New Hampshire 4-H

New Hampshire 4-H

Leadership Grows Here


In all New Hampshire communities, 4-H helps young people acquire knowledge, develop life skills, and form attitudes that help them become self-directed, productive, contributing members of society. 4-H leaders guide youth through fun pathway experiences.

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4-H is the youth educational program of UNH Cooperative Extension.

Professional 4-H youth development educators located in each of New Hampshire’s 10 counties provide subject matter support, volunteer management, and event planning for the more than 20,000 school-aged youth involved in all aspects of the 4-H program. 4-H emphasizes the importance of involving youth in the learning process. 

Events

  • October 24, 2025
    Hillsborough County 4-H Family Halloween Bingo Night 6:00pm - 7:30pm, Come kick off the new 4-H year on Friday October 24th at 6pm with our signature welcome event hosted by our Teen Leadership group, the Hillsborough County Youth
  • October 25, 2025
    4-H Belknap County Fall Festival at the Laconia Pumpkin Fest 11:00am - 5:00pm, The Belknap County 4-H Fall Festival will have a booth at the Laconia Pumpkin Festival this year!  This promises to be a fun time and opportunity to
  • October 28, 2025
    STEM-MoBILE Volunteer Training 4:00pm - 6:30pm, Do you know anything about advanced manufacturing? Biology? Biotechnology? Computer science? Data analytics? Engineering? Manufacturing? Automation? Information
  • November 1, 2025
    Belknap Mountain Hike 9:00am - 11:00am, Belknap Mountain is the highest peak in the Belknap Range, a long chain of small mountains and hills on the southwest side of Lake Winnipesaukee.Belknap County
  • November 5, 2025
    4-H Community of Practice Meeting [Virtual] 6:30pm - 8:00pm, We invite any youth practitioner, volunteer or parent to join our 2025-2026 4-H Community of Practice virtual meetings. We will meet to share resources,
  • November 7, 2025
    Merrimack County 4-H Honors Evening 6:00pm - 8:00pm, Merrimack County 4-H Youth, Leaders & Families are invited to attend Honors Evening, an annual event where we recognize our youth members achievements over
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Articles

Empowering Youth, Strengthening Communities
NH 4-H is launching a virtual Community of Practice (CoP) designed for adults who care for or work closely with teens. A CoP is more than a discussion... Learn More
Coös County 4-H Resumes are due to the 4-H Office by March 1st for consideration for the Eva Conant Memorial 4-H Scholarship. Learn More
It was a busy June this year with three standout clinics that brought New Hampshire youth together for hands-on learning, connection, and exploration ... Learn More