January 15, 2016
4-H Shooting Sports – Youth Must be 8 before January 1
National 4-H Shooting Sports provides policies that all states must follow when offering 4-H Shooting Sports. One policy clarification that has affected the Kansas 4-H Shooting Sports Program is the no Cloverbuds policy. Rightfully so, Kansas allows 4-H members to join at age 7; however, Nationally 4-H Cloverbuds is defined as youth ages 5-7 years-old and National 4-H Shooting Sports has clarified in the written policy Cloverbuds ages 5-7. This clarification is based on risk management and safety; therefore in offering 4-H Shooting Sports Kansas 4-H must follow the National policy. Further questions may be forwarded Pam Van Horn at pvanhorn@ksu.edu.