WVU Hampshire County Extension

05/12/2026

How How to our 4-H teen leaders for using their hands for larger service at the 4-H Camp! We enjoyed a fun evening of community service! 🍀🍀

05/10/2026

Friendly Reminder - 4-H and FFA youth livestock and horse show registrations are due in ZSuite this Thursday, May 14th.

05/05/2026

05/05/2026

Plan to join us for our next CEOS meeting on Monday, May 11th at 1:00 P.M. at the Hampshire County Health Department! All are welcome.

05/01/2026

Registration for 4-H Camp Closes this Weekend - Registration Open for 4-H Members and Non-Members - Scholarships Available

The West Virginia 4-H Camping Program has provided youth members with opportunities for four-fold life development (Head, Heart, Hands, Health) through cooperative group living in the natural environment since 1915. 4-H camping provides participants with a safe and secure environment, both physically and emotionally. 4-H camping promotes appreciation for the outdoors and teaches environmental stewardship.

Campers are taught personal life skills and values, including fairness, caring, citizenship, trustworthiness, respect, and responsibility. 4-H camp provides opportunities for participants to learn and practice leadership, practice decision making and promote teamwork through group activities. Camp fosters the development of positive relationships between youth and adults who serve as positive role models, teachers and mentors.

Hampshire County 4-H Camp will take place June 7-11, 2026 (Sunday - Thursday) at Hampshire Park on South Branch River Road. Cloverbud Day will take place on June 9th. 4-H camp transforms lives, and we hope that you will be a part of this year’s 4-H camping experience.

Registration Link:
https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47670

04/28/2026

Local 4-H’ers Gain Life Skills Through Horse Judging and Hippology

West Virginia University - Hampshire County’s 4-H Horse Judging team members gain valuable life skills by participating in 4-H horse judging.

Two junior 4-H teams represented Hampshire County at the state competition over the weekend. Junior 4-H’ers participating in judging and hippology this year were: Elizabeth Alkire, Annalise Dillon, Lily Rothgeb, Lakyn Smith, Sterling Dillon, Adrasteia Wilson, and Australis Wilson. Many of the youth members placed in the top five of several of the categories.

A special thank you to Sarah and Shane King who served as the 4-H volunteer coaches for this year’s teams. Thanks to 4-H teen leader Natalie Gochenour who assisted. Another special thank you to the parents that supported these participants in their horse judging endeavors.

4-H horse judging is designed to provide members with the opportunity to develop important life skills such as critical thinking, leadership, teamwork, evaluation, communications, and decision-making. Youth participants are also trained to: recognize good conformation (structural correctness, balance, and muscling), breed character, and performance ideals in different breeds of horses; b) select and evaluate horse based on knowledge and fact, make a decision, and then defend their decision through oral reasons; c) learn equine terms which can be used in a logical, systematic way to defend their placing and d) build self-confidence and self-reliance by learning to speak clearly, decisively and convincingly through the presentation of oral reasons.

04/27/2026

Final Week to Register for Hampshire County 4-H Camp

We are looking forward to one of the best weeks of the year, and we want you to be a part of it! 💚

📅 June 7–11
Cloverbud Day June 9

🗓 Apply by May 3rd
Camp registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47670
Cloverbud registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/46014

04/27/2026

Hampshire County 4-H and FFA members that will be taking market hogs, market goats, market lambs, and prospect calves to the WV State Fair - Please call the extension office (304) 822-5013 by May 8th at noon. Thank you.

04/22/2026

4-H Camp Registration is Closing Soon - May 3rd

Let's keep those 4-H camp registrations coming in!
We are looking forward to one of the best weeks of the year, and we want you to be a part of it! 🍀

📅 June 7–11
Cloverbud Day June 9
🗓 Apply by May 3rd

Camp registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47670
Cloverbud registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/46014

04/15/2026

Hampshire County 4-H Camp is accepting camper applications!

We are looking forward to one of the best weeks of the year, and we want you to be a part of it! 💚

📅 June 7–11
Cloverbud Day June 9

🗓 Apply by May 3rd

Camp registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47670
Cloverbud registration: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/46014