Check out our 4-Hers featured in the Albany Herald🍀
PERRY -- Three Dougherty County 4-H members were honored for their culinary skills at the recent Georgia National Fair here.
10/18/2021
Please congratulate our 4-Hers on placing in two of the competitions at the Georgia National Fair this past weekend.
Jazmine Milledge placed 1st in the Junior Pizza Contest
Marquia Smith and Bre’Yan Barlow placed 3rd in the Homemade Ice Cream Contest
10/18/2021
Are you the parent of a Cloverleaf 4-Her (5th and 6th Grade) and need to stay up to date with what’s happening in 4-H?? Join our Cloverleaf Dougherty County 4-Hers Remind Group by following the directions below
Are you the parent of a Cloverleaf 4-Her (5th and 6th Grade) and need to stay up to date with what’s happening in 4-H?? Join our Cloverleaf Dougherty County 4-Hers Remind Group by following the directions below
10/18/2021
Would you like to stay up to date with upcoming 4-H news? If you are a Junior or Senior 4-Her (7th-12th grade) follow the directions below to join our Remind 101 group
Would you like to stay up to date with upcoming 4-H news? If you are a Junior or Senior 4-Her (7th-12th grade) follow the directions below to join our Remind 101 group
10/14/2021
Please join us in congratulating our newly elected Senior 4-H Officers
09/23/2021
Are you interested in being a 4-H officer? See the flyer below for details.
Are you interested in being a 4-H officer? See the flyer below for details.
09/20/2021
Are you interested in being a 4-H officer? See the flyer below for details.
Are you interested in being a 4-H officer? See the flyer below for details.
09/15/2021
We're taking in Georgia National Fair 4-H projects until September 30th! Contact us for help and answers to your questions! 🎡
Calling all 4-H singers! Share your 4-H grown talent with American Idol during an exclusive, 4-H-only virtual audition on Friday, September 24! Register now at https://bit.ly/Idol4H!
(Must be a 4-H member or alum ages 15-28 to enter.)
Our first 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting is next week, September 13th! We will be catching up, sharing updates, and having snacks! 🤩 Please remember to RSVP by the 10th and mask up! Come out and see your friends this Monday evening in the Candy Room!
09/08/2021
Our first 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting is next week, September 13th! We will be catching up, sharing updates, and having snacks! 🤩 Please remember to RSVP by the 10th and mask up! Come out and see your friends this Monday evening in the Candy Room!
Our first 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting is next week, September 13th! We will be catching up, sharing updates, and having snacks! 🤩 Please remember to RSVP by the 10th and mask up! Come out and see your friends this Monday evening in the Candy Room!
08/30/2021
All Dougherty County 4-H Junior & Seniors if you are interested in this event please go to the link: apply.uga.edu/register/ShowCAES2021
and register.
All Dougherty County 4-H Junior & Seniors if you are interested in this event please go to the link: apply.uga.edu/register/ShowCAES2021
and register.
Dougherty County 4-H updated their website address.
08/25/2021
🎡 Georgia National Fair time is right around the corner, and we're asking our 4-Hers to get involved, try something different, and have fun doing it for a chance to win a cash prize!
For detailed contest rules and to register, message us or contact the 4-H Office at 229-436-7216. 🍀
Our girls were in the GASCO welcome parade! Too cool! 🤩
08/06/2021
Send us well-wishes as we travel to New Orleans for the Great American Seafood Cookoff, 4-H Edition! ✨
Send us well-wishes as we travel to New Orleans for the Great American Seafood Cookoff, 4-H Edition! ✨
06/22/2021
We’ve got a special opportunity for 4-H youth! Georgia 4-H is looking for middle or high school 4-H’ers to highlight in an upcoming publication all about heat stress ☀️.
If you are a student-athlete or a hard worker outdoors who takes precautions to keep yourself cool and prevent heat exhaustion, a budding environmentalist who has researched how increasing temperatures or air quality can impact our environment and our lives, or someone who has learned all about first-aid for dealing with heat-related illnesses, we want to hear from you!
By July 15th, submit 1 to 2 paragraphs and a photo (use our Qualtrics link below) sharing your experience with preventing or addressing heat stress and how it has impacted you, your family, or your community.
We’ve got a special opportunity for 4-H youth! Georgia 4-H is looking for middle or high school 4-H’ers to highlight in an upcoming publication all about heat stress ☀️.
If you are a student-athlete or a hard worker outdoors who takes precautions to keep yourself cool and prevent heat exhaustion, a budding environmentalist who has researched how increasing temperatures or air quality can impact our environment and our lives, or someone who has learned all about first-aid for dealing with heat-related illnesses, we want to hear from you!
By July 15th, submit 1 to 2 paragraphs and a photo (use our Qualtrics link below) sharing your experience with preventing or addressing heat stress and how it has impacted you, your family, or your community.
⛱ Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomerosion
⛱ Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomerosion
05/12/2021
🍀 This is the last call for Cloverleaf Camp sign ups! Cloverleaf Camp is an overnight summer camp for 5th-6th graders at Rock Eagle. We will implement a waiting list once the remaining spots are filled. Register here before 5PM: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0He8bejSit3pfeu
🍀 This is the last call for Cloverleaf Camp sign ups! Cloverleaf Camp is an overnight summer camp for 5th-6th graders at Rock Eagle. We will implement a waiting list once the remaining spots are filled. Register here before 5PM: https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0He8bejSit3pfeu
04/28/2021
🧫 Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomphone
🧫 Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomphone
04/26/2021
Don't forget about our Jr/Sr Club Meeting tonight! See you all at 6PM! 🍀
It’s time for our last 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting of the year everyone! Come for the fun, stay for the crafts! 🎨 Please mask up and RSVP to attend! See you there! 🍀 #doco4h #4h #georgia4h #4hclubmeeting #doughertycountyga
04/23/2021
Due to the impending morning weather tomorrow, we are postponing this event to a later day. Please be on the lookout for a new date in May soon! Thanks and stay safe! Flint River Fresh
04/22/2021
We have just a few spots left for 4-H Junior and Cloverleaf Summer Camps! These spots are being filled on a first-come, first-served basis, and we will be using a waiting list when the spots are filled! You can find details on the survey links blow. Grab a spot while you can for some Summer fun at Rock Eagle! 😎
"The earth is what we all have in common." - Wendell Berry
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 We encourage everyone to stash the trash and help clean up their community (just as our 4-Hers did last weekend), plant something, or simply spread awareness! Thank you!
"The earth is what we all have in common." - Wendell Berry
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 We encourage everyone to stash the trash and help clean up their community (just as our 4-Hers did last weekend), plant something, or simply spread awareness! Thank you!
It’s time for our last 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting of the year everyone! Come for the fun, stay for the crafts! 🎨 Please mask up and RSVP to attend! See you there! 🍀 #doco4h #4h #georgia4h #4hclubmeeting #doughertycountyga
It’s time for our last 4-H Jr/Sr Club Meeting of the year everyone! Come for the fun, stay for the crafts! 🎨 Please mask up and RSVP to attend! See you there! 🍀 #doco4h #4h #georgia4h #4hclubmeeting #doughertycountyga
04/19/2021
This Saturday, join Dougherty Fresh and our sponsors, from 10am to 12Noon for a Spring Market Festival on Riverfront in Downtown Albany, Georgia! Enjoy farm stands, community health booths, and more! Bring the whole family and learn how to get healthy! #DoughertyFresh #HealthyEating #HealthyLiving Flint River Fresh Phoebe Putney Health System Albany State University Wholesome Wave Georgia Albany Area Chamber of Commerce
04/14/2021
🐢 Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomturtles
🐢 Register for it here: tinyurl.com/scizoomturtles
The mission of Georgia 4-H is to assist youth in acquiring knowledge, developing life skills, and forming attitudes that will enable them to become self-directing, productive and contributing members of society. This mission is accomplished, through hands-on learning experiences, focused on agricultural and environmental issues, agriculture awareness, leadership, communication skills, foods and nutrition, health, energy conservation, and citizenship.
Exploring and discovering, encouraging and challenging--that's what Georgia 4-H is all about. 4-H'ers are known for sharing their research-based knowledge and technology to people where they live and work. 4-H combines federal, state, and local expertise and resources.
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Dougherty County 4-H posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Here's your friendly reminder to pick up 4-H awards at our office! Please call us to say you're here for pickup, and we will bring them out to you at your vehicle. We're right across from Pretoria Fields and next to the Flint Riverquarium! See you soon!
125 Pine Ave Suite #100
(229) 436-7216
Dougherty County 4-H Virtual Awards Ceremony 2020
A MESSAGE FROM THE 4-H STAFF:
We wish we could all be together, face to face and enjoying our traditional awards ceremony. COVID-19 met us with great, unforeseen challenges. While having a virtual 4-H awards ceremony was not our first choice, we know that the safety of our 4-H members, volunteers, families, and our staff is most important. We hope you are able to enjoy our virtual presentation in the comfort of your own home, surround by loved ones.
We hope you will continue to be a part of the Dougherty County 4-H family next year.
Access the ceremony here, at 7PM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6kGn_2THPc
4-H Junior Summer Camp: Camp Fortson
Georgia 4-H summer camps provide an outdoor summer program unparalleled in the nation. Up to 1,200 campers will join us this summer at Fortson, one of five separate 4-H camps in Georgia, for a week of experiences that will be remembered for years to come. We look forward to a week full of adventure, friendship and fun. Enthusiastic and well-trained camp counselors, Cooperative Extension employees, and certified volunteers work together to provide campers with unforgettable memories to last a lifetime!
Summer Camp at Rock Eagle
4th, 5th and 6th graders can join us for camp at Rock Eagle 4-H Center!
Over the years, as the challenges facing America's youth have changed, so have the programs offered by 4-H.
4-H began as a club for rural children and was deeply rooted in the agricultural and homemaking activities. Today's 4-H programs are much more than farming and sewing. Georgia 4-H'ers can learn how to create and maintain web sites, speak effectively, lead volunteer efforts, and make smart consumer choices.
4-H youth have opportunities to demonstrate skills on projects they have selected. Yearly work is compiled in a portfolio that teaches skills for an impressive résumé for youth when completing high school. The youth also gather information on their project and present a demonstration each year. As 9th through 12th graders, they have the opportunity to win scholarships and go on to state and national competitions. The Georgia 4-H program teaches leadership, public speaking and teamwork skills and gives youth the chance to make new friends all over the state.
Dougherty 4-H provides all of these opportunities for youth and much more. We are involved in community service projects, camps for active youth in 5th through 12th grade, project workdays, and much, much more.
Come and join us as we take learning to a whole new level! You'll be glad to be a Dougherty 4-H'er. Contact us for more information.
4-H Groups
Cloverleaf (5th & 6th grade)
Junior (7th & 8th grade)
Senior (9th - 12th grade)
Teen Leaders are any Junior or Senior 4-Hers that would like to participate in more activities than just the competitions.
4-H activities and programs are designed with kids in mind. It's a place for young people to interact with sharing adults. 4-H is made up of groups of enthusiastic and motivated kids in an environment which builds pleasant memories. It is an assembly of teenagers extending peer support rather than peer pressure in a forum to experience hands-on learning to produce a well-rounded person.
Conferences and Retreats
Several conferences are held throughout the year that focus on current trends and situations that young people face. A state-wide Junior Conference is held in October/November for seventh and eighth grade 4-H'ers; Fall Forum (December), Senior Leadership Conference (April), and State 4-H Council (July) are held for ninth - 12th grade 4-H'ers. At the national level, National 4-H Conference Citizenship Washington Focus and Youth Issue Conferences are also held for Senior 4-H'ers. Selection for these conferences is based upon an application process. Area retreats, combined with counties surrounding Gwinnett, focus on youth leadership, financial awareness, and youth survival skills.
Project Achievement (DPA)
4-H Project Achievement is a cornerstone in the Georgia 4-H program. From the first Boys Corn Club sharing their crop to today's presentation and portfolios on hundreds of projects, Project Achievement serves to showcase 4-H'ers work and success. 4-H'ers participating in Project Achievement investigate a topic and prepare a demonstration or “illustrated talk” with posters and props. This also includes fine arts performances and step-by-step food product preparation. These demonstrations are given at a competitive event which includes 4-H'ers from surrounding counties. See our 4-H Agent of Program Assistant to choose a subject and start planning your DPA presentation!
4-H Project Community Service
Active Dougherty County 4-H'ers conduct community service projects throughout the year. These activities can include projects such as: community clean-ups, adopt-a-highway, canned food for needy families, landscape projects, gardening and assisting with community improvements. These projects vary from year to year depending on local community needs.
Cotton Boll/Consumer Jamboree
By participating in this district event, 4-H'ers learn to evaluate consumer goods, services, and clothing in order to make knowledgeable and rational decisions when purchasing these items. The district winning senior teams advance to the state competition. Training classes are held in October and November of each year with the district contest in November.
Horse Club
Members have the opportunity to participate in academic competitions such as Horse Quiz Bowl or Horse Judging. Members range from horseless enthusiasts to competitive horse show riders. All interest levels are welcome.
Poultry Judging
The 4-H Poultry Judging Contest gives 4-H'ers the opportunity to learn about poultry (grades and production) and eggs (quality and grades). Participants judge live birds, ready-to-cook birds, broken out eggs, and eggs in the shell. Training classes are held during the spring with the district contest in April. Senior teams placing at the district contest advance to state competition.
Dougherty County 4-Hers participate in many local, district, state, and national activities, too:
