Michigan 4-H Youth Development: Michigan 4-H Today

Volume 14, Number 1, Fall 2003

Just what’s up with 4-H age?
Ensuring 4-H Programs Are Age-Friendly

In 1991, Michigan 4-H Youth Development offered volunteers and staff members working with 4-H members aged 5 to 8 a set of guidelines to help 4-H create and lead learning experiences that were appropriate for younger kids’ bodies, minds and hearts. Read this story.

Michigan 4-H Today In Focus

January 2004
Helping Kids See the World As Their Community

April 2004
The Making of A Bully-Free School Environment

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As of September 1, 2004, 4-H age will be determined by the age of a child on January 1 of the 4-H program year which begins September 1 and ends August 31. For more information on the 4-H Participant Age Policy, visit 4-H online at http://www.msue.msu.edu/
cyf/youth/downloads/
4-H-Age-Policy.pdf.

In this issue:

About Michigan 4-H Today
Michigan 4-H Today is a newsletter providing youth development news and event information for the Michigan 4-H community. Issues include a tabloid-size publication (Michigan 4-H Today) published every fall and four topical newsletter supplements (Michigan 4-H Today In Focus) that are distributed as inserts in county newsletters throughout the year.

Michigan 4-H Today & Michigan 4-H Today In Focus Archive

Fall 2002 – Summer 2003

Contact Information

For more information on how to get involved as a youth or volunteer, contact your county MSU Extension office or:

Rebecca McKee
Editor
Michigan 4-H Youth Development
310 Agriculture Hall
Michigan State University
E. Lansing, MI 48824-1039
USA

Phone: 517-432-7629
E-mail: mckeer@msu.edu