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4-H Youth Development

4-H is a nationwide program led by state land-grant universities in cooper-ation with local county/district extension councils. In Kansas, 4-H is the largest youth educational program, aside from public schools. Each of the four H's on the clover represent ways youth can grow and develop in 4-H.

Elk County 4-H Handbook(September 2022) - Information about the Elk County 4-H Program.

Elk County 4-H Calendar 2024

January 13                   4-H Day with K-State Women’s Basketball Game
January 15                   Holiday -- Offices Closed
January 19                   Southeast Area 4-H Project Record Screening
January 26                   Registration Deadline for Citizenship in Action
January 27                   4-H Horse Panorama -- Salina

February 7                   4-H Council Meeting
February 12                 4-H Club Day, Favorite Food Show and Junk in a Bucket Entries Due
February 18 - 19          Citizenship in Action -- Topeka
February 18                 Beef Weigh in and Tag Day -- Howard Veterinary Clinic
February 24                 Elk County 4-H Club Day and Favorite Food Show -- West Elk School

March 1                       Kansas 4-H Scholarship Applications Due
March 2                       KSU Jr Beef Producer Day
March 16                     KSU Jr Sheep Producer Day
March 19                     YQCA Training -- Howard
March 20                     4-H Records Workshop
March 23                     Regional 4-H Club Day -- Madison
March 23                     4-H Council Steak Supper -- Grenola
March 31                     Elk County 4-H Scholarship Applications Due

April 3                         4-H Council Meeting
April 24                       YQCA Training -- Sedan
April 26 & 27               Sheep/Swine/Meat Goat Weigh in and Tag Day -- Longton
April 27                       Chautauqua County Spring Beef Show

May 1                          KSF/KJLS Market Beef Nominations Due
May 1                          Project Drop/Add Deadline
May 27                        Holiday -- Offices Closed

June                             4-H Council Meeting
June 1                          Horse ID’s Due
June 1                          Chautauqua County Spring Small Animal (Hogs, Sheep, Goats) Show
June 5 - 7                     Discovery Days
June 15                        KSF/KJLS Commercial Heifer, Market/Commercial Sheep, Swine and Goat Nominations Due
June 25                        Southeast Area Crops, Horticulture, Photography, and FCS Contests -- Emporia
June 27                        Southeast Area Livestock Judging, Skillathon and Meats Judging Contests

July 1                           YQCA Completion Deadline
July 1                           4-H/FFA Fair Entries Due
July 4                           Holiday -- Offices Closed
July 8                           Fashion Revue Forms Due
July 10                         Clothing Construction, Fiber Arts and Fashion Revue Judging
                                   Public Fashion Revue
July 13                         Fairgrounds Cleanup
July 15                         4-H Foods Judging
                                   4-H Horse Show
                                   Kansas State Fair 4-H/FFA Livestock Entries Due

July 17 - 20                 Elk County 4-H Fair -- Howard
July 24 - 27                 Chautauqua County Fair -- Sedan

August 7                      4-H Council Meeting
August 15                    Kansas Junior Livestock Show Entries Due
August 17 - 18             State 4-H Livestock Sweepstakes (Tentative)

September 2                Holiday -- Offices Closed
September 6 - 15         Kansas State Fair -- Hutchinson
September 23              Record Books, Achievement Pin Applications and Officer Notebooks Due
September 27 - 29       Kansas Junior Livestock Show -- Hutchinson

October 1                    Start of New 4-H Year
October 2                    4-H Council Meeting
October 6 - 12             National 4-H Week