Otoe County 4-H Wednesday What-Nots
November 17, 2021
4-H Enrollment is Now Open!
Awards to Pick Up
Otoe County 4-H Foundation Grants Due November 30th
The Otoe County 4-H Foundation has allocated funding to provide grants to the Otoe County 4-H members and 4-H clubs to strengthen 4-H in Otoe County. The mission of the Otoe County 4-H Foundation is to enhance 4-H programming, secure financial support for local 4-H programs, and to develop area youth for future generations. Successful grants would assist the 4-H Foundation in achieving its mission. Grant requests can be between $50 and $500. Deadlines for submitting grants are November 30th and February 28th each year.
All 4-H Clubs are encouraged to write a grant application, but 4-H Foundation policy is that
4-H clubs are limited to submitting two grants per year. Grant application forms can be found at otoe.unl.edu under the Otoe County 4-H tab and then clicking on Otoe County 4-H Foundation.
Big Red Camps
Fed Steer Challenge
4-H Horse Advisory Committee
Livestock Information Series
December In-Person YQCA Trainings
All 4-H members enrolled in beef, dairy goat, meat goat, poultry, rabbit, sheep, and swine projects are required to complete Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) training to exhibit their livestock. This training must be completed by June 15.
The first in-person trainings will be Wednesday, December 29 for all ages at:
- 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. at Morton James Library, Nebraska City or
- 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. at the Fair Center, Syracuse
Pre-register online at https://yqca.learngrow.io/. The cost is $3.00 to attend an in person training and that fee is collected when you register online. Once training has been completed, youth will be marked as completed, you will receive an email to log back into your account to print of their certificate. Please either download and email this certificate to otoe-county@unl.edu or print a copy and drop it by the Extension Office. We are not able to see the certificate or certification number on our end.
Interested in YQCA as a Club Lesson?
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Otoe County November 4-H Calendar
- November 18th: Volunteer Road Show SCC Beatrice
- November 23rd: Otoe County Extension Board Meeting 7:00 p.m.
- November 25th: Thanksgiving - Extension Office closed
- November 26th: Extension Office closed
- November 30th: Otoe County 4-H Foundation Grant Applications Due
Nebraska Extension in Otoe County
Deb Weitzenkamp, Unit Leader, Extension Educator, deb.weitzenkamp@unl.edu
Erin Steinhoff, Extension Assistant, erin.steinhoff@unl.edu
Cheryl Goff, Office Manager, cheryl.goff@unl.edu
Email: Otoe-County@unl.edu
Website: www.otoe.unl.edu
Location: 620 1st Street, Syracuse, Neb, USA
Phone: (402)269-2301
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Nebraska-Extension-in-Otoe-County