{"id":27328,"date":"2026-09-22T15:19:06","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T22:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=27328"},"modified":"2026-09-30T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T19:04:03","slug":"wsu-4-h-volunteer-screening-steps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/youth\/become-a-volunteer\/wsu-4-h-volunteer-screening-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"WSU 4-H Volunteer Screening Steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thank you for your interest in becoming a Thurston County 4-H Youth Development Program certified volunteer.  WSU requires all volunteers to complete the following screening steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Submit a <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/4h\/4-h-volunteer-application\/\">WSU Thurston County 4-H Volunteer Application<\/a>.  Your references will be sent a questionnaire asking about your skills, abilities, and qualifications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/campus.extension.org\/\">Extension Foundation Online Campus<\/a> and create an account to access the required online training modules.  Navigate to &#8220;Courses,&#8221; then &#8220;4-H &amp; Youth,&#8221; and select &#8220;4-H Washington&#8221; to access the trainings.  Please email a copy of each of your e-learning module completion certificates to <a href=\"mailto:tc4h@co.thurston.wa.us\">tc4h@co.thurston.wa.us<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>WSU Put the Child First &#8211; Youth protection and mandatory reporting training module. The county enrollment key is THURSTON4H.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4-H Financial Management &#8211; Module on handling 4-H funds and fundraising. The county enrollment key is THURSTON. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volunteer Orientation Modules &#8211; Complete the four orientation modules. The county enrollment key is THURSTON.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EP14: Protection and Safety of Minors \u2013 Complete the three-part EP14 online modules. The county enrollment key is EP14TH4H.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Orientation\/Interview &#8211; Participate in a one-on-one orientation\/interview with WSU Extension 4-H staff.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enroll in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.4honline.com\/\">4-H Online<\/a> as a 4-H volunteer when the 4-H Office sends an invite email.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complete a background screening through Sterling Volunteers. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tracking volunteer hours:  4-H volunteers are required to log their volunteer hours. You will receive an invite to claim your <a href=\"https:\/\/wsu.givepulse.com\/group\/453171\">WSU GivePulse<\/a> account for tracking and submitting your volunteer hours.  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Main club leader training &#8211;  Main club leaders overseeing 4-H clubs are required to complete additional club leader training. The 4-H Office will schedule a meeting with any volunteer(s) starting new 4-H clubs or assuming leadership of an existing 4-H club to go over club administrative tasks. This training must occur before the club begins holding meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for your interest in becoming a Thurston County 4-H Youth Development Program certified volunteer. WSU requires all volunteers to complete the following screening steps:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"parent":8578,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_wsuwp_accessibility_report":null},"categories":[4],"tags":[16],"cahnrs_clean_page_nonce":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27328"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/128"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27328"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27355,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27328\/revisions\/27355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}