Recordkeeping & Project Awards
*All words in blue on this page are clickable links to take you to the related websites and/or forms.
Suggested Record Book Order:
Tab each of the following sections to make them easy to find:
Yearly Summary - fill out completely, include only the current year
Non-Project Clippings - pictures of 4-H activities, newspaper articles & clippings, etc
Iowa 4-H Project Record & Yearly Summary Form
Livestock record keeping forms (scroll down to find links to species-specific Record Keeping forms)
Recordbook Evaluation and Award Application Forms:
Senior 4-H'er Award Application Form & Evaluation Sheet (Completed 9-12) (.doc, PDF)
Intermediate 4-H'er Award Application & Evaluation Sheet (completed 7-8) (.doc, PDF)
Junior 4-H'er Award Application & Evaluation Sheet (completed 4-6) (.doc, PDF)
Little Clover Award Application & Evaluation Sheet (completed K-3) (.doc, PDF)
4-H Alumni, Honorary Member, & Meritorious Service Award nomination form (.doc, pdf)
4-H & Family Volunteer Award nomination form (.doc, pdf)
Record Keeping Awards and Definition of Terms:
Certificate of Recognition:
Available for members choosing not to apply for a project award or for members who have already received all project awards for which they are interested at their age level.
Intermediate and Senior Project Awards (Plaques and/or Bars):
Intermediates and Seniors may apply for up to five (5) of the following project awards with the understanding that Citizenship & Leadership has to be included with each project area:
Beef
Child Development
Citizenship
Clothing & Fashion
Communication
Consumer Mgmt
Crop Production
Dairy Cattle
Digital Storytelling
Dog
Environment
Food & Nutrition
Goats
Health
Home Improvement
Horse & Pony
Horticulture
Leadership
Mechanics
Music
Outdoor Adventures
Pets
Photography
Poultry
Rabbits
Science, Eng. & Tech
Self-Determined
Sewing & Needle Art
Sheep
Shooting Sports
Swine
Vet Science
Visual Arts
Woodworking
Project Award Requirements
Definition of Terms
Local = your 4-H Club \
County = involves other Chickasaw County 4-Hers
Area = involves 4-Hers from neighboring counties
State = involves 4-Hers from all counties in Iowa
Citizenship/Service--helping or working for the benefit of others or the community for no pay with goal to benefit someone else.
Citizenship examples:
¨ host a meeting
¨ lead pledges
¨ serve on a committee
¨ work with club on community service or fundraising project
¨ 4-H’ers for 4-H donation
¨ National 4-H Week promotion
¨ herdsmanship at the county fair
¨ hosting the exhibit building at the fair
¨ cleaning show rings and wash racks
¨ picking up trash at the fairgrounds
¨ pre and post fair clean up
¨ work at fund raisers
Project Citizenship examples:
¨ help a new 4-H member with a project
¨ serve on a committee to plan a community event
¨ help others at a workshop related to your project
¨ prepare a display for a community event
¨ recycle articles related to your project
¨ take your project to show people at the elderly care center, day care center, preschool, or library
¨ make a donation to charity, care facility, food pantry, or needy family
¨ volunteer at a community event related to your project
¨ make a gift for someone related to your project
¨ care for animals, yard, garden, etc. (or for friends or neighbors while they are away)
¨ plant flowers, bake a cake, decorate tray favors
¨ volunteer to babysit, make and donate bird feeders
Communication--writing, talking to, or showing others in order to share ideas, knowledge, or skills.
Communications examples:
¨ answering roll call
¨ club presentations
¨ making posters to promote a club fund raiser
¨ community service project
¨ working exhibit
¨ educational presentation
¨ share-the-fun act
¨ 4-H poster contest
¨ speaking part at a 4-H event
¨ public service announcements on the radio to promote 4-H
Project Communications examples:
¨ any of the county communications examples related to a project area
¨ write a report dealing with a project area
¨ create a display or poster related to a project area
¨ talk about or show your project to a class, non 4-H friends, community club, radio, etc.
- interview an expert in your project area
¨ write 4-H newsletter articles or local newspaper article
¨ take photos or make a scrapbook of your project to show others
Leadership is helping a group attain its goals. It is taking the lead in giving direction, planning and organizing. Leadership is where the 4-H’er shares a skill or shows how to do something for another 4-H’er, your club and others.
Leadership Examples:
- being a club officer
- teaching other club members how to complete 4-H records
- club fundraising committee member (any committee)
- jr. camp counselor
- served on a project development committee (maybe for county/state level)
- served on fair booth committee or helped decorate club booth
- helped keep score at county softball tournament or teach others how to play
- help record information at county livestock weigh-in
- recruit new members
- serve on 4-H County Council
- help 4-H’er plan a presentation
- plan a club tour, trip, or activity
- plan club’s yearly program
- teach new members the 4-H pledge and motto
- teach other 4-H’ers how to groom and correctly lead their calf or tye-dye a shirt