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4-H Club Leaders play an important part in the Knox County 4-H Program!
- 4-H Club Leaders must enroll in 4HOnline and complete the Volunteer Screening.
- Steps to Enroll as a New or Returning Volunteer
Volunteer Screening - All 4-H club organizational and project leaders, volunteers and staff who work directly with youth are required to complete the Nebraska 4-H Volunteer Screening Process. All Knox County volunteers who work directly with youth are required to complete the volunteer screening every five years. Click here for more details on the process.
Club Leader/Volunteer Resources - Resources are available for club leaders and potential leaders to help with the re-organization of their club. Nebraska 4-H and 4-H National Headquarters define a 4-H Club as: an organized group of at least five youth from three different families who meet regularly with adult volunteers or staff for a long-term, progressive series of educational experiences and have enrolled in 4-H Online. For information and ideas:
- Year End Treasurer's Report Form - Due January 31st
- Example of a 4-H Club Calendar
- 4-H Games & Activities
- Roll Call Ideas
- 4-H Meeting Wheel
- Strategies to Engage Every Parent
- Community Service
- Knox County 4-H New Family Handbook - updated 2025
- Knox County Clover Kid Handbook - updated 2025
- Starting a Club
- Using the 4-H Name and Emblem
- Clubs of Excellence - The overall goal of 4-H Clubs is to develop enthusiastic young people who boldly take action to demonstrate life skills as capable, caring, competent kids of character thus contributing to the improvement of themselves, their family, their club, their community, and their world. One way clubs might choose to measure their success in meeting that goal is their ability to gain status as a Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence. To receive the designation as a Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence, clubs must meet a certain set of criteria and document how this criterion was met. Clubs meeting the requirements will initially receive a certificate. In subsequent years clubs successfully meeting the requirements will receive a special insignia to place on their certificate. Clubs must apply annually to receive this recognition.