Mini 4-H Welcome Event In Elkhart
By KATIE LEATHERMAN
Elkhart County Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development and Health and Human Sciences Purdue Extension
ELKHART COUNTY — The mini 4-H welcome event will be held from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, in the Elkhart County Community Center Building at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen.
All Elkhart County kindergarteners, first and second graders and their parents are invited to attend. At the 4-H welcome event, current and potential mini 4-H members will learn about the 4-H program, see examples of projects, meet the mini 4-H leaders, and receive their project manual.
Mini 4-H members can select from 15 different projects: arts and crafts; bicycle; bugs; collections; cookie decorating; dinosaurs; farm animals; flowers and garden; foods; forestry; models; pets; sewing; tractor; and wildlife. Each Mini 4-H project manual includes age appropriate activities that members complete in order to learn more about their topic. There is no competition in Mini 4-H. All members who complete a project and exhibit it at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair receive a blue ribbon, certificate and 4-H pin.
Youth are required to complete a Mini 4-H enrollment each year of membership. To enroll, visit 4-H online or contact the Purdue Extension Elkhart County office at (574) 533-0554. There is no fee to join Mini 4-H. Applicants must enroll by Jan. 15 to participate.