This resource was fully revised and updated just for you, the 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Leader, to help you be fully prepared and engaged to make a positive impact on our youngest 4-H members.  It provides accurate and readily accessible information that is everything Cloverbuds.  The guidebook explores the goals and strategies for successful implementation of the 4-H Cloverbud program. The guidebook has been evaluated for both content and quality.

The guidebook contains the following sections:

1. 4-H Traditions
2. What is the 4-H Cloverbud Program?
3. 4-H Cloverbud Volunteer Position Description
4. 4-H Cloverbud Participation
5. Who Are These 4-H Cloverbud Children?
6. Eight Essential Elements
7. 4-H Cloverbud Program Foundations
8. What Do You Know About the Ohio 4-H Cloverbud Program?
9. For New Volunteers: Conducting 4-H Cloverbud Sessions
10. Expanding 4-H Cloverbud Opportunities
11. Planning Your 4-H Cloverbud Club Activities

When using the guidebook, you will: 1) gain knowledge for best practices; 2) learn enhanced strategies and techniques for conducting 4-H Cloverbud activities; and 3) learn why and how the program is set up to have the most positive impact on Cloverbud kids.

Here is a link to more information from OSU Extension Publications: https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/cloverbud-volunteer-guidebook/ Remember you can always get a discount when your order through your local Ohio county Extension office.

Thank you for making an impact on the lives of Ohio’s children!