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The Missouri 4-H Foundation is the private resource partner of the University of Missouri Extension 4-H Center for Youth Development. Our mission is to maximize 4-H youth development through resource acquisition and management.

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Urban West 4-H Embryology Program

Event date: March 27, 2023 - April 28, 2023

Kansas City,

The Urban West (Jackson, Platte, and Clay County) 4-H Embryology Program gives students the opportunity to learn the life cycle of chicks by hatching them in the classroom. Students will care for pre-incubated chickens by monitoring an incubator, ...

SMQA Training

Event date: March 29, 2023

Event time: | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Higginsville, MO

"SMQA Conditional Certified" for youth age 8 to 13 by January 1 of the program year certification is conditional. To obtain the conditional certification status, a member, age 8 to 13 by January 1, has participated in two consecutive years of ...

4-H Day with the Cardinals 2023

Event date: May 20, 2023

Event time: | 6:15 pm - 9:00 pm

St. Louis, MO

4-H members, alumni, families and their friends are invited to join us for the 20th annual 4-H Day with the St. Louis Cardinals, Saturday, May 20. The Cardinals will be playing the Los Angeles Dodgers at a 6:15 p.m. game at Busch Stadium. Prior ...

Lafayette County 4-H/FFA Fair

Event date: June 17, 2023 - July 17, 2023

Higginsville, MO

Lafayette County 4-H/FFA Fair activities start June 17 with Achievement Day. Exhibit Day and Livestock Show will be July 8-17.Registration form for Achievement Day are found in 4-H online and are due May 25. Livestock/Ham Show, Horse Show and Clover ...

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Clover Clays Charity Shoot benefits Missouri 4-H

Published: Tuesday, March 21, 2023

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Individuals and teams gathered March 11 in support of the Missouri 4-H Foundation and the Missouri 4-H shooting sports program, raising more than $20,000 at the first annual Missouri 4-H Clover Clays Charity Shoot at Prairie Grove ...

Missouri 4-H youths participate in Aerial Ag Challenge

Published: Monday, Feb. 20, 2023

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Twenty-two Missouri 4-H teen leaders will teach others how to use their critical thinking skills to help solve a real-world agriculture challenge through the 2023 4-H Ag Innovators Experience Aerial Ag Challenge.The teen leaders ...

4-H alum shares exchange trip experiences

Published: Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023

Missouri 4-H alum Heather Vaughn sent this account of her 2019 4-H exchange trip to Costa Rica.My 4-H exchange trip to Costa Rica was the single most impactful experience of my 10 years in 4-H. I had been taking Spanish classes for several years and ...

New trustees elected to Missouri 4-H Foundation

Published: Friday, Nov. 4, 2022

COLUMBIA, Mo. – The Missouri 4-H Foundation has announced the election of four new trustees to its board of directors: David Baker, Wendy Hall, Wendy Loges and Christine Tew.All four trustees are 4-H alumni who deeply value the important role 4-H ...

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Save Your Brain Leader’s Guide

Publication date: Oct. 21, 2021

Please note that this is a digital download. After ordering, you will be taken to a page with the download link. You will not receive a print copy. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes ...

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2019 4-H Sportfishing State Event Results (PDF)

Results of the 2019 4-H Sportfishing state event.

2019-2020 Vernon County 4-H Club Leaders (PDF)

2022 4-H Sportfishing State Event Results (PDF)

Results of the 2022 4-H Sportfishing state event.

4-H Club info and charter review (LG920) (PDF)

LG920 - fillable PDF for requesting to start a 4-H chapter in your area.

4-H Volunteer Professional Development Grant Application (DOCX)

Now known as the 4-H Volunteer Professional Development Endowment Fund, the Country Store Endowment Fund was established under direction of former 4-H youth development specialist Mary Jo Williams with the intent that funds would be utilized to ...

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