Use this chart as a tool as you plan the annual program for your 4-H club. The items listed are ideas only; feel free to come up with your own.
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Month |
Business Agenda |
Educational Program Agenda |
Recreation |
Community Service – Learning Project |
Special Events club, county, district, state |
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October (4-H year is Oct. 1 – Sept. 30) (fall newsletter) |
Distribute enrollment packet, hold first meeting, distribute annual calendar, plan food drive |
Parliamentary procedure, service learning, review 4-H recordkeeping and complete 4-H records |
Picnic or potluck get acquainted event, ice breaker games |
Statewide Food Drive begins |
Conduct a display or community event for National 4-H Week |
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November |
Elect officers, check on progress of food drive, plan holiday community service and holiday party |
Bring in a community resource person to speak on the project area |
Ice breaker games, refreshment period with speaker |
Statewide Food Drive continues; deliver a Thanksgiving food basket |
4-H Records are due 4-H Food Drive ends in November or early December |
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December |
Announce/review Winter Workshops and Teen Leadership Conference |
Begin preparation for Visual Presentations (VP’s), Window Exhibits, County Horse Round Up |
Holiday party/refreshments |
Finish Food Drive and collect and report final total; conduct a holiday community service |
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January (winter newsletter) |
Review spring programs such as VP’s and begin plans for spring community service project(s) |
Continue preparation for VP’s, Window Exhibits, County Horse Round Up |
Outdoor winter games or winter carnival |
Visit shut-ins or a nursing home |
Winter Workshops, Teen Leadership Conference, County 4-H Horse Round Up, Rabbit Workshop |
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February |
Begin to plan club fundraiser, continue to work on community service plans |
Final VP preparations; members may present their VP in front of the club |
Valentine theme for games and/or refreshments |
Make or collect needed items for a local hospital or nursing home |
Winter Workshops, 4-H Awards Banquets (take place Jan. through April) |
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March |
Announce/review upcoming UMass science camps and 4-H camps |
Invite another 4-H club to your meeting |
Make nutritious snacks for National Nutrition month |
Donate needed supplies or services to an animal shelter |
County Visual Presentation Day |
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April (spring newsletter) |
Report on VP Day and plan for State VP Day, begin planning for end of year celebration |
Take a field trip |
Relay races |
Community beautification project |
State Visual Presentation Day and State 4-H Horse Round Up |
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May |
Plan for summer fair(s), finish plans for end of year event |
Finish project work for the year |
Scavenger hunt |
Donate thank you letters or needed supplies to 4-H to go to children in military families |
4-H Vet Science Camp, 4-H Dairy and Beef Camp, State Dog Camp |
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June
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Complete any unfinished business |
Review club and individual member goals and progress made and record this in the 4-H record |
End of year celebration; banquet, picnic, pizza and movie night, etc. |
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4-H SET Camp, county 4-H fairs begin , State 4-H Dog Show |
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July & August (summer newsletter) |
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Continue working on fair projects and exhibits |
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Fairs and camps, State 4-H Photo contest |
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September |
Discuss how to recruit new members |
Work on records for submission to county office by Nov. 1 |
May hold a club recognition night |
Make plans for 4-H Food Drive |
Big E; animal shows, NE Center stage, action exhibits, Clothing Revue |