• By April W Bowman
• Posted Friday, September 22, 2023

What is 4-H?

You can find out a lot about 4-H by visiting our website at  http://www.forsyth.cc/CES/4-H.   We recommend clicking on the first button toward the top right of the screen that says “Learn more about 4-H” to learn more about the world of 4-H.  The third button for our "calendar of events".  If you have a Google Calendar, you can save these events to your personal calendar.

The second button is "Join 4-H" and links you to our 4-H Online membership system, as well as a "how to" guide. You will create a "family profile" that includes your last name and the email address that you want all email communication to go to. Then you can create a member profile for each of your children. Membership is free. As a member of 4-H, your children are eligible to participate and take part in any of the opportunities that you read about that are age-appropriate for your children, including our talent show, presentation and public speaking competition, photography and poster design contests and so much more. For the club name, we recommend choosing "Forsyth Member At Large" and for the project, choose any project areas that interest your children.  Everything in bold or with an * is a required question that requires an answer. Once your 4-H enrollment is approved in 4-H Online, you can log back in at https://v2.4honline.com/, and then click on events on the left-hand side to see events that are listed (if you don't click on events, it will only show you three events by default). 

Also, you can connect with us on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForsythCounty4H./

Check out our Forsyth 4-H Manual:  https://go.ncsu.edu/forsyth4hmanual to learn more. 

Finally, we highly recommend visiting https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/email-me/, enter your email address, check the boxes next to topics you are interested in, and sign-up for our email lists! This is the best way to stay connected.

For more information, email, April Bowman, Extension Agent, Livestock, Forages, and 4-H Youth Development at awbowman@ncsu.edu or call 336-703-2855 or Dr. Monique Pearce-Brady, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development at dmpearc3@ncsu.edu or call 336-703-2856.