Fall Events
Bayfield County Older Member Awards
Each fall, the Bayfield County 4-H Leaders Association Awards & Recognition Committee awards 4-H members 8th grade and up with a variety of leadership awards and funding for trip opportunities.
4-H Giant Pumpkin & Sunflower Contest
Sign up to receive your free seeds and see if you can grow the biggest pumpkin or tallest sunflower!
4-H Awards & Recognition Dinner
An annual dinner for our 4-H families & leaders where we recognize youth and adults for their accomplishments.
Winter Events
Bayfield County Youth in Governance Program
A new opportunity for Bayfield County high school students to take part in their local government.
4-H CANSKI
4-H Chequamegon Area Nordic Ski (CANSKI) provides cross country ski instruction and opportunity for youth in Bayfield & Ashland Counties. Season typically runs January-March.
4-H Winter Camp
For Grades 8-12. Join other teens from northern Wisconsin for a fun filled weekend of indoor and outdoor group activities at a camp and retreat center.
2025 Dates TBD, typically January or February weekend
4-H Sewing Camp
2024 Update: Dates are not yet set. If you would like to help make this event happen please contact the 4-H Office.
Join us for a fun day of learning to sew using a sewing machine and improving your sewing skills!
Spring Events
4-H Project Making Day
Join us for a FREE & fun morning of project making! Youth will take home a LEGO creation, Sculpey clay sculpture, and poem to practice reciting that can be entered into our Cultural Arts Festival, the County Fair, or both.
Open to all area youth in grades K-4
Up to 20 participants, register now!
9:30am-noon
Saturday March, 16th
Ashland Public Library
Cultural Arts Festival
An annual (over 25 years!) talent show. Youth from all over the county can enter their artwork, photography, & crafts or plan a theatrical or musical performance.
Foods Revue
Join us for this fun & educational pre-fair event. Share what you have learned about food & nutrition by preparing a recipe of your choice that fits with our annual theme. Bring your recipe to the revue where you will be judged by a certified Foods & Nutrition Judge.
Clothing & Textiles Revue
If you are in the Clothing, Knitting, or Crocheting projects you are invited to participate in this year’s Clothing & Textiles Revue. This is a judged fair event with premiums that gives you a chance to model garments and accessories you’ve made and get constructive feedback from a knowledgeable judge.
Summer Programming
Bayfield County Fair
All 4-H Members are encouraged to enter at our Bayfield County Fair!
Superior Adventures
Place based hands-on experiences for area youth ages 10-15 including canoeing, kayaking, hiking, biking, rock climbing, & sailing.
Bayfield County 4-H Shooting Sports Club
4-H Shooting Sports series for both beginner and intermediate shooters. Instruction will focus on gun safety, shooting technique and hands on learning. Participants will be introduced to both Air Rifle and .22 (must be 12 to shoot .22 rifle)
Ashwabay Bike Club
Summer single track mountain bike club for grades 5-8. Rides on Mt. Ashwabay trails Mondays, in July.
Youth Introduction to Pickleball Series
June 2024. This introduction will feature fun and interactive drills that build skill development and move towards teaching everyone how to play and keep score.
Cast a Line, Catch a Hobby: Fishing Clinic For Girls
This clinic will emphasize having fun while learning to cast, build lures, and tie knots. Each girl will take-home a new spinning rod, so they are ready to go fishing. Everyone will enjoy a picnic-style meal to cap off the time together.
4-H Summer Camp
A fun and affordable 2-night sleepaway camp experience for area youth in grades 3-8.
Limited space is still available in some cabins.
Cloverbud Day Camp
2024 Dates are not set yet.
Annual day camp for area youth finishing grades K-2.
Other Opportunities
Financial Assistance For Trips & Scholarships
Ian Meeker
4-H Youth Development Educator
County Administration Bldg
117 E. 5th Street
Washburn, WI 54891-9464
Phone: 715-373-3289ian.meeker@wisc.edu711 for Wisconsin Relay (TDD)
Kaylie Lukas
4-H Communications Assistant
County Administration Bldg
117 E. 5th Street
Washburn, WI 54891
Phone: 715-373-3287kaylie.lukas@wisc.edu
