Utah 4-H
State Calendar


 

2024-25 4-H Year


05—15
Utah State Fair
06—07
Utah State Fair Rabbit Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
07
State Dog Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
07
State Companion Animal Event
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

09
Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
State Fly Fishing Contest
blake.clark@usu.edu
25–28
State Horse Show
Wasatch County Events Complex
Heber, UT
TBD
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu

TBD
National 4-H Week
dave.francis@usu.edu
TBD
Tractor Supply Paper Clover Fundraiser
TBD
State Drone Competition
held in Sanpete County
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
08—10
Fall 4-H Inservice
craig.dart@usu.edu
18—19
Design Team Training

09
4-H Prom
09
Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
29
National 4-H Congress
Nov 29—Dec 3

Nov 29—Dec 3
National 4-H Congress
Nov 29—Dec 3

04
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
08—11
Western National Roundup
(National 4-H Competition)
dave.francis@usu.edu
15—18
National 4-H FCS Competition & Conference
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
16—18
Winter Afterschool FACETS Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
17—18
National Science Bowl
(High School Regional Competition)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
24—25    
Teen Winter Retreat

14—15
Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
17
Final Ambassador Retreat Prep
cindy.nelson@usu.edu

05—07
Extension Annual Conference
craig.dart@usu.edu
07—08
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
07—08
State Invention Convention & Design Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
07—08
Project Invent: Team Tech Invention Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
10
Pixelation Contest
(Entries due)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
13—17 
Ignite by 4-H
28—29
TRY Team Training

04—07
Digital Arts Contest
(Entries due)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
07
30-hour Video Shoot
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
08—10
Spring 4-H Inservice
craig.dart@usu.edu
11—12
Drone Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
11—16
National 4-H Conference
vernon.parent@usu.edu
18—19
State Ambassador Interviews
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
24
Mock Legislature
24—25
Utah Envirothon
25—26
Northern Region Retreat
cindy.nelson@usu.edu

09—10
TLT Design Team Training
vernon.parent@usu.edu
14—17
State Ambassador Training
(mandatory)
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
27—28
Region Ambassador Summer Retreat
cindy.nelson@usu.edu

01
Fat Quarter Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
01
Service in STEM
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
12
State Project Ambassador Applications Due
23—24
4-H Classic

Jun 30—Jul 2
Junior Youth Conference (JYC)
Jun 30—Jul 2
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H)

Jun 30—Jul 2
Junior Youth Conference (JYC)
Jun 30—Jul 2
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H)
07—09
Teen Summit
10
Problem Solvers Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
17
Clover Award Application Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
17
Club Award Appreciation Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
TBD
Mustang Camp
(in Tooele County; all are invited to attend)

 

 

 

2025-26 4-H Year


TBD
Utah State Fair
TBD
Northern Region Ambassador
Planning Retreat

vernon.parent@usu.edu
Sep 30—Oct 2
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
State STEM Ambassadors Retreat
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
State Horse Show
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu

Sep 30—Oct 2
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
10
Game Design Challenge Opens
(closes February 15th)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
National 4-H Week
megan.rowley@usu.edu
TBD
Tractor Supply Paper Clover
megan.rowley@usu.edu
TBD
4-H Scholarships Training
TBD
Deep Space Kits - Available Now
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Fall 4-H Inservice
craig.dart@usu.edu
TBD
4-H University
TBD
Design Team Training

TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD 
Utah State Turkey Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
Teen Summit Design Team Applications Due
vernon.parent@usu.edu
TBD
State STEM Ambassadors Retreat
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Leadership & Public Speaking Camp
vernon.parent@usu.edu
TBD
National 4-H Congress
(State Ambassadors Only)
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu

TBD
State Ambassador Application Due
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
TBD
USU/4-H Scholarships Open
(Dec 1 - Jan 31; date subject to change)
kelsey.romney@usu.edu
TBD
4-H Portfolio Contest Opens
TBD
Drone Workshop
deborah.ivie@usu.edu

TBD
Digital Arts Contests Entries Open
(closes March 15th)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Pixelations Contests Entries Open
(Entries due March 1st)
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Western National Roundup
(National 4-H Competition)
Forth Worth, TX
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
Game Design Challenge Closes
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Winter Afterschool FACETS Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Teen Winter Retreat

TBD
JoAnn Fabric Spring Campaign
(Feb 1 - Apr 30)
stacey.macarthur@usu.edu
TBD
4-H Prom
TBD        
State 4-H Portfolios Contest Due
(Opened Dec. 01, 2021)
kelsey.romney@usu.edu
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
National Science Bowl
High School Regional Competition
deborah.ivie@usu.edu

TBD
4-H Bright Ideas Contest Open
kelsey.romney@usu.edu
TBD
Pixelations Contest Entries Due
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Bright Ideas Q&A
(held over Zoom)
kelsey.romney@usu.edu
TBD
American Youth Horse Council Symposium
(AYHC Symposium - Fort Worth, TX)
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
National 4-H Youth Summit
(State, FCS, STEM & Ag Project ambassadors;
Location TBD)

jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
TBD
Southern Region Teen Retreat
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
UPHC / Utah 4-H Horse Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
30 Hour Video Shoot
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Digital Arts Contests Entries Due
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
TRY Training
TBD
Horse Judge Training

TBD
Digital Arts and Pixelations Results Released
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Local Invention Conventions Complete
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
National 4-H Conference
vernon.parent@usu.edu
TBD
4-H Bright Ideas Pitch Practice + Q&A
(Finalists Only)
kelsey.romney@usu.edu
TBD
State Ambassador Interviews
TBD
Utah Envirothon
TBD
Northern Region Retreat
vernon.parent@usu.edu
TBD
State Invention Convention
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Mock Legislature
TBD
Spring Coordinator Training
craig.dart@usu.edu
TBD
Color Country Natural Resource Camp  Registration closes
TBD
4-H Bright Ideas Contest
kelsey.romney@usu.edu

TBD
State Shooting Sports
TBD
State Invention Convention & Design Challenge
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
TBD
State Ambassador Mandatory Training
(State Ambassadors Only)
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
TBD
Color Country Natural Resource Camp

TBD
Color Country Natural Resource Camp
TBD
Western Heritage - Shooting
TBD
State Project Ambassador Applications Due
TBD
State Eventing Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
Junior Youth Conference
TBD
State Eventing Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
i4-H
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Mustang Camp
TBD
4-H Classic
FCS, Public Speaking, STEM, Horse and Livestock Contests and Workshops

TBD
Teen Summit
TBD
Clover Award Application Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
TBD
Club Award Appreciation Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
TBD
Mustang Camp
(in Tooele County; all are invited to attend)
TBD
State Project Ambassador Training
(Tentative date)

TBD
Hackathon
deborah.ivie@usu.edu

2026-27 4-H Year


TBD
Game Design Challenge opens
TBD
Utah State Fair
TBD
State Dog Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
TBD
State Companion Animal Event
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

TBD
State Fly Fishing Contest
blake.clark@usu.edu
TBD
Northern Region Ambassador Planning Retreat
vernon.parent@usu.edu
TBD
State Horse Show
Wasatch County Events Complex
Heber, UT
TBD
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
4H Shooting Sports State Contest
blake.clark@usu.edu

TBD
National 4-H Week
dave.francis@usu.edu
TBD
Tractor Supply Paper Clover Fundraiser
TBD
State Drone Competition
deborah.ivie@usu.edu
TBD
Design Team Training
TBD
Fall 4-H Inservice
craig.dart@usu.edu

TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
Northern Leadership & Public Speaking Camp
vernon.parent@usu.edu

TBD
Western National Roundup
(National 4-H Competition)
meggan.schulze@usu.edu
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
Teen Winter Retreat

TBD
4-H Prom
TBD
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
TBD
Alaska 4-H Summit
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu

03
4-H x JoAnn: Spring Campaign
Mar 3—May 4, 2024
06–08
Extension Annual Conference
dave.francis@usu.edu
09–10
(Tentative)
UPHC / Utah 4-H Horse Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
15–16
(Tentative)
Southern Region Teen Retreat
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
16
Utah 4-H Dog Classic Workshops
(Tremonton, UT)
marci.borg@usu.edu
21—23
American Youth Horse Council Symposium
(AYCH Symposium - Fort Worth, TX)
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
22–23
TRY Training
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
28–30
Horse Program Training
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

12–13
State Ambassador Interviews
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
13
Small Animal Showdown
(Fillmore, UT)
courtney.stephenson@usu.edu
or brandi.reber@usu.edu
18—19
Utah Envirothon
19–20
Northern Region Retreat
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
19–24
National 4-H Conference
vernon.parent@usu.edu
25
Mock Legislature
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
26—27
Regional Rabbit Education Day & Show
(Wellsville, UT)
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

06—07
4H Shooting Sports State Contest
Logan, Utah
blake.clark@usu.edu
08–11
State Ambassador Mandatory Training
(State Ambassadors Only)
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
09–11
Intermountain Livestock Judges Training
(IMLJT)

0607
Mustang Camp
Tooele County, UT - all are invited to attend
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
10–12
Southern Region Ambassador Training
cindy.nelson@usu.edu
10–12
Junior Youth Conference (JYC)
10–12
i4-H
14
State Project Ambassador Applications Due
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
TBD
State Eventing Show
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu
24–25
4-H Classic
Contests and Workshops in FCS, Public Speaking, STEM, Horse, and Livestock.
2829
Mustang Camp
Lassan County, CA
jessie.hadfield@usu.edu

08–10
Teen Summit
17
Club Award Application Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
17
Club Award Appreciation Due
craig.dart@usu.edu
18—20
State Project Ambassador Training
jolene.bunnell@usu.edu
28–31
Western Heritage State and National Contest
Price, UT
blake.clark@usu.edu



  

 

 

 





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