The 4-H program offers youth many opportunities to learn and apply leadership skills. Service opportunities exist for members from the club level on through the state level -- and even at the national and international levels. Numerous training and networking activities are available for members as they mature and seek out increasing amounts of responsibility.

The county 4-H Timely Topics Newsletter is a key source of information about upcoming activities and events. To learn more about any of the leadership opportunities listed below, please click on the links provided, or contact the Santa Clara County 4-H Office

Club Leadership Opportunities

• Hold an office in your club.
• Serve as a Junior Leader for a project (for members in 7th, 8th, and 9th grades).
• Serve as a Teen Leader for a project (for members in the 10th grade and above).
• Coordinate activities for club meetings.
• Coordinate an event for your club.
• Chair or serve on standing committees.

County Leadership Opportunities

• Chair or serve on planning committees for area events such as field days, judging days, and presentation days.
• Be a member representative at Council meetings.
• Hold an office in the Santa Clara County 4-H Club Council.
• Chair or serve on county standing/advisory committees.
• Chair or serve on planning committees for county events such as Leadership Overnight, Presentation Day, or Club Officer Training Day.
• Carry out an Emerald Star Project.
• Attend or lead a workshop at Leadership Overnight.
• Attend or serve as camp staff at the 4-H Summer Camp.
• Apply to serve as a Santa Clara County All Star. (2006 All Star Application )

Sectional/Regional Leadership Opportunities for Teens

• Get involved with the North Central Section Leaders' Council
• Attend the Western Regional Leaders' Forum

State Leadership Opportunities for Teens

• Get involved with the State Leaders' Council.
• Attend or lead a workshop at the 4-H State Leadership Conference.
• Attend California Focus in Sacramento.
• Apply to serve in the California 4-H Computer Corps.
• Apply to serve as a 4-H State Ambassador (formerly Diamond Star).

National Leadership Opportunities for Teens

• Attend Washington Focus in our nation's capitol.
• Apply to be in the California delegation to the National 4-H Conference held at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

International Leadership Opportunities for Teens and Families

• Participate in one of the 4-H Exchange Programs to Japan, Australia, or Finland by traveling to that country, hosting a foreign exchange youth in your home, or serving on the Orientation Committee to welcome visiting youth.
• Participate in the International 4-H Youth Exchange (IFYE) Program by serving as an IFYE Representative or Ambassador in another country, or host an IFYE from another country in your home.