Youth Exploring Leadership and Learning Opportunities (YELLO) is a 4-H leadership conference for youth in grades 7 and up that prepares youth to learn and lead in their communities. YELLO is planned and facilitated by the Minnesota 4-H State Ambassadors.
Our 2024 conference will include engaging and interactive activities. The conference will be held June 12-15, 2024.
This year YELLO will take place at the University of Minnesota Morris in southwest Minnesota!
Youth will:
- Build and learn skills to reach goals and plan for the future.
- Explore careers, college and other topics of interest through interactive workshops.
- Develop positive connections with other youth and adults through small and large groups, workshops and other interactive sessions.
- Take health breaks to recharge and process learning.
For participants
YELLO includes educational workshops, group networking experiences, inspiring messages from nationally-recognized speakers, field trips and opportunities to contribute to the local community through service projects.
Youth participants will also engage in team-building exercises and opportunities to build life-long skills and get to know other youth from across the state.
The statewide service theme for the 2023-2024 program year is “Conservation of Natural Resources.” This encourages youth to think about their impact on the world around them. Most service projects at YELLO will address how we, as individuals and communities, can conserve natural resources.
Registration
Youth in grades 7 through one year post-high school are welcome to attend. Registration will open on April 1 and close on May 17.
Register for this event in 4-H Online. For assistance registering, refer to the event registration guide.
If this will be your first 4-H experience, we’d love to have you! Email our team at yello@umn.edu so we can help you with registration.
Cost
Early bird $300 (April 1-May 10) then price increases to $325 (May 11-17). There will also be an option for a $50 bus ticket to and from YELLO.
Financial assistance may be available. Please contact your local 4-H office or yello@umn.edu.
Apply to be a chaperone
Chaperones are needed to make this event happen. For information on how to apply, please check out the YELLO volunteer chaperone role description or email your questions to yello@umn.edu.
The state 4-H office is offering transportation from various stops around the state. YELLO participants can sign up for a bus ticket and identify preferred stops during registration. Bus tickets are $50 round trip.
Your local 4-H program may provide alternative transportation; please ask them directly. Participants can also provide their own transportation if preferred.
Still have questions?
We’re here to help! Check out the YELLO FAQs document or send your questions to our program advisors Meg Clark and Jacquie Lonning at yello@umn.edu.