Cooperative Extension - 4H Arapahoe County Main Page

Our Offices

Arapahoe County Offices
5804 S Datura Blvd.
Littleton, CO 80120
303-730-1920
303-730-2764 (fax)
(map)

Hours of Operation:
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. MST
Closed holidays

Community Resources Director
Don Klemme

Division Manager
Dale Edwards

4-H Program
Larry Hooker
Shaylen Florez
Jean Walton

Youth Development Program
Kimberley Jones

Family & Consumer Education
Sheila Gains

Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program
Robin Colson

The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Karen Martinez

Horticulture & Natural Resources
Robert Cox
Mae Rauen

Agriculture
Dale Edwards

4-H Program

4-H is the youth development program of the United States Department of Agriculture and Colorado State University Extension.
4-H is open to any child, ages 5-18: Cloverbud (5-7), Traditional (8-18).
4-H Ages are divided into developmental states: Cloverbuds (5-7), Junior (8-10), Intermediate (11-13), and Senior (14-18).
The 4-H year begins on October 1st and ends the following September 30th of each year.
4-H offers a variety of ways to be involved with the program:
- Clubs offering more than one project area.
- Clubs offering just one specific project.
- School enrichment and after-school programs.
- Special interest
- Family 4-H Clubs
The 4 H's stand for Head, Heart, Hands, and Health that follow with a 4-H Pledge that each member and leader say at the beginning of each meeting:
- I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service, and my health to better living, for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
- "To Make the Best Better" has been known as the 4-H Motto, and "Learn by Doing" has been the 4-H Slogan.