Basic Information about Traditional 4-H in Kootenai County

What Projects Do We Offer? 4-H is happy to offer numerous projects across numerous fields. We guarantee that we’ll be able to find something your youth is interested to participate in! The following list of projects can give you a good base idea of what we offer, but keep in mind this is just a sneak peek. Each one of these project areas offers additional offshoots to learn about specific fields of that project. For example, the Goat Project offers, dairy, market, pet, pack, and non-animal versions of the project. If you don’t see a project area you’re looking for, don’t worry! We can very easily adapt or create a project.

How Much Does It Cost? Paying for your enrollment is easy and low-cost. We offer a year’s worth of programming for one low enrollment fee.

Enrollment: Cloverbuds (5-7): $30 Members (8-18): $30
Additional Fees: Horse Project Fee: $5 Leader Insurance Fee: $1 Horse Leader Insurance Fee: $2

When Can I Enroll? The 4-H year runs from October to September of the following year. Enrollment is open from October to March of the following year with enrollment fees being due by March 1, 2027 to be eligible to exhibit at the North Idaho State Fair.

How Do I Find a Club? We are proud to have clubs located all across Kootenai and Shoshone County. You let me know where you’re looking to receive programming at and I’ll help fit you to the best club possible!

How Do I Sign Up? We run all of our enrollment and registration through our Idaho State 4-H ZSuite program. It’s free to use to sign up for our program, and then free to continue to use to fill out record books, keep a 4-H calendar, get event updates for our county, and much much more! Please follow the following link to get signed up: https://4h.zsuite.org/

What is My Time Commitment? 4-H can take up as much or as little of your time as you’d like! You have the freedom to commit to as little as monthly art meetings or as much as weekly animal showmanship classes. 4-H is fun and flexible…the two best things a program can be!

Please contact the Kootenai County Extension Office for more infromation - 208-292-2525 or kootenai@uidaho.edu.

The University of Idaho is an equal-opportunity employer and educational institution. We offer our programs to persons regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, or disability.