Join a 4-H club where you can learn about your interests while having fun, improving your communication skills, and serving your community. These are resources to make your club experience even better.
Shelby County 4H & Youth
4-H Project Day
4-H Project day will be held on Saturday, Nov. 3rd. Registration is due Friday, October 19th. Please drop off registrations to the Extension office OR email to mtaggs@iastate.edu
4-H Newsletters
4-H 202 4-H Livestock Show Requirements Updated 1/2018
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4-H Club Officer information
* What goes in a Treasurer's book
* What goes in a Historian's book
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Record Book Information
Record book guidelines and tips
*** don't forget to check out the project area worksheets**** select the project area you are looking for: many of the recordkeeping worksheets are at the bottom of the page.
Project areas include: Beef, Bottle/Bucket Calf, Child Development, Citizenship, Clothing & Fashion, Communication, Consumer Management, Crop Production, Dairy Cattle, Dog, Environment & sustainability, Food & Nutrition, Goats-dairy, Goats- meat, Health, Home Improvement, Horse & Pony, Horticulture, Leadership, Mechanics, Music, Outdoor Activities, Pets, Photography, Poultry, Rabbit, Safety & Educational Shooting sports, Science, Engineering & Technology, Sewing & Needle Arts, Sheep, Swine, Veterinary Science, Visual Arts, Woodworking
4-H Participation Guide (record book judging sheet)
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Personal Development Award Information(Interviews will be Sun. Oct. 21st)
Personal Development Award Application (due Sept. 28th)
Personal Development Award Criteria
Personal Development Interview Evaluation
Personal Development Support Materials Evaluation
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County Project Area Award Information
County Project Award Application Form (due Sept. 28th)
Record Keeping Evaluation Example
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Miscellaneous Information
Out of county 4-H activity scholarship request
Membership Agreement 2017-18
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4-H Member Guide (not updated)
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Interested in enrolling in Shelby County 4-H?
Enroll here:
Helpsheet for re-enrolling families
Statewide Resources
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Your adventure in 4-H starts here. Choose from nearly 50 project areas and discover your skills, talents and interests.
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Discover the world of animal science from breeding, nutrition and general care to food safety and management. Find statewide forms, trainings and activity sheets here.
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Every June, almost 900 teenagers converge on the campus of Iowa State University for 3 days full of speakers, workshops, mixers, dances, a banquet, and community service activities.
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Youth and teens can discover opportunities to be recognized for personal growth, project learning, leadership and citizenship.
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Clover Kids is a FUN 4-H program for children in kindergarten through third grade. Children participate in hands-on activities designed to build many life skills!
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Addresses youths’ basic needs through the eight essential elements: caring adults, safe environments, inclusive settings, and opportunities for mastery, service, self-determination, planning for the future and engaged learning.
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Provides financial resources to develop and deliver quality 4-H youth programs and opportunities throughout the state of Iowa.
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Iowa 4-H Volunteers are motivated by positive purposes in helping youth become caring, competent, and contributing members of their family and communities. Discover the resources you need to be most effective.
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Provides opportunities for youth to demonstrate, learn and apply project and communication skills. Every year the 4-H Exhibits Building features well over 3,000 exhibits and Livestock shows engage more than ## youth.
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A partner and leader in providing positive youth development through out-of-school programming. Outreach priorities include curriculum development, staff training, and partnership development.
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A unique partnership between AmeriCorps and Iowa's Promise. The vision is that all Iowa youth have safe and supportive families, schools and communities and that they are healthy, socially competent, successful in school and prepared for a productive adulthood.
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When you just don't know who to talk to, Teenline can help.
- 1-800-443-8336
- 1-800-735-2942
