4-H members from any club can belong to county-wide projects. To become a member of a county-wide project a member should follow these three steps:

  1. Contact the project leader to let him/her know that you want to join the project group.
  2. Contact your Club Leader and let him/her know that you have enrolled in the county-wide project.
  3. Enroll in the project on 4-HOnline - there is no special listing in the online enrollment site for a county-wide project. You will just enroll in the project by name. Example: If you wish to enroll county-wide beekeeping, you will select "beekeeping" from the list of projects in 4-H Online.

A member can join a county-wide project even if they have already enrolled. Just follow the steps above and log in to your 4-H Online account and edit your listing to add the project.

Below are county-wide projects offered. Check future newsletters and the Franklin County 4-H web page for additional projects. (Updated August 2024)

Arts & Crafts, Biking, Cats, Communications, Foods, Gardening, Hiking, Poultry, Quilting, Sewing

  • Linda Becker
  • 1457 Clearview Road, Union, MO 63084
  • 636-583-6659
  • Meetings:  Days off school/Flexible Scheduling

Basket Making

  • (Arts & Crafts [AC312] - Visual Arts *Fiber Arts)
  • Pat Moore
  • Location of Meetings:  213 MacArthur Street, New Haven, MO 63068
  • Project Meeting Dates:
  • Gift Basket – October 24 & November 7, 6-8 p.m./Cost $45
  • Apple Basket – June 20 & July 11, 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m./Cost $65
  • Sign up by contacting the Extension Office at 636-583-5141.  Space is limited.  $20 payment is required to hold your spot for either class.  Balance is due to Extension before the class. 

Beekeeping/Maple Syrup Making

  • Walter Conner
  • 636-357-8439
  • 8986 Little Indian Creek Road, Lonedell, MO 63060
  • Beekeeping (Spring and Summer Meetings)
  • Maple Syrup Making (Foods/Forestry Project) – One project meeting lasting 3-4 hours.  Date is dependent on freeze/thaw cycles but should take place on a Saturday in January or February.  Call the Extension Office to sign up.

Clover Kids (Franklin County Clover Kids SPIN Club)

  • Leader – Katrina Hrastich:  kmloepke@hotmail.com
  • Meeting Dates:  1st Sunday of Each Month, Starting November 3, 2024
  • At Franklin County Family Resource Center
  • 500 Clark Avenue, Union, MO
  • This group is for ages 5-7.  Clover kids do a variety of fun activities including arts & crafts, games, songs, field trips, and more!

Computer Programming

  • AQM
  • 802 Rainbow Drive, Washington
  • Meetings:  Monthly meetings after school starting in March.
  • *Call the Extension Office to sign up

Financial Literacy

  • Leonard Klotz
  • Washington, MO
  • Will lead this project upon request.  Contact the Extension Office to sign up.

Floral Design (Floriculture 1, 2, 3)

  • Amy Elbert
  • 636-667-1703
  • Four Mile Road, Washington
  • *Ages 12+ only

Floral Design with Four Season’s Florist

  • Julie Prenger
  • 211 Elm Street
  • Washington, MO 63090
  • Fall, Winter & Spring Classes
  • Create arrangements to take home. Space is limited. Call the Extension Office to sign up. $5 deposit for each class to hold your spot. Money will be returned to you when you complete the class. 

Food Preservation

  • Rachel O’Halloran – MU Extension Field Specialist in Nutrition and Health
  • Meetings will be held at Ebenezer Lutheran Church, Leslie, MO.  This project will consist of two meetings that cover dehydrating foods, water-bath canning and pressure canning.
  • Meeting 1 – Saturday, November 9, 2024, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Meeting 2 – Date TBD, Saturday in July, 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
  • Space is limited.  $5 deposit required for each class.  Money will be returned to you when you complete the class.  Contact the Extension Office to sign up.  

Forestry

  • Leonard Klotz
  • 1st Meeting in September – Liberty Tree Forestry Project
  • *Call the Extension Office to sign up. 

Horse & Horseless Knowledge

  • Kathleen Roberts
  • 916-768-5739
  • robertskat@live.com
  • Meetings:  2nd Sunday (usually 8am-10am) March, April, May, July, August, September

Interstate Exchange (Global Education) *FULL for 2024-2025

  • Doris Koch
  • 636-667-1703
  • Monthly Meetings, starting in September
  • 2 Year Commitment (Next new session Fall 2025)

Livestock Judging

  • Chris & Genesis Kahlenbeck
  • Chris: 636-744-3409
  • Genesis: 636-584-4896
  • Meeting Dates TBD

Meats:  Williams Bros. Bacon Class

  • Steve Williams
  • Meetings will be held on two back-to-back Saturdays in January at Williams Bros. Meat Market in Washington.  Dates TBD.  Cost of class is current market price for pork belly.  
  • *Contact the Extension Office to sign up.

Photography

  • Ryan Pendleton Photography
  • 44 Fernwood Drive, Union, MO 63084
  • Meetings:  Sunday afternoons, starting in February 2025
  • *Contact the Extension Office to sign up

Poultry

Public Speaking

  • Leonard Klotz
  • Washington, MO
  • Will lead this project upon request.  Contact the Extension Office to sign up.

Shotgun

  • Lee Kassebaum
  • 573-934-1927
  • 8988 Hwy YY, Leslie, MO 63056 *closer to New Haven than Leslie

Welding

  • Adam Holt
  • American Welding Academy
  • 3 Progress Parkway, Union, MO 63084
  • Meetings:  Two-day summer course.
  • *Contact the Extension Office to sign up (Limited Availability)
  • Ages 12 and up only.