4-H Enrollment

Enrollment is Open

for the 2025 - 2026 4-H Project Year in Tioga County 4-H

Click this link for the Enrollment Packet

2025-2026 Complete Enrollment Packet for Tioga County 4-H

Tioga County 4-H Membership Policies 2025 - 2026

Re-enroll from October 1, 2025 - February 1, 2026

New Enrollment is open year-round however March 1, 2026 is the deadline to participate fully at the

Tioga County Fair and some other 4-H activities.

4-H CLUB MEMBER PARTICIPATION

The 4-H program is designed to allow youth and parents to work together. Qualified, caring adults act as advisers, guides and mentors. 4-H youth strive to build knowledge, skills and positive attitudes. It is imperative that the 4-H youth complete their own work throughout all projects. 4-H youth are required to attend a minimum of six (6) 4-H Club meetings each year.

4-H PROGRAM AGES

Cloverbuds: youth 5 years old as of January 1 of the current club year, and no older than 7

years as of January 1 of the current year.

Junior 4-H member: youth 8 - 13 years old as of January 1 of the current club year.

Senior 4-H member: youth 14 years old as of January 1 of the current club year, and no

older than 19 years as of January 1 of the current year.

4-H PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

All youth from ages 5 to 18 as of January 1, 2025 are welcome to enroll.

Youth must be enrolled in the 4-H Program before the beginning of their selected project(s).

4-H members must be under the guidance of a club leader, parent or project leader.

Parents are required to be at all meetings with their 4-H children.

4-H members must turn in one completed project record book that contains quality records for

each completed 4-H project each year in order to receive credit for a completed 4-H year and completed 4-H projects. Project books are turned in 2 times a year. First at the county fair and then completed by September 15th in order to receive credit for a completed 4-H year and completed 4-H projects.

4-H COUNTY FAIR PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

4-H members must have participated in and documented six (6) educational experiences

during the club year. Educational experiences include: club meetings, state events (i.e., Animal Crackers, March Dog Madness, etc.), and county workshops/ clinics.

4-H members must also have completed all trainings, evaluations or clinics that are required for their specific project (i.e., horse evaluations, dog classes, shooting sports training classes, workshops, etc.).

Project books must be entered via Fair Entry to be judged at the Tioga County Fair in order

for a youth to participate in any way at the Tioga County Fair. 

Last updated October 7, 2025