New National 4-H Leaders Elected

The Canadian 4-H Council elected Judy Shaw president at its recent annual meeting in Prince Edward Island. Shaw was elected by her fellow board members for a two-year term, and replaces previous president, Robert McAuley. Shaw has been involved in 4-H since 1996 when she became the member representative of Syngenta Canada for the Canadian

In Brief… – for Jul. 2, 2009

Greatest co-operator:Alphonse Desjardins, the father of Canada’s caisse populaire movement and founder of Canada’s sixth-largest financial institution, has been named history’s “Greatest Canadian Co-operator” following an online vote by more than 8,000 people across the country. The Canadian Co-operative Association (CCA) announced the winner at an evening celebrating the 100th anniversary of Canada’s organized national


4-H Reports – for Apr. 2, 2009

The Co-operator will publish 4-H reports once a month. Reports can be submitted by the third week of the month by e-mail to [email protected],by regular mail to 4-H Reports, c/o Manitoba Co-operator, 1666 Dublin Ave., Winnipeg, Man. R3H 0H1 or by fax to 204-954-1422. OAK LAKE BEEF The club held its monthly meeting March 1

In Brief… – for Feb. 26, 2009

Grant program branches into trees: The Hometown Manitoba grant program for community improvements now includes a tree-planting component, making up to $5,000 available for municipalities or town organizations to plant trees in public areas. The program also offers grants of up to $5,000 for communities to improve and enhance outdoor public areas and up to


4-H grant program to fund urban outreach

The Canadian 4-H Council has put up a new program which it expects to help fund new clubs in both urban and rural areas across Canada, and to help expand existing clubs. The RBC 4-H Rural-Urban Youth Outreach Program, announced Jan. 7, is to be available to “anyone who would like to join 4-H” and

It was a green 4-H month

Go green; Go 4-H. That is what Canadian 4-H Council, with support from Bayer CropScience, asked all 4-H members, leaders, alumni and supporters to do on November 5 to help kick off November as National 4-H Month across Canada. Across the country, green was the colour of the day and the colour of the month,