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4H Foundation of Sonoma County
Fred Groverman DVM

Thirty years ago veterinarian Fred Groverman helped found the Sonoma County 4-H Foundation as a means of expanding opportunities for youth dressed in uniforms of white shirts and green cloth hats. Fred Groverman is a founding member and board ...

Sam McMillan, a longtime director of the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County who quietly devotes hours and hours of his time to 4-H and the community, is the 2011 recipient of the Shining Star Award. The Shining Star Award, ...

obit photo of Alice M Reeves Basch

Alice Mae started elementary school in Bloomfield, but then transferred to Dunham School. She attended Petaluma Junior High School and Petaluma High School, where she graduated in 1944. Alice Mae entered the Cadet Nurse Corps Program at Santa ...

State Fashion Review 2009

In this project, you will learn how to construct your own clothing and other items.  Learn about sewing techniques, sewing tools, how to use a sewing machine and Serger, and how to select and use fabrics and patterns. ...

    Liberty Beekeeping – Where children can learn to be calm around bees! This project provides children with simple, easy to read literature to begin with. They learn why honey bees live in the colony, what the life cycles ...

  you will learn tips for being a better public speaker.  You will learn how to make public presentations to large and small groups, and teach others through demonstrations and illustrated talks.  In all 3 levels of this project, ...

Kayak Kids

The Outdoor Adventure project gives kids a chance to participate in a wide range of outdoor activities: camping, day hiking, kayaking, tide pooling, bird watching, river rafting, and cycling, just to name a few.  Outdoor adventures can be ...

County Fair Hog

Beef, Swine, Sheep, Dairy, Goats, Rabbits, Poultry… The 4-H Market Animal Project takes a 4-H’er through the entire process of raising an animal that is to become food for people. This is intense, and extremely meaningful – sustainability ...

  Just as dairy producers must invest in promising young stock to keep their herds strong, the dairy industry must invest in the next generation of its leaders.”The future of the dairy industry really rests in the heads, hearts ...

The purpose of the 4-H Horse Project is to help you learn how to care for and use your horse properly — and to have fun while you learn. Through the 4-H Horse Project, you can increase your ...

Thirty years ago veterinarian Fred Groverman helped found the Sonoma County 4-H Foundation as a means of expanding opportunities for youth dressed in uniforms of white shirts and green cloth hats. Fred Groverman is a founding member and board ...

A wealthy Santa Rosa widow who had a soft spot in her heart for 4-H kids, cows and agriculture left a sizeable bequest that launched the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County.  Today, the 4-H Foundation, a non-profit corporation established ...

 The 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County is excited to announce that we recently received a generous donation of  $10,000 for scholarship funds from the Grainger Community Grant Program.  These scholarship funds will be available to Sonoma County residents pursuing ...

Sam McMillan, a longtime director of the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County who quietly devotes hours and hours of his time to 4-H and the community, is the 2011 recipient of the Shining Star Award. The Shining Star Award, ...

Shirley Dempel’s life has been defined by 4-H. She was a 4-H Club member, a 4-H parent, 4-H leader and for the last 40 years an advocate and mentor for the 4-H program and 4-H club members. Shirley ...