4-H Youth Development

Examples of volunteering including teaching camping, animal husbandry, STEM and more!

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Find a complete listing of our Extension staff and the location of our various offices.

Welcome to Delaware 4-H

4-H is the place where learning is fun, whether it takes place in your school, at camp, in your community or at the University of Delaware. There are plenty of exciting adventures that you can have in your community, state, country and all over the world.

If you think that 4-H is just for rural kids, you will be surprised to find out that you are wrong. Delaware 4-H has something for each of the over 36,000 young people who participate in 4-H each year.

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Delaware 4-H News

Archery takes 4-Her Abby Sparpaglione across the globe

November 30, 2022 | Written by Dante LaPenta

4-Her Abby Sparpaglione travels far and wide to compete in national and international archery competitions.
Four Fun Wellness Walks for Family Connection & Wellness

November 21, 2022 | Written by Alyssa Whittaker

Fall and winter bring a lot of change and may be especially busy for families! Take some time to check in with your family and boost wellness by going on one of these Four Fun Wellness Walks!
Celebrating Friends of UD Extension

November 03, 2022 | Written by Katie Young and Michele Walfred

At their annual conference on Nov. 2, University of Delaware Cooperative Extension honored four partners as Friends of Extension. This year’s recipients were Valann Budischak, Todd Davis, G. Robert Moore and the Delaware Division of Health and Social Services Diabetes & Heart Disease Prevention and Control Program. The awards were presented by Michelle Rodgers, UD associate dean and director of Cooperative Extension.
Five Ways Running Has Helped Me

August 31, 2022 | Written by Madison Crossley, former Delaware Teen Health & Wellness Ambassador

Now my views on running have greatly changed. I was able to get past the initial discomfort that comes with being a “new” runner and, as a result, I have been able to reap some of the amazing benefits that running has to offer. #4HHealthyHabits
UD heads to the fair

July 20, 2022 | Written by Katie Young and Adam Thomas

Cooperative Extension, 4-H, UDairy Creamery, Sea Grant highlight UD’s involvement at Delaware State Fair.

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4-H Speaker's Bureau

Delaware 4-H Youth Educators have a selection of topics that they are available to make presentations on for community audiences. Please complete the form with the topic you are interested in, and someone will contact you about scheduling the presentation.

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Learning at home

Are you looking for research-based at home learning resources? 4-H has many resources in connection with their state’s Land Grant University. Different States have different lessons, so check it out!

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