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Publication #4H GCL 00

Starting and Maintaining 4-H Clubs1

J. Jordan, B. Terry, D. Pracht and J. Butterfield2

Starting and Maintaining 4-H Clubs (4H GCL 00) is the guide to help you start a 4-H Club in Florida. This guide provides you with an overview to the types of clubs, the criteria and forms for chartering a new club and for maintaining your club status annually. It also outlines the fiscal responsibilities of club management and the standards for recognition. Several companion pieces exist to support further development of your 4-H club program, including GCL 20 and GCL 21.

In EDIS this publication is DLN 4H281.

Visit the 4-H Youth Development Club or Curriculum web site for more information on this topic at http://www.florida4h.org.

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Footnotes

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This document is 4H GCL 00, one of a series of the Florida 4-H Youth Development, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date November 2007. Visit the EDIS Web Site at http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu.

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Joy Jordan, 4-H Youth Development Specialist, Dale Pracht, Community Based Organizational Systems in 4-H Youth Development, Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences, and Joy Butterfield, Regional Specialized Agent, 4-H Youth Development, IFAS, University of Florida.

The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an Equal Opportunity Institution authorized to provide research, educational information and other services only to individuals and institutions that function with non-discrimination with respect to race, creed, color, religion, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, political opinions or affiliations. For more information on obtaining other extension publications, contact your county Cooperative Extension service.

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, University of Florida, IFAS, Florida A. & M. University Cooperative Extension Program, and Boards of County Commissioners Cooperating. Millie Ferrer-Chancy, Interim Dean.