Reading Time: < 1 minute 4-H members in Grades 7 to 12 are invited to enter their innovative science fair projects for the third annual 4-H Canada Science Fair — the only non-school science fair in the country. Entrants, who can register and get more detailed information at the 4-H Canada website until Jan. 16, have a chance to compete […] Read more
Budding 4-H scientists have a chance to shine
Forestburg 4-H club lets members clown around
Reading Time: 4 minutes Not many people can say they just clown around when volunteering, but 4-H leader Caroline Boddy does just that, thanks (in part) to her willingness to say yes. “I am notorious for just saying yes to absolutely everything,” Boddy said with a laugh. “That seems to work really, really well for me — it opens […] Read more
Alberta students receive 4-H scholarships
Reading Time: < 1 minute Six Alberta students have received 4-H scholarships for their post-secondary education. Andrea DeGroot, Kaylie Krys, and Katrina Taylor were among 15 4-H members from across the country to receive John Deere Canada 4-H scholarships, which are worth $1,000. DeGroot along with fellow Albertan Nicole Steed and six other young Canadians also received $1,000 CIBC 4-H […] Read more
Agriculture is my teacher — and I never fall asleep in class
Reading Time: 4 minutes Quinten Albrecht, 12, of Holden, was the junior winner in the Alberta Young Speakers for Agriculture competition at the Calgary Stampede. This year’s topic was: Working in agriculture is more than just farming. Harvesting crops, haying, calving out cows, and riding horses. These are just some of the things that fill up my event calendar […] Read more
Bashaw 4-H’er named Premier’s Award recipient
Reading Time: < 1 minute Alyssa Henderson from Bashaw is the 2017 4-H Alberta Premier’s Award recipient. Henderson is a member of the Central Lacombe 4-H Beef Club, and was chosen from among the province’s top 4-H members to receive this award during the 60th annual 4-H Selections program at Olds College. She will represent 4-H Alberta at various regional 4-H […] Read more
Alberta 4-H leader stands out in a very big crowd
Reading Time: < 1 minute There are nearly 7,400 volunteers working to support 4-H clubs across the country — and so standing out isn’t easy. But that’s just what Caroline Boddy of the Golden Prairie 4-H Club has managed to do. The Forestburg resident was recently chosen as the 2016 National Volunteer Leader of the Year. The award recognizes the […] Read more
Share your family’s 4-H stories
Deadline for submissions is March 31
Reading Time: < 1 minute There’s still time to share your family’s 4-H story. The 4-H Heritage Families initiative is an opportunity for families with a strong 4-H history to talk about their involvement with 4-H, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in the province this year. 4-H Alberta is collecting stories and photos of multi-generational families that will be […] Read more
Next-generation 4-H’er?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Cole Neiboer shows off his ‘seed art’ at Cloverville — a one-day-only ‘town’ created earlier this month by 4-H Alberta’s Southern Region to mark the organization’s 100th anniversary in Alberta. The crafts area was one of many attractions at Cloverville, which was built by dozens of 4-H clubs from the region inside Lethbridge’s Exhibition Park […] Read more
Helen Andrews and Corine Verbeek join 4-H Hall of Fame
Reading Time: < 1 minute Helen Andrews and Corine Verbeek are the 2016 inductees into Alberta’s 4-H Hall of Fame. Andrews of Round Hill has been a 4-H leader and volunteer for 40 years in many roles, including district treasurer, secretary, and regional secretary. She was a founding member of the Focus on 4-H regional project showcase and has also […] Read more
Want to keep those resolutions? This young man knows the secret
Future paleontologist Holden Heppler has the recipe for achieving goals: purpose, passion, and a community of supporters
Reading Time: 3 minutes With holiday dinners behind us and a fresh year ahead, our minds often turn toward our New Year’s resolutions — those promises we make (and just as quickly break) to do better this year. Well, 16-year-old Holden Heppler has a surefire way to stick to those resolutions. “There’s one road to success, and that road […] Read more
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
