What is 4-H?
4-H is a community of young people across the United States learning leadership, citizenship and life skills. It began a century ago as an educational program for the nation's rural youth. Today, 4-H meets the needs of and engages young people in positive youth development experiences. 4-H is the youth development education program of the University of Nevada, Reno Extension.
4-H is the largest out-of-school youth organization in the United States with over 7 million members. There are over 49,000 young people engaged in 4-H programs across the state of Nevada alone. The 4-H program promotes life skills development through an expanding number of delivery modes: 4-H community and project clubs, in-school and after-school programs, special interest groups, library programming, recreational and community center partnerships, camping opportunities and much more.
4-H participants are all youth, ages 5 to 19, taking part in programs provided as the result of actions planned and initiated by Extension personnel in cooperation with volunteers and families. 4-H is characterized as being community-centered, volunteer-led, Extension staff supervised, research-based, home and family-oriented, publicly and privately funded and responsive to change. It offers youth opportunities in communications, leadership, career development, citizenship, healthy living, science, technology, engineering and math and more.
4-H Program Areas
All Clark County 4-H programs are based on 4-H curriculum that is backed up by a network of over 100 public universities.
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Additional 4-H Programs
4-H Programs expand way beyond the general topic areas. Clark County has a unique set of programming for both urban and rural communities all over the county.
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Student Nutrition Advisory Council
Clark County 4-H Camps
4-H camps provide all of the benefits of a 4-H experience coupled with the fun of taking hands-on learning to a new place. From day camps to overnight camps, Clark County hosts different camp programs year-round focusing on various 4-H projects and topic areas.
The first ever 4-H camp in Nevada was held in 1930 on the University of Nevada, Reno campus. Today, Nevada 4-H Camps are hosted in various counties across the state. Nevada is home to two 4-H camp facilities that host many 4-H programs throughout the year and provide the fun and wonder of camping in the great outdoors. Nevada 4-H Camp Lake Tahoe is located in Stateline, NV, about 60 miles southwest of Reno, NV, and Nevada 4-H Camp Alamo is located in Alamo, NV in the southern area of the state.
Check out the Clark County 4-H Summer Camps
Clark County 4-H Clubs
A 4-H Club is an organized group of at least five youth from three different families who meet regularly with adult volunteers or staff for a long-term, progressive series of educational experiences. 4-H clubs provide positive youth development opportunities to meet the needs of young people to experience belonging, mastery, independence, and generosity—the Essential Elements—and to foster educational opportunities tied to the Land Grant University, UNR, knowledge base.
North Las Vegas 4-H Clubs
- Silver State Wranglers
- 4-H Vegas Rangers
- Roadrunners
- 4-H After School at Cadwallader Middle School
- 4-H After School at Brinley - BRUINS
Las Vegas 4-H Clubs
- 4-H Cool Coyotes
- Valley Cloversss
Boulder City 4-H Clubs
- Boulder City 4-H Club
- Garrett Junior Highschool 4-H Club
Rural Southern Nevada 4-H Clubs
- Sandy Valley 4-H Club | Sandy Valley, NV
- Searchlight 4-H Club | Searchlight, NV
- Laughlin Boys & Girls 4-H Club | Laughlin, NV
- Silverstate Rattlesnakes | Insian Springs, NV
The 4-H year runs from October - September. All 4-H members and 4-H volunteers must be enrolled in their 4-H club each year. For more information about club meetings or how to enroll in a club, contact the Clark County 4-H team at cc4-h@unr.edu.
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