Youth Enrollment & Volunteers

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2024-2025 Enrollment is open!

Soft deadline is February 1, 2025, to receive updates via email and Remind. Sign up now to be sure you hear about every 4-H opportunity!  Final deadline is June 15, 2025, to be eligible to show at the 2025 county fair and 2025 Nebraska State Fair.

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Volunteers!

Privilege, Not a Right: While volunteerism is crucial to the success of 4-H, it is a privilege, not a right to be a 4-H volunteer. Volunteers may be dismissed from serving in any program at any time, for any or no reason.

All 4-H volunteers and staff are required to complete the Nebraska 4-H volunteer screening process. Volunteer screening is done in order to assure a safe, positive, and nurturing environment for all youth involved with the Nebraska 4-H programs and provide protection for the child, the volunteer, the educator, the 4-H Council, the Extension Board, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension.

Initial screening of volunteers and staff will occur when they sign up to volunteer or are employed as an Extension professional. 

All 4-H Volunteers must either enroll yearly in 4HOnline OR complete the 4-H Volunteer Activity Application appropriate for their role.

Direct volunteers are those working directly with youth, such as club leaders and workshop facilitators. Direct volunteers will be asked to complete the following screening process and repeat screening as scheduled. 

Anyone interested in being a direct volunteer needs to sign up through 4hOnline. Once signed up you will be directed to a background check website where the cost of the screening is $16 (+ fees) and is paid during the screening process online. **The Dixon County 4-H Council will reimburse the screening fees. Please provide evidence of payment to our office. After this is completed you will have to resign up every year, but the background check will only be performed every 5 years. Direct volunteers also need to complete the volunteer orientation as well. https://4h.unl.edu/volunteer-orientation

Indirect volunteers are those supporting 4-H program without directly interacting with youth, such as event helpers, program support roles, and county fair superintendents. Indirect volunteers will be asked to complete the activity worker application. If a superintendent choose to host a clinic, then they're considered to be a Direct volunteer and go through the screening process.

Anyone interested in volunteering indirectly needs to fill out this indirect volunteer form and return it to the Dixon County Extension Office prior to any volunteering.