Volunteer

We need more Project Leaders and Co-Leaders

Being a Project Leader is a great way to spend time with your kid(s) and make a meaningful impact on your community. Do you have any talents, hobbies, or things you want to learn that you could share and teach to youth? Does your kid have any interests for a Project that you could lead with them? Would you like to work with another Co-Leader to start a new project? From Geocaching and Tabletop Games to Bread Making and Rabbits, there are projects that fit any level of expertise. Some projects have guides to help you get started or you can create a brand new Project. Email 4hredwoodclub@gmail.com for more details. 

Projects require a minimum of 6 hours of instruction that can be spread out into a couple of days, monthly meetings Oct-May or any time that works in your schedule. 


Types of 4-H projects:

Responsibilities:


Fall 2024 Workshop Series for 4-H Project Leaders

Free online series (using Zoom) provided by the UC 4-H Volunteer Workgroup.

The series is being offered again on Wednesdays in September 2024. Registration is now open! Register

This series is designed to help adult 4-H volunteer educators learn how to plan and facilitate 4-H learning experiences (projects) with young people in community 4-H club projects, after-school club programs, day camps, special interest (SPIN) clubs, teenagers-as-teachers (teens-as-teachers) programs, and other educational experiences. In the four-part series, 4-H volunteer educators learn about their roles, responsibilities, lesson planning, making learning engaging, working with youth, and effective hands-on learning. Virtual sessions cover content from The UC 4-H Volunteer Educators' Guide: For Volunteers Facilitating 4-H Educational Experiences (published in 2023).

Example Project Ideas and 4-H Project Sheets:

Click on a project with a link to see the 4-H project sheets. The Project Sheets are a guide for 4-H project leaders to develop their projects with meaningful content. For a brief description of each 4-H project, please see the list of California 4-H Projects (PDF). 

(Some links are broken as UC moved some files, we're still trying to track new links down)

Animal Science


Career and Leadership

Civic Engagement

Expressive Arts and Communication



Healthy Living


Outdoor

STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)

Other projects

California 4-H Project Sheets were inspired by Iowa State University 4-H Project Hot Sheets (click link to see PDF sheets).