2025-2026 Event List
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September
Date: Event/Program, Location
September 1, 2025: Start of the 4-H Club Year - Membership Registration opens; Online
September 1, 2025: Labor Day Holiday; Clemson University
September 1-30, 2025: Free t-shirt offered to members who enroll in September 2024
September 12, 2025: National 4-H Volunteer Conference; Registration Deadline; Online
September 26, 2025: State 4-H Healthy Living Project - Mysteries of Fruits and Vegetables Registration Deadline; Online
September 26, 2025: State 4-H Beef, Dairy, Goat, Horse, and Swine Record Book Project Registration Deadline; Online
September 26-28, 2025: Shooting Sports – College Meet and Greet and Shoot; Palmetto Shooting Complex, Edgefield, SC
September 30, 2025: Last day to enroll in 4HOnline for a free 4-H T-shirt; Online
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October
Date: Event/Program, Location
October 2-5, 2025: National 4-H Volunteer Conference; Rock Eagle 4-H Center, Eatonton, SC
October 3, 2025: Ignite by 4-H Applications due; Online
October 3-4, 2025: 4-H Archery Instructor Certification; Clemson, SC
October 5-11, 2025: National 4-H Week, “120+ Years to Celebrate” counties across the state
October 8-19, 2025: South Carolina State Fair; SC State Fairgrounds, Columbia, SC
October 11, 2025: 4-H Day at the Fair; SC State Fairgrounds, Columbia, SC
October 18, 2025: CAFLS Tailgate & Youth Day (Homecoming – CU vs. SMU); Clemson University, SC
October 18, 2025: Shooting Sports – Skeet Qualifier; Multiple locations
October 25, 2025: 4-H Wildlife Food Plot Kick-off in-person; Interlaken Wildlife Area, Cameron, SC
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November
Date: Event/Program, Location
November 1, 2025: 4-H Shooting Sports – State Skeet Championship; South Carolina DNR, Wateree, SC
November 8-9, 2025: Eastern National 4-H Horse Round Up; Louisville, KY
November 17-19, 2025: National 4-H Livestock Contests (Judging on Nov. 19); Louisville, KY
November 21, 2025: State 4-H Poultry and Rabbit Record Books from 2025 Due; Local County Offices
November 27-28, 2025: Thanksgiving Holiday; Clemson University
November 28-December 2, 2025: National 4-H Congress; Atlanta, GA
November 28–December 14, 2025: Tractor Supply Paper Clover Campaign; stores across the state
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December
Date: Event/Program, Location
December 2, 2025: Giving Tuesday; Online
December 8-14, 2025: Computer Science Education Week – South Carolina 4-H “Give AI a Try”; Online
December 12, 2025: State 4-H Presentations Contest Registration Deadline; Online (includes the regional qualifier)
December 15, 2025: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Conference & Camp Applications Open; Online
December 22-26, 2025: Winter Holiday, Clemson University
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January
Date: Event/Program, Location
January 1, 2026: New Year’s Holiday, Clemson University
January 19, 2026: Martin Luther King, Jr., Holiday, Clemson University
January 23, 2026: State 4-H Wildlife Food Plot Record Books due; local county office
January 30, 2026: State 4-H Engineering Challenge Registration Deadline; Online
January 30, 2026: State 4-H Physical Activity Project Registration Deadline; Online
January 31, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Roundup; Columbia, S.C.
January 31, 2026: 4-H Shooting Sports – Sporting Clays; Hermitage Sporting Grounds, Camden, SC
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February
Date: Event/Program, Location
February 6, 2026: 4-H Cooking Like a Chef Summit Registration Deadline; Online
February 7, 2026: State 4-H Presentations Contest; TBD
February 7, 2026: 4-H Shooting Sports – Trap Qualifier; Multiple locations
February 11, 2026: State 4-H Engineering Challenge; SC State Fairgrounds, Columbia, SC
February 13, 2026: State 4-H Horse Bowl and Communications Contest Registration Deadline; Online
February 21, 2026: 4-H Cooking Like a Chef Summit; Center for Advanced Technical Studies, Chapin, SC
February 27, 2026: State 4-H Honey Bee Project Registration Deadline; Online
February 27, 2026: State 4-H Pullet Chain (Poultry Project Record Book) Registration Deadline; Online
February 28, 2026: State 4-H Horse Bowl and Horse Communications Contest; TBD
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March
Date: Event/Program, Location
March 7, 2026: Shooting Sports – State Trap Championship; South Carolina DNR, Wateree, SC
March 10, 2026: State 4-H Legislative Day; Columbia, SC
March 13, 2026: State 4-H/FFA Dairy Evaluation Contest Registration Deadline; Online
March 13, 2026: Spring Dairy Show “Let’s Talk Dairy” Public Speaking Registration Deadline; Online
March 14, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Roundup, Florence, SC
March 17, 2026: State 4-H Engineering Challenge; State Fairgrounds, Columbia, SC
March 20, 2026: South Carolina 4-H Jr. Weekend Registration Deadline; Online
March 24-29, 2026: 4-H Shooting Sports – Sporting Clay Gator Cup, Back Woods Quail Club; Georgetown, SC
March 25-29, 2026: Ignite by 4-H Summit; Washington D.C.
March 27, 2026: State 4-H/FFA Dairy Evaluation; Garrison Arena, Pendleton, SC
March 27, 2026: State 4-H/FFA Livestock Evaluation Registration Deadline, Online
March 27, 2026: State 4-H Horse Judging and Hippology Contest Registration Deadline
March 27-29, 2026: Spring Dairy Show, Garrison Arena; Pendleton, SC
March 28, 2026: State 4-H Team Cooking Challenge; Florence, SC
March 28, 2026: Forest Fest; Clemson Experimental Forest, Clemson, SC
March 28, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Roundup; Charleston, SC
March 30, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Conference (High School) Application Deadline; Online
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April
Date: Event/Program, Location
April 3, 2026: State 4-H/FFA Livestock Evaluation; Garrison Arena, Pendleton, SC
April 3, 2026: State 4-H Small Garden Project Registration Deadline; Online
April 4, 2026: $4 for 4-H Day; Online
April 6, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Camp (Middle School) Application Deadline, Online
April 10, 2026: State 4-H Portfolios Due; Online (via local office; local submission deadlines may vary)
April 11, 2026: Shooting Sports – Super Sporting and Sporting Clays; Hermitage Sporting Grounds, Camden, SC
April 10-12, 2026: State 4-H Jr. Weekend; FFA Leadership Center, Cherry Grove, SC
April 17-19, 2026: Shooting Sports – SCTP Southeast Regional, Forest City Gun Club; Savannah, GA
April 17-18, 2026: State 4-H Horse Judging and Hippology Contest; Clemson, SC
April 19-25, 2026: National Volunteers Week; counties across the state
April 21, 2026: State 4-H Horse, Swine, Dairy, Beef and Goat Record Books Submission Deadline; due to local Extension office
April 24, 2026: State 4-H/FFA WHEP (Wildlife Habitat Education Program) Contest; Edisto Research and Education Center, Blackville, SC
April 24, 2026: State 4-H Horse Show – Intent to Show Deadline; Online
April 24-26, 2026: 4-H Weekend of Service; counties across the state
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May
Date: Event/Program, Location
May 1, 2026: Glen Krohn Volunteer Award – Nominations Due; Online
May 1, 2026: Spirit of 4-H Award – Nominations Due; Online
May 1, 2026: State 4-H Laying Flock (Poultry Project Record Book) Registration Deadline; Online
May 1, 2026: State 4-H Rabbit Project Registration Deadline; Online
May 9, 2026: Shooting Sports – State Sporting Clays Championship and HOA, Palmetto Shooting Complex; Edgefield, SC
May 25, 2026: Memorial Day Holiday; Clemson University
May 29, 2026: State 4-H Horse Show and Creative Contest Registration Deadline; Online
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June
Date: Event/Program, Location
June 1, 2026: State 4-H Ambassador Reports Due; Online
June 3, 2026: Interviews for National 4-H Conference & 4-H Presidential Award; Online
June 5, 2026: State 4-H Teen Council Application Deadline; Online
June 7-13, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Conference - Session 1; Clemson, SC
June 9-13, 2026: State 4-H Horse Show; Garrison Arena; Pendleton, SC
June 11-18, 2026: Shooting Sports - SCTP Nationals; Marengo, OH
June 12, 2026: State 4-H Congress Registration Deadline; Online
June 15, 2026: State 4-H Honey Bee Project Check-In; Online
June 21-26, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Camp; Camp Long, Aiken, SC (Tentative date #1)
June 21-26, 2026: National Shooting Sports Championship; Grand Island, NE
June 28-July 3, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Camp; Camp Long, Aiken, SC (Tentative)
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July
Date: Event/Program, Location
July 4, 2026: Independence Day Holiday; Clemson University
July 7-10, 2026: State 4-H Congress, Clemson, SC
July 10, 2026: South Carolina Junior Beef Round-Up Entry Deadline; Online
July 12-18, 2026: 4-H Pinckney Leadership Conference - Session 2; Clemson, SC
July 17, 2026: State 4-H Ambassador Training Application Deadline; Online
July 26-29, 2026: National WHEP Championships; SC FFA Leadership Center, Cherry Grove, SC
July 29-August 2, 2026 (tentative): Southern Regional 4-H Horse Championships; Georgia National Fairgrounds, Perry, GA
July 31-August 2, 2026: South Carolina Jr. Beef Roundup; T. Ed Garrison Arena, Pendleton, SC
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August
Date: Event/Program, Location
August 8, 2026: State 4-H Ambassador Training; TBD
August 28, 2026: State 4-H Wildlife Food Plot Project Registration Deadline; Online
August 31, 2026: End of the 4-H Year!
