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Sponsoring 4-H Volunteer Training Workshops
at Kettunen Center
About Kettunen Center 4-H Workshops
Each year since 1961, thousands of Michigan 4-H volunteers and older teens, Extension staff members and resource persons have attended Michigan 4-H’s skill-building workshops. Most are conducted at Kettunen Center, the Michigan 4-H Foundation’s full-service conference center near Tustin.
Annually up to 17 weekend 4-H workshops are offered to introduce volunteers to new learning models and materials to help make their work with young people in their local communities easier. These sessions also include opportunities for volunteers to discuss the work they are doing in their communities with people from around the state.
Sponsoring a 4-H Workshop
Businesses, organizations and individuals may sponsor 4-H training workshops that are aligned with their business/personal interests. With the generosity of sponsors, 4-H has been able to provide partial scholarships for these workshops that reduce the registration cost by more than 60% for 4-H volunteers and youth. There are about 17 statewide workshops held annually with each workshop offering audience capacity of up to 200 people. View the 4-H workshop schedule.
Sponsorship Benefits
$5,000 Sponsors
1. Corporate Clover Club membership benefits including:
• Recognition as a Corporate Clover Club member on the Michigan 4-H Foundation Web site with a link to the donor’s Web site. (Average visitors per month: 6,800)
• Recognition of Corporate Clover Club donors in the foundation’s newsletter, Vantage. (Circulation: 3,500 three times per year)
• Framed Corporate Clover Club recognition for display.
• Invitation to annual Clover Citation recognition luncheon and annual meeting of all donors to the Michigan 4-H Foundation.
• Recognition of Corporate Clover Club donors in the foundation’s annual report.
2. Recognition of sponsorship on the Kettunen Center Web site.
3. Recognition of sponsorship on the Michigan 4-H Youth Development Web site.
4. Recognition in all printed promotional materials for the workshop which includes bookmarks, flyers, and a workshop description book. It may also include recognition in other Michigan 4-H Youth Development publications and county 4-H newsletters. Promotional materials are distributed at Kettunen Center, 4-H Exploration Days (average of 2,500 participants) and to all 83 Michigan counties.
5. On-site recognition of sponsorship at the workshop (this may include use of your logo).
$2,500 Sponsors
1. Corporate Clover Club membership benefits including:
• Recognition as a Corporate Clover Club member on the Michigan 4-H Foundation Web site with a link to the donor’s Web site.
• Recognition of Corporate Clover Club donors in the foundation’s newsletter, Vantage.
• Appropriate for framing Corporate Clover Club recognition for display.
• Invitation to annual Clover Citation recognition luncheon and annual meeting of all donors to the Michigan 4-H Foundation.
• Recognition of Corporate Clover Club donors in the foundation’s annual report.
2. Recognition of sponsorship on the Kettunen Center Web site.
3. Recognition of sponsorship on the Michigan
4-H Youth Development Web site.