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Featured Websites
Adventures of Herman All-Star River Explorers Business of Babysitting Dr. Arbor Talks Trees Healthy Hopping Let's Talk about Insects
Additional Websites
  • Great Plant Escape
    Join Detective LePlant and his partners Bud and Sprout as they uncover the mysteries of plant life.
  • Walk in the Woods
    Learn all about the wonders of nature by joining us for a walk in the woods!
  • Great Corn Adventure
    Zea Mays explains the importance of corn, how it grows, and its thousands of different uses.
  • Tree House Weather Kids
    Helps young people understand such things as why the weather changes, how we predict the weather, and how weather causes great destruction.
  • Trees Are Terrific
    Travel with Pierre as you learn all about how trees are important to us!
  • Secret Life of Trees
    Learn all about the parts of a tree and why trees are important to us!
Local Programs
Ag Literacy

Ag Literacy
Check out what's new with the Hancock County Agricultural Literacy Program

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4-H School Enrichment
School enrichment programs are 4-H projects you can use in your classroom, after school programs and at your library. Click here for a listing of programs in Hancock County.
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Contact Us
For more information about these programs, please contact:

Sheri Merry
Extension Unit Educator, Youth Development
Hancock County Unit
550 N Madison
Carthage, IL 62321
Phone: 217-357-2150
FAX: 217-357-3598
smerry@illinois.edu

Dawn Weinberg
Community Worker, Agricultural Literacy
Hancock County Unit
550 N Madison
Carthage, IL 62321
Phone: 217-357-2150
FAX: 217-357-3598
dweinber@illinois.edu

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