{"id":114785,"date":"2019-03-13T07:12:04","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:12:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=114785"},"modified":"2019-03-13T07:12:42","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T12:12:42","slug":"commissioners-proclaim-4-h-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2019\/03\/13\/commissioners-proclaim-4-h-week\/","title":{"rendered":"VW commissioners proclaim &#8216;4-H Week&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Van Wert County 4-H Program was presented an official proclamation for \u201cVan Wert County 4-H Week\u201d from the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners for the week of March 10-16. The proclamation kicks of a number of events and promotions for the area in the following weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/4-H-Week-county-proclamation-3-2019.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114786\"\/><figcaption><strong>4-H member David May (seated left) of the Ohio City Blue Ribbon Workers 4-H Club is shown with County Commissioners Thad Lichtensteiger (seated and (standing) Stan Owens and Todd Wolfrum.<\/strong> <em>photo provided<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Those interested in learning more about the program can call the Ohio State University Extension Office at 419.238.1214. The 4-H Buckeye Ambassadors will be hosting a 4-H Project Carnival on Sunday, March 31, from 3-6 p.m., at the Extension Office, with activities, information, projects on showcase, and links to community partnerships. The event is free and open to anyone interested in joining 4-H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio 4-H membership is based on a child&#8217;s age and grade as of January 1 of the current project year.&nbsp;Eligibility for Cloverbud participation begins when a child is enrolled in kindergarten and is 5 years old.&nbsp;Eligibility for participation in 4-H projects and competitive events begins when a child is age 8 and in the third grade.&nbsp;Any youngster age 9 or above is eligible for project membership, regardless of grade level.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4-H is a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills as they work in partnership with caring adults.&nbsp;What does that mean? 4-H is committed to helping young people develop skills that will help them succeed. The program empowers all youths to reach their full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information The Van Wert County 4-H Program was presented an official proclamation for \u201cVan Wert County 4-H Week\u201d from the Van Wert County Board of Commissioners for the week of March 10-16. The proclamation kicks of a number of events and promotions for the area in the following weeks. Those interested in learning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 15:45:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}