WI Celebrates Pollinator Week June 19-25

Calling all artists! As part of Wisconsin Celebrates Pollinator Week, we want you to put your creativity to the test by designing a butterfly and telling us about it! Winning entries will receive prizes from Extension 4-H and have your original art displayed on the UW-Madison Division of Extension Horticulture and 4-H webpages, social media […]

Silent Auction Donations Needed for Scholarship Endowment Fund

The Scholarship Endowment Fund will again be holding a Silent Auction during the Manitowoc County Fair to raise money for the 4-H Scholarships. It would be great if each club would donate something for this auction.  Also, you don’t need to be a 4-H Club Member as anyone can donate something if they would like to.  We […]

Mental Health First Aid Virtual Training Opportunites in English and Spanish-For the rural community and those who serve them

Mental Health first Aid teaches you how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among youth and adults. Sign up for a FREE training sessions at https://wirose.wisc.edu 2023 Adult MHFA-for-the-rural-community-and-those-who-serve-them-2023.pdf 2023 Youth MHFA-for-the-rural-community-and-those-who-serve-them.pdf 2023 Adult_MHFA-in-spanish.pdf

FoodShare Change in Benefits for Manitowoc County

During the COVID-19 pandemic, a federal program gave FoodShare members extra benefits, plus the regular amount. Now, due to recent changes to federal law, the extra amounts are ending. February 2023 is the last month memberswill get extra benefits. Qualifying families will continue to get their regular FoodShare amounts.

Share-a-Honey Bee Hive Program

Every two years, the Manitowoc County Beekeeper’s Association promotes interest in honeybees in our county. We will award a person who isan active member in either 4-H or FFA and between the ages of 12-18 years of age a chance towin a starter honey bee hive with honey bees and the basic equipment to start […]

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