4-H Gila County Club Information
Enroll in 4-H
Membership is open to all youth at two participation levels. 4-H Cloverbuds, ages 5-7 years old participate in non-competitive contests while 4-H Members, ages 8-18 years old do compete. Learn more about the 4-H experience.
- Decide on a project.
- Explore 4-H clubs in your area.
- Contact the club you are interested in and let them know you would like to join. You will need to pay your program fee to the club leader and fill out any paperwork they may have for their club.
- After contacting the Extension office, create a profile and enroll as a 4-H member through ZSuite. Learn more about Zsuite by watching the video or visiting the help document center.
Active Clubs
San Carlos Apache 4-H
- Location: 400 Apache Avenue San Carlos, AZ 85550
- Meeting time: Meets 2 x monthly on Tuesdays
- Club leader: Juan Arias
- Email: juanarias@email.arizona.edu
- Phone: 928-961-2441
Clover Buddies
Designed for children ages 5-7, this introductory program offers age-appropriate, hands-on activities that support learning, kindness, and curiosity.
- Projects: Cloverbuds
- Club leader: Joey Wells
- Email: wellsjoey01@gmail.com
- Phone: 425-280-0988
Clover Rising
This dynamic club helps youth grow through public speaking, design, social media, and interviews. Members learn how to share their voice with confidence and creativity.
- Projects: Healthy Living/Mind – Communication Arts
- Club leader: Mandi Riddle
- Email: luckygirlrabbitry@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-581-6565
Copper City Trotters
This youth livestock club provides hands-on experience in raising and showing goats, lambs, swine, or steers, focusing on animal care, feeding, grooming, and showmanship.
- Projects: Beef-Market, Goat-Market, Sheep-Market, Swine-Market
- Club leader: Misty Williams
- Email: abigerdi@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-961-1463
Farm to Table
Follow food from the farm to your fork! Learn to plant, harvest, cook, and even market your creations as a young food entrepreneur.
- Projects: Vegetable Gardening, Cloverbuds, Baking, Cooking, Food Preservation, Healthy Eating
- Club leader: Erin Sanders
- Email: esanders8711@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-812-2090
Feline Good Cat Club
A purr-fect club for cat lovers! Learn about cat breeds, behavior, grooming, nutrition, and health while building responsibility and leadership skills.
- Projects: Agriculture/Companion Pets – Cat – Animal Care
- Club leader: Adrea Ricke
- Email: aricke2022@gmail.com
- Phone: 915-449-3566
Gila Hoggers
This livestock-focused club helps youth gain experience raising beef, sheep, goats, and swine, while building leadership, confidence, and life skills.
- Projects: Beef-Market, Beef- Production Steer, Goat-Market, Sheep-Market Lamb, Swine-Market, Cloverbuds
- Club leader: Amber Martinez
- Email: news4a_m@yahoo.com
- Phone: 529-604-6971
Gila Hoppers
Dedicated to small livestock, members learn animal care, showmanship, and responsibility through hands-on experience with rabbits, cavies, poultry, and goats.
- Projects: Rabbit-Meat Production, Goat-Pygmy, Goat-Dairy, Goat-Animal Care, Chicken-Animal Care, Poultry-Meat Production, Poultry-Other, Rabbit-Animal Care, Small Animal-Meat Production, Turkey, Cloverbuds
- Club leader: Jennifer Steveson
- Email: jennisteveson@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-200-2369
Gila Monster League (Reptile Club)
Love reptiles? This club dives deep into the world of snakes, lizards, turtles, and amphibians, focusing on care, conservation, and education.
- Projects: Agriculture/Companion Pets – Reptiles, Amphibians & Snakes – Animal Care
- Club leaders: Karen Donaldson Webb, Amanda Martin, Jenee Galt, Victoria Luevano
- Email: kl_donaldson@yahoo.com
K-9 Companions
Dog Training Ages: 16 weeks and older
Develop your bond with your dog while learning basic obedience, dog sports, and showmanship skills. This club helps identify strengths in both dogs and their human partners.
- Projects: Dog Agility, Dog Animal Care, Dog Obedience, Cloverbuds
- Club leader: Amanda Haas
- Email: amandahaas65@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-812-5805
Krakens Underwater Robotics
Dive into underwater engineering with this exciting STEM club! Members design, build, and test underwater robots while learning teamwork and technical skills.
- Projects: STEM/Technology and Engineering- Underwater Robotics Project
- Club leaders: Amanda Martin & Victoria Luevano
- Email: amandajomarting83@gmail.com or vluevano04@gmail.com
- Phone: 254-383-6103 or 575-770-0630
Outlaw Livestock
Offering a broad range of animal projects, from market goats to dairy and horses, this club develops skills in animal care, nutrition, financial literacy, and agriculture careers.
- Projects: Rabbit-Meat Production, Beef-Breeding, Beef-Market, Goat-Market, Sheep-Breeding, Sheep-Market Lamb, Swine-Market, Egg-Production, Meat-Production, Poultry-other, Rabbit-Animal Care
- Club leaders: Kristina Mikeworth & Kristina Attaway
- Email: Kristinawagner05@gmail.com or kattaway21@hotmail.com
- Phone: 928-315-9668 or 928-812-1630
Rowdy Wranglers
Focused on large livestock, this club teaches proper care and feeding of animals, with an emphasis on show readiness and animal health.
- Projects: Beef-Market, Goar-Pygmy, Goat-Dairy, Goat-Market, Sheep-Breeding, Sheep-Market, Swine-Market, Cloverbuds
- Club leader: Fallon Kartchner
- Email: falkartchner1986@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-961-5466
Stock Feeders
Members raise cattle, hogs, goats, and lambs. Guidance is provided for sourcing animals and supplies, but members must have their own space to care for livestock.
- Projects: Beef-Breeding, Beef- Market, Beef-Production Steer, Goat-Draft, Goat-Dairy, Goat-Market, Livestock Judging, Sheep-Breeding, Sheep-Market Lamb, Swine-Breeding, Swine-Market, Turkey
- Club leader: Melva DalMolin
- Email: melca_w@live.com
- Phone: 928-812-2122
Top Gun Shooting Sports
Learn responsibility, safety, and leadership through archery, air rifles, and firearms. While competition is part of the program, the focus is on skill development, teamwork, and confidence.
- Projects: Air Pistol, Air Rifle, Archery, Shotgun, Small Bore Pistol, Small Bore Rifle, Western Heritage
- Archery time and location: Starting October 3, 1st Saturday from 8:30-10:30 AM at Apache Bow Hunters at 7096 S. Russell Rd. in Globe.
- Firearms time and location: Starting November 21, 3rd Saturday from 8:30-10:30 AM at Globe Miami Gun Club at 2675 N Bixby Rd. in Globe.
- Club leader: Carol Ptak
- Email: carolptak@arizona.edu
- Phone: 253-279-3291
Cool Quilters
Cool Quilters is a hands-on 4-H quilting club for youth ages 10 and older. Members learn fabric selection, measuring, cutting, piecing, quilting, and finishing while creating their own quilts. Instruction is adjusted to individual experience and progress. Members also participate in leadership, community service, and fair preparation activities.
- Projects: Healthy Living/Mind- Quilting
- Meeting time: Every other Monday, 5-7 p.m., starting October 19, 2026, through August 23, 2027. May-July meetings may change based on members' availability.
- Meeting location: Cobre Valley Center for the Arts - Blue Hands Room at 101 N. Broad St., Globe, AZ
- Club leaders: Nicole Gregory & Annabelle Gregory
- Email: andrexeae@gmail.com
- Phone: 928-651-5417
We’re Those Kids
Explore traditional skills through hands-on fiber arts and livestock projects. Members learn sewing, weaving, felting, and needlework, while also working with goats and sheep. Repurposing materials and sustainability are at the heart of this club.
- Projects: Goat-Draft, Goat-Meat Goat Breeding, Goat-Pack, Goat-Pygmy, Goat-Dairy, Goat-Market, Sheep-Breeding, Sheep-Market Lamb, Cloverbuds, Fiber Arts
- Club leader: Karen Donaldson Webb
- Email: kl_donaldson@yahoo.com
- Phone: 928-812-1370
The Cloverbud Crew
Follow food from the farm to your fork! Learn to plant, harvest, cook, and even market your creations as a young food entrepreneur.
- Projects: Cloverbuds (5-7 age)
- Club leader: Chenoa Marks
- Email: chemarks91@gmail.com
- Phone: 928 951-3702
San Carlos Apache 4-H
- Location: 400 Apache Avenue San Carlos, AZ 85550
- Meeting time: Meets 2 x monthly on Tuesdays
- Club leader: Juan Arias
- Email: juanarias@email.arizona.edu
- Phone: 928-961-2441
- Phone: 480 349-0202
Northern Gila County Sharpshooter
Open to youth ages 9 to 18, the 4-H Shooting Sports Program is a youth development education program that teaches safe and responsible use of firearms and archery equipment while building lifelong leadership and life skills. We focus on marksmanship, safety, conservation ethics, self-worth, and personal responsibility. Strict safety policies require direct supervision by certified 4-H shooting sports adult volunteers for all live-fire and archery activities.
- Location: Jim Jones Range - Tonto Rim Sports Club at NF-375B Payson AZ, 85541
- Meeting time: 2nd and 4th Friday 8:30-10:30 AM
- Club leaders: Michelle Keegan, Jim & Carol Ptak
- Email: carolptak@arizona.edu
- Phone: 253-279-3291
Main disciplines offered include:
- Archery: Traditional, compound, and 3D archery
- Rifle & Pistol: Air, BB gun, and smallbore (.22 caliber) target shooting
- Shotgun: Trap
- Muzzleloading: Traditional black powder rifle and pistol education
- Hunting Skills & Wildlife: Outdoor survival, tracking, and conservation principles.
- Western Heritage
Payson Puppy Pack
Open to youth ages 9 to 18, the 4-H Dog Project and Clubs offer youth hands-on opportunities to learn about canine care, training, responsibility, and leadership. A dog is required for each member.
- Meeting times and locations: 1st Friday from 9:00-10:00 AM at Green Valley Park, 1000 W Country Club in Payson and 3rd Friday from 9:00-10:30 AM at Diamond Spirit Ranch, 48 S Sprague Dr. in Payson.
- Club leaders: Tori Woods and Carol Ptak
- Email: victoria@azwoods.com and carolptak@arizona.edu
- Phone: 602-679-5273 and 253-279-3291
Record Books
Record books encourage goal setting and reflection on how far you've come during the 4-H year.
Scholarships
The Arizona 4-H Youth Foundation awards educational scholarships to 4-H members who have college or university aptitude.