Santa Cruz County 4-H

08/30/2025

August 28, 2025By Pamela S Kan-Rice Print Julie Katawicz, left, and Hedman Okella will be speaking to young people at the Earthworkers Summit, to prepare the next generation of food system leaders.Summit at UC Santa Cruz to discuss approaches to climate, environment, agriculture and food system resi...

08/23/2024

Saturday at the fairgrounds

We're gettin' groovy at the fairgrounds tomorrow!
Bring the whole family for this hands-on artistic activity!
The is just around the corner... pre-sale ticket deals here:
https://tickets.santacruzcountyfair.com/p/tickets

Santa Cruz County 4-H

06/04/2024

09/06/2023

02/04/2023

🏈Super Bowl+Valentine's ❤️=
Chicken Dinner 🍲 🍗🐔

🍀We are selling tickets Saturday, February 4th from 11:00 -1: 30pm
In front of the Corralitos Market

Buy your sweetie a chicken dinner,
for Super Bowl Sunday. 🥰❣️

We'll do the cooking and cleaning!
For 20 bucks a huge piece of grilled chicken, salad, rice, beans, and a cookie. 🐔🍚🫘🥗🍪

All money made goes to Corralitos 4-H and the Scouts.🇺🇲🍀💚

01/29/2023

You won't want to miss this 🗣️

We're excited to announce that U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is scheduled to appear at Ignite by 4-H. A pioneer in health advancement, he will speak to 4-H’ers about teen mental health, building resilience, and promoting emotional well-being in their communities. 👨‍⚕️

01/29/2023

🗣️ U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 1890 National Scholars Program pays college expenses for students who attend an 1890 land-grant university and study food, agriculture, natural resources, or related sciences. 🌾

The Program is available to high school seniors entering their freshman year and rising college sophomores and juniors. Learn more and apply online at
https://bit.ly/3H5atVm

✍️ The application deadline is Wednesday, March 15, 2023.

07/18/2022

🍀Funday, Funday!! ☀️🎉🎈🍀

August 6, 2022, Mark your calendar! 🤩 At the Aptos Grange.

Petting zoo, games, a cake walk and more 🐐🐇🐓 🧁🍥🍰🎂🚶‍♀️🚶‍♂️

Join the 4-H fun! 🇺🇲🍀💚🙋‍♀️🤠🐄🐮

06/29/2022

It’s fair time folks!!

Entry guides are out and available at the fair office or select feed stores!

OR save paper and enter ONLINE at: https://www.santacruzcountyfair.com/fair-time/attend/2022-entry-guides

What are you entering in the county fair?

06/23/2022

Join the 2022-2023 State 4-H Computer Coding Project
Apply by September 1, 2022
https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=37539

California 4-H youth members (age 9 to 18) are invited to apply to join the 4-H computer coding project.

Target Age: Junior and intermediate 4-H members (9 to 13 years old; although fine for older youth, too).

Location: Zoom

Two Projects:
1. Beginners (MIT Scratch) - First Saturday 4-5 p.m. Scratch is a block-based visual programming language aimed at children aged 8 to 16.
2. Beginners to Intermediate (Python) - Third Saturday 4-5 p.m. Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language emphasizing code readability with significant indentation.

For questions, please contact
• Sudharsan Gopalakrishnan [email protected]
• Steven Worker [email protected]

04/29/2022