State Opportunities and Events
Lewis & Clark County 4-H Foundation Sponsorship Request Form
Want to attend a 4-H event but are worried about the cost? Fill out the Sponsorship Request Form and the LCC 4-H Foundation will be in touch!
Shooting Sports Invitationals
Throughout the year
Multiple Dates
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Montana 4-H Shooting Sports events provide 4-H Shooting Sports members with opportunities to participate in fun and educational competitive matches in archery, air rifle, air pistol, and small bore rifle.
4-H Ambassador and Teen Leader Training
October 22-24, 2021
Billings Hotel & Convention Center, Billings, MT
Registration Due Date: Friday, October 8th on ZSuites
Fall Training is the annual leadership development retreat for Montana 4-H Ambassadors and Teen Leaders. The event is planned, implemented, and evaluated by the State Ambassador Officer Team. Youth will leave the weekend prepared and excited to take the knowledge and skills they have gained and apply them in their counties.
- Registration cost is $175, including lodging (2 to a room) meals Saturday and Sunday breakfast and program cost.
- Participants must be 14+ on or before October 1, 2021
- Registration is through our online enrollment system ZSuites. You must re-enroll for the current 4-H Year before registering in ZSuites
- Enrollment on ZSuites opens October 1st.
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National Opportunities and Events
National 4-H Conference
CANCELLED
Washington, D.C.
- Applications are due January 15
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The National 4-H Conference is a working conference in which youth and adults assist in the development of recommendations to help guide 4-H youth development programs nationally and in their communities. Conference delegates are prepared, personally and professionally, to become more active participants within their communities and to effectively develop youth-adult partnerships for community action.
Leadership Washington Focus
July 25-31st, 2020
Washington, D.C.
- Applications are due January 15
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This program is designed for middle school students (grades 7-9). Participants build confidence in their abilities to motivate and direct others in meaningful action, practice effective communication with others through group discussion and public speaking, work with others to create and accomplish goals, develop an understanding of their own personal leadership style, exchange ideas, practice respect, and form friendships with other 4-Hers from across the nation. Participants are accompanied by an adult chaperone.
Citizenship Washington Focus
July 13-20th, 2020
Washington, D.C.
- Applications are due January 15
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Go to Washington, D.C. for a week in June to experience our nation's capital, meet your legislators, and meet 4-Hers from around the country. During this week-long trip, delegates have the opportunity to tour the Smithsonian and the National monuments as well as visit with Montana Senators and Representatives. Montana delegates travel as a group with two adult chaperones. Intended for current 4-H members age 14-19.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and the Montana State University Extension Service prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Director of Extension, Extension Service, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717