Shenandoah Shamrocks 4-H Club and Cloverbuds

10/13/2026

What a GREAT turnout for our first meeting of the new 4-H year! 🎉 We are so excited to kick off another year of learning, leadership, friendship, and serving our community!

Here’s a little look at what we accomplished:
🤗 Welcomed new and returning families!
🎂 Celebrated our October Birthdays!
🎃 Decorated pumpkins! August’s Pumpkins
🤝 Voted on some amazing upcoming community service projects!
💡 Started planning some exciting new ideas for the year ahead!

We have so many great things in the works, and we can’t wait to see what this year has in store for our club! A big thank-you to all our members and families for showing up, getting involved, and helping us make the best better! 💚

10/09/2026

What a wonderful week celebrating our 4-H members, their accomplishments, and all the amazing things they do! We are so proud of our Shenandoah Shamrocks and their hard work, dedication, and willingness to get involved in our community. 🌟

Let’s round out National 4-H Week by highlighting some of our members and their accomplishments this week!

🏆 Chance Gordon – 2nd Place, Junior Sh***un Competition

🔬 Aiden Hostuttler – Grand Champion, Intermediate Division STEM Fair

🔬 Bixby LaTurno – Reserve Grand Champion, Junior STEM Fair Division AND Grand Champion, Animal Division

🔬 Teague LaTurno – STEM Fair Participant

🔬 Velzy LaTurno – STEM Fair Participant

💚 Carter Gordon – Teen Advisory member who volunteered at both Big Day and the STEM Fair

💚 Jacob Hostuttler – Teen Advisory member who volunteered at both Big Day and the STEM Fair

🎤 Piper Stolipher – Overall Winner of Northeast States 4-H Speak Up Fest!

🎷Zoe Harper - Jefferson High School Jazz Ensemble performance

To all our members, congratulations on your accomplishments, and thank you for representing 4-H with pride! Whether you’re competing, sharing your knowledge, volunteering your time, or trying something new, you are showing what 4-H is all about. We are so proud of each of you and grateful for everything you do to make our club and community stronger! 💚

A special thank-you to our families, volunteers, and supporters who encourage our members every step of the way!

🍀 Here’s to growing leaders, building confidence, and making the best better!

10/09/2026

Congratulations Piper! 🍀💚

Congratulations to Piper Stolipher on being selected to represent West Virginia at both the National 4-H Club Congress and winning in her division at the Northeast States 4-H Speak Up Fest this fall!

Piper is a sophomore at Washington High School and has been an outstanding example of what it means to be an active, well-rounded 4-H member. She is serving as the Secretary of the Shenandoah Shamrocks 4-H Club, and has served as secretary for both the Jefferson County 4-H Shooting Sports Club and the Jefferson County 4-H Saddle Club, demonstrating her dedication to leadership and service within the 4-H program.

An accomplished competitor, Piper represents Jefferson County at the West Virginia State 4-H Shooting Sports Championships in both air r***e and archery. In 2026, she earned an impressive 10th-place Senior Division finish in both disciplines.

Beyond 4-H, Piper is deeply involved in agricultural education through FFA. She previously served as President of the Charles Town Middle School FFA Chapter, was Secretary of the Washington High School FFA Chapter, and currently serves as President of the Washington High School FFA.

Piper is also passionate about the livestock industry. She raises and exhibits both registered and commercial Boer goats, competing at local, state, regional, and national shows across the country. She has participated on both 4-H and FFA livestock judging teams, earning 1st Place Individual honors and helping lead her middle school Agriscience team to a championship title. She recently placed 3rd overall Intermediate at the Area 3 Regional Junior American Boer Goat Competition in Pennsylvania, and was the Senior Round Robin Champion at the 2026 Jefferson County Fair.
An accomplished public speaker, Piper has earned numerous honors with her speech, "A Field of Dreams: The Crisis of Our Vanishing Agriculture." Her presentation has received top honors in both FFA and 4-H public speaking competitions and earned her a 2nd-place finish in the West Virginia Farm Bureau Flora and Denver Turner Speech Contest. Through her advocacy, she has become a strong voice for the future of agriculture and the importance of preserving our nation's farming heritage.

Whether she's leading her peers, representing Jefferson County in competition, advocating for agriculture, or exhibiting livestock, Piper consistently exemplifies the 4-H pledge through leadership, dedication, sportsmanship, and service. We are incredibly proud of her accomplishments and know she will represent West Virginia with excellence at National 4-H Club Congress and Northeast Speak Up Fest. Congratulations, Piper!

10/05/2026

🍀 GO GREEN FOR 4-H! 🍀

It’s National 4-H Week, and today we’re showing off our 4-H pride by GOING GREEN!

We want to see you sporting your green today! Whether it’s a 4-H shirt, a green hoodie, green shoes, a green hat, or just a little pop of green—let’s fill the day with 4-H spirit! 🍀

📸 POST A PICTURE IN THE COMMENTS of you wearing your green and help us celebrate all things 4-H!

Let’s see just how much GREEN we can get!

🎉 Happy National 4-H Week!
🌱 Learn. Grow. Serve. Lead.

10/04/2026

🍀 4-H Big Day 2026 🍀

4-H Big Day brought new and returning members from across the county together for an afternoon full of fun, learning, and growing together! 🌱✨

Our members:
🎯 Set a goal for the new 4-H year
🌱 Planted their goal (seed)
💚 Completed a community service project
📸 Had fun at our Photo Booth
🐴 Got some great insight into horse showmanship
🍦 Enjoyed a delicious ice cream from The Jersey Cow
🎁 And a few lucky members even walked away with a Chick-fil-A gift card from our door prize giveaway!

These are just a few of the members who joined us! We had even more members attend who aren’t pictured! 📸

We are so excited to see where this new 4-H year takes us! Here’s to growing together, making memories, serving our community, and making the best better!

McKayla Ann Photography
The Jersey Cow

10/02/2026

As we kick off the new 4-H year, we can’t help but share what are members are up too!

Stay up to date on our page as we will be sharing member spotlights! We are so proud of all our members and want to share what they are doing, learning, serving, and always building a better tomorrow!

We are so proud to recognize three of our Shenandoah Shamrocks 4-H members who had the opportunity to attend and show at the 2026 Keystone International Livestock Exposition! 🍀🐐🐖

Aiden Hostuttler
Piper Stolipher
Tyler Stolipher

These three 4-H’ers represented hard work, dedication, and great sportsmanship while competing alongside exhibitors from across the region. Opportunities like KILE are a wonderful way for our members to continue learning, gaining experience, and growing both inside and outside of the show ring.

We are incredibly proud of Aiden, Piper, and Tyler for putting in the time and effort to prepare their projects and represent!

🎉 Congratulations to all three of you, and keep up the great work! We can’t wait to see what you accomplish next! 💚🍀

Make the Best Better!

09/30/2026

Enrollment OPENS tomorrow!

WV 4-H enrollment opens tomorrow at 2:00 P.M. in ZSuite ! 🙌🍀 ➡ (https://4h.zsuite.org)

If you are new to ZSuite, or need a refresher, visit our website to learn how to create your account, add members/volunteers, join clubs, and submit your enrollment! ⬇
https://link.ext.wvu.edu/How-To-Enroll

4-H is open to all youth between the ages of 5 to 21. Youth aged 8 (as of 6/30/26) to 21 (as of 9/30/27) can join as a 4-H member.

Youth aged 5 to 7 (as of 6/30/26), who are interested in the practices of 4-H can start in the Cloverbud program, which focuses more on fun and social activities that set the stage for future learning! 🧠

Learn more about joining the WV 4-H program by visiting our website! 👇
https://link.ext.wvu.edu/Join-4-H

Make sure you are BEYOND READY for the new 4-H year on October 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM!

09/29/2026

🐔❤️ CHICK-FIL-A SPIRIT NIGHT! ❤️🐔

Join us at Chick-fil-A Ranson on Tuesday, October 6th, from 4:00–8:00 PM and help support our 4-H members as they work toward making this years educational trip possible! 🎉

📱 How to participate:
Place your order through the Chick-fil-A App, turn on the “Support Community Event” button, and select our event using code SHAMROCKS.

A portion of eligible purchases will be donated back to our club! 🙌

Whether you’re grabbing dinner for the family, picking up a quick meal, or treating yourself to some Chick-fil-A, every order helps! ❤️

🍀 Come eat, support our 4-H’ers, and help us get one step closer to hitting the road! 🚌💚

Please share this post with your family and friends so we can make this fundraiser a huge success!

09/23/2026

The 2026-2027 WV 4-H Teen Council application is now LIVE ❗

WV 4-H Teen Council is an advisory group for the West Virginia 4-H program! 🍀
Teen Council members are ambassadors for the 4-H program who help promote 4-H, plan teen-led 4-H activities, and provide leadership at a variety of state 4-H events! 🙌

Who Can Apply? ⬇️
🍀 WV Youth ages 14-17 (as of January 1, 2026)
🍀 Currently in High School
🍀 At least 2 years of 4-H club experience

If you meet the above requirements and are interested in applying, follow the link below to learn more and submit your application! 👇

https://form.ext.wvu.edu/WV4HTeenCouncilApplication