What is a 4-H Volunteer?
Volunteers and parents help make 4-H possible. Without 4-H volunteers and parents the program would not have the mentors and leaders that 4-Hers need in order to learn the new skills that 4-H has to offer youth. With each volunteer comes knowledge, experiences, and skills which can be taught to 4-H youth and shared with the 4-H program "to make the best better." Volunteers and parents are a major reason for 4-H's success in youth development. Ohio 4-H works with a variety of individuals, with differing interests, skills and abilities, as 4-H volunteers. Since 1902, parents and volunteers have helped the 4-H program develop successful leaders, build young minds, and set the path for 4-Hers to take the world by storm.
4-H Volunteers must adhere to the Ohio State University Extension Volunteer Selection Policies & Procedures.
Position Descriptions:
4-H Volunteer Standards of Behavior
Becoming a Holmes County 4-H Volunteer
Step 1: Fill out the form below with a Committee Member/Club Org. Advisor of the Committee/Club you are wanting to join.
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New Volunteer Enrollment Application, Due by February 1, 2025, to the OSU Extension Office.
Step 2: Fill out the OSU official Volunteer Application Form
Step 3: Once the Application is turned in to the OSU Extension Office, you must undergo a Criminal History Fingerprint Background Check Procedure.
Step 4: Interview with the Holmes County 4-H Educator
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A quick 10-15-minute interview will be set up once the above 3 steps are completed. This may be an in-person interview or a virtual option.
Step 5: Once approved and your background check is complete you must Enroll in 4HOnline.
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Enroll here https://oh.4honline.com/
Step 6: Attend a mandatory volunteer training(s)
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Dates coming soon!
Questions? Please email Ella Lorentz, 4-H Educator, at lorentz.23@osu.edu.