more... > Madison Parish > 4-H Youth > Newsletters > Healthy Connections [Image: v] The Madison Parish 4-H "Healthy Connections" newsletter provides information to 4-H Club members and their families. Healthy Living, one of three 4-H mission mandates for positive youth development, focuses on encouraging youth to learn, adopt and practice healthful decision-making. Healthy Living 4-H projects include: Foods and nutrition; fitness, health and safety; child development; consumer and financial management; and personal development. Character Connection [Image: .] Citizenship, one of three 4-H Mission Mandates for postive youth development, includes Character Development, Citizenship, Leadership, Service-Learning, Communications and Theatre Arts projects. Louisiana 4-H is one of the nation's leaders in character education with all 64 parishes conducting character development programs. Use these links for monthly issues of the Madison Parish 4-H Character Connection newsletter providing information of interest to 4-H Club members and their families. Volunteer Connections, Spring 2010 [Image: .] Newsletter for 4-H volunteers with ideas and updates on activities that can be made available to 4-H'ers. Clover Connections [Image: .] 4-H is the most popular club in the nation with more than 243,000 members in Louisiana alone. Besides school and community club activities, 4-H hosts numerous after-school learning opportunities, camps and conferences, trips, contests, awards and more. Use these links for monthly issues of the Madison Parish 4-H Clover Connections newsletter providing information of interest to 4-H Club members and their families.  more articles... Literacy Connections [Image: .] Newsletter provided to parents with ideas on how to improve their children's interest in reading. The newsletter is sponsored by USDA and the LSU AgCenter.