4-H Youth Development

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 HeadHeartHandsand 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


Events

2023 Hager-McDowell 4-H Scholarship Deadline

The deadline for the 2023 Hager-McDowell 4-H Scholarship application is March 31st. Return applications to the Extension Office by 4:30pm.

4-H Speech & Demonstration Contest

- LaRue County Extension Service

County speech & demonstration contest. Call the Extension Office for a time slot, 270-358-3401.

4-H Horse Camp

- Central Kentucky Ag Expo

The 2023 Bluegrass 4-H Horse Camp will be held at the Central KY Ag Expo Center on April 27-30, 2023. Deadline to register is March 24th!

4-H Summer Camp

- Lake Cumberland 4-H Camp

4-H Fresh 50 Challenge

LaRue County Extension Service

Open to LaRue County youth ages 5-18. Try 50 fresh fruits and vegetables from the supplied list during the challenge period of 10/1/22-7/31/23. Complete the challenge and receive a shirt and get entered in a drawing for $50 cash!

Additional Information


4-H Newsletters


4-H Clubs

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

September 19

October 17

November 21

December 19

January 16

February 20

March 20

April 17

May 15

June 19

July 17

They meet on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30pm at the Extension Office. Additional monthly outings are to be determined.

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

September 15

October 10

December 12

January 9

February 13

March 13

April 10

May 8

June 12

They meet on the second Monday of each month at 6pm at the Extension Office.

 

 

 

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

September 27

October 25

November 22

January 24

February 28

March 28

April 25

May 23

June 27

They meet on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the Extension Office.

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

September 6

October 4

November  1

December 6

January 3

February 7

March 7

April 4

May 2

June 6

They meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6pm at the Extension Office.

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

2022-2023 Meeting Dates:

September 22

October 27

December 1

January 26

February 23

March 23

April 27

May 25

June 22

July 27

Cloverbuds are for ages 5-8. They meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Extension Office.

Upcoming meeting dates:

March 3

They meet monthly at the LCHS greenhouse classroom at 2pm.

Upcoming meeting dates:

March 30th - 4 pm at the LaRue County Extension Service
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.

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

Contact Information

807 Old Elizabethtown Rd P.O. Box 210 Hodgenville, KY 42748-0210

(270) 358-3401

larue.ext@uky.edu