Lincoln Logan & McPherson 4-H News
December #2
CONTACT INFORMATION
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. (M-F)
Email: kate.marshall@unl.edu
Website: LLM.UNL.EDU
Phone: 308-532-2683
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LLM4h
Twitter: @LLM_EXT
Update from Miss Kate
Dear Lincoln, Logan & McPherson County 4-H Families,
Sincerely,
Miss Kate
In This Newsletter:
Calendar of Events
4-H Online 2.0 Enrollment (New Website)
2022 Ag Innovator's Challenge Application
Holiday Kits are Ready for Pick-up!
4-H Summer Camp Sessions
Horse Health and Horse Nutrition Courses
2021 4-H Homemade for the Holidays
2022 Lincoln County Fair Updates
Market Beef Weigh-Ins
Public Speaking Workshops
Special Garden Project
Farrowed & Owned Swine Cohort
Livestock Information Series Webpage
National Livestock Judging Contest
Nebraska 4-H Foundation Scholarships
Practice Gratitude this Holiday Season
Supporting Young People
4-H Member Spotlight
Calendar of Events:
12/24: Extension Office Closed
12/31: Extension Office Closed
1/13: Logan County 4-H Council; 6:30 at Courthouse
1/24: Lincoln County 4-H Council; 6:30 at Extension Office
3/19: Lincoln County Beef Weigh in; 9-11a.m.
3/20: Logan County Beef Weigh in; 1-2p.m.
3/20: McPherson County Beef Weigh in; 2:30-3:30p.m.
3/26: 2022 UNL Chick Days; 10a.m.-2p.m.
3/26: 4-H Horse Stampede
6/4: Sheep and Goat Weigh in; 9-11a.m.
6/6-6/10: District 4-H Horse Shows
6/22-6/23: Premier Animal Science Event (PASE)
6/24: State 4-H Public Speaking Contest
7/9-7/13: Fonner Park State 4-H Horse Expo
8/26-9/5: Nebraska State Fair
8/26-8/28: 4-H Weekend; Nebraska State Fair
9/3-9/5: FFA Weekend; Nebraska State Fair
4-H Online 2.0 is open!
It’s time to get enrolled in 4-H for the 2022 4-H year! Nebraska 4-H has transitioned to 4honline 2.0. To enroll, visit: https://v2.4honline.com/. For returning families, please do not create a new account; rather use your log-in credentials for 4honline used in previous years. Instructions can be found here: https://4h.unl.edu/enroll/returning-member. Enrollment instructions for new families can be found here: https://4h.unl.edu/enroll/new-member.
Please contact the extension office at 308-532-2683 or email mindy.sonnenfeld@unl.edu with any questions.
2022 Ag Innovator's Challenge
Nebraska 4-H is seeking three teens to lead the Ag Innovators Experience statewide. An additional 20+ teen facilitators are also needed to help present and promote the program.
The challenge for 2022 is “Unlock Ag Innovations”. It will be a visually engaging, hands-on, and culturally relevant instructive escape room challenge for youth to learn about agricultural technologies.
If selected to be a teen on the State Leadership Team for Nebraska, youth will be expected to attend the Ag Innovators Experience Training in Champaign, Illinois February 4th – 6th, 2022. They will be traveling with a Nebraska Extension Educator & travel expenses will be covered. The team will bring the information back to Nebraska to train 20+ other teen leaders across the state to reach youth in their local communities with the Ag Innovators Experience activities.
The training to facilitate the program locally will be in Grand Island at Raising Nebraska on March 5th, 2022 (The State Leadership Team will be coordinating and teaching on this day).
*This application is due December 31st with final selection for the State Leadership Team being made and notified on January 7th.
Link to Application Form: https://go.unl.edu/aie2022
Please let Miss Kate know if you have questions. She is one of the statewide coordinators of this grant/opportunity.
Holiday Kits are Ready for Pick-up!
Hooray for the Holidays kits are ready for pick-up! We also have a few kits available for purchase if you did not pre-order one. We had so much fun making these videos and trying out the projects. We hope that you and your family have fun too! The link to the videos is below. Message us to get the complete list of instructions.
2022 Lincoln County Fair Important Updates!
2022 Nebraska 4-H Camps
Program Highlights:
- Nebraska 4-H Camps has several exciting youth programs available for summer 2022!
- Beautiful camp location in the Nebraska National Forest in Halsey, Nebraska!
- 4 and 5 day residential camp sessions available for ages 8-18.
- New and Improved Teen Leadership session in partnership with The Bay – Lincoln.
- Transportation option available select weeks from Lincoln or Grand Island.
- Scholarships available and refer a NEW camper discount until Jan. 31 - https://4h.unl.edu/camps-centers/summer-camp/scholarship
Horse Health and Horse Nutrition
Looking for that holiday gift for your equestrian friends? Or for yourself? Check out these two short courses on Horse Health and Horse Nutrition from Extension Horses. They are available from December 15 to May 15. You can start at any time, and each course has 6 lessons from University and industry experts from around the country. At $50 per course, that is less than $10 per lesson. Click here to enroll.https://catalog.extension.org/?category=6&keyword=Hippology+Shortcourse&cond=advand&searchcategory=
Public Speaking Workshops
Miss Amber will be hosting Public Speaking workshops again this winter to help 4-H’ers prepare for the county Public Speaking contests next spring. The main goals of these workshops is to help youth gain confidence in public speaking, and develop a speech and/or presentation for the county contest.
If you are interested in taking part in these workshops, but the dates do not work, please contact Amber at amber.willard@unl.edu. If there is enough interest, a second series of workshops will be offered at another time.
Special Garden Project
Farrowed & Owned Swine Cohort
Livestock Information Series Webpage
The Nebraska 4-H Livestock Information Series is a resource for 4-H members, leaders, and parents to gain knowledge in various livestock-related topic areas. Each session, a new topic is covered with experts joining to share their experience and expertise. Extended learning opportunities and supporting documents are also available for each topic.
Nebraska 4-H Foundation Scholarships
Practice Gratitude this Holiday Season
Supporting Young People
4-H Member SPOTLIGHT
We are spotlighting what some of our Lincoln-Logan-McPherson County 4-H'ers are doing! If you have something that you would like us to add to the Spotlight section in future newsletters please e-mail Kate at kate.marshall@unl.edu or Amber at amber.willard@unl.edu
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