USU Extension Salt Lake County 4-H

What is 4-H?

4-H empowers youth to reach their full potential, working and learning in partnership with caring adults. 4-H is the nation’s largest Positive Youth Development Program. 4-H focuses on learning by doing. Through our unique partnership with USU Extension we are able to provide opportunities for youth throughout Utah.

4-H offers a wide variety of programs, projects, contests and events from livestock to sewing, and leadership to robotics. Explore our site to learn more.

**To find community clubs that are available, please visit 'What Salt Lake County Offers' program areas below, or use the 'Club Leader Contact Sheet' under Salt Lake 4-H Resources. Community clubs offered by Salt Lake County Staff with meeting times and places are provided in the program areas. If you have additional questions regarding Salt Lake County clubs available, please email the 4-H Staff members below. **

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STATE EVENTS

2024-2025 COUNTY EVENTS

Upcoming Events

General 4-H Information

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If you are Interested in joining the
4-H community please enroll at
4h.zsuite.org

If you have any questions, please contact Kelly Tippetts
kelly.tippetts@usu.edu

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Resilient Roots

Registration is open! https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/34864
* You do not need to be a 4-H member to register!

Save the Dates:
Monday, February 10
Monday, March 10
Monday, April 14
Monday, May 12

Time: 4:30-6pm

Location: Wheeler Farm Outdoor Education Building

Details: Join us as we launch our 4-H Pilot Club, Resilient Roots. a dynamic new program designed to inspire learning, leadership, and community engagement for youth!

Resilient Roots is dedicated to empowering individuals, strengthening our community, and protecting our planet! Through monthly activities, you'll discover how to care for Utah's unique ecosystems, reduce your environmental impact, and take meaningful steps toward a sustainable future. Be part of the change!

This event has a one time fee of $15 per youth participant. Adult volunteers will be free.

Questions? Email: Savannah Torman at savannah.torman@usu.edu

Bastian Hippoloists Club

Date: January 21, 2025

Time: 6:00-7:00 pm

Location: 4-H Clubhouse.

Details: Hay now, hay now, this is what dreams are made of! That is, if you dream of horses! It is the perfect club for those kids who have a horse and want to learn more, or for kids who just wish they had one. Some may call it horseless horse, we call it Hippology-the Study of horses! This club is for all 4-H ages 8 and up, grades 3-12 who want to learn more about the equine world. If you are an existing 4-H member add the club (Bastian Hippologists) on Z-Suite to your profile to receive more information.

Questions? Email: sage.allen@usu.edu

Invention Club

Dates: Jan 22 and Jan 29

Time: 4:00-5:30

Details: Calling all kids- 5th grade and up! If you are a problem solver- or want to become one, the Invention Club is for you! We will learn the process of solving problems and improving the world through invention. You will learn to identify a problem, create an innovative solution and build a prototype. Club members may then choose to compete at the Utah Invention Convention on Mar 7th or 8th in Kearns.

To join, register for the Invention Club on Z-Suite here:

https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/34715

Questions? Email: pamela.vanwagoner@usu.edu

Horse Classic Contests Study Night #2

Date: January 23, 2025

Time: 5:30-6:30pm at the

Location: 4-H Clubhouse.

Details: If you are wanting to participate in the horse classic events like quiz bowl, judging or hippology and want to get a jumpstart on learning the curriculum or you just want to increase your equine knowledge come to this study night! We will be holding at least one of these study nights a month leading up to the county contest. This will be open to all Salt Lake County 4-H youth 8 years old and in 3rd grade through 12th grade.

There will be no cost, but there will be a registration on Z-Suite to count participants.

Questions? Email: sage.allen@usu.edu

Agriculture Careers & Scholarship Education Night

Date: January 27, 2025

Time: 5:30-7pm at the

Location: 4-H Clubhouse.

Details: If you are curious about career opportunities within the field of agriculture or are of the age where you're thinking about going to college but don't know where to start this will be the education night for you! We will discuss opportunities that the College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences at Utah State University can provide, tips and tricks for how to look & apply for scholarships, and dive deeper into what careers (those that require a degree to those that don't) that fit within the scope of agriculture so you can mesh your passion with a future job!

There will be no cost, but there will be a registration on Z-Suite to count participants.

Questions? Email: sage.allen@usu.edu