4-H is a U.S. government run club that teaches kids about agriculture and farming. It's always been based in science and that continues to expand to other areas like computers and chemistry.

I hate to say it out loud - 4-H has somehow kept it's DEI programs so far. Years ago, it provided me a chance to meet people of varying cultures and expand my understanding.

Today is a national fundraising day - consider giving a dollar or two while we still can.

https://ignite.stratuslive.com/4-h/get-involved/donate/give-now

At the 4-H Spring Rabbit Show proctoring the breed ID Contest. Love the . Come down and see the cuteness.
#4H #LNK

Granddaughter brought her 4-H sewing projects for me to see. Her first attempt at quilting was a hot pad/pot holder. She did better than I could. Nice sharp corners, seams lined up neatly.

She and the others will be submitting pieces to the state fair this summer. So exciting!

How far do you think you have to spit a watermelon seed to get 5th place at the Indiana State Fair?

Full Disclosure: Top 4 spots were 4-H kids that basically lived there.

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I remembered somebody who tried to help me growing up: Cheryl, the 4H lady.
She took an interest in me. She supported me, and did what she could to get me involved and out of the house.

Each year, she would give my sister & I seeds and starts to plant a garden, and in exchange, we’d get scholarships to 4H Summer Camp. That one week a year, away at camp, was my one chance to try on a version of being my “real” self. You could truly say I “camped it up”.

I lived for it.

Anyway, I want to say THANK YOU to Cheryl the #4H Lady. She was an adult who cared about me.

A on #AnimalRights

1 I wholeheartedly reject the #4H notion of Reproducing Dominion — “the most important lesson conveyed in 4-H livestock programs” — which teaches children that certain animals are made for humans use.

https://modernfarmer.com/2023/06/4-h-goat-controversy/

ElizabethR
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