By STHELE GREYBAR
Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development Purdue Extension Elkhart County

The Mini 4-H Welcome Event will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15, in the Elkhart County Community Center Building at the 4-H Fairgrounds in Goshen. All Elkhart County kindergarteners, first and second graders, and their parents are invited to attend.

At the 4-H Welcome Event, current and potential Mini 4-H members will learn about the 4-H program, see examples of projects, meet the Mini 4-H leaders and receive their project manual.

Mini 4-H members can select from 15 different projects, which include: Arts & Crafts; Bicycle; Bugs; Collections; Cookie Decorating; Dinosaurs; Farm Animals; Flowers & Garden; Foods; Forestry; Models; Pets; Sewing; Tractor; and Wildlife. Each Mini 4-H project manual includes age appropriate activities that members complete in order to learn more about their topic.

Youth are required to complete a Mini 4-H enrollment each year of membership. To enroll, visit https://in.4honline.com/Login.aspx?403D402B34466C62456D346B4E633D or contact the Purdue Extension Elkhart County office at (574) 533-0554. There is no fee to join Mini 4-H. Enroll as soon as possible to participate in 2016.