Recognize 4-H volunteers all month long!

Thanks to our 4-H volunteers, we are able to deliver diverse learning experiences to 4-H youth throughout California. Join us in showing appreciation to all the 4-H volunteers who help us raise True Leaders with confidence and real-life skills.

National Volunteer Week: April 17-23

Show your favorite volunteer some appreciation this week!

April is Month of the Military Child

During the month of April, we recognize the children of our military and veterans. See the proclamation from the White House.

April 15 is Purple Up! Day

Mark your calendar to wear purple on April 15 to show support for military youth. Learn more about Purple Up Day

Food Waste Busters - New statewide project for 4-H youth ages 8-11

Join this new statewide 4-H project and become a 4-H Food Waste Buster. Meet virtually once a week from April 7 to June 2 and learn how to make a difference from home!

Sign up by April 3, 2022 at

ucanr.edu/4HFoodWasteBuster

Sign up to help plan the 2023 Youth Summits

Applications for the 2023 4-H Youth Summit Planning Team are now open! A great statewide leadership opportunity for senior 4-H members. Our goal for 2023 is to return to an in-person, three day youth summit program hosted at select camp facilities across the state. Visit the Youth Summit Planning Team page to learn more and apply today!

Statewide Project: Become a Disease Detective

Are you interested in medicine, health, veterinary sciences, communications, civic engagement, or marketing? We have a 4-H project for you!

This project is designed for 4-H members that are at least 12 years old.

What will you do?

The 4-H Disease Detectives Project (created before the COVID-19 pandemic) will help you learn about disease outbreaks, virus transmissions, public health investigations, and how protective actions like hand washing, social distancing, vaccinations, and herd immunity help manage negative public health outcomes.

There are 11 lessons in total plus an orientation. Three lessons are new and discuss the COVID-19 Pandemic. Virtual meetings will take place on Sundays from April 17 to June 19 from 3:00-4:00pm or 3:00-5:15 pm depending on the content. The full schedule is on the registration. When you attend at least six hours of project meetings you will receive a STEM Project Pin!

If you are interested in participating in this state-wide project,

please register by April 15.

State Leadership Conference

July 29-31, 2022

UC Davis Campus

Save the date for the State Leadership Conference, in person at the UC Davis campus from July 29 - 31.

This event is for all 4-H youth ages 13 and up.

Become a State Leadership Conference (SLC) Program Assistant!

SLC Program Assistants (PAs) are young adult volunteers that support conference programming. PAs work in pairs to lead groups of youth attendees, facilitate reflection sessions, create a positive learning environment, and assist with conference activities as needed. If you’re looking to give back to the program as a young adult volunteer, this is the role for you! This application has a selection process.

Applications are due

April 30th, 2022.

4-H Beekeeping Essay Contest

2022 Essay Topic:

Transportation: Minimizing Stress on Bees While Getting Them Where They Need to Be

Many beekeepers often need to move colonies to various apiary locations, or for local pollination, etc. What are the major stresses on bees during local and long-distance* transportation?

In your essay, please give specific examples for how those stresses can be minimized when moving colonies within an apiary, during short-distance movement among local apiaries, and during long-distance movement across state lines.

Writers are encouraged to include photos and interviews with commercial beekeepers, citing state laws for the transport of bees.

The California state deadline for essay submission

is April 30, 11:59pm.

Email your submission to Elina Lastro Nino at [email protected] and

cc Gemma Miner at [email protected].

Learn more about the contest

Interesting Facts about Honey Bees

Each year, approximately 1.5 million honey bee colonies make the trip to California to pollinate almonds, mostly via large trucks. The movement of these colonies, along with another half million colonies based in California, constitute the largest insect migration event in the world (albeit assisted migration).

Spring 2022 Tractor Supply

April 27 - May 8, 2022

Save the Dates!

Spring Tractor Supply Paper Clover is from April 27 - May 8. This year 4-H'ers will be allowed back in the stores. Our partners at Tractor Supply are also doing a credit card match when people use their TSC credit card.