4-H Youth Development

4-H is boys and girls getting together to learn new things, meet new friends, and have fun.

Age

4-H clubs are for all boys and girls, grades Kindergarten-13 (1 year out of high school), wherever they live.

Youth in grades Kindergarten-3 can be 4-H Cloverbud members.

Youth in grades 4-13 can be standard 4-H club members and enroll in many different 4-H projects.

Agent Quote

4-H is an informal, practical educational program for youth. It is the youth development program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, the off-campus division of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station of Rutgers University. 4-H is where there's fun in learning and learning is fun.

- Gloria Kraft, County 4-H Agent

Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension

The 4-H Youth Development Program is part of Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension.

Rutgers New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station Cooperative Extension educational programs are offered to all without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, civil union status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status, and any other category protected by law.

More information about the Rutgers Cooperative Extension (RCE) is available through their website or the Division of Extension Services.