California 4-H Grown

The California 4-H Grown blog shares stories written by 4-H members, volunteers and staff about what they are doing in the California 4-H program. Learn more about what 4-H'ers across the state are doing and how they are making a difference in their communities and the impact of 4-H on youth lives. Everyone is welcome in 4-H, and everyone has a story to tell! Share your story - contact Suzanne at morikawa@ucanr.edu to submit your story and photos.

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Casey and Raedyn (center) with the Bay/Coast Youth Summit planning team.
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Bay/Coast Youth Summit — By Youth, For Youth

November 20, 2019
The California 4-H Youth Summits are three-day leadership conferences held at four locations throughout the state. They are designed to grow the leadership abilities of intermediate 4-H members (ages 11-13) and give hands-on leadership opportunities to senior 4-H members (ages 14+).
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2019 NJHA Convention California 4-H team photo
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Horticulture team represented California 4-H well

October 31, 2019
By Suzanne Morikawa
Towards the end of National 4-H Week this year, from October 11 to 14, our California 4-H Horticulture team competed at the 2019 National Junior Horticulture Association Convention in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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CS Pathway Team, volunteers, Googlers, and youth participants posing in front of a Google sign.
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Game Changers at Google

October 30, 2019
For the second year in a row, the Computer Science Pathway Team of the University of California Cooperative Extension's (UCCE) 4-H Youth Development Program of Santa Clara County held an event for National Youth Science Day (NYSD).
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