Travel Awards are packed with opportunity for both members and leaders. Meet new friends, learn new skills, travel to other provinces, and represent P.E.I. 4-H. The trips are awarded to deserving senior members (16-21 years old) based on their leadership with the 4-H program and their communities. Leaders with two or more years of service are also invited to apply for travel and chaperone opportunities.
Member trips include:
Leader trips include:
- Alberta 4-H Leaders Conference
- January 12-15, 2012 in Edmonton Alberta
- If interested submit your name to the 4-H Office no later than October 14, 2011
- Atlantic 4-H Committee's Rural Leaders Conference (more details in November 2011)
- Various Chaperoning Opportunities
Group Exchange Opportunities
Travel Costs for National or International Travel Programs
- *National Travel Program Registration fee $232 plus cancellation fee of $18 for a total of $250.
- *International Travel Program Registration fee of $332 plus cancellation fee of $18 for a total of $350
- Majority of all travel programs have 1 - 2 meals which are the members’ responsibility.
- With regards to dress code requirements members are not required to purchase new clothing items but are encouraged to bring their best clothes or borrow clothes from someone else.
- Please do not let the travel costs discourage you from applying for any of the National or International Travel Programs. The 4-H Program will work with members to ensure they can participate in these travel opportunities.
* Subject to change
Eligibility criteria for National Travel Programs includes... The applicant must have been in 4-H at least two years.
- The applicant must have met all of the 4-H Year Completion Requirement in the previous year.
- The applicant must be an active 4-H member when he/she tries for the travel program and when he/she goes on the travel program.
- The applicant applying for the Citizenship Seminar, or the National 4-H Conference must be 16 by the program date.
- An applicant who is a permanent paid employee of 4-H at the time of selection shall not be eligible for consideration.
- The deadline and number of delegates traveling for the awards vary depending on the program. Applications can be downloaded below.
For more information, please contact the PEI 4-H Office.