Chicago Award Trip

Four Kalamazoo County 4-H members and two leaders received the Chicago Award Trip for 2008. They received the award by submitting their 4-H Member Book and being active in the many things that 4-H has to offer. Some of the exciting things they did in Chicago were go to the Shedd Aquarium, Hancock Building, Medevil Times, Blue Man Group and of course they enjoyed some Chicago Deep Dish Pizza. A great time was had by all.

Chicago Award Trip (cont.)

Chicago Award Trip (cont.)

Kalamazoo County Fair Appeal

Fairs throughout Michigan are struggling to balance their budgets and The Kalamazoo County Fair is no exception.
Please help the Kalamazoo County Fair from having to discontinue this great event by considering a donation
to the Kalamazoo County Fair with a year end tax deduction. Address is 2900 Lake Street, Kalamazoo, Mi 49048.



Click HERE for more information.

Portage Partners

At the December meeting, Portage Partners held a coat/mitten drive for families in need in the Kalamazoo Edison neighborhood. Although we're a small club, we managed to collect 16 coats and 55 mittens / hats / snowpants. Members also made holiday gifts bags for fun and had a holiday party.

Festival of Trees

CC Riders and HCCC 4-H Clubs decorated and donated a tree to the 2008 Festival of Trees this past weekend. The Ladies of the Junior League elected to use the "Cowboy Tree" as a raffle tree for fund raising. Congratulations to all who contributed their time and efforts!

Cavies & Critters at Reptile Show

4-H Cavies & Critters project members setup a display at the Reptile Show this past Saturday. This show is open to the public and held at the fairgrounds. It offerred members an opportunity to promote 4-H and encourage other youth to join 4-H and show their reptiles and other small mammals at the fair.

Pen Pal

I am looking for a pen (e-mail) pal for a 14 year old girl in the Upper Peninsula. She and her mom are thinking of moving here in the spring and new friends would make the transition easier. She is a horse/animal crazy tomboy and is in a 4H horse club. If you know of a 4H girl that might be interested in corresponding, e-mail me at wolthuisw@aol.com. and I will put you in touch. Thanks! Wendy Wolthuis

Fall Achievement

Fall Achievement was held on November 12th for Kalamazoo County 4-H. This was an opportunity to celebrate and recognize all that 4-Hers do. Some exciting awards were the Chicago Trip where 6 members and 2 leaders get to spend a weekend in downtown Chicago and the Battle Creek Trip where 10 members get to take the train to Full Blast in Battle Creek for a day. The night was capped off by recognizing Kalamazoo County 4-Hers who will be graduating from high school in the spring.

Fall Achievement, cont.

WMU Education Day

Members of the Rabbit Project and Vet Science Project participated in Education Day at Western Michigan University. They shared information about rabbits and informed people about opportunities to study Vet Science within the 4-H program.

Members also enjoyed complimentary tickets to WMU's victory over EMU.

Galesburg United Holiday Mart

Galesburg United 4-H Club puts everyone to work at their Saturday fundraiser. They not only organize the Holiday Mart Craft Show & More but run a food can drive, support pet adoptions, organize giveaways and can sell you lunch too!

Teen Club

The Kalamazoo County 4-H Teen Club met and participated in some ice breaker, leadership activities. They also discussed what they would be interested in doing on the Colorado trip and what fundraisers or community service they would be interested in doing.

November 4-H Newsletter

The November issue of the Kalamazoo County 4-H newsletter was bulk mailed to 4-H families on October 31. Click below to view the newsletter.

November Newsletter

Harvest Festival

Kalamazoo County 4-H had a Harvest Festival on October 25. A lot of hard work was done by the clubs and leaders. A great time was had by all. Enjoy the pictures!