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National 4-H Week 2025

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National 4-H Week will take place October 5-11, 2025. Show your 4-H pride throughout the week and join other 4-H members, volunteers, alumni, and families as we celebrate 4-H and the impact it has. Check out two ways that you can participate below…

Monday, October 6th – Paint the Nation GREEN! Wear green on Monday!

Let’s paint the nation green! We’ll be kicking off National 4-H Week with a bold splash of Ohio 4-H spirit. Whether it’s a green hat, shirt, face paint, or even green socks—show the world you’re Beyond Ready with 4-H! Snap a pic in your best green gear, tag @national4H, and help us flood social media with the power of Ohio 4-H. Let’s light up every feed with your boldest green!

 

 

Thursday, October 9th – 4-H For Good! Make a difference in Licking County!

Let’s shine a light on the good! Thursday, it’s all about celebrating the impact Ohio 4-H’ers are making in their communities—and the volunteers, leaders, and mentors helping us grow. From leading service projects to lending a helping hand, we’re showing what it means to be Beyond Ready with 4-H. Know someone making a difference? Or are you making change happen? Post a shoutout, share your story, and tag @national4H using #National4HWeek. Let’s fill every feed with positivity and the power of 4-H!

Apply Now: 2026 National 4-H Conference Delegate Opportunity!

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Applications are now open for Ohio 4-H members (ages 15–18 as of January 1, 2026) to represent our state at the 2026 National 4-H Conference in Washington, D.C., held April 9–15. This prestigious event focuses on civic engagement, civic education, and personal development, bringing together youth from across the country to connect, learn, and lead. Interested members must complete the online application by December 1. More details and application link can be found here: https://go.osu.edu/N4HC.

Teen Achievement Awards Forms and Licking County 4-H Committee Scholarship

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The 2026 Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards Form Packet as well as the 2025 Licking County 4-H Committee Scholarship Packet are now available. Both forms can be found on the Teen Opportunities page of the website. Achievement Awards forms and the 4-H Committee Scholarship are due to the Licking County Extension Office by Friday, October 10, 2025. By completing the Achievement Awards forms, members have the opportunity to be recognized for their comprehensive project work and leadership activities and can be chosen to represent Licking County at the state level competition. Applicants are also eligible to apply for state trips/camps and other opportunities through this process. Members must be at least 14 (as of 01/01/2026) in order to be eligible for this process. Please reach out to Lisa McCutcheon (mccutcheon.46@osu.edu) with questions or for help with the process.

Camp Life at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp

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Camp Life at Canter’s Cave is here! Join us November 15 & 16 at Canter’s Cave 4-H Camp. Learn skills you’ll actually use – like sewing on a button, preparing a meal, and basic car care – then kick back and relax with Ohio State Buckeyes tailgate, dance, and campfire. A weekend of life skills + camp vibes = memories made.

Open to teens in grades 7 – 12. Register at go.osu.edu/CantersCampLife by November 1. The $40.00 registration fee includes a life skills kit to take home. Youth DO NOT need to be 4-H members to attend!

Carving New Ideas Camp at 4-H Camp Ohio

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Boogie into Leadership this November at Carving New Ideas (CNI), held at 4-H Camp Ohio! CNI is a statewide camping opportunity that focuses on workforce development, future-forward thinking, and program facilitation for 4-H members in grades 8-12. Campers develop their leadership skills while making new friends from across Ohio. Held at 4-H Camp Ohio, this fall camping experience fosters new ways of thinking as older youth begin to explore their future careers and educational paths. Hosted by Collegiate 4-H at The Ohio State University, Collegiate 4-H members serve as session presenters, camp counselors, advisors, and more.

Registration Fee: $115.00 (includes t-shirt and all meals)

Check-in: Friday, November 21, 2025 in the evening
Check-out: Sunday, November 23, 2025 in the morning

Registrations can be completed by visiting go.osu.edu/CNI. All registrations are due by October 31, 2025.

Ignite by 4-H

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Ignite by 4-H is a national summit designed to bring high school youth (between 14-18) together from across the country and give them the opportunity to explore the best 4-H has to offer in different tracks including Agriscience, Animal Science, Community Accelerators, Healthy Living and STEM. (CWF at Ignite is not included in this application process, please contact your county 4-H professional to learn more). A hallmark of Ignite is the Lead to Change campaign which empowers youth to be Agents of Change where you (as a delegation) will create and present a proposal to address issues within your community. The best proposals are then awarded funding for implementation. In 2026, Ignite by 4-H returns for youth to attend in-person in Washington D. C. during March 25-29, 2026.

Who:                         High School Aged Teens (14-18) interested in Agriscience, Animal Science, Community Accelerators, Healthy Living and STEM

Where:                    Washington, DC (Washington Hilton – 1919 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC)

When:                      Wednesday, March 25th – Sunday, March 29th

Application:          Apply online at go.osu.edu/4Hignite by September 19th at 8:59pm

Cost:                         Selected delegates will have summit registration and travel expenses covered

For more information, please visit go.osu.edu/4HIgniteOhio

4-H Achievement Form Virtual Workshop

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The Ohio 4-H Achievement Record is a 4-H members’ path to national trips and opportunities! Join us virtually on October 12 to learn more about what the 4-H Achievement Record is and how to get started! RSVP today at go.osu.edu/AchForm2025 or find more information at https://ohio4h.org/awardsandscholarships.

PLEASE NOTE: This virtual workshop falls AFTER our achievement form deadline. This can still be a helpful session to sit in on for ideas on how to improve your forms in the future.

Coming July 30: Meet the Authors of the Exploring Polar Science and Growing with the Seasons 4-H projects!

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Authors Jason Cervenec and Molly Hunt will present the Ohio 4-H project, Exploring Polar Science. In this project, members learn about the geography, glaciers, sea ice, plants, and animals of the Arctic and Antarctica. Exploring Polar Science is for intermediate-level members who have some experience with natural resources topics.

As a bonus, learn even more about 4-H natural resource projects with Lydia Ulry, the author of another individual 4-H project, Growing with the Seasons, which helps youth learn how to check their soil, develop a garden plan, distinguish beneficial insects from harmful ones, and harvest vegetables at the right time. This project is also for intermediate-level members—it’s intended for those with some vegetable gardening experience.

Register for the webinar at go.osu.edu/4h_mta_july and mark your calendar today!

Date: July 30, 2025

Time: 3:30 p.m.

2025-2026 Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council Applications Are Available

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Licking County 4-H Teen Leaders:

CARTEENS, Counselors, F&FB and JFB Members…

THIS opportunity is PERFECT for YOU! If you’re unsure, we can connect you with some of your peers who are currently serving on the Council – they can tell you how much you NEED to do this!

Application deadline is DURING the Hartford Fair!

Applications and more information about becoming Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council (TLC) member for the 2025-26 program year are now available online at: go.osu.edu/TLC. Please note: applications (and other materials, including letters of recommendation and program fees) are due by Friday, August 8, 2025.

Local Teens Receive State 4-H Awards

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The 2025 Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards were presented earlier this month at the Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center in Columbus.

Local 4-H members received the following awards.

Henry Keller from Alexandria was selected to serve as an Ohio delegate at the 2025 National 4-H Dairy Conference. Keller, 17, has been a member of 4-H in Licking County for nine years. He enjoys showing dairy feeders, steers, and hogs, and he likes participating in the Steer Pool at the Hartford Fair. Keller has also volunteered as a camp counselor for three years. He is a junior at C-TEC in the electrical trades and is the son of Joe and Jennifer Osterholt.

Alexis Reimer from Newark won the Family Life and Child Development Achievement Award. Reimer, 16, has been a 4-Ever Friends 4-H Club member for nine years. She is on the Licking County Food and Fashion Board, is the president of her club, and was chosen to participate in the Ohio 4-H State Leadership Camp. Reimer is a junior at Newark High School and plans to attend college for accounting. She is the daughter of Andy and Bettrina Reimer.

Autumn Wampler from Marengo won the Goats Achievement Award. Wampler, 18, has been a 4-H member for 10 years and has taken a variety of projects including goats, lambs, cattle, rabbits, poultry, and self-determined projects. She is also a four-year member of the Hartford Independent Fair Board and is currently serving as a Junior Advisor. Wampler is a graduated, homeschooled student and is the daughter of Adam and Jennifer Wampler.

Ohio 4-H Achievement Awards are presented annually to individuals for outstanding work in their project area. Youth recipients will also have the opportunity to travel to Atlanta in November to represent Ohio at National 4-H Congress. The evening was hosted by the Ohio 4-H Foundation, with 32 youth receiving 2025 honors

Ohio 4-H is the youth development program of Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. In 2024, over 154,000 Ohio youth participated in clubs, groups, and special interest programs.