Enrollment dues for Christian County 4-H are $30($20 state dues + $10 county dues) Any additional out of pocket costs come from any trips, camps or project supplies.

*New for the 2018 4-H year: Missouri Care pays 4-H membership dues ($20 state dues) for families that have this health insurance! This resource is available to them as youth begin to enroll on October 1st. Qualifying families simply contact Missouri Care Member Services at 1-800-322-6027 and request a voucher. The voucher should filled out and turned in to the county MU Extension office. This brings the total annual enrollment price to $10 per youth to cover the county dues.

This includes Clover Kids (ages 5-7; must be 5 years old as of January 1stof 2018).

Adult volunteers do not cost anything.

  • Christian County Go-Getters:This club is led by husband and wife, Lee and Melissa Thurman. The Go-Getters are heavily involved in the shooting sports. Lee and Melissa also run the Deadeyes Club. This club also has youth involved in foods, photography, arts and crafts, gardening, etc. They are well rounded with several different projects represented. The club has both boys and girls ranging from Clover Kid age to early high school.
    *Meeting Info: 1stSunday of the month, 4-H Building in Ozark, 3:00 PM
    Melissa Thurman:, 314-520-1636
    Lee Thurman:, 314-520-0975
  • Deadeyes:This is a shooting sports club for those that are only interested in the shooting sports program. A family can join a different club (primary 4-H club) and still participate in shooting sports (Deadeyes club would be secondary club); this is an alternative for those uninterested in other project areas. Christian County is certified to participate in Smallbore Rifle, Air Rifle, and Archery. Lee Thurman is the club leader and certified in smallbore rifle, air rifle and archery. Emily Renner is a certified archery instructor and Phil Renner is the County Shooting Sports Program Coordinator. Practices typically take place on Saturdays or Sundays. Scheduled meetings are to be determined.
    Melissa Thurman:, 314-520-1636
    Lee Thurman:, 314-520-0975

Emily Renner: , 417-551-1245

  • Nixa Extreme Explorers:This is a small club led by Beth Biondo for the past ten years. They are unique in that they do fun things such as field trips to the pet store, candy factory, Rosie Jo’s for pie making lessons, Moxie Flowers for floral arrangement lessons, etc. They do a lot of fun activities.

*Meeting Info: contact club leader for a list of 2018 meeting dates
Beth Biondo:, 417-880-2984

  • New Horizons:This club meets in Sparta. They are a well-rounded club. They do a lot of community service and do a lot of different projects; arts and crafts, cooking, sewing, gardening, wildlife, food preservation, photography, etc. New Horizons has youth as young as Clover Kids and as old as middle school. This is a great club with many different activities. This club also has 3 young girls who show heifers.
    *Meeting Info: 2ndMonday of the month, Sparta Administrative Building, 6:30 PM
    Nicole Humble:, 417-818-4935
    Julie Clonts:, 417-818-0119
  • Billings County Liners:This is a club made up of a few families that are heavily involved with the Goats project. They are extremely experienced with meat goats and a new family with experience in dairy goats has recently joined. This club has boys and girls ages 10 to 17. Club meetings are located in Billings at the club leader’s house.
    Rod Cowan:
  • Clever 4-H Club:We are trying very hard to create a club in Clever this year! If you are interested, please contact the Christian County Extension office. We have a club leader, club location and set day and time for meetings.

*Meeting Info: 1st Wednesday of the month, Clever Fire Department meeting room, 6:00 PM

Christian County 4-H Youth Educator, Jennifer Hancock:, 417-581-3558