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