You can join 4-H if you are in grades K through 13. Youth in Kindergarten, first, and second grades are eligible to enroll in the Cloverbud programs.

In order to join here’s what you need to do:

1. First, select a 4-H club from the list below.  Feel free to contact more than one club and visit more than one club meeting to find one that meets your needs and interests.
2. Once you select a club, find the name and phone number for that club’s general leader.
3. Next, call the club’s general leader and find out more information about the club and its members. Most 4-H members join in the fall, but new members can join at any time. In order to show a project at the Iowa County Junior Fair, new members must join by April 1st of the current 4-H year.  Returning members must join by November 1st.
4. Then, attend the 4-H club meeting with your parents, complete the online enrollment information, select your projects, and get ready to discover what 4-H is all about!  Enrollment information and the project guide are available at https://iowa.extension.wisc.edu/4-h-youth-development/enrollments/
5. Parents can also sign up to be leaders!  In order to be eligible, they need to have completed the Volunteer Orientation Process, be enrolled as a 4-H Leader, and have signed the Volunteer Behavior Expectations Agreement.

4-H Clubs in Iowa County

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4-H Projects

Wisconsin 4-H Project Guide

https://4h.extension.wisc.edu/4h-resources/4-h-project-guide/

Each member signs up for one or more projects, or educational areas.  A project is the topic the member wants to learn about during the 4-H year.  In addition to club meetings, members can attend small group meetings with project leaders help specifically for those projects.  Through project work, 4-H members learn responsibility and new skills in their projects.

These are the projects that Iowa County 4-H members may participate in:

Aerospace	Creative Writing	Goats (Dairy & Meat)	Robotics
Air Rifle	Crocheting	Geology	Scale Models
Archery	Crops	Health	Scrapbooking
Art & Crafts	Dairy	Home Environment	Sheep
Backpacking/Hiking	Dogs	Home Grounds	Shooting Sports
Beef	Dog Obedience	Horse	Small Animals
Cats	Drawing & Painting	Horseless Horse	Swine
Ceramics	Electricity	House Plants	Theater Arts
Child Development	Entomology	Knitting	Tractors
Clothing	Fishing	Leathercraft	Vegetables
Cloverbuds	Flowers	Personal Finance	Wildflowers
Communications	Food Preservation	Photography	Wood Burning
Computers	Foods & Nutrition	Poultry	Woodworking
Consumer Savvy	Forestry	Rabbits	Youth Leadership

4-H Activities

All 4-H members can participate in a wide variety of 4-H activities, regardless of the project areas they have selected.  Members can participate in activities at their local club level or the county level.  Activities include:  music and drama, 4-H softball, 4-H camp, county and state fair, communications arts festival, project learning day, and more.