Iowa 4-H Alumni & Friends

7/25/2013 On this beautiful, cool summer day, Kris Fish Kuhlmann, Executive Director at the Iowa 4-H Foundation, began her journey of another county fair tour for the third week this summer. As the county fair season begins to wind down, she has been to county fair when they are first kicking off, when they are in the peak of their activity, and when they are in the last few hours of closing down. Despite this being the last day of the Jasper County Fair, that didn't diminish their enthusiasm for offering 4-H opportunities. The flood of 2010 took the Jasper County Fair by big surprise and forced a major remodel of the 4-H Building, keeping them from use in 2011. They are back stronger than ever with an awesome, nearly flood-proof, facility with an all new kitchen that can be rented out for other events.  They also hold an auction for fundraising items (mostly awesome wood carvings, which they hire a carver to do each year).  They use this money for their endowment which fun...

I received an email late last week about a trip Region 15 (Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, and Washington Counties) just returned from. Tricia Stouder from ISU Extension and Outreach in Region 15 sent an e-mail to share with us about the recent trip that their group made out to the Iowa 4-H Center. 66 kids, 2 adults, and one staff member were able to make a trip to the Iowa 4-H Center for camp during the month of June. The kids stayed busy with many activities including crafts and learning campfire songs. We can tell by the pictures that this group stayed very busy during their visit. Region 15 campers were able to make the trip to camp thanks to a transportation grant that they received from the Iowa 4-H Foundation. The Iowa 4-H Foundation is happy to provide funding opportunities, such as this, for Iowa 4-H’ers. We would like to thank Tricia for sending us pictures of their trip for us to share. We are very happy to see that they enjoyed their stay at the Iowa 4-H Center! ...