{"id":8286,"date":"2020-02-05T08:54:07","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h-draft\/?page_id=8286"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T21:39:13","slug":"rhode-island-4-h","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island 4-H"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rhode Island 4-H<\/h1>

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The URI Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Program offers projects, events, and opportunities for children and teens ages 5 to 18. There are also volunteer opportunities for adults. To learn more about joining or volunteering. Click on the get involved tab! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Beyond Ready is a national movement designed to elevate the work 4-H has always done: give youth skills, resilience, and confidence they need to thrive in an ever-changing world. Key components of 4-H Beyond Ready Programing: Researched based educational content and techniques to build skills that translate to real world experience, allowing youth ask questions and find the answers using scientific methods and processes. Encouraging youth to try, fail and try again to build resiliency and allow for the creativity that is required for complex problems. Fostering a sense of belonging and connection to there local community. Empowering the youth to be leaders and community change makers.
By design, 4-H makes youth Beyond Ready to to meet the challenges and opportunities of the future!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Earn $100 to Host a Club Public Speaking Contest<\/h2>

Club leaders who complete and score 100% (unlimited attempts) on the new online public presentations training will be eligible for a $100 Walmart gift card to help run a club-level contest. This is a great way to prepare for the state public speaking contest in the fall AND to get extra public speaking credit for your record book! <\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Summer Fairs 2026<\/h2>

Each summer 4-H Volunteers and outside organizations partner to produce summer fair opportunities for youth. In June the Southern RI 4-H Fair, in August the Eastern RI 4-H Fair and the Washington County Fair and in September 4-H activities at the Big E. All are great experiences and offer a variety of ways to participate. Information is constantly updated on the fair websites and social media sites. You can navigate to them on the link below. Some of the guidelines have already been updated. Check back often.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

Learn more aboUT SUMMER FAIRS<\/div><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Big E 4-H Programs<\/h2>

Each year the New England States come together to produce comprehensive 4-H educational programs at the Eastern States Exposition, better known as The Big E Fair.
RI youth compete to qualify for teams in Dog, Rabbit, Poultry, Sheep, Dairy, Beef, Goats and Horse projects. We also have youth that participate in the New England Center public speaking program. To learn more check out our Big E pages.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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1523<\/span>Youth Attended 4-H Programs in 2025<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
80<\/span>4-H Events and Programs in 2025<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Re-Enroll<\/h2>

Club Leaders: Re-enroll and activate your club for the year!<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Partner<\/h2>

Learn various ways in which you may partner with URI 4-H.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Support 4-H<\/h2>

Learn about Rhode Island 4-H Club Foundation, Inc.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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401.874.2959 or email kstone@uri.edu in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the R.I. Relay Service at 711. We encourage all individuals seeking an accommodation to reach out as early as possible in advance of the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The URI Cooperative Extension’s 4-H Program offers projects, events, and opportunities for children and teens ages 5 to 18. There are also volunteer opportunities for adults. To learn more about joining or volunteering. Click on the get involved tab! Beyond Ready is a national movement designed to elevate the work 4-H has always done: give […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13302,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-8286","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8286"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13864,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8286\/revisions\/13864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/4h\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}