National 4-H Week: October 3-9, 2010

4-Hers across America will be celebrating 4-H during National 4-H Week October 3-9.

4-H youth across the nation are leading efforts to solve problems in their communities and make a difference for their futures. 4-H is one of the largest youth development organizations in Minnesota and the largest in the nation with six million young people. Currently Dakota County 4-H has 1,435 youth members, about 14% of the youth population, and 426 adult volunteers. It is the largest county 4-H program in Minnesota.

4-H, as part of the University of Minnesota Extension, is a program where youth learn through opportunities that provide them hands-on experiences in 4-H’s mission mandates of science, engineering and technology; healthy living; and citizenship. The program promotes life skills using your head, heart, hands and health.

4-H has connected youth and their communities with the innovative research and resources from our nation’s 106 land-grant universities and colleges for more than 100 years.

To find out more information about 4-H, or to locate a 4-H club in your area, visit the Dakota County 4-H website at www.umn.extension/county/dakota and click on 4-H in Dakota County, or contact Dakota County 4-H at the Dakota County Extension Office at 651-480-7755. Anja Johnson, Dakota County 4-H Program Coordinator