Mahaska County Lil’ (K-3rd) & Junior Gardeners (4th-12th grade) Organizational Leader: Suzette Striegel 673.5841 ext. 22 striegel@iastate.edu These specialty clubs meets periodically throughout the year to discuss nature, gardening, plants, & insects. They do lots of fun crafts too! Mahaska County FIRST Lego League Clubs Organizational Leader: Amy Brainard 673.5841 vermeerA@iastate.edu The FLL Clubs focus on programming Lego Mindstorms Robots and compete at regional qualifying events. These clubs hold practice sessions in August-January. Leaders and Mentors (adult & youth) are always needed for FLL! Mahaska County Jr. FIRST Lego League (K-3) Groups Organizational Leader: Amy Brainard 673.5841 vermeerA@iastate.edu The Jr. FLL groups are for Kindergarten-3rd graders and focus on thinking like an engineer. These groups help youngsters to build skills in the areas of teamwork, communication, and engineering. These groups hold practice sessions in late winter-early spring (for approx. 6 weeks). Leaders and Mentors (adult & youth) are always needed for Jr. FLL! Clover Kids Groups (Kindergarten-3rd Grade) Organizational Leader: Codi Voss 673.5841 cvoss@iastate.edu

VOLUNTEERS are the heart of 4-H! Adult volunteers are always needed.

All adult volunteers must pass a CPSP background screening and be approved by our Extension Council. Volunteers can assist through club leadership,

workshop presenting, activity assistants, superintendents and more! Call 673-5841 or visit www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska to learn more!

Special Interest 4-H clubs & Clover Kids groups

Mahaska County

4-H

C l u b & L e a d e r D i r e c t o r y 2016-2017

For more information, please call one of the club leaders listed in

this brochure or the Iowa State University

Extension and Outreach office of Mahaska County at

641.673.5841 or email xmahaska@iastate.edu

“4-H is not just for farm kids, anyone can join!”

Adams Champs 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Renee Ferguson & Susan Upton Renee 295.4011 fergusonr@nmwarhawks.org Susan 637.2285 supton@interpower.com This club meets each month at 6:30 pm at the McVay Building located in New Sharon. Meeting dates TBA by 4-H Leaders. Cedar Livestock 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Jennifer Van Zante & Julie Bayliss Jennifer 660.5636 sethjenny@gmail.com Julie 660.3867 bfarms2002@gmail.com This club meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 3 pm at the Fremont Community Center. Garfield Boosters 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Jim & Tina Marshall, Kelly Pose & Helena Hayes Marshall’s 660.0983 marshalljt@wildblue.net Kelly 673.5928 ducpose@mahaska.org Helena 673.0876 helenahayes74@yahoo.com This club meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Gateway Church of the Nazarene (across from Wal-Mart) in Oskaloosa. Harrison Hustlers 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Wade & Shelly Jager 295.0167 sljager@hotmail.com This club meets on the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 pm at the Faith Community Church located in Eddyville in the front door gathering space. Harrison Zippers 4-H Club Organizational Leader: Barbara Oldham 969.4272 oakknoll@iowatelecom.net This club meets on the 1st Monday of each month at 7 pm at the Faith Community Church located in Eddyville. Heartland Helpers 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Jenny Edmundson & Lisa Walston Jenny 641.780.4105 Lisa 295.5620 ljwalston@hotmail.com This club meets the 4th Monday of each month at 6:30 pm at the First Christian Church in New Sharon (former nursing home), go in front door by parking lot. Jefferson Go-Getters 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Rebecca Rozenboom, Sharis Claver, & Shauna Hol Rebecca 660.4545 beccarozenboom@hotmail.com Sharis 799.4085 sclaver05@gmail.com Shauna Hol 660.3967 timandshauna@hotmail.com This club meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 pm in the cafeteria at the Eddyville Elementary with the Go-Getters Clover Kids meeting. 4-H cost is $30.00, Clover Kids cost is $20.00 Partial Financial Aid is available **Parents/Guardians are highly encouraged to attend 4-H meetings and activities with their children.**

Register for 4-H through our statewide online database!

Visit http://iowa.4honline.com (no www.)

If you are new to 4-H/Clover Kids, you may create a new account. If you have been enrolled in 4-H/Clover Kids in the state of Iowa within the past 3 years and are returning to 4-H/Clover Kids, you will need to have your account reactivated and/or changed from your former county. To have your account moved, please call your former county’s ISU Extension and Outreach office and ask them to send your family’s record to Mahaska County. To reactive your account, you can log in with your family’s email and your original password. If you cannot remember the family email and/or password your originally used, please call the Extension office at 641-673-5841 and we can look it up for you. Full details regarding online registration can be found on our website at, http://www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska/news/iowa-4honline-help-sheets.

Connect with us! Mahaska County 4-H is on Facebook! Please “Like” our page to stay up-to-date on all that is happening with Mahaska County, Iowa 4-H. www.facebook.com/mahaska4h Follow us on Twitter! www.twitter.com/mahaska4h Have Instagram? So do we! @mahaskacounty4h Mahaska County ISU Extension and Outreach is on Pinterest! You can follow our page to check out our boards. We pin 4-H resources, programs, recipes, and more! www.pinterest.com/isueomahaska We’re online! We have MANY resources, news items, event details, and more on our county’s website. Please visit www.extension.iatate.edu/mahaska to check out all that we have to offer! You can also join our Constant Contact email list by visiting, http://www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska/contact-us.

Leighton Strivers 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Greg & Brenda De Jong, & Rob Vos Greg & Brenda 780.7519 gregdj84@hotmail.com or bjdejong87@hotmail.com Rob 641.780.7344 robvos@yahoo.com This club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 pm at the Leighton Community Center in Leighton. M & M Peppy Pals 4-H Club Organizational Leader: Sarah Williams Project Leader: Deb Overbergen Project Leader: Janet Overbergen Sarah 641.232.0195 nunnikhovens@central.edu Deb 641.780.3784 tdoverbergen@windstream.net Janet 641.780.6567 joverbergen@windstream.net This club usually meets on the 4th Monday of each month at 7 pm at Fair Haven in Pella. Mahaska Masters 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Dan & Karen Adams, Orla Stodghill, Scott & Crystal Boender, & Lindsay Maxwell Adams’ 673.0660 adams4cy@gmail.com Orla 673.5548 stodghill@mahaska.org Boender’s 660.2789 cboender393@gmail.com Lindsay 660.3246 lindsaymaxwell89@msn.com This club meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 7 pm in #106 in the basement of the First Christian Church in Oskaloosa. Scott-U-Need-Us 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Janelle & Reg Randau, Janelle 660.8463 thegardenplannerjkr@gmail.com This club meets the 2nd Sunday of each month at 1:30 pm in the homes of club members. We are in need of new members and leaders for this club, if interested, please contact the Extension office at 673.5841 or vermeerA@iastate.edu. Spring Creek Achievers 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Josh & Julie Spears, & Jen Sheets Spears’ 641.632.8211 welovegoats@hotmail.com Jen 673.5890 This club meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 7 pm in the 4-H Room at the ISU Extension and Outreach Office located in Oskaloosa. West Des Moines Livewires 4-H Club Organizational Leaders: Kim Glosser & Shellee Shafer Kim 641.455.8105 kim.glosser@yahoo.com Shellee 777.6832 shafersp@gmail.com This club meets the 1st Sunday of each month at 3 pm at the Eddyville Elementary We are looking for new organizational leaders for this club, if interested, please contact the Extension office at 673.5841 or vermeerA@iastate.edu. Special interest clubs and K-3 Clover Kids clubs are listed on back.

Some clubs schedule special field trips or workshops at different locations than listed, please contact a leader prior to visiting a

4-H club so you can find out when and where they will meet for sure. --- New Sharon; ---Eddyville; --- Oskaloosa;

---Leighton/Pella; --- Fremont