Rolling Hills of Cupertino Club History

The Rolling Hills of Cupertino 4-H Club (founded in October 1971) is a part of the Santa Clara County 4-H program within the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program and primarily serves the cities of Cupertino, Sunnyvale, Los Altos, Mountain View, and Campbell.

Club members meet monthly at Monta Vista Recreation Center at the corner of Foothill and Voss Avenues in Cupertino. The monthly general meetings start at 6:30 p.m. and end no later than 8:00 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of the month.  Club meetings are run by elected youth officers and include games, food, and other fun activities.

The club currently offers the following projects: Beekeeping, Cavy (guinea pig), Ceramics, Communications, Cooking and Baking, Dairy Goat, Dog Care and Training, Electrical, Entomology (bugs), Lego Robotics and Advanced Robotics, Mini Horse, Pack Goat, Photography, Poultry, Pygmy Goat, Rabbit, Record Book, Sheep, Steer, Swine, and Woodworking. Projects are led by parents or older teens. Project meetings are usually held once a month and run 1-2 hours. 

The club is lucky to have its own farm leased from the City of Cupertino and located at McClellan Ranch Park. The farm can accommodate steer, sheep, pigs, goats, and chickens. Members who wish to raise animals at the farm sign an agreement and pay a monthly rental fee.