February 8, 2023
More than 280 Pennsylvania 4-H youth gathered to network and enhance their leadership skills during the 2023 Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, held February 3-5 at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center in State College.
January 18, 2023
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Chester County — Georgia Horosky, River Lease, Olivia Macomber, and Melinda Stoltzfus — earned high honors in livestock judging contests at the 4-H Western National Roundup, held January 4-7 in Fort Collins, Colorado.
December 14, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H made a mark at the National 4-H Congress, held recently in Atlanta, Georgia. With 38 4-H youth members and nine adult chaperones, Pennsylvania was the largest delegation in attendance. This five-day event hosted more than 800 youth and adults representing 4-H programs across the country.
December 13, 2022
The Lancaster County 4-H senior dairy bowl team — Jacob Bramm, Olivia Bramm, Madelynn Hoffman, AJ Wanner and Alexa Hoffman — recently took second place at the National 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Contest at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
December 2, 2022
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Lancaster County — Luke Snavely, Zach Bollinger, Dylan Leed and Eric Zimmerman — and four members from Lebanon County — Bryson Erb, Alex Heisey, Blayne Heisey and James Voight — recently participated in the Southeastern Regional Livestock Contest, held in Abingdon, Virginia. The Lancaster team came in fifth overall, and Leed was the second highest scoring individual overall.
December 1, 2022
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Huntingdon County — Justin Whitsel, Evangeline McGargle, Samson McGargle and Lauren Houck — recently participated in the American Royal 4-H Livestock Judging Contest in Kansas City, Missouri. The competition hosted 4-H teams from 17 states.
December 1, 2022
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Lancaster County — Luke Snavely, Zach Bollinger, Dylan Leed and Eric Zimmerman — and four members from Huntingdon County — Justin Whitsel, Evangeline McGargle, Samson McGargle and Mackenzie Cauffman — recently participated in the National 4-H Livestock Judging Contest and the Livestock Skillathon at the North American International Livestock Exposition.
December 1, 2022
Four Pennsylvania 4-H members from Northumberland County — Katelyn Clemens, Samantha Harvey, Bella Moore and Ryann Stahlberger — recently participated in the All-American Quarter Horse Congress, the world’s largest single-breed horse show.
October 21, 2022
Recently, 27 Pennsylvania 4-H members participated in statewide 4-H presentation and public speaking contests.
October 11, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H took the top honors in the 100th National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo, held Oct. 2 in Madison, Wisconsin.
October 11, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H recently inducted a new team of State Project Ambassadors. This leadership opportunity is aimed at bringing a youth perspective to statewide program areas.
October 10, 2022
Several Pennsylvania 4-H members — John Bruner, of Indiana County, Maisy Funk, of Berks County, Anna Payne, of Bradford County, Levi Ferster, of Northumberland County, and Melissa Griswold, of Chester County — participated recently in the Northeast States 4-H Presentations Fest.
October 10, 2022
4-H member Norah Carter, of Allegheny County, was announced as the Healthy Living Pillar winner for the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Awards.
October 3, 2022
A group of Pennsylvania 4-H members — Jordan Laroe and Charlie Vandine, of Sullivan County, and Caitlyn Shrodo, of Lycoming County — recently participated in the National 4-H Youth Summit for Healthy Living, held near Washington, D.C.
September 29, 2022
National 4-H Council today announced that Ronak Suchindra of Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, is a runner-up for the 2023 4-H Youth in Action Award for STEM. Suchindra is recognized nationally for his commitment to providing STEAM access to youth worldwide.
September 29, 2022
The average person produces 4.5 pounds of trash per day — roughly equal to a standard bag of flour, according to the Pennsylvania 4-H State Council — and not all of this trash ends up in a garbage can. This fact prompted the council to challenge 4-H members across the state to clean up parks and other public places in their communities by collecting trash.
August 31, 2022
A group of 4-H members from the Philadelphia area — Siquil Ward, Judah Steward, Khari Taylor-Thomas and Jay’Len Clark-Carr — recently participated in the True Leaders in Equity Institute, a national conference held near Washington, D.C.
August 31, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H'ers recently competed in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championship in Grand Island, Nebraska. The competition included 691 participants from 39 states.
August 19, 2022
Twenty-six 4-H members from across Pennsylvania recently took part in the annual 4-H State Fashion and Textile Revue near State College.
August 17, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H has announced this year's recipients of the Allen L. and Richard H. Baker Memorial 4-H Scholarship. Receiving awards are Isabel Poorbaugh, of Fayette County, Katelyn Taylor, of Lycoming County, Emma Diliberti, of Wayne County, and Alaina Leasure, of Armstrong County.
August 11, 2022
Pennsylvania was one of 11 states that competed in the 42nd annual National 4-H Forestry Invitational, held July 24-27 at West Virginia University Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp and Conference Center near Weston, West Virginia.
July 13, 2022
Two Carbon County 4-H’ers, Jack and Reagan LeClair, recently attended an all-expenses-paid 4-H camp in Hawaii through the 4-H Military Partnership, a collaboration of military and land-grant university partners who integrate research-based programs and resources to support military-connected youth, families and communities.
June 14, 2022
At the recent 4-H STEM Symposium in Pittsburgh, more than 100 STEM youth educators and volunteers from across the nation gathered to collaborate, learn and generate new ideas for teaching science, technology, engineering and math. Ronak Suchindra, a 4-H STEM ambassador for Pennsylvania and native of Chester County, took the stage to share his perspective on 4-H and STEM.
May 16, 2022
Susan Swope, an adjunct chemistry instructor at Penn State DuBois and a Penn State alumna, was named 4-H Northeast Volunteer of the Year in the annual 4-H Salute to Excellence Awards announced recently by the National 4-H Council.
April 18, 2022
Pennsylvania 4-H alumna Amanda Hollabaugh, a native of Adams County, served as a roundtable facilitator during the National 4-H Conference, held March 19-24. The conference took place both virtually and in person at Hyatt Regency Crystal City near Washington, D.C.
April 8, 2022
Susan Swope is the 2021 Pennsylvania 4-H Volunteer of the Year. She has also been named 4-H Northeast Volunteer of the Year.
April 8, 2022
Kathryn Dix is the 2021 recipient of the Pennsylvania 4-H Outstanding Lifetime Volunteer award.
March 23, 2022
Fifteen Pennsylvania youth participated in the virtual National 4-H Shooting Sports Quiz Bowl the week of January 17-21.
February 23, 2022
At the recent Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference, 29 4-H’ers received Diamond Clover Awards, the highest achievement possible in the Pennsylvania 4-H program.
February 7, 2022
More than 300 Pennsylvania 4-H youth gathered to network and enhance their leadership skills during the 2022 Pennsylvania 4-H State Leadership Conference from January 28-30, at the Penn State Hotel and Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania.