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Volunteer for 4-H in 2026

Volunteers are the key to our success in the North Carolina 4-H program. Whether you’re interested in becoming a club leader or have a few hours to invest, we have challenging and fun roles for…

4-H clover and sewing machine with text: "Sew Happy to Learn to Sew Day Camp"

Registration Open for 4-H Sew Happy to Learn to Sew Day Camp

Cherokee County 4-H is hosting a summer day camp opportunity for youth to learn to sew. This will be a basic learn-to-sew class for youth ages 8-18. We will learn machine and hand sewing techniques.…

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Cherokee County 4-H Members Bring Home the Gold!

4-H Presentations are an important part of North Carolina 4-H. It is one of the most successful ways to help a young person learn how to do a public speech. It focuses on members teaching others what…

4-H Sew Happy to Learn to Sew Day Camp, sewing machine and needle graphics

4-H Sew Happy to Learn to Sew, Register Soon!

Cherokee County 4-H is hosting a summer day camp opportunity for youth to learn to sew. This will be a basic learn-to-sew class for youth ages 8-18. We will learn machine and hand sewing techniques.…

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Butterflies and Baby Chicks Hatching Across Cherokee County

Cherokee County 4-H has been busy this spring at our local elementary schools. A portion of the 4-H program provided here in Cherokee County is to provide 4-H School Enrichment Programs to the local…

Man in plaid shirt holding a rabbit in front of 4‑H clover bunting at a fair

Cherokee County Ag Day

Last year, Cherokee County 4-H partnered with Cherokee County Farm Bureau to help host an Ag Day for Cherokee County 3rd graders. The event took place in early April last year, and both the kids and…

Girl holding brown-and-white rabbit in a hall with trophies and flowers

Join Our Bunnies, Bovines, Bees, & Birds 4-H Club

The Bunnies, Bovines, Bees, & Birds 4-H Club is geared up for the year ahead and has some fun learning experiences planned for the upcoming meetings. The Bunnies, Bovines, Bees, & Birds 4-H Club…

Five teens in green NC State 4‑H shirts; four hold a teammate horizontally under NC State 4‑H banner.

Local 4-H Horse Club Competes at State 4-H Horse Bowl

The 2025 NC State 4-H Horsebowl Contest was held on March 8, 2025, in conjunction with the State Hippology Contests on the campus of NC State University. The event drew 142 youth participants across…

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Registration Opens November 1 for 4-H Holiday Workshop

Registration is full but we are developing a waiting list. If you would like to put your child on the waiting list please understand there is no guarantee they can get in this year. If you would like…

Child wearing cap and blue striped polo holding two award ribbons.

Cherokee County 4-Her Places 3rd in WNC Pullet Project Show

Will Ellison was a little nervous on the morning of August 17th as he headed to the WNC Ag Center for his first 4-H poultry show. His nerves would soon wear off as he was showing his chicken, Lucky,…