4-H: Thrive in 2025
​4-H Military partners

Spark*Ignite*Thrive

October 1 -5, 2025
National 4-H Volunteer Conference by the Volunteer Conference of Southern States
  • 4-H Volunteer Conference of Southern States
  • Conference Overview
    • Registration Details
    • Celebration of Life
  • Contributors & Exhibitors
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Marketing Resources
  • Volunteer Advisory Team
  • Conference Flashbacks
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Welcome 4-H Military Partners

We are excited to host our 4-H Military Partners working in our service branches children, youth, and family programs. Whether installation staff from our CYP and CYS programs or Family Program staff with Guard and Reserve, we are excited to have you at our 4-H Military Partners pre-conference and 4-H: Thrive in 2025 event.

Registration

Our 4-H Military Partners have a unique registration link that reflects the additional day or training. To complete the registration information, you will need the participant's information as well as your method of payment.
4-H Military Partners Registration
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Travel

Conference travel is the responsibility of the participants.  Rock Eagle 4-H Center is in middle Georgia, approximately 90 miles southeast of Atlanta. For those flying to Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, we recommend booking a shuttle through Groome Transportation.  Groome Transportation is not affiliated with the conference but operates shuttle services throughout Georgia. 
Participants will be booking shuttle service to Greensboro, Georgia on the Augusta Shuttle route. Participants should plan their flights to arrive atleast 40 minutes prior to their shuttle. The conference provides transportation from Greensboro to the 4-H Center and participants should book their shuttle to depart Atlanta on Sunday at 12 noon, 1 p.m., or 2 p.m. 
For the return trip, please plan your flight to leave 11:45 a.m. You will need to book your seat on the 8:15, 9:15, or 10:15 morning shuttles. Your flight should be 2 hours after your arrival at the airport.
For additional questions about shuttle service, email us. This email is for the conference -- we can not book your shuttle reservation for you.
Conference Frequently Asked Questions

4-H Military Partners Conference Agenda

Wednesday
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Shuttles depart ATL (reservations required with 3rd party service)
4:00 p.m. 4-H Military Partners Pre-Conference Kick-off
6:00 p..m. Dinner
7:30 p.m. Evening Sessions
9:30 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday
7:30 Breakfast Opens
​8:30 Morning Sessions
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Afternoon Sessions

3:30 Break
4:00 State Gatherings
5:00. Opening Event
6:00 Dinner
7:30 Curricula  & Idea Sharing


Friday
7:30 Breakfast Opens
​8:30 Plenary Session 
10:00 Workshop 1 (90 minutes)
11:30 Lunch w/Exhibitors

1:30 Workshop 2 (90 minutes)
3:00 Break 
3:30 Workshop 3 (90-120 minutes)
6:00 Dinner 
7:00 Plenary Session followed by fun

Saturday,
7:30  Breakfast Opens
​8:30  Workshop 4 (90 minutes)
10:30 Workshop 5 (60 minutes)
​12:00 Lunch


Saturday continued
1:30 Workshop 6 (60 minutes)
2:30 Break
3:15 Workshop 7 (60 minutes)
5:00 State Gatherings
6:00 Dinner
7:00 Closing Event - Entertainment, Auction & Awards

Sunday 
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7:30  Closing Breakfast

Educational Sessions for 4-H: Thrive in 2025

  • 4-H Cooking Quest: Skills for Life
  • Activities to Help your Cloverbud Club Thrive
  • AI 101: Exploring Artificial Intelligence in 4-H
  • AI in Ag: Teaching Youth About Emerging Technologies
  • Apple-solutely Fun Agriculture
  • Beekeeping
  • Beginner Crochet
  • Bloom Where You are Planted: Nurturing Youth's Sparks for Life's Journey
  • Bringing Nature to Our Youngest 4-H Members
  • Canva for Beginners
  • Circle of Influence: Lessons in Leadership
  • Connecting Youth with Agriculture
  • Cooking to Share: After School Youth Cooking Program
  • Create and Cultivate Interactive Programs
  • DIY Painted Spindles for the Holidays
  • Embracing Neurodiversity - Creating Inclusive Spaces for Youth
  • Engaging Cloverbud Resources and Opportunities
  • Engaging Workshops 101
  • Establishing a 4-H Pollinator Garden in your County
  • Fourth of July Individual Picnic Loaf
  • Fishing for 4-H Members: Cast Your Net
  • Fundraising Ideas for 4-H Clubs
  • Glass Etching
  • Implementing Safe Spaces and Mental Health in 4-H Programming
  • Innovative Ways to Evaluate 4-H programs, Projects, and Activities
  • Ignite Your Minds While Strengthening K-3 Literacy
  • Life Smarts
  • Manners Matter
  • More Fun with Kitchen Chemistry and Physics
  • Nature Journaling: How to Teach Youth Obervation Skills Through Journaling
  • Neurodiverity in the Neurotypcal World: 4-H Programming for All!
  • Operation Thrive: Helping Military Kids Grow. Through PYD
  • Pasta War: $20 Meal Challenge
  • Recognizing Volunteers: It's all about the Impact They've Made
  • Rockets to the Rescue
  • STEM and the Natural World
  • STEM Splash: Teaching Kids through the Power of Water
  • Teaching Art in Miniature
  • The Heart of Service
  • Thrive with Art: Mastering Paper Quilling
  • Train the Trainer: Passport to a Healthier You - Stress Edition
  • Promoting Literacy with Cloverbud Reading Adventures & Story Cubes
  • Stop Motion Videos with Keynote
  • The Heart of Service
  • The Volunteer Toolbox: Hands-On Strategies to Create & Cultivate Interactive Programs

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​The Volunteer Conference of Southern States is jointly directed by LGU's in the southern region. 
The management team and committee chairs are under the leadership of the University of Kentucky Extension 4-H Program

Contributions by sponsors and exhibitors does not indicate endorsement of the sponsors by 4-H.
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  • 4-H Volunteer Conference of Southern States
  • Conference Overview
    • Registration Details
    • Celebration of Life
  • Contributors & Exhibitors
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Marketing Resources
  • Volunteer Advisory Team
  • Conference Flashbacks
    • 2025 Flashbacks
    • 2024 Flashbacks
    • 2023 Flashbacks
    • 2022 Flashbacks
    • 2021 Flashbacks
  • Disclaimer EEO