4-H Youth Development
4-H Youth Development
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.
What is 4-H?
4-H Youth Development is part of Kentucky Cooperative Extension. Extension’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of Kentucky citizens through non-formal education for the entire family. Extension agents and volunteers take the results of university research and explain it in such a way that different age groups can learn and apply the information to their own lives. Kentucky 4-H believes in providing positive youth development experiences that all youth to experience belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. The four H's represent the idea of Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. These are the values members work on through fun and engaging programs.
Head Managing, Thinking
Heart Relating, Caring
Hands Giving, Working
Health Being, Living
4-H Newsletters
Additional Information
4-H Clubs
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
September 20
October 18
November 15
No December Meeting
January 17
February 21
March 20
April 17
May 15
June 19
July 17
They meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30pm at the Extension Office. Additional monthly outings are to be determined.
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
September 11
October 16
November 13
December 11
January 8
February 12
March 11
April 8
May 13
June 10
They meet on the second Monday of each month at 6pm at the Extension Office.
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
September 12
October 10
November 14
December 12
January 9
February 13
March 12
April 9
May 14
June 11
They meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the Extension Office.
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
September 5
October 3
November 7
December 5
January 2
February 6
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4
They meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6pm at the Extension Office.
There are no meetings scheduled.
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
September 28
October 26
November 30
January 25
February 22
March 28
April 25
May 23
Cloverbuds are for ages 5-8. They meet on the fourthThursday of each month at the Extension Office. Note:The November meeting it pushed to the fifth Tuesday and there will be no meeting in December.
Upcoming meeting dates:
They meet monthly at the LCHS greenhouse classroom at 2pm.
2023-2024 Meeting Dates:
December 5
January 3
February 7
March 6
April 3
May 1
June 5
They meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 3:30-5:00 pm at the Extension Office.
This group meets at the New Haven Gun Club at 6:30pm on the first and third Thursday of each month, weather permitting. Call the Extension Office if your child plans to attend, 270-358-3401.
4-H Record Books
How does 4-H benefit youth?
4-H’ers, regardless of their background, socio-economic status, race or gender, benefit from their participation in Kentucky 4-H. Positive youth development studies have affirmed that compared to other youth, young people involved in 4-H are:
- Four times more likely to contribute to their communities.
- Two times more likely to be civically active.
- Two times more likely to make healthier lifestyle choices.
- Two times more likely to participate in Science, Engineering and Computer Technology programs during out-of-school time.
- 4-H girls are two times more likely (Grade 10) and nearly three times more likely (Grade 12) to take part in science programs compared to girls in other out-of-school time activities.
Misty D. Wilmoth
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
(270) 358-3401 misty.wilmoth@uky.edu LaRue County Extension Office 807 Old Elizabethtown Rd., Hodgenville, Kentucky 42748-0210
