4-H Clubs, Activities & Projects
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Enrollment is currently closed for year-end rollover.
2025 Enrollment is open! Enroll at v2.4honline.com
2025 Enrollment Guide: Download Enrollment Guide HERE
Keep scrolling down to see program dates, registration, and contact info.
4-H Programs
Registration Coming Soon
- Presentations & Grilling (ages 5-18): Presentation Workshop: March 31. Exhibitions/Competitions: May-July. See details and register by March 28: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/03/4-h-presentation-workshop-2/
- Spring Creek 4-H Club Interest Meeting at Spring Creek Community Center: April 8th at 5:00 p.m. See details and RSVP at: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/03/spring-creek-4-h-interest-meeting/
- STREAM Team 4-H (Environmental Education) at Laurel Community Center: April 22nd Interest Meeting: See details and RSVP at: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/03/laurel-4-h-stream-team/
- Livestock Judging, Skillathon, & Quiz Bowl (rising 6th-12th grade): May-August. See details and register: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/12/4-h-animal-science-programs/
- Summer Fun Day Camps (ages 5-18): June-July. Registration opens in 4-H Online April 25th. See details: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/03/2025-4-h-summer-fun-3/
- Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Residential Camp (ages 8-14): June 29-July 4
- Goat Project (ages 5-9): TBD
- Dairy Heifer Project (ages 10-18): August-October
- Fall After-School 4-H Clubs (grades K-5): September-December
- Madison County Fair (ages 5-18): October 3-4. 2025
- Madison Fall Frenzy Showdown: October 3-4, 2025. Livestock Shows with Catawba Valley Showmanship Circuit
- Holiday Programs (ages 5-18): November-December
Pick Your Project (Independent): In 4-H, we Learn by Doing. We have numerous projects to choose from, such as animal science, electricity, cooking, public speaking, environmental science, community service, and more (See a list of projects here). Projects can be completed with a club or independently at your own pace. Contact Misty Varnell at 828.649.2411 ext. 6 or misty_varnell@ncsu.edu and schedule a time to meet to get started!
4-H Clubs
Contact the 4-H Office at 828-649-2411 for more information!
- Spring Creek 4-H Club (Spring Creek Community Center). Meetings are once a month on Tuesday evening. Contact the 4-H Office for more information.
- Laurel STREAM Team 4-H Club (Laurel Community Center Environmental Education). Meetings once a month as scheduled. Contact the 4-H Office for more information.
- Laurel Foxes 4-H Club (Shelton Laurel) typically meets on the Third Tuesday of each month at 6:00. Contact the 4-H Office for more information. The Laurel Foxes 4-H Club is full for 2025.
- SharpShooters 4-H Club (4-H Shooting Sports, ages 8-18) meets monthly, plus practices. The SharpShooters 4-H Club will enroll new members from the wait list first. Club capacity is determined by youth:instructor ratios each year. Enrollment opens in January if spaces are available. Contact the 4-H Office if you would like to be added to the waitlist.
- New Clubs: If you are interested in starting a 4-H Club in your community, contact Misty Varnell at the 4-H Office and we can help you get started! Call 828-649-2411 or email misty_varnell@ncsu.edu.
Residential 4-H Camp
Madison County 4-H will camp at Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp June 29-July 4, 2025. Your child can look forward to a week of making new friends, swimming, horseback riding, archery, canoeing, rock climbing, games, campfires, sleeping in cabins, and much more. The life skills they learn at camp, including responsibility and independence, will help them in school, when they attend college, and in their first jobs. If you are interested in reserving a space for your child to attend 4-H Camp, contact Misty at 828.649.2411 or email misty_varnell@ncsu.edu.
2025 Programs | Registration Closed
- January 21st: Award & Scholarship Applications Due
- Dairy Skillathon, Quiz Bowl, & Judging (grades 6-12): January-April. See details: https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2024/12/4-h-animal-science-programs/
- After-School 4-H Clubs (grades K-5): February-May. See details at https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/01/after-school-4h/
- Robotics 4-H Club (ages 8-12): February-April. See details at https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/01/robotics-4-h-club/
- February 7th: Annual 4-H Achievement Program
- WNC Pullet Project (ages 5-18): March-October. See details at https://madison.ces.ncsu.edu/2025/01/2025-wnc-pullet-project/
- Teen 4-H Club (ages 12-18): February-December (New member registration closed Feb 11. Wait list registration only.)
Questions? Contact Madison County 4-H Agent Misty Varnell at misty_varnell@ncsu.edu or 828.649.2411.