Whether you are a first-year 4-H member or a longtime member, it’s time to focus on pulling together information for your 4-H award applications. Even younger members can submit the 4-H Experience Application and be eligible for 4-H recognition. Older members can submit the 4-H Experience Application, apply for project area specific awards, and the Illinois 4-H Scholarship Application to be eligible for state recognition, scholarships, and/or trips. Club leaders can nominate outstanding youth, families, or volunteers.
Each 4-H member has a story to tell and are eligible for our 4-H awards program – tell YOUR stories and see where they take you!
Awards overview: please read this first.
Award applications will either be submitted as a Jotform online application or to your County Awards Box Folder. Follow the directions for your specific Award.
Start here: Find details and links to all Award categories on this document.
Competitive Awards
Submit this online form for the following 4-H County Level Awards:
| 4-H County Awards | Other Awards |
|---|---|
|
Community Service Project Mastery Leadership Communication Personal Growth |
Golden Needle Award Top 10 First Year Member Award Mary Miller Award (Vermilion only) |
Non-competitive Awards
Record Books
Our unit will be using the Experience Award application to collect record books this year. Here is the rubric we will use when reviewing. Here is an example Experience Award Application. Submit to the Box Folder for your county.
This is only how the books are being collected this year. Youth should continue to keep records using ZSuite or a paper record book.
Officer Awards
Please see the Officer Award tab for more details.
Nominated Awards
Are you planning to nominate an outstanding 4-H'er? Here are instructions for the nominated award application forms. These will be submitted to the Box Folder for your county.
| For Youth | For Adults |
For Families |
|
I Dare You Award Lingley Leadership Award (Vermilion only) Live Like Luke Award (Champaign only) |
4-H Alumni Award Friend of 4-H Award Otto Miller Outstanding 4-H Volunteer Award (Vermilion only) |
State Awards
Learn more about all State Level Awards on the Illinois State 4-H Awards website.
- Illinois 4-H Experience Award: Overview | Application | Rubric | sample Experience Award Application
- Submit to your County via Box by September 14.
- 4-H Club Recognition Award: Overview and Application
- Submit to your County via Box by September 14.
- Electricity Achievement Award: Application
- Submit to your County via Box by September 14.
- Sustaining the Future Award: Overview and Application
- Submit via Jotform by November 1.
State Scholarships
The Illinois 4-H Scholarship is a merit-based scholarship to award outstanding work in project areas. Five $1,000 scholarships will be awarded in each of the following categories: Animal Science, Civic Engagement/Global Living, Creative Performing Arts & Communication, Food Systems, Healthy Living/ Nutrition, Leadership, Natural Resources & Environmental Science, Personal Growth and STEM/Robotics. The deadline to apply is November 1. Apply online @ go.illinois.edu/4Hscholarships .
Start here: Find details and links to all Award categories on this document.
Officer Awards
All officer award application materials will be submitted via Jotform by September 14. In the form, you must select the award you wish to apply for and complete all questions.
- President: Application form | Rubric
- Vice President: Application form | Rubric
- Treasurer: Application form | 2020 Treasurer Book and Treasurer Rubric
- Secretary: Application form | 2020 Secretary Book and Secretary Rubric
- Reporter: Application form | Reporter Rubric
- Scrapbook: Application form | Scrapbook Rubric