The 4-H Update
September 27, 2019
2019 4-H Celebration
Saturday, Oct 12, 2019, 05:00 PM
Eastern Nebraska 4-H Center, Nebraska 31, Gretna, NE, USA
Looking for a 4-H Club Grant?!
Monday, September 30 is the $2,000 grant application deadline for organizations focused on Agricultural Education in Nebraska (the $10,000 level deadline is December 31, 2019). 4H group leaders should consider applying.
Through Farm Credit Services of America’s Working Here Fund, organizations can apply online for up to $2,000 and $10,000 in community grants.
Grant recipients have included the following organizations and project types:
- Community gardens and greenhouses, tower gardens, hydroponics, aquaponics, etc.
- FFA chapters, 4H Groups, and Ag in the Classroom
- Food-to-Fork programs and ag literacy programs for children
- Women in agriculture and agriculture education curriculums
- Food bank and food pantries, backpack hunger relief programs
- Fairground upgrades
- Disaster relief efforts
- Fire department grain bin rescue equipment
Applications for the current $2,000 grant period can be completed online through September 30, 2019. Grants are determined based on the specific selection criteria and results will be communicated via mailed letter in October 2019. The next grant application period for the $2,000 grants will run October 1 through December 31, 2019. The $10,000 grant application period runs June 1 through December 31, 2019.
For more information call Teresa Mardesen at 402.253.5263. Click here to apply or to learn more.
Got Exhibits?
THE FOLLOWING 4-H'ERS HAVE EXHIBITS AT OUR OFFICE TO PICK-UP:
- Jolie Daugherty
- Adele Tompsett
- June Tompsett
- Annie Presser
- Samantha Presser
- Amelia Hartwig
- Noah Ference
- Ava Crowley
- Jacob Hytrek
- Sarah Hytrek
Please stop by during office hours to retrieve your items.
What has your 4-H Staff been up to?
4-H Council Needs Your Help!
The Douglas-Sarpy 4-H staff wants to recognize 4-H members and volunteers for their achievements! Nebraska 4-H recognizes and awards individuals and groups for outstanding achievements and contributions to their community, club, and their own personal development. Recognition and awards are available throughout all levels and programs of 4-H. Report forms for the Diamond Clover Program, Club of Excellence and Volunteer of Excellence are due October 1. Questions? Contact Cathy Raneri at craneri2@unl.edu or 402-444-4357.
Forms can be emailed to me, Cathy Raneri, at craneri2@unl.edu or mailed to:
Nebraska Extension
Douglas-Sarpy Counties
8015 West Center Road
Omaha NE 68124
Diamond Clover Program
The Nebraska 4-H Diamond Clover program encourages 4-H youth to engage in a variety of programs, projects, and activities that will enable youth to acquire skills and abilities that will prepare them for success in the future. The program is designed to reach and recognize all youth engaged in 4-H, from club members and campers to school enrichment, afterschool, and special interest program participants.
The program consists of six levels that require a young person to plan and report a broad range of age-appropriate accomplishments. For each level, the Nebraska 4-H Diamond Clover program provides a list of accomplishments from which 4-H youth choose their goals. The accomplishments increase in quantity and difficulty for each level. At the beginning of the 4-H year, participants plan what to accomplish and at the end of the 4-H year, they report on their completed accomplishments. Successful completion of a level's Plan & Report form results in a 4-H youth earning that level of the Diamond Clover program. Diamond Clover level forms can be found here https://4h.unl.edu/diamond-clover.
Club of Excellence
The overall goal of 4-H Clubs is to develop enthusiastic young people who boldly take action to demonstrate life skills as capable, caring, competent kids of character thus contributing to the improvement of themselves, their family, their club, their community, and their world. One way clubs might choose to measure their success in meeting that goal is their ability to gain status as a Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence. To receive the designation as a Nebraska 4-H Club of Excellence, clubs must meet a certain set of criteria and document how this criterion was met. Clubs meeting the requirements will initially receive a certificate. In subsequent years clubs successfully meeting the requirements will receive a special insignia to place on their certificate. Clubs must apply annually to receive this recognition.
Volunteer of Excellence
The Nebraska 4-H Volunteer of Excellence Program is designed to complement the tradition of recognizing outstanding volunteers, provide guidance for volunteers to expand their leadership ability, educational opportunities and accomplishments, and reward their dedication to the 4-H program. This program allows volunteers to personalize their experience and select various levels that fit their needs, abilities, passion, and time. Volunteers can find the application forms here https://4h.unl.edu/volunteers/recognition#excellence.
LOCAL 4-H OPPORTUNITIES
4-H Camp Benefit Trail Ride
The National Forest at Halsey will be the site of the 21st annual 4-H Benefit Trail Ride on October 5-6. Guided trail rides through the trees and across the Sandhill pastures, along with a steak supper, cowboy breakfast, silent auction and entertainment are all on the agenda. Proceeds go to the 4-H camping program. Registration is only $50 for adults and $25 for youth until the 1st deadline of September 28. More information and a registration form is available at ne4hfoundation.org. Call or email Bruce Treffer (308 324-5501 / btreffer1@unl.edu) for ride details.
CHECK THIS OUT!
STATEWIDE 4-H ACTIVITIES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
4-H Clinics, Shows & Programs
- Shooting Sports Invitational: September 28 @ Broken Bow
2019 MAKE IT WITH WOOL CONTEST
Enter the Make It With Wool Contest!
The object of the contest is to promote the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns; to encourage personal creations in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning and weaving of wool fabrics and yarns; and to recognize creative skills.
The 2019 State Make It With Wool Contest will be November 23 at the Adams County Extension Office in Hastings, NE beginning at 9:00 a.m.
The divisions are as follows: Preteen – age 12 and under, Junior – age 13 to 16, Senior – age 17 to 24, Adult – age 25 and over, and Made For Others.
For more information, contact the Nebraska State Director: Andrea Nisley, phone 308-324-5501 or anisley1@unl.edu.
The entry form, state brochure and national wool contest guidelines are posted on the website: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/dawson/. Entry forms, fees, wool samples and wool testing fees are due October 15, 2019.
More information is available on the National Make It With Wool website: www.makeitwithwool.com.
4-H Shooting Sports: Shotgun Leader Cert. Workshop
Engineering Carnival
Sunday, November 3
1-4 p.m.
Nebraska Union Ballroom
NOTICE ABOUT MONEY HANDLING
Due to change in policy, the South Office (501 Olson Dr, Papillion) will no longer be accepting cash. If purchasing 4-H manuals, shirts, or other items from the South office, please
plan ahead to pay with a check.
Thanks for your attention to this matter!
Douglas-Sarpy Counties 4-H Council
Ellie Ball
Dawn Bodine
Chloe Crowell
BJ DeWilde
Ken Dworak
Rachel Finney (Treasurer)
Quincy James
Jake Jones
Tracey Jones (Vice President)
Patty Litz-Conradson
Teri Loftus
Alyssia Martinez-Wilkinson
Kim Parks
Makenna Parks (Secretary)
Kelley Penney-Hall
Amy Rolle (President)
Jennifer Tidwell
Rachelle Tidwell
Amy Turner
Grace Turner
Justin Wagner
Bre Wilkinson
Nebraska Extension in Douglas-Sarpy Counties
Email: douglas-sarpy4h@unl.edu
Website: www.douglas-sarpy.unl.edu
Location: 8015 West Center Road, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 402-444-7804
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NebraskaExtensioninDouglasSarpyCounties/