October 25, 2024
Young 4-H members from across Pennsylvania recently took part in a day-long event called State Leadership Conference, Junior. One hundred participants, aged 10-13, attended the conference at Penn State's University Park campus. The theme was "Unlocking the Power Within."
October 21, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H, a program of Penn State Extension, recently inducted a new team of State Project Ambassadors. This leadership opportunity is aimed at bringing a youth perspective to statewide program areas.
October 15, 2024
Ronak Suchindra, 17, a 4-H member from Chester Springs, is going full "STEM" ahead as a $5,000 scholarship recipient and 2025 National 4-H Council Youth in Action Award winner. Suchindra was selected for creating Kids Connect, a platform that offers STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — workshops to youth across the country.
October 10, 2024
Recently, a group of twenty Pennsylvania 4-H'ers had the unique opportunity to visit Google's Pittsburgh office. While there, they presented their STEM and AI-related projects to volunteer Googlers, who provided insightful feedback to help further develop their ideas. In an exciting surprise, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, and Maggie Johnson, Global Head and Vice President of Google.org, made an appearance to meet and encourage the 4-H'ers.
October 7, 2024
Quality Animal Management (QAM) is becoming Club-Level Education! 2024-25 will be the last 4-H program year in which QAM is taught as a stand-alone training program, as well as the last year in which it's explicitly called "QAM".
September 10, 2024
The Pennsylvania 4-H STEM program recently launched a computer science ambassador team comprised of Aadit Shah, Arush Dubey, and Ronak Suchindra, 4-H members from Chester County.
August 23, 2024
Penn State Extension sent three 4-H members — Kera Bentz, of Snyder County; Garrett Franck, of Union County; and Micah Staples, of Monroe County — as delegates to the National Wildlife Habitat Education Program competition, held recently in Brownwood, Texas.
August 22, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H has announced this year's recipients of the Allen L. and Richard H. Baker Memorial 4-H Scholarship. Receiving awards are Faith Wolfe, of Centre County, Evangeline McGargle, of Huntingdon County, and Tayler Rafferty, of Jefferson County.
August 8, 2024
For Penn State alumni and lifelong friends MeeCee Baker and Jeff Conrad, 4-H played a pivotal role in their lives as youth in Pennsylvania. With the goal of opening doors for young people in the county where they grew up and inspiring others to support 4-H in their own communities, Baker and Conrad created an endowment to cover the membership fees in perpetuity for all youth who want to participate in 4-H in Juniata County.
July 26, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H’ers recently competed in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championship in Grand Island, Nebraska. The competition included 708 4-H youth ages 14-18 from 40 states. Pennsylvania sent 16 participants and five coaches.
July 25, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H'ers recently competed in animal science knowledge contests at Penn State’s University Park campus. Youth aged 10-18 participated in events such as the dairy bowl, horse bowl, hippology contest, livestock skillathon, and rabbit and cavy bowl and skillathon. They also competed in animal judging events for dairy, horse and livestock and in a new meat judging contest for seniors.
May 20, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H'ers from across the state participated in several shooting sports contests held recently at Penn State's Ag Progress Days site, at the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Scotia Range in Centre County, and at the Shenecoy Sportsmen Association in Huntingdon County.
May 16, 2024
A field day event held recently by Penn State Extension gave youth 4-H members from across Pennsylvania an opportunity to explore their interest in wildlife and forestry.
May 9, 2024
As part of an effort to bring youth voice to high-level government discussions, 10 Pennsylvania 4-H members attended the National 4-H Conference, April 19-24, at Hyatt Regency Crystal City near Washington, D.C.
April 23, 2024
Alexis Sykes, a Pennsylvania 4-H alumna from Sullivan County, was invited by the National 4-H Council to sing the national anthem and recite the 4-H pledge at a recent national conference for land-grant university and agricultural research leaders in Washington D.C.
April 22, 2024
Pennsylvania 2024 4-H Volunteer of the Year Sarah Burke, of Venango County, has garnered recognition beyond the state as the Northeast Region and National Volunteer of the Year as part of the annual 4-H Salute to Excellence Awards program.
March 26, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H'ers recently earned high rankings in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Quiz Bowl. This virtual competition included nearly 400 participants.
March 22, 2024
During Pennsylvania 4-H Week, March 17-23, the 4-H State Council announced this year's theme to guide program participants: "Unlocking the Power Within."
March 5, 2024
Governor Josh Shapiro has issued a proclamation recognizing March 17 to 23 as Pennsylvania 4-H Week and praising 4-H for its commitment to the future of Pennsylvania agriculture.
February 22, 2024
At the recent Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, 24 4-H'ers received Diamond Clover Awards, the highest achievement possible in the Pennsylvania 4-H program.
February 21, 2024
More than 300 Pennsylvania 4-H youth gathered to network and enhance their leadership skills during the Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, February 2-4. The conference took place at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College. The theme was "Build: Impact, Influence, Inspire."
February 19, 2024
Recently, the PA Department of Agriculture (PDA) released the animal health guidelines that will apply during this year's fair season. Those guidelines include two very important updates.
February 14, 2024
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Lebanon County — Caleb Nolt, Alex Heisey, James Voight and Trevor Manbeck — earned high honors in the livestock judging contest at the National Western Stock Show, held recently in Denver, Colorado.
February 9, 2024
More than 300 Pennsylvania 4-H youth gathered to network and enhance their leadership skills during the 2024 Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, held February 2-4 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College.
January 3, 2024
Pennsylvania 4-H members excelled in competition at the National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference, held recently at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center in Louisville, Kentucky. This event is aimed at developing leadership and decision-making skills in youth who are interested in poultry and poultry products.
January 3, 2024
A Pennsylvania 4-H horse judging team from Lebanon County — Rachel Bohr, Madeline Ingraham and Ciera Wolff — participated in the Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup, held recently at the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
December 19, 2023
Two teams of Pennsylvania 4-H members recently participated in the hippology contest at the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, the world's largest single-breed horse show. Held at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus, the show attracts 650,000 people and is hosted by the Ohio Quarter Horse Association, a state affiliate of the American Quarter Horse Association.
December 19, 2023
Three teams of Pennsylvania 4-H members recently participated in livestock contests at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
December 18, 2023
Pennsylvania 4-H made an impact at the National 4-H Congress, held recently in Atlanta, Georgia, sending 32 4-H youth members and seven adults. This five-day event hosted more than 800 youth and adults representing 4-H programs across the country.
December 4, 2023
A team of Pennsylvania 4-H members from Perry County — Evan Fleisher, Sadie Innerst, Julie Loy and Gavin Neff — recently earned honorable mention in the 4-H dairy quiz bowl at the North American International Livestock Exposition. Innerst earned second place in the individual written test.
