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.
| Month | Business Agenda | Educational Program Agenda | Recreation | Community Service – Learning Project | Special Events club, county, district, state |
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October 15 (4-H year begins)
| Distribute re-enrollment link and connect New families to office for enrollment packet, hold first meeting, distribute annual calendar | Parliamentary procedure, service learning, review 4-H recordkeeping and complete 4-H records | Picnic or potluck get acquainted event, ice breaker games | Plan club project(s) Sub-committees formed | Topsfield Fair National 4-H Week *Award vary Nov-Feb |
| November | Elect officers, plan holiday community service and holiday party | Bring in a community resource person to speak on the project area, start records by setting goals. | Ice breaker games, refreshment period with speaker |
Thanksgiving food basket | STEM Day Clover Days Tractor Supply |
| December | Announce/review Winter Workshops and Rabbit Workshop Conference | Begin preparation for Visual Presentations (VP’s), Window Exhibits, County Horse Round Up | Holiday party/refreshments | Conduct a holiday community service | STEAM Festival Opens
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| January | 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, County 4-H Horse Round Up, Rabbit Workshop |
| 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 STEAM Festival entries due |
| March | Announce/review upcoming UMass Animal Science Academies, Explore Vet. Science & Explore UMass programs. | 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 3/14 STEAM Festival Awards |
| April | Report on VP Day and plan for State VP Day, review goals and update records, begin planning for end of year celebration | Take a field trip | Relay races | Month of the Military Child Donate thank you letters or needed supplies to 4-H to go to children in military families Community beautification project | National Teen Leadership Trip Applications Due State Visual Presentation Day State 4-H Horse Round Up Register for Explore UMass Spring Clover Campaign |
| May | Plan for summer fair(s), finish plans for end of year event | Finish project work for the year | Scavenger hunt | Plant a row for the Hungry or plant a pollinator garden. | Animal Science Academies State Dog Academy |
June
| 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. | Hand down outgrown show clothes to younger members or host a sale/swap event. | Explore Vet. Science Explore UMass 4-H fairs begin ,
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| July & August | Continue working on fair projects and exhibits | Fairs and State 4-H Photo contest | |||
| September | Discuss how to recruit new members | Work on records for submission to county office by Oct. 31st. | May hold a club recognition night | Big E; animal shows, NE Center stage, action exhibits |