Welcome to 4-H in Tompkins County!
All youth activities offered by Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension fall under the 4-H umbrella, whether they happen after school, in the summer, or as a workshop, club, camp, or special event. 4-H programs are offered in a wide variety of formats and places because they're designed to fit the interests and needs of the diverse young people who live in our rural and urban communities. Over 4500 young people aged 5-to-19 take part in 4-H activities in Tompkins County each year.
You can read more About 4-H, its history and philosophy on this site, and you can find ways that you and your family can become involved. Once you see what 4-H has to offer, please call us with any questions you may have! We look forward to speaking with you, and we hope to welcome you soon to a 4-H program in your community.
Primitive Pursuits Day is Saturday, May 26 at 4H Acres!
Enjoy old time music by local bands while wilderness skills instructors from across Central New York offer hands-on wilderness survival and outdoor living skills workshops and activities for kids and adults. Activities scheduled throughout the day include flint-knapping, friction fire, guided tree ID walks, tracking walks, basket-making, games, and much more! Events go on RAIN or SHINE! - we have covered space in case of wet weather. Music by Sunny Weather, Steve Selin and Friends, Curt Osgood & Friends, Luke Gustafson, Uncle Joe & the Rose Bud Ramblers! Saturday, May 26, 10-to-4 at 4-H Acres, Ithaca NY. Suggested donation $.
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Go Primitive!
Enjoy old time music by local bands while wilderness skills instructors from across Central New York offer hands-on activities and workshops for kids and adults, May 26 at 4-H Acres.
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Kritter Kamp
Youth aged 9 to 13 can spend the weekend of May 18th learning about their choice of sheep, cattle, goats or rabbits! Register by 4/27.
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WINNERS!
See our list of prize winners in the 2012 Duck Race, and times for runners in this year's 5K. Did you win the top prize of a $500 "Nest Egg"? Thanks to all who entered!
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Lost Arts
This 4-day program for youth aged 10-to-16 will explore homesteading arts from the past, such as metal-forging, dyeing, making hollow drums and more! Offered twice! Sliding scale tuition.
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4-H Clubs
More than 300 young people aged 5-to-19 are involved with 4-H Clubs in Tompkins County! Find a 4-H Club you can join, or learn how you can start a new 4-H Club!
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Avoid Lyme
Up to 30% of deer ticks in our area carry Lyme Disease. Learn how to prevent tick bites, remove ticks correctly, and reduce ticks in your yard and on your animals.
