4-H Clubs & How to Join
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:
- 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.
- Once you select a club, find the name and phone number for that club’s general leader.
- 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 December 1st.
- 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/
- 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
| Location | 4-H Club | Contact |
|---|---|---|
| Dodgeville Area | Five Point | Sally Hanson |
| Rockwell Mills | Heidi Tiber | |
| Highland Area | Country Cardinals | Ashley Yager |
| Mineral Point Area | County Line | Beth Graber |
| Jonesdale Jays | Jim Vondra | |
| Pleasant View | Jessie Potterton | |
| Barneveld Area | Mounds View | Meghan Durst |
| Hollandale/Blanchardville Area | Blue Ribbon | Jackie McCarville |
| Up and Over | Natalie Wyse | |
| Spring Green/Avoca/Muscoda Area | Clyde Go Getters | Mia Hillebrand |
| Circle A | Kassy Koch | |
| Montfort/Livingston/Rewey Area | Cobb Busy Badgers | Amanda Linscheid |
| Kountry Kousins | Karen Parish | |
| Red Barn | Vicki Fritsch | |
| Rewey Lucky Stars | Mary Schauff | |
| County-Wide | Iowa County Equine Club | Deena Vinger |
4-H Projects
What are 4-H Projects?
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.
