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FREE Teen Disaster Prep Training on Maui

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Flyer advertising Teen Disaster Prep Training in Kihei June 18-20. Registration link in text

Free Teen Disaster Preparedness training is being offered June 18-20 with final disaster simulation on June 28 in Kihei. Register at: go.hawaii.edu/Vra or contact Nancy Ooki at ooki@hawaii.edu for more information. PONO is a FREE Disaster Preparedness Training program for Teens that provides hands-on training following the Community Emergency Response Training (CERT) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). The training has been adapted for teens but still includes all of the knowledge and skills provided in the adult training including Disaster Preparedness, Fire Safety, Search and Rescue, Triage, and…

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4-H Historic Marker Dedication on Maui

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4-H Historical Marker Dedication Ceremony 4-H Alumni

On January 25, a plaque commemorating 107 years of the 4-H youth development program in Hawaiʻi was dedicated on Maui near the site of the state’s first 4-H club. In 1918, visionary agriculturist and diversified farming advocate Frederick Krauss founded Hawaiʻi’s first 4-H club, the Boys’ Swine Club, which welcomed 31 young members from Maui near Haʻikū at the New Era Homestead. Krauss, who devoted decades to agricultural leadership in the state, helped shape the trajectory of what is now called the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical…

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Maui County 4-H Achievement

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2024 county achievement _ group shots

On Sunday, June 30, 2024, the Maui County 4-H Youth Officers hosted the Maui County 4-H County Achievement event. This year end event provides an opportunity for clubs to share their achievements for the year with one other, the recognition of graduating 4-H seniors and long-time volunteers, the announcement of the delegates from Hawaii to National 4-H Congress, and the induction of new club officers. Recognition Photos

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Operation Christmas Shoebox

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11/2023 Operation Christmas Shoebox Project 12

Members from several 4-H clubs and other youth groups met on November 7, 2023 to pack Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes & 100 keiki bags with toys, toiletries, & school supplies for youth impacted by the wildfires in Lahaina in August. The Maui group packed 1,868 boxes! Their efforts were combined with groups from other locations around the state. Hawaii’s contribution of 44,866 Operation Christmas shoeboxes will be heading to Mongolia, Philippines, Thailand, Ukraine, El Salvador, Madagascar, and Uruguay.

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