Iowa 4-H Alumni & Friends

The Iowa 4-H Foundation will be raising money to promote 4-H growth in the counties at the Iowa State Fair. We need your help! Here is how the game works: The Iowa 4-H Foundation will host a county endowment coin wars competition from August 8 th – 12 th from 10 AM- 5 PM at the 2013 Iowa State Fair. This competition will be located at the Iowa 4-H Foundation booth in the Iowa 4-H Exhibits Building. There will be 5 jars, each representing 5 county areas in Iowa. Here are the counties represented in each area:   Central Northeast Northwest Southeast Southwest Boone Allamakee Buena Vista Appanoose* Adair Dallas Black Hawk Calhoun Benton Adams Hamilton* Bremer Clay Cedar Audubon* Hardin Buchanan* Cherokee Clinton Carroll Humboldt Butler* Dickinson Davis* Cass Jasper Cerro Gordo Emmet Des M...

The Iowa 4-H Foundation is happy to announce a new year long partnership. Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Associations has announced a new sponsorship program,  A Good Way To Grow,  that will benefit both the Iowa and Wisconsin 4-H and FFA Foundations. This year long sponsorship will be implemented from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014.   A Good Way To Grow  program is committed to donating 10 cents for every animal marketed for one year. The program will make the contribution to youth development to help increase resources and invest in positive involvement for youth through the 4-H Foundation and FFA Foundation of both Wisconsin and Iowa. "We chose 4-H and FFA members as the recipients of this program so we could provide our youth with more opportunities and give back to many rural communities," says Chuck Adami, Equity's President and CEO. Equity Cooperative Livestock Sales Association is a federated cooperative with its corporate offic...

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! ...