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A series of swine pens at a state fair.

It’s Showtime, Get Your Show Box Ready!

It’s time to head off to the show, but before you can go everything needs to be loaded into the truck and trailer. You get a supply of feed and hay, load some bedding, put in a fan, add the trimming stand and now it’s time for the show box.

laptop, cell phone, and notebook sitting atop a brown, wooden desk.

4-H Entrepreneurship Project

The 4-H entrepreneurship project will help you explore what it takes to start and own a business. 4-H connects youth to important careers and strengthens their entrepreneurship skills.

male youth participating in an artificial insemination demonstration

4-H Veterinary Science Project

The veterinary science 4-H project area connects a love for animals with an interest in science. Explore the many careers in animal and veterinary science, study the health and anatomy of animals, understand animal health in relation to humans, and learn through experience how to care for an animal.

Group of youth standing atop a hill

4-H Outdoor Education

The term ‘outdoor education’ refers to a wide range of experiential education in, for, and about the outdoors. Outdoor education experiences range from single events to year-long programs for youth in South Dakota.

Young woman holding her arms in the air while overlooking a mountain range.

Finding the Motivation to Exercise

Whether you are trying to become more active, reach new goals, or need tips to get moving on difficult days, learn some simple strategies to boost your motivation to stay active.

apples and bananas sitting on a plate next to a set of blue hand weights and a body measuring tape

4-H Health Project

Today’s world is very health conscious with limitless choices and opportunities. You might ask what can I learn and pursue in the health project area?

a first aid kit with various medical supplies

4-H First Aid & Health Project

First aid is the immediate care given to an injured or suddenly ill person and every person should be trained in how to administer first aid. First aid does not take the place of getting proper medical treatment by a qualified and licensed practitioner but knowing first aid and how to properly apply is important.

Silhouette of a pig on a board wrapped in white twine. two purple ribbons on the table next to it.

4-H Visual Arts Project

Are you creative? Love to make things? Like to explore new types of media and design? Then visual arts may be the project area for you!

Young woman applying insect repellant before an evening hike.

Enjoying the Outdoors Without Tick and Mosquito Bites

Outdoor activities seem extra inviting this time of year, and many people are already enjoying the long days and warmer temperatures. Ticks and mosquitoes share the outdoors with us, but there are things you can do to prevent bites from both.

a digital camera with an onboard boom microphone on a tripod.

4-H Videography Project

In this project area, youth can learn to use the video setting on a camera, plan scenes and transitions for a video, develop skills in capturing quality video, and edit clips to make a complete video.