I joined 4H when my oldest daughter was 9. There weren't any Girl Scout troops with room for the new kid. I met wonderful people at the training lessons for the leaders. It's the only place I ever learned to cook. It was the only place in my daughters' life where a deadline was a deadline. I grew up in a city. I was amazed to learn there were two days of horse shows at our county fair. I just hope my daughters and the other kids in our club enjoyed it as much as I did.