State 4-H Leaders' Forum

Past Conferences   |   Held at Asilomar Conference Center, Pacific Grove, CA

The State 4-H Leaders Forum provides a weekend retreat for 4-H volunteers across California to gather for networking, education, relaxation, and fun. Volunteers of all ages, experiences, and locations share this opportunity to further their volunteering "career," find new inspirations, and bring new ideas home to their counties and clubs. The conference is sponsored by the State 4-H Leaders' Council and the 4-H Section planning the conference.

Listen! Can you hear the surf? Feel the soft ocean breeze? Do you feel the dual desires of doing your volunteer job better and escaping from the pressures of life for just a little while? Then hearken to this call. We offer eight reasons why you should attend the State 4-H Leaders' Forum!

1. Location – Come to the most beautiful place on earth where the land meets the sea.
2. Location – Discover the Monterey/Carmel world with all its wondrous sights, historic sites, amazing attractions, and unique shopping opportunities.
3. Location – The Asilomar State Park Conference Grounds is the most affordable and comfortable way to stay and enjoy the location.
4. It’s where your friends and associates are – from your county, from the state. Remember those neat people you met there (if you’re a returnee) or at 4-H State Leadership Conference or State Fair, etc? It’s likely that they’ll be there. And they’ll be looking for you! For first timers, you will discover that this is an event where friendships are made.
5. You can get away (almost) guilt-free. You will be escaping your children and other devotions for a short while, but doing it for their long-term benefit.
6. Some of the best, most practical learning for 4-H leaders happens there. You’ll come home loaded with ideas and activities and the enthusiasm to implement them.
7. Your County 4-H Program becomes stronger because you went. You will return with a deeper understanding of the 4-H mission, a stronger sense of what has to happen to accomplish it, and an expanded capacity to make it happen.
8. While you’re walking barefoot on the beach and gazing at the surf, you’ll realize that you’re multi-tasking in practical ways with the best of them, and that includes bathing your senses, rekindling your spirit, refreshing your mind, rejuvenating your body, and soothing your soul.

2009 CA State 4-H Leaders' Forum Webpage

Start making your plans NOW Talk with the 4-H leaders, staff and parents in your club and county, and let this experience of the 2009 California State 4-H Leaders’ Forum so we can harvest 4-H’s “Past, Present, and Future”. The North Section Forum Committee has been working hard to create a forum that will be fun, stimulating and educational. Come enjoy a weekend at the beautiful California State Park of Asilomar Conference Center in Pacific Grove, CA.

The 2009 California State 4-H Leaders’ Forum will have something for everyone. Come and share your ideas for community service, fundraisers, projects and other fun activities that your club or county are doing so we can all plant the seeds that allow our organization to have firm roots, to grow sturdy, and to blossom with new ideas.