Originally Posted by
tessagin
I personally don't know why they don't offer 4H to city kids. Does it have to be all about farm animals? How about animal husbandry in reference to care for dogs and cats. And how about the different needlework the girls and boys do. I know I've seen woodcrafts and there are city gardens. Cooking and baking. There is no reason 4H has to be limited to country kids. I've been to 4H fairs before and other than farm animals who says it has to be limited to country. I know this would help so many inner city kids.
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TessaGin ... I can;t speak for the USA .., though I believe it is much the same as here in Canada. Hopefully someone on the Board will step forward with USA updates. However, here in Canada all those are happening. 4-H has no boundaries or limitations. The first requirement is that there are two Leaders willing to lead the Club and six members wanting to take it. There are set club outlines that have been developed. If the group wants a topic not in the numerous established outlines, they can indeed do the topic and have a set of guidelines that must be met to develop their own interest area. From those, often times a permanent outline is developed for other clubs to follow. Topics .... anything you could ever imagine and then some!