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4-H Bounty

If you are looking for some excellent ideas for your next club meeting that will enhance and strengthen your 4-H experience, check out the 4-H Bounty! It is the quicker, picker, upper of 4-H. This monthly club guide focuses on leadership activities, community service, youth-in-action and specific project areas. Additionally, this resource prepares youth and their families for county and state events.

female 4-H youth reviewing paperwork at a table

January: Action Makes Leaders

A quick start guide and additional resources about achieving excellence with their project areas and passions.

male youth giving a how-to demonstration

February: Communication, Courage and Creativity

A quick start guide and additional resources about Communication, Courage and Creativity.

A young man sitting at a laptop discussing a project with a 4-H leader.

March: Science, Technology, Engineering and Math

A quick start guide and additional resources about Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) education.

4-H, Special Foods, Youth boy and girl cooking in kitchen, State Fair

April: Health

A quick start guide and additional resources for promoting healthy lifestyles.

Overhead view of State Fair 4-H exhibits

May: Achievement Days

A quick start guide for achievement days and fairs.

Ellie Wagner posing next to a cow at the Yankton County Fair.

June: Club Project or Event

A quick start guide and additional resources for Club Projects or Events.

4-H volunteer discussing an exhibit with two 4-H youth.

July: Learn by Doing

A quick start guide and additional resources for the process of doing.

Overhead view of State Fair 4-H exhibits

August: The Big Picture

A quick start guide about focusing on the big picture and all of the steps to complete a project.

4-H ribbons and awards stacked on a table.

September: Recognition

A quick start guide and additional resources for recognition.

Series of trophies on display at a 4-H contest.

October: Recruitment

A quick start guide and additional resources for 4-H club leaders and volunteers to help with promotion and recruitment.

Group of 4-H youth being sworn in in the state legislative chamber in Pierre South Dakota

November: 4-H Club Leadership Roles

A quick start guide and additional resources about 4-H Club Leadership Roles.

South Dakota 4-H Program Director Tim Tanner with a group of 4-H youth on the grand staircase inside the South Dakota State Capitol.

December: 4-H Club Meetings

A quick start guide and additional resources about 4-H Club meetings.