Successful 4-H meetings do not happen by chance. Great meeting require careful planning, club officers who know and use good meeting procedures, and respectful and responsible club members who are attentive, who are prepared to be involved, to express their ideas and give feedback to the club officers and committee chairs. By following a well-planned agenda that officers have discussed in advance, a lot of meeting business can be accomplished in a short time.

Whenever a disaster strikes, volunteers are often the first to respond. Because the needs vary with each disaster, volunteers must be flexible in responding to a disaster. This document helps prepare volunteers to work with disaster victims as well as meet the needs that arise as a result of the disaster.

Join Louisiana delegation at the 2012 Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum (SRVF). Download the delegate packet and fill out the registrations forms.

Volunteer Leader Job Descriptions

In planning meetings a definite purpose should be kept in mind. Meetings are successful when they are planned for a specific reason or reasons. The time and thought given to advance preparation will pay dividends in the form of better club programs and increased participation by members.

This guide discusses the common physical, mental, social and emotional characteristics for high school youth. Keep in mind that no two children develop according to the same schedule and the transitions are gradual. By accepting youth at their current developmental stage and offering challenging growth opportunities to help them make the transition into the next stage.

Helpful hints on how to give a Method Demonstration.

What is expected of me as a leader? To be successful in any job, people must know what is expected of them. Based upon those expectations, people then need the information and training to enable them to complete the job successfully. This resource guide will explain your role; give suggestions for accomplishing the job, conducting election of officers, working with officers, how to get parents involved and what they can do.

This system gives volunteers an online resource for tracking hours and mileage and reporting their impact.

This handbook has been developed to help organizational leaders carry out their responsibilities.

Reporting tools for club leaders, authorization letter and fact sheet.

Use the attached record sheets to record trainings, workshops and additional continuing education service hours.

The Louisiana 4-H Master Volunteer Achievement in Continuing Education (ACE) program is designed to assist volunteers in the development of specialized skills as 4-H volunteers by participating in quality training experiences, processing learning experiences, conducting service activities/projects, and developing a Master Volunteer ACE portfolio.

This handbook is designed for use by the 4-H Club member who is responsible for planning and conducting special activities and events for the club meeting. It may also be useful for 4-H leaders who work with 4-H'ers. This handbook does not contain complete programs. Its main purpose is to provide the club member with a variety of ideas for the meeting.

Join Louisiana delegation at the 2011 Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum (SRVF). Download the delegate packet and fill out the registrations forms.

Youth and adult volunteers play a critical role to support expanding the outreach capabilities in all LCES programming areas, including 4-H, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Family and Consumer Sciences. To help facilitate a better understanding of working with LCES volunteers, a Volunteer Policy (LCES PS-23) has been developed with input from agents, specialists and our human resource management office to provide guidance as well as direction in working with and managing volunteers.

It can be a challenge for 4-H leaders to plan exciting, involving meetings. Active club programs help create interest and provide inspiration and stimulation for members to learn through new experiences. There are many ways to incorporate active, fun learning into the 4-H Club experience. This publication provides a 4-H Club planning worksheet as a helpful resource for your club.

Dennis Marcantel from Monsanto brought greetings from the company’s headquarters to more than 50 4-H adult volunteers and staff attending the 2011 Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Forum. The event, i4-H: There’s An App for That! was held March 11-13, 2011, at the Marriott ConferenceCenter in Baton Rouge, La.

10 Minute Education Series: 4-H Name and Emblem is a self-directed course designed for 4-H and Extension Youth Development Staff. Participants will where the guidelines for 4-H Name and Emblem come from, what the guidelines are, and how local offices can use these guidelines. Ten minute topics include:

Greetings, I am Chuck Stelly, a 4-H volunteer. I recently attended a conference in Lexington, Kentucky of the State 4-H Teen Council held at the Lake Cumberland 4-H Center in Jabez, KY. This camp is located in remote south central Kentucky, where a reservoir was created on the Cumberland River. It was a beautiful place for the Teen Council to meet for some reflection and planning of upcoming events for the 2011-2012 4-H season.

So you've volunteered, been appointed or have been chosen as the new 4-H leader! Congratulations! You're starting an interesting, challenging and rewarding experience. Here is how to get started and manage these responsibilities.

L4-HVLA Annual Conference was held at the Marriott Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 11-13, 2011. The conference was packed with great educational programs including ethical decision making, robotics, ice breaker activities, victory gardens, military programming and much more.

You can make your monthly meeting an inspiration to your members by incorporating exciting activities to help 4-H'ers gain a sense of belonging. This article provides information and resource links for club leaders on planning club meetings, making meetings exciting, planning a 4-H program, giving demonstrations and leader guides.

Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Information

The mission of the Southern Region 4-H Volunteer Forum is to increase the capacity of volunteers and salaried staff to contribute to the achievement of the mission of 4-H Youth Development and the Cooperative Extension system. The primary purpose of the SRVF is to educate and prepare participants to share the information that they learned and practice the skills that they have developed, through participating in the forum, at home in their own 4-H programs and activities.

The Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Leaders Association is an organization for parents, leaders, and volunteers recognized by the LSU AgCenter and the Cooperative Extension Service as a partner for the purpose of enhancing the 4-H Program in the State of Louisiana.

We are a volunteer organization for adults who work directly and indirectly with 4-H youth, or those who would like to become involved with the 4-H program in the State of Louisiana.

Louisiana 4-H Volunteer Leaders Association

Florida 4-H has made available a graphic gallery for Extension faculty, staff and volunteers to download. They have a nice assortment of graphics that you may find helpful.

When disaster strikes, people everywhere want to help those individuals in need. To ensure that this compassion and generosity are put to good use, it’s important to know what stages victims go through disaster recovery.

List of 4-H Volunteer Roles and Opportunities

The vision of Volunteer Leaders Association

This Web site is designed to give volunteers education and training from the comfort of their own home or office. Through this site, volunteers will be offered online educational modules. These can be taken for your own educational benefit or for advancement in the Master Volunteer Program (MVP).