Events
4-H Exploration Days
Location: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Annual MSU pre-college program that attracts approximately 2500 youth participants and chaperones representing all 83 Michigan counties.
Folkpatterns
If you’re interested in traditions, history, traditional crafts, foods or your own heritage, the 4-H Folkpatterns program is for you! Discover the traditions in your life and in the lives of others. Connect with tradition-bearers in your community. Explore stories and customs of family members. Grow a heritage garden. Learn a folk dance. Collect weather lore. Study the art of gravestone symbols. Research your family tree. Hold an ethnic dinner. Discover how culturally diverse every community is.
Contact
For more information on how to get involved as a youth or volunteer, contact your county MSU Extension office or:
Betsy Knox, Program Leader
Email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Phone: 517-432-7603
News
7th annual 4-H Day at the Breslin celebrates youth development and Spartan Women’s Basketball
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University Extension (MSUE) 4-H Youth Development will cheer on the MSU women’s basketball team as they take on Ohio State during their Jan. 15 home game at the MSU Breslin Center. “MSUE 4-H Day at the Breslin” is a celebration of the MSUE 4-H program in Michigan.
At last – someone’s taking responsibility!
4-H’s new program, "Join the Revolution of Responsibility," puts a spotlight on all those making a difference in their communities, watching over our natural resources and creating new businesses. It isn’t just politicians or public officials on the front lines of tackling these issues—it’s 4-H members throughout Michigan.
Michigan 4-H invites community to an evening in the garden
Michigan 4-H Youth Development will host its first 4-H Evening in the Garden event, Tuesday, Aug. 16, as a recruitment opportunity, a chance for current 4-H’ers to showcase their projects and an occasion to present activities for hands-on participation.
Resources
- Family Folklore: A 4-H Folkpatterns Project (4H1330)
- Folk Arts in Education: A Resource Handbook II
- Folkpatterns 4-H Leader’s Guide (4H1506)
- Foodways: A 4-H Folkpatterns Project (4H1329)
- Heritage Gardening: Vegetables (4H1279)
- Member’s Personal 4-H Record Book (4H1192)
- Michigan 4-H Guide to Herb Gardening Projects (4H1516)
- Michigan 4-H History Project Collection Manual & Oral History Interviewing Guide (4H1598)
- Michigan Arts Organizations
- Michigan Barn & Farmstead Survey Manual