What's a 4-H Club?

Local 4-H programs provide a large variety of educational, leadership, citizenship, and life skills development opportunities through membership in local clubs or groups. There are different types of 4-H clubs or groups including:

Community 4-H clubs (9 through 18 years of age) offer a variety of general interest 4-H projects for their members, generally meet in public buildings in a specific community of the county, meet 9 to 12 months of the year, and have elected youth officers.

Project 4-H clubs (9 through 18 years of age) focus on a single 4-H project or subject matter area (i.e. horse clubs, photography clubs, etc.), generally meet in public buildings, meet 9 to 12 months of the year, and have elected youth officers.

Special Interest 4-H groups (9 through 18 years of age) have short-term learning experiences designed to create interest in a subject matter area, learn about 4-H, and have no elected youth officers.

Cloverbud 4-H groups (5 through 8 years of age) who are introduced to 4-H through special learning activities designed for their age group. There are no elected youth officers and no competitive events for Cloverbuds.

For more information about 4-H clubs in James City County, see details below.  Please note that clubs have size limits to assure required supervision ratios. If you are interested in enrolling in a specific club or group, go to their specific club page and contact the club leader.

Virginia 4-H is a volunteer-led, Extension staff supervised organization. The availability of clubs and programs is dependent on having interested, approved, and trained volunteer leaders. If clubs are full, we can work with new volunteers to establish new programs. If you are interested in becoming a volunteer leader for a club or program, please contact the 4-H Extension Agent, Isaiah Morton (Mr.M) at ikmorton@vt.edu.