Atchison County 4-H launches first Ride into 4-H event Saturday
Atchison County 4-H is opening its doors Saturday at the Extension Office, aiming to bring in families who have never enrolled before.
Atchison County 4-H is set to host its first Ride into 4-H event Saturday at the Atchison Extension Office in Lancaster, a new outreach effort aimed at families who may not already know the program or how to join. The event is designed as an introduction point, not a competition, giving parents and young people a place to ask questions and learn what 4-H offers.
Kansas 4-H is open to youth ages 7 through 19, and enrollment stays open year-round even though the 4-H calendar year runs from October 1 through September 30. That flexibility lowers one of the biggest barriers for newcomers, especially families who miss the traditional signup window or have not been connected to club leaders, fair projects or school-based agriculture circles.
The Atchison County Extension Office is at 201 N Broadway St. in Lancaster, co-located with Scholz Insurance. Office hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., though hours can vary for programs and events. For a county where families often balance school, work, livestock, and travel between town and rural routes, a public office on Broadway gives the new event a familiar and practical starting point.
Kansas 4-H describes itself as a community of young people learning leadership, citizenship and life skills, and says caring adults are essential to helping youth reach their potential. That makes the Saturday gathering about more than sign-up forms. It is also a recruitment point for volunteers and project leaders, the adults who keep clubs, demonstrations, livestock work and other hands-on activities running in local communities.
The outreach comes as Kansas 4-H says it has more than 17,000 members in community clubs statewide and has been a leader in youth development since 1905. In Atchison County, where fair season remains a durable public tradition and the 2025 Atchison County Fair is listed as the 119th annual fair, a first-time event like Ride into 4-H offers a fresh way to pull new families into an older civic institution.
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