Charleston County 4-H

10/13/2026

Interested in the 4-H Engineering Challenge? Join us for a Zoom Q&A to learn more about the 2027 event!

📅 October 19 at 3:30 p.m.

Register here: https://EngChallenge27QandA.eventbrite.com

The 2027 SC 4-H Engineering Challenge will take place on February 10, 2027, at the South Carolina State Fairgrounds. Youth ages 9–18 can choose from eight challenge areas, and youth ages 5–8 are invited to take part in the Visual Arts Challenge. The event will also feature a free, interactive STEAM Expo open to all ages!

10/09/2026

Calling all SC 4-H members!

Charleston Tea Garden is hosting its first Autumn on the Island on Saturday, November 21st, and it includes a 4-H Chicken and Rabbit Show!

4-H members from across South Carolina are invited to show their chickens and rabbits in competition. Prizes are sponsored by Tractor Supply, the James Island Chick-fil-a, and the Charleston Tea Garden.

Schedule
🐓 Chickens: check-in at 10 am, show at 11 am
🐇 Rabbits: check-in at 11 am, show at 12 pm

Not showing? Come cheer on your fellow 4-H’ers! Admission is free, and there’s a Community Market from 10 am to 4 pm with local farmers, artists, and makers, plus food trucks and hands-on indigo dyeing.

You can sign up here: https://bit.ly/4s0IPQI

Reserve your tickets and learn more here: https://bit.ly/4egZae3

10/09/2026

As we end National 4-H week take a moment to appreciate how we came to be one of the largest youth organizations in the nation.

GREENWICH, N.Y. -- 4-H is an organization that has played a role in the development of youth for over a century. In honor of National...

10/07/2026

🐝 Every beekeeper makes mistakes. The smart ones learn from someone else's! 🐝

Join us Wednesday, October 21st at 7 PM ET for our next online education session, "10 Mistakes Beekeepers Make," with Master Beekeeper Hilary Kearney of Girl Next Door Honey. After 15 years and many stings, Hilary shares her biggest beekeeping blunders and the most common mistakes she sees new beekeepers make, so you can avoid disaster in your own apiary.

💻 Online via Zoom (link sent after you register)
✅ FREE for SCBA members
💲 $20 for non-members

Register here:
Member registration: https://scstatebeekeepers.com/online-education/
Non Member Registration: https://scstatebeekeepers.com/online-education-non-member-registration/

10/06/2026

🎡🍀 Mark your calendars for 4-H Day at the South Carolina State Fair! 🍀🎡
Save the date for Saturday, October 17, and get ready for a fun-filled day at the fair with your 4-H friends! 🎉

💚 4-H members get FREE admission! Just show your 4-H membership card at the gate.

✨ Don’t miss the 4-H Day Ceremony at 1:00 PM in the Nutt Cattle Arena, hosted by the State 4-H Teen Council!

⏰ We’ll start gathering at 12:45 PM for the ceremony, so come a little early and join your fellow 4-H members!

We can’t wait to see our 4-H members showing off their 4-H spirit at the fair! 🍀🎠🎟️🙌

10/05/2026

Stay up to date with the State 4-H Livestock & Horse Program Calendar.
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Add your event today!

https://clemson.box.com/shared/static/lln6pk0n1df1alzoy10gpds83mpeveqo.pdf

10/03/2026

10/02/2026

We're loving the cooler weather, but we're already looking ahead to next summer... because applications are open for SCFC summer internships!

The SCFC offers three types of summer internships across South Carolina:
• State Forest
• FIA (Forest Inventory & Analysis)
• Forest Health

Internships run from May-August with some flexibility possible for start/end dates.

STATE FOREST INTERNSHIPS
Eight State Forest internships are available at five locations.

•2 positions available at Harbison State Forest
•2 positions available at Manchester State Forest
•2 positions available at Sand Hills State Forest
•1 positions available at Wee Tee State Forest
•1 positions available at Niederhof Forestry Center

Responsibilities include:
•Assisting with forest management activities including timber cruising, timber marking and inventory cruising
•Assisting with forest product sale preparation to include establishment of sale boundaries, timber sales and pine straw sales
•Assisting with marking of general property boundary lines
•Operating light and medium equipment to maintain general state forest grounds

FIA INTERNSHIPS
Our two available FIA internships are based in Columbia.

Responsibilities include:
•Measuring tree length, tree diameters and other limited data measurements on forest inventory and health monitoring FIA plots with a degree of accuracy as required by the U.S. Forest Service- Southern Research Station- FIA Unit
•Chaining into or out of plot locations and between inventory points
•Working on a two-person forestry crew locating forest inventory plots and measuring limited data measurements with a degree of accuracy required by the U.S. Forest Service- Southern Research Station- FIA Unit

FOREST HEALTH INTERNSHIPS
Forest Health internships are based in Columbia (two positions available) and Pickens/Oconee (two positions available).

Responsibilities include:
•Facilitating and conducting surveys for invasive species and applying management where warranted
•Recording geographic and/or temporal trends of invasive species
•Surveying for invasive species and mapping their occurrence
•Performing control and/or management of invasive species
•Attending events to educate the public about identification and management of invasive species

APPLY
State Forest Internships: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sc/jobs/5481137/forestry-technician-i-state-forest-internship

FIA Internships: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sc/jobs/5480977/forestry-technician-i-fia-internship

Forest Health Internships: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sc/jobs/5481337/forestry-technician-i-forest-health-internship

10/02/2026

🎡🍀 Mark your calendars for 4-H Day at the South Carolina State Fair! 🍀🎡

Save the date for Saturday, October 17, and get ready for a fun-filled day at the fair with your 4-H friends! 🎉

💚 4-H members get FREE admission! Just show your 4-H membership card at the gate.

✨ Don’t miss the 4-H Day Ceremony at 1:00 PM in the Nutt Cattle Arena, hosted by the State 4-H Teen Council!

⏰ We’ll start gathering at 12:45 PM for the ceremony, so come a little early and join your fellow 4-H members!

We can’t wait to see our 4-H members showing off their 4-H spirit at the fair! 🍀🎠🎟️🙌

09/29/2026

🐝 Are you eligible for the Bee Grant?

There's still time to apply, and we’re excited to provide another opportunity to help expand pollinator education to more students. Schools and nonprofit organizations in the United States or Canada that serve at least 10 students in grades K–12 are eligible to apply.

The Bee Grant provides materials and support to establish an educational live honey bee program, giving students the opportunity to get a closer look at life inside the hive and explore pollinator education through hands-on learning.

If your students are ready to learn from the hive, this could be the place to start.
Applications for both the Traditional and Renewal Bee Grants are open

Part I Due: October 15th
Part II Due: October 31, 2026.

Resources to help you prepare and apply are available at thebeecause.org.