PA 4-H Clover Awards

Purpose:

To encourage 4-H members to engage in a variety of projects and activities, in addition to enabling members to acquire the seven Leadership Life Skills: Communicating; Decision Making and Problem Solving; Getting Along with Others; Learning to Learn; Managing; Understanding Self; and Working in Groups.

Each level will challenge 4-H members to participate in another aspect of 4-H, giving them a full experience of our program. Each level builds up to the Diamond Clover, where the 4-H'er will develop and execute a service project of their choice.

Background:

The Pennsylvania State 4-H Clover Award Program encompasses leadership skill development in 4-H members as they grow in the 4-H program. Levels are based off of the Achievement Ladder curriculum, Stepping Stones curriculum, and materials developed by staff in Bucks, Somerset, and Westmoreland counties.

Prerequisites for ALL LEVELS:

1. Member must attend a minimum of 60% of club meetings and complete at least one approved 4-H project during the program year.

2. Member may complete multiple levels per program year in order, Green through Diamond, not moving to the next level until the current level is complete. The Diamond Level will take two years for completion.

3. Member may complete each Clover level only once in their 4-H career.

4. Members may use dates from the current program year or previous participating program years on level applications. However, member may only use the event and date once when completing any and all application levels. (ie You attend the county round-up in 2017, 2018 and 2019. You may use each of these events and dates as you attended three times. However, you may not use county round-up 2017 on multiple level applications.

5. Member may take multiple years to complete one level, if necessary.

Deadlines

• Deadlines for the Green through Gold Clover Level Reporting forms are set by your local Extension Office. Contact your local Extension Office for the county deadline.
• Diamond Level Clover Proposal forms are due to the review committee on April 1 or October 1, annually. Proposals received after these deadlines will be reviewed at the next acceptance period.. Counties may have an earlier deadline for submission to the Extension Office and members should abide by them. Contact your local Extension Office for the county deadline.
• Diamond Level Clover Reporting forms are due to the review committee by September 1st of your second year taking on the Diamond Level. Counties may have an earlier deadline for submission to the Extension Office and members should abide by them. Contact your local Extension Office for the county deadline.
• Submissions and questions can be directed to the review committee via PA4HCloverAward@psu.edu.