FAQ – 4-H Common Questions
4-H is the nations largest positive youth development organiztion. 4-H uses hands on experiential learning to teach youth lifelong skills such as goal setting, record keeping, public speaking, and leadership. In 4-H youth get to select “projects” that interest them to gain confidence, mastery, independence and life skills. Projects in 4-H are incredibly varied and can include almost anything including raising and breeding animals to “still life” projects which include photography and food preservation to name a few.
4-H is open to every youth, age 5 to not yet 19.
*”Age” is determined by the age of the youth by October 1st of the current 4-H year.
Shooting sports and large animal projects require youth to be at least 8 years of age by October 1st of the current 4-H year to participate.
- $50 per child/per year – $25 goes to WSU State 4-H and $25 goes to Kitsap County 4-H.
- Kitsap County 4-H has 3 youth per family maximum (Contact the office for family cap coupon code for enrollment) before registering.
- 4-H Club Fee: Some 4-H clubs have an additional club fee which varies from club to club. These fees may be to cover equipment, supplies and meeting location costs.
- Scholarships are available: Kitsap Scholarship Request Form (PDF)
This is an annual fee which allows youth to participate in as many 4-H projects as they choose, depending on space. Some projects and special-interest programs have additional costs.
Financial assistance is available upon request – no youth will be denied access to 4-H programs.
Aerospace, Archery, Beef, Cake Decorating, Cats, Citizenship, Computers, Crocheting, Dogs, Electricity, Entomology, Fabric & Fashion, Foods & Nutrition, Gardening, Geology, Dairy Goats, Meat Goats, Health, Horses, Interior Design, Knitting, Llamas & Alpacas, Leathercraft, Muzzleloading, Nature & Ecology, Photography, Pistol, Pocket Pets, Poultry, Quilting, Rabbits, Range Management, Recreation, Rifle, Robotics, Ropecraft, Self-determined, Sheet, Shotgun, Sportfishing, Swine, Veterinary Science, Visual Arts, Wildlife 7 Hunting, Woodworking, Youth Leadership.
If you don’t see a club or project that matches your child’s interests or you have an interest/skill that you are interested in sharing we are always open to starting new projects or clubs. All Club leaders must complete all certified volunteer training and requirements.
Contact our office to learn more about starting a new project or club.
The 4-H year runs from October 1st to September 31st. Kitsap 4-H welcomes new members to join year round. In order to participate in the Kitsap Fair & Stampede, you must be enrolled in 4-H by May 1st of the current year.
Contact the 4-H office for more information.