Current Member Resources

• Suwannee River Fair Requirements

  Requirements

  Levy County 4-H members must complete the following requirements to be eligible to show in the Suwannee River Fair.

  1. Enroll in 4HOnline by November 1st of the current 4-H year.
  2. Attend at least 3 club meetings by January 25th.
  3. Attend at least 1 higher-than-club-level event. 
  4. Complete at least 1 community service project with your club. 

  **It is the members' responsibility to ensure that all requirements have been fulfilled. Eligibility will be determined by the turned in sign-in sheets we receive from leaders.

• County Events

  What are County Events? 

  Demonstrations and speeches held in a contest setting for Juniors, Intermediates, and Seniors in various categories. Placings are awarded based on achievement of standards and peer competition; judges give scores and evaluative comments. Qualifiers for the District level events are selected at the County level. County events may also include share-the-fun, graphic design contest, or even participation opportunities for cloverbud members. Cloverbud members will receive participation ribbons and junior-senior members will be awarded blue, red and white ribbons dependent on the judge's scores. 

  Demonstrations/Illustrated Talks & Public Speaking

  Demonstrations/Illustarted Talks: Juniors & Intermediates: 3-12 minutes, Seniors: 5-12 minutes

  Public Speaking: Juniors & Intermediates: 3-7 minutes, Seniors: 5-7 minutes, Horse Category: 8-10 minutes

  Watch a short introductory video on Demonstrations/Illustrated talks and Public Speaking.

  Share the Fun 

  Time requirements: 3-5 minutes

  What a short introductory video on Share the Fun

  Fashion Review

  Watch a short introductory video about Fashion Review.

  Photography & Graphic Design 

  Watch a short introductory video on Photography and Graphic Design.

   

• Standards of Excellence

  FL 4-H Standards of Excellence 

  The Florida 4-H program supports an awards and recognition process that recognizes youth for their progress towards goals. Youth document their progress through the Standards of Excellence forms found on the Awards and Recognition page of the 4-H website (https://florida4h.ifas.ufl.edu/youth/awards-and-recognition/standard-of-excellence/). Awards are Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Emerald.

  Watch a recording of Levy County 4-H's Standards of Excellence Workshop here: https://youtu.be/_jpGJNosJ48

  Information Packet

  Standards of Excellence Information Packet

  Cloverbuds 

  Cloverbud Project Summary

  Cloverbud Standards of Excellence Application

  Juniors

  Junior Standards of Excellence Application

  Intermediates

  Intermediate Standards of Excellence Application

  Seniors

  Senior Standards of Excellence Application

• Levy County 4-H Youth County Council

  Meet and work with other Levy County 4-H'ers

  Does your 4-H member want to meet other 4-H'ers in Levy County? Does your 4-H member want to hold a county-wide 4-H officer position? 

  Check out our County Council! 

  Levy County's 4-H Youth County Council meets on the 3rd Monday of every month at either 5:30 or 6 PM. Check the latest newsletter for the time or reach out to our office. 

  Officer Positions

  President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian

  County Council Officer Application

  What happens at County Council? 

  County Council meetings consist of a business portion that is led by the officers and includes a recreational activity. During the business portion of the meeting, members are caught up on past and future events and programs and are involved in making decisions for the county as a whole (fundraisers, events, t-shirts, etc.). We'd love to have you check it out and for your voice to be heard!