cream Social in June. We also hold a Bake and Craft Sale fundraiser in April.

Contact information: Adventurers at [email protected].

Centralia

Regular meeting time: Second Sunday of each month at 6 p.m.

Located: Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 120 W. Gane Chance Dr., Centralia, MO

Primary projects offered: Beef, swine, meat goat, sheep and rabbits. Various other projects dependent on project leader availability. Often have leaders for foods, photography, woods and sewing.

Major Club Activities: Highway cleanup, Christmas caroling, Valentine cards and game night.

Contact information: Kristin Walters, [email protected]

Englewood Hustlers

Regular meeting time: Second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Located: Englewood Clubhouse in Englewood, just past the Columbia Airport off Highway 63

Primary projects offered: Livestock, various other projects depending on leaders

Major club activities:  Adopt-A-Highway Trash Pickup, Fish Fry, Service Projects

Contact information: Kara Hinton, [email protected]

Fairview

Regular meeting time: Second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

Located: Russell Boulevard Elementary School gym and cafeteria in Columbia

Primary projects offered: Archery, foods, sewing, crafts, international foods, photography, leadership, and anything else we can find leaders for. We do not have many livestock projects and consider ourselves a “city” club.

Major club activities: Community clean up, community service projects, demonstrations, leadership

Contact information: Theresa Shettlesworth, [email protected]

Hallsville Go-Getters

Regular meeting time: First Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Located: Hallsville Fairgrounds, 500 Route 00, Hallsville, MO, in the LeMone Building

Clover Kid meeting times: Contact Donna Phillippe, 573-289-1754

Primary projects offered: Shooting sports, foods, sheep, swine, beef, cake decorating, geology, scrapbooking, arts and crafts, poultry

Major club activities: Hayride in October and highway clean up, burger and fry night in November, Christmas events in December, February make Valentine’s for elderly, April club social and highway clean up, July participate in the county fair and have a swimming party. We have demonstrations every month starting in January. Each of the projects takes their own field trips. We are doing new things all the time. These are just a few. The club requires each member pay a $20 fee in addition to the registration fee.

Contact information: Elaine George, [email protected]

Missouri’s Best

Regular meeting time: First Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

Located: Columbia Area Career Center, 4203 S. Providence, Columbia, MO

Primary projects offered: Beef cattle, breeding cattle, market swine, breeding swine, market goats, breeding goats, market sheep, breeding sheep. (We also work with other local clubs to fill members project needs.)

Contact Information: Shane Clark, [email protected]

Rock Bridge

Regular meeting time: Second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

Located: Rock Bridge Elementary School Cafeteria, 5151 S. Hwy 163, Columbia, MO 65203

Clover Kid meeting times: Second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.

Primary projects offered: Archery, arts and crafts, scrapbooking, exploring 4-H, foods, bread, entrepreneurship, photography, sewing, shooting sports, robotics, large and small animal, no horses.

Major club activities: Holiday dinner, Spring Egg Hunt Saturday before Easter weekend, Bake Sale on Mother’s Day weekend, food bank.

Contact information: Janet Snow, [email protected]

Shaw-Harg

Regular meeting time: Second Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Located: Two Mile Prairie Elementary School Gym, off Route Z northeast of Columbia

Primary projects offered: Archery, cake decorating, arts and crafts, cured hams, foods, livestock, photography, sewing and more

Major club activities: Christmas party, volunteer work, clean up Columbia, fair projects, demonstration day, Valentine’s Day Party, fair parade, County Fair, swim party

Contact information: Keri Hazelrigg, [email protected], or Thomas Phillips, [email protected]

Sturgeon Goalseekers

Regular meeting time: Second Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

Located: Sturgeon Youth Center

Primary projects offered: Livestock (horse, beef, goats), cake decorating, photography, arts, and crafts.

Major club activities: We help clean the environment twice a year in Oct/Apr with the Adopt a Highway project. We serve the community by helping at the food pantry. We have several club gatherings during the year, Fall- Oct, Christmas - Dec, Swim - July/Aug. we have a Backwards Tractor Pull Fundraiser in June. We participate in the Fair through livestock, youth arts, and parade. 

Contact information: Christine Vaughn, [email protected]

Triple T* Clover Kids

Regular meeting time: First Wednesday of each month at 3 p.m.

Located: Our Lady of Lourdes Interparish School

Contact information: Sarah Nolke, [email protected]

Woodlandville Knowledge Seekers

Regular meeting time: Second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.

Located: Woodlandville United Methodist Church

Primary projects offered: Livestock, shooting sports, arts and crafts, foods, ham curing, horsemanship, photography

Major club activities: Hayride in October to thank parents and volunteers for helping with the 4-H program, caroling in December, ice cream social in June and swim party in August. We are strong in our training toward excellence with our projects. We coach and mentor our members on judging, demonstrations and public speaking. The club requires each family pay a $20 buyout instead of holding a fundraiser.

Contact information: Sarah Nolke, [email protected]