Illinois 4-H is empowering and preparing all Illinois youth for success by providing opportunities where they learn, practice, and demonstrate skills needed for home, career, and global citizenship. Regardless of who you are and the interests you bring, there’s a 4-H program where you belong and feel welcomed. 4-H is the place to help you channel your many gifts to set and achieve personal goals. 4-H doesn’t teach youth to be leaders someday in the future; 4-H places youth in meaningful leadership roles today and surrounds them with caring, supportive adults. If you are one of 25 million 4-H alum, we hope you'll consider gifts of time, talent, and resources to Illinois 4-H and the Illinois 4-H Foundation. Illinois 4-H is the youth development program of University of Illinois Extension and administered through the College of Agricultural, Consumer & Environmental Sciences of the University of Illinois.