Sioux County Newsletter

4-H Week: October 2nd - October 8

10/4 - 4-H Week Game Night from 3:30 to 5 pm at Security First Basement

10/11 - Explorers Robotics Meeting

10/16 - Annual Fun Feed at 4 pm at Fire Hall

10/20 - Explorers Robotics Meeting

10/27 - Explorers Robotics Meeting

11/3 - 4-H Council Meeting

11/7 - Volunteer Appreciation Meeting at 6 pm at Fire Hall

Sioux County 4-H is celebrating National 4-H Week in various ways!

• Having a theme for each day of the week. (Check out the flyer below.) We will be making social media posts on our Facebook page for each day. We ask that you comment on what the post is asking or email a picture to show you participated.
• Locker signs for 4-H'ers who were active in 4-H Online this year
• Giving Goodie Bags to various sponsors!
• GAME NIGHT!

If you or your club do something special during National 4-H Week, let us know and we would love to share it!

Sioux County 4-H will be hosting a game night on Tuesday, October 4th after school until 5:00 pm at the Security First Bank Basement. Snacks will be provided. Everyone is welcome to attend and join in on the fun!

Even though the fair has passed that doesn’t mean that all the fun is done! Sioux County 4-H getting prepared to start the 2022-23 Junior Robotics season!

If you’re interested in any of this and learning how to code robots join the Sioux County robotics group! The Explorers can be anywhere from 1st grade to 5th grade! Practices start October 11th at the Extension Office after school gets out. Snacks will be provided. To register contact the Extension Office at (308) 668-2428 or email Melissa Mracek at mmracek2@unl.edu.

The annual 4-H Fun Feed will be held on Sunday, October 16th at 4 pm at the Sioux County Fire Hall. The Council will be providing the meat. Families need to bring a dessert, side dish, or vegetable. It will be a great night of celebrating youth members and their successes for the year!

We are so excited that you are interested in becoming a part of the Nebraska 4-H Youth Leadership Conference Ambassador Team.

As a part of this group we hope you can be a voice on the youth perspective, develop & practice leadership skills that you can take back to your communities, and collaborate with Extension Staff and 4-Hers across the state to plan & implement the 2023 4-H Youth Leadership Conference!

The deadline for applications for the Ambassador team is Friday, October 14th, 2022! Apply here: https://go.unl.edu/2023ylcambassador

If selected our first meeting will be Sunday, November 6th, 2022, at 4-6pm CT (via Zoom). From there we'll meet monthly to create an amazing experience for you and other high schoolers across the state!

The 4-H Youth Leadership Conference will be held June 16th-17th, 2023 at the Nebraska State 4-H Camp in Halsey, NE!

If you have questions or would like to know more please contact Julie Schultz (julia.kreikemeier@unl.edu) or Stacey Keys (stacey.keys@unl.edu)!

The current 4-H fiscal year will end on September 30, 2022 and the new 4-H Enrollment for the 2022-2023 4-H year will open around October 17th.

Please make sure to keep this on your radar and get enrolled in 4-H for the new year starting in October! Deadline for 4-H Enrollment will be June 15, 2023.

Note - 4HOnline has undergone a new update. The parent company behind the 4-H Online website has elected to add a banner ad for Auction Frogs that will appear when families log into 4-H Online. There is no way for Nebraska 4-H to opt out of the banner ad. This banner ad appears at the bottom of the Member List in the Family Profile. If you click "X" button the ad, the ad should not appear again in that browser.

Hello Dawes County 4-H Volunteers!

Nebraska 4-H is excited to bring the 4-H Volunteer Road Show to volunteers statewide this November! The 4-H Volunteer Road Show will rotate host locations each year, get registered today at the location near you OR attend the virtual session! Please see the below flyer for details regarding the dates, locations and times. November 1st will be in Rushville! November 6th will be virtual!

Each Road Show location will have the following schedule: meal, Helping Youth Thrive session, option of attending project trainings: Safely Canning Food with Youth or STEAM Activities for Club Meetings, General 4-H Volunteer Idea Sharing and finished with a wrap-up session on introducing parliamentary procedure to youth. Visit https://4h.unl.edu/volunteer-road-show for more specific information and registration link. Registration closes one week prior to each Road Show session. Join us!

4-H has had a busy summer and we would like to thank all our amazing volunteers on Monday, November 7th at 6 pm at the Sioux County Fire Hall with a meal and short program. Please RSVP to Melissa Mracek at (402) 322-0655 or mmracek2@unl.edu by November 1st.

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Email: mmracek2@unl.edu
Website: go.unl.edu/siouxcofair
Location: PO Box 277 Harrison, NE 69346
Phone: (308) 668-2428
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