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:
- Contact the project leader to let him/her know that you want to join the project group.
- Contact your Club Leader and let him/her know that you have enrolled in the county-wide project.
- 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
- Alexis Frankenberg
- Email: aflightning1999@gmail.com
- 636-432-2615
- Meetings starting in Spring 2025
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.