4-H Coloring Book Contest

Create a hand-drawn illustration based on one of the illustration themes of the 4-H Essential Elements. Scan/photograph your child’s artwork and use the official entry form below to submit your entry before September 1, 2020. Winners from each of the four themes will be selected via a vote on Facebook and will receive fun 4-H […]

4-H Visual Arts Festival Youth Committee

Qualifications: Applicants should be Youth in 6th – 13th grade enrolled in 4-H from Fond du Lac, Ozaukee, or Washington County. Ability to work individually and as a team member researching, creating, revising, teaching, and organizing. Commit to meet with the committee August – April. Find the tri-county 4-H Visual Arts Festival (Fond du Lac, […]

Chatting with Chattanooga

Two Fond du Lac County 4-H youth took part in a virtual exchange with youth from Chattanooga, TN. The exchange consisted of three youth-led Zoom meetings. Ten youth from Wisconsin and ten youth from Tennessee participated. At the first meeting, the youth, as a group, decided what they wanted the focus of the exchange to […]

Online Fun, Learning, Skill-Building …Oh My!!!!

The Institute of Positive Youth Development is offering a “Summer Virtual Learning Community” for youth and families throughout Wisconsin! This means that youth and adults, in kindergarten and older, can choose from one or more virtual activities being offered from July 1-August 31. These high-quality virtual opportunities include everything from live cooking experiences, self-paced lessons, […]

Virtual Fashion Revue

4-H Youth from Dodge, Fond du Lac, Manitowoc, and Winnebago Counties participated in the annual Fashion Revue Monday, June 15.  The event was hosted virtually via Zoom due to Covid-19. The youth were able to showcase their sewing skills by modeling during their narratives as they would have done in person.  The judge utilized the […]

COVID-19 4-H Resources: 4-H Fridays

Physical distancing continues to prevent the spread of COVID-19, requiring the Fond du Lac County 4-H program to cancel or postpone all in-person programs through the end of June. To keep the 4-H youth and volunteers active, Tracy has communicated through weekly emails and social media for community service and educational opportunities.  Many clubs participated […]

National Volunteer Week

April 19-25 is national volunteer week, a time to salute our volunteers and say thank you. Fond du Lac 4-H volunteers teach, serve as role models, plan and organize, advise, help raise funds, and are mentors so young people may have the best experiences possible.  Adult volunteers are essential to the 4-H program. They put […]

4-H Family Times April Newsletter

Highlights for the April 4-H Family Times Newsletter include: Spring Leader Meeting via Zoom, Summer Camp, Virtual Creative Arts Fest, April 4-H Challenge, Fairest of the Fair Competition, Fashion Revue, Archery, and Animal Updates.  

Virtual Creative Arts Festival

Creative Arts Festival is an opportunity for local youth to share their talents with the community. Categories include music, drama, dance, public speaking, demonstrations, arts and crafts, photography, writing, drawing and more! The event will take place on Saturday, March 28th but will have a slight twist this year.  The event usually takes place in […]

Office Operations March 2020

As a Division of UW-Madison, Extension is following the lead of UW-Madison leadership in responding to the COVID-19 virus outbreak, in conjunction with public health and county officials. The latest guidance from UW-Madison and local government is to limit on-site work in addition to postponing events. This guidance is in reaction to a worldwide event […]

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