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
Enroll in 4-H Online
The 4-H year begins on September 1st each year. Make sure to re-enroll annually.
Enroll Here4-H Newsletters
4-H Clubs
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 18
October 16
November 20
December 18
January 15
February 19
March 19
April 16
May 21
They meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Extension Office. Additional outing dates are still to be determined.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 9
October 14
November 11
December 9
January 13
February 10
March 10
April 14
May 12
June 9
They meet on the second Monday of each month at 6pm at the Extension Office. Location and time is subject to change.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 10
October 8
November 12
December 10
January 14
February 11
March 11
April8
May 13
June 10
July 8
They meet on the second Tuesday of each month at 5pm at the Extension Office.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 3
October 1
November 5
December 3
January 7
February 4
March 4
April 1
May 6
June 3
They meet on the first Tuesday of each month at 6 pm at the Extension Office. Dates & locations are subject to change.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates
September 17
October 15
November 19
December 17
January 21
February 18
March 18
April 15
May 20
June 17
The Dog Club meets every 3rd Tuesday at the Extension Office at 6pm. Additional training dates with dogs are still to be determined. Some dates and locations are subject to change.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 26
October 24
December 5
January 23
February 27
March 27
April 24
May 22
Cloverbuds are for ages 5-8. They meet on the fourthThursday of each month at the Extension Office. Note:The November/December meetings are different due to the holidays.
Upcoming 2024-2025 meeting dates:
September 27
November 8
December 13
They meet at the LCHS greenhouse classroom at 2 pm.
2024-2025 Meeting Dates:
September 4
October 2
November 6
December 4
February 5
March 5
April 2
May 7
June 4
They meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 4 - 5:30 pm at the Extension Office. * Dates are subject to change.
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 Awards Points - Cloverbuds
This is for ages 5-8 to complete. Form is due September 30th.
2024-2025 Form4-H Record Books
Additional Information
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
