4-H Youth Development
4-H Youth Development
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults.
What is 4-H?
4-H Youth Development is part of Kentucky Cooperative Extension. Extension’s mission is to make a positive difference in the lives of Kentucky citizens through non-formal education for the entire family. Extension agents and volunteers take the results of university research and explain it in such a way that different age groups can learn and apply the information to their own lives. Kentucky 4-H believes in providing positive youth development experiences that all youth to experience belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity.
4-H is a youth organization committed to building outstanding leaders with marketable skills to succeed in today’s global society. 4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. The four H's represent the idea of Head, Heart, Hands, and Health. These are the values members work on through fun and engaging programs.
Head Managing, Thinking
Heart Relating, Caring
Hands Giving, Working
Health Being, Living
Interested in enrolling in 4-H?
Gallatin County 4-H Enrollment Form
Bring completed forms to the Gallatin County Extension Office to get signed up.
Have questions? Call (859) 567-5481.
4-H Country Ham Project 2025
Interested in learning how to cure a country ham?
Requirements:
-MUST be 4-H age to participate (4-H age is 9 as of January 1, 2025)
-Signed Country Ham Contract (download below) by Friday, December 6, 2024
-$70 per youth participating (includes 2 hams) by Friday, December 6, 2024
-6 Educational Hours
-Speech at County AND State Levels
-MUST complete a Record Book for the County Fair
Contact the Gallatin County Extension Office at (859) 567-5481 for more information.
Download a copy of the 4-H Country Ham Project 2025 Contract.
(Due to the Gallatin County Extension Office no later than 4:30pm on Friday, December 6, 2024)
Additional Information
4-H Newsletters
UPCOMING 4-H FUNDRAISERS
2025 Written Communications Contest
Are you interested in writing pieces like Poetry, Songwriting, etc?
Download the 4-H Communications Contest Information Packet for more information.
How does 4-H benefit youth?
4-H’ers, regardless of their background, socio-economic status, race or gender, benefit from their participation in Kentucky 4-H. Positive youth development studies have affirmed that compared to other youth, young people involved in 4-H are:
- Four times more likely to contribute to their communities.
- Two times more likely to be civically active.
- Two times more likely to make healthier lifestyle choices.
- Two times more likely to participate in Science, Engineering and Computer Technology programs during out-of-school time.
- 4-H girls are two times more likely (Grade 10) and nearly three times more likely (Grade 12) to take part in science programs compared to girls in other out-of-school time activities.
Lora J. Stewart
Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development
(859) 567-5481 lora.stewart@uky.edu Gallatin County Extension Office 395 US 42 West, Warsaw, Kentucky 41095-0805
