Utah 4-H
State Calendar
2025-26 4-H Year
04—14
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Utah State Fair |
07 |
Utah 4-H State Dog Show @ the Utah State Fair (Registration includes 2 tickets) |
12—13 |
Northern Region Ambassador Training vernon.parent@usu.edu |
14 |
Utah State Fair Exhibit Pickup pamela.vanwagoner@usu.edu |
16—18 |
STEMgenuity 4-H STEM Conference held in Salt Lake County (Virtual option held Oct. 20) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
17—20 |
Utah 4-H State Horse Show @ Bastian Agriculture Center in South Jordan, UT |
27 |
Southern Region Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
30 |
Edible Algorithms Challenge (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
Sep 30—Oct 2 |
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference deborah.ivie@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 |
05—11 |
National 4-H Week dave.francis@usu.edu |
14—16 |
Fall 4-H Inservice Price, UT craig.dart@usu.edu |
17—18 |
Design Team Training |
20 |
Virtual STEMgenuity Conference deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
31 |
Kinetic Creations (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
01 |
Agrobotics deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
01 |
Southern Region Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
03 |
Design Team Applications for Teen Winter Retreat (Applications due) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
06—08 |
State Project Ambassador Training |
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 |
15 |
Northern Region Ambassador Fall Retreat vernon.parent@usu.edu |
Nov 28—Dec 02 |
National 4-H Congress (State Ambassadors Only) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
Nov 28—Dec 14 |
Tractor Supply Paper Clover Fundraiser |
01 |
4-H Portfolio State Contest (Open Dec 1—Feb 15) |
Nov 28—Dec 02 |
National 4-H Congress (State Ambassadors Only) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
Nov 28—Dec 14 |
Tractor Supply Paper Clover Fundraiser |
TBD |
State Ambassador (Application due) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
TBD |
USU/4-H Scholarships Open (Dec 1 - Jan 31; date subject to change) kelsey.romney@usu.edu |
31 |
Pixelation Contest (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
01 |
4-H Bright Ideas (Contest opens Jan 1 until Feb 15) |
03 |
Southern Region Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
14—16 |
National 4-H FCS Competition & Conference meggan.schulze@usu.edu |
15 |
4-H Bright Ideas Q&A (held over Zoom) |
15—17 |
Winter FACETS Afterschool Conference deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
23—24 |
Teen Winter Retreat |
24 |
National Science Bowl deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
31 |
Problem Solvers Challenge (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
07 |
Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
15 |
State 4-H Portfolios Contest Due (Opened Dec. 01, 2021) kelsey.romney@usu.edu |
16 |
Southern Region Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
27—28 |
TRY Team Training |
28 |
Digital Arts Contest (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
National Science Bowl High School Regional Competition deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
03—05 |
Extension Annual Conference |
TBD |
Pixelations Contest (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
06—07 |
Southern Region Teen Retreat cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
07 |
State Dogmanship Workshop jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
12 & 14 |
Southern Region Contests in St. George, UT jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
14 |
4-H Bright Ideas Contest |
20—21 |
Northern Region Contests in Spanish Fork, UT jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
25—29 |
Ignite by 4-H |
25—29 |
National 4-H Conference |
26—28 |
American Youth Horse Council (AYHC) Symposium (AYHC Symposium in Fort Worth, TX) jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
26—29 |
2026 Program Training: Horse, Livestock, & Companion Animal **Combined with AYHC Symposium jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
TBD |
Spring Small Animal Showdown |
31 |
Fat Quarter Quilting Challenge (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Digital Arts Contests (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Horse Judge Training |
11 |
Invention Convention In-person deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
11 |
Small Animal Showdown in Sanpete County jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
11—16 |
National 4-H Conference vernon.parent@usu.edu |
17—18 |
State Ambassador Interviews (State Ambassador Candidates only) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
TBD |
Utah Envirothon |
18 |
Rifle Leader Training held in Utah County craig.dart@usu.edu |
24—25 |
Northern Region Retreat vernon.parent@usu.edu |
23 or 30 |
Mock Legislature |
14—16 |
Spring 4-H Inservice Training *Location TBD craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
4-H Bright Ideas Contest kelsey.romney@usu.edu |
08—09 |
State Shooting Sports |
TBD |
State Invention Convention & Design Challenge deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
15—16 |
TLT Design Team Training vernon.parent@usu.edu |
16 |
4-H Drone Challenge (in-person) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Intermountain Livestock Judges Training |
TBD |
|
TBD |
State Ambassador Mandatory Training (State Ambassadors Only) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
26—27 |
Region Ambassador Summer Retreat cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Project Ambassador Applications Due |
TBD |
State Eventing Show jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
01 |
Game Design Challenge opens deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
25—26 |
Mustang Camp in Millard/Tooele County |
26—27 |
State Shooting Sports—Western Heritage brandi.reber@usu.edu |
27 |
State 4-H Shooting Sports Western Heritage Project Invitational brandi.reber@usu.edu |
30 |
Service in STEM Submissions due deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
Jun 29—Jul 01 |
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H) |
Jun 29—Jul 01 |
Junior Youth Conference (JYC) |
Jun 29—Jul 01 |
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H) |
Jun 29—Jul 01 |
Junior Youth Conference (JYC) |
13—15 |
Teen Summit |
TBD |
State Project Ambassador Training angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
TBD |
Hackathon deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
15 |
Clover Award (Nominations Due) craig.dart@usu.edu |
15 |
Club Appreciation Award (Nominations Due) craig.dart@usu.edu |
31 |
Game Design Challenge (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
2026-27 4-H Year
TBD |
Game Design Challenge opens |
TBD |
State Fair Exhibit Drop Off pamela.vanwagoner@usu.edu |
10—20 |
Utah State Fair |
11—12 |
Utah 4-H State Dog Show jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
11—12 |
State Small Animal Showdown jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
TBD |
Northern Region Ambassador Planning Retreat vernon.parent@usu.edu |
16—19 |
State Horse Show Bastian Agricultural Center South Jordan, 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 brandi.reber@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 |
23 |
Fall FACETS Afterschool Conference deborah.ivie@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
|
UPHC / Utah 4-H Horse Show jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
15–16
|
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) |
06–07 |
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. |
28–29 |
Mustang Camp Lassan County, CA jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
08–10 |
Teen Summit |
17 |
Club Appreciation Award (Nominations Due) craig.dart@usu.edu |
17 |
Clover Award (Nominations 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 |
2027-28 4-H Year
TBD |
Utah State Fair |
TBD |
Utah State Fair Rabbit Show jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Dog Show jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Companion Animal Event jessie.hadfield@usu.edu |
TBD |
Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
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 deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Fall 4-H Inservice craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
Design Team Training |
TBD |
Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
National 4-H Congress |
TBD |
Southern Region Ambassador Training cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
Western National Roundup (National 4-H Competition) meggan.schulze@usu.edu |
TBD |
National 4-H FCS Competition & Conference meggan.schulze@usu.edu |
TBD |
Winter Afterschool FACETS Conference deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
National Science Bowl (High School Regional Competition) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Teen Winter Retreat |
TBD |
Intermountain Junior Science & Humanities Symposium deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Final Southern Region Ambassador Retreat Prep cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
Extension Annual Conference craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
Southern Region Retreat cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Invention Convention & Design Challenge deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
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 |
TBD |
Digital Arts Contest (Entries due) deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
30-hour Video Shoot deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Spring 4-H Inservice craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
Drone Challenge deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
American Youth Horse Council (AYHC) Symposium |
TBD |
National 4-H Conference vernon.parent@usu.edu |
TBD |
Rifle Leader Training craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Ambassador Interviews angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
TBD |
Mock Legislature |
TBD |
Utah Envirothon |
TBD |
Northern Region Retreat vernon.parent@usu.edu |
TBD |
TLT Design Team Training vernon.parent@usu.edu |
TBD |
State Project Ambassador Applications Due |
TBD |
State Ambassador Training (mandatory) angela.eckhardt@usu.edu |
TBD |
Region Ambassador Summer Retreat cindy.nelson@usu.edu |
TBD |
Fat Quarter Challenge deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Service in STEM deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Mustang Camp (in Tooele County; all are invited to attend) |
TBD |
Southern Region Ambassador Summer Retreat |
TBD |
Junior Youth Conference (JYC) |
TBD |
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H) |
TBD |
Junior Youth Conference (JYC) |
TBD |
Intermediate 4-H Camp (i4-H) |
TBD |
Teen Summit |
TBD |
Problem Solvers Challenge deborah.ivie@usu.edu |
TBD |
Club Appreciation Award (Nominations Due) craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
Clover Award (Nominations Due) craig.dart@usu.edu |
TBD |
Mustang Camp (in Lassan County, CA) |
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