For over 50 years, the Yorkton Creators 4H Club has been giving kids ages 6 to 21 options for something to do in the area.
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The club offers many different programs, including cooking or crafts, photography, sewing, woodworking, a horse program, and the typical 4H projects.
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鈥淵ou learn a lot of things,鈥� Vi Protz, with the club, said. 鈥淚 joined when I was 12 years old, and it鈥檚 served me well.鈥�
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Protz has been part of the club for over 30 years, ever since moving to Yorkton, being a project leader and general leader since 1991. For her, sewing, knitting and curling have been her projects, all things she loves.
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While 4H is focused on kids, Protz said it鈥檚 for everyone.
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鈥淚t鈥檚 good for them to learn. The motto is learn to do by doing, and I鈥檓 still learning to do by doing, even though I鈥檝e got this thing [a walker] now. I鈥檝e told the kids, as long as you need me, I鈥檒l stay, and they keep needing me.鈥�
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She noted that membership has been going down and believes that a lack of interest from youth and COVID is part of the problem. She is hoping that as the restrictions and guidelines ease up that membership will go up.
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The club recently celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2019, and while the milestone in Yorkton has been half a century, 4H itself has been around for over 100 years.
