Jefferson County 4-H
September 2018
Newsletter Contents
- 4-H Highlights!
- Upcoming Workshops, Contests & Events
- Animal Information
- Special Opportunities
- Calendar of Events
4-H Highlights!
Congratulations!
State Fair Exhibit Pick-Up
4-H Foodstand Items for Sale
- Bottles of pop: Sprite, Coke, Diet Coke, Dr. Pepper, Diet Dr. Pepper
- Powerade
- Lemonade mix
- Salad dressing packets
- Salad crackers
- Assorted snacks: Fruit by the Foot, Gummy Fruit Snacks
- Small bags of chips: Doritos, Cheetos & Fritos
- Sour cream packets
- Smoothie Mix
- Salsa
- Taco seasoning
The pop and Powerade can be purchased for $1.00 per bottle. If you are interested in any of these items, please let us know and we can give you the prices of those items.
NEW Achievement Application!!!
Help with Career Portfolios
Are you ever confused on how to fill out your career portfolio application? Well luckily for all of us there is a tremendous website that features webinars about various 4-H topics and issues.
Check out http://4h.unl.edu/givingyourbestwebseminars and look for the Career Portfolio link to view a webinar that explains the Career Portfolio and how to fill it out. There are some great pointers and suggestions so make sure to take some time and look it up!
Upcoming Workshops, Contests and Events
Preparing Vegetables & Flowers for Exhibit Workshop
Have you ever wondered how to select and prepare the right vegetables or flowers to bring to the fair? How many of each vegetable or flower should you bring?
We are having a workshop to help youth learn the proper techniques for preparing their horticulture entries for the fair next year while there is still vegetables in production this season. The workshop will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018 from 9 am to 11 am at the Extension Office in Fairbury.
There will be no fee for this workshop and will be presented by Kathy Engelman and Sharon Kettelhut. Please register by contacting the office by September 6th so we can make sure to have enough materials. Also, we need to have a minimum of 5 youth signed up in order to hold the workshop.
Please contact the office with any questions!
Fabric Dying Workshop
The registration fee is $10/kid and you will receive 1.5 to 2 yards of fabric to take home.
You will need to bring a plain white t-shirt that has been washed, but DO NOT use any fabric softener or a dryer sheet on it. Please bring a lunch and a simple outline design to use as well.
Achievement Award Applications/Career Portfolios, County Award Applications & Diamond Clover Forms Due Oct 1!
Achievement Award Applications/Career Portfolio Judges
Red Wheel Fundraiser
We will begin selling Red Wheel the first week of October as a fund raiser for those 4-H’ers that are interested in going on the Washington D.C. 4-H trip. Order forms will be mailed out the first of the week, and selling for the entire month. Please contact the office if your child is interested in selling Red Wheel so we can mail you out a packet of information.
Orders are due in the office Friday, October 26th.
Delivery will be Saturday, November 17, (presorted) in Wilber at 8 a.m.
**If a county sells 250 items they will earn delivery to their office.
4-H’ers earn 40% of their proceeds which is then applied to their WDC trip costs.
Animal Information
4-H Cat Club
Cat Club is a monthly webinar series offering educational information about caring for your cat and showing your cat in 4-H. Youth do not need to be enrolled in 4-H or in the 4-H cat project to participate. Cat Club is a great resource for anyone interested in showing cats in 4-H whether you have one now or not! Youth of all ages are welcome to join. Webinar topics change each month and cover topics such as vaccination, diseases, grooming, diet, reproduction, breeds, genetics, selecting a cat, at home cat setup, and showmanship.
The Cat Club series is held on the second Thursday of each month at 6:00 pm CT. The Cat Club will convene on the following dates:
- September 13, 2018 @ 6:00 PM CT
- October 11, 2018 @ 6:00 PM CT
- November 8, 2018 @ 6:00 PM CT
- December 13, 2018 @ 6:00 PM CT
- January 10, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT
- February 14, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT
- March 14, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT
- April 11, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT
- May 9, 2019 @ 6:00 PM CT
Special Opportunties
Nebraska Youth Beef Leadership Symposium 2018
Application: https://form.jotform.com/araymond2/nybls-2018-application-form
Application Deadline: September 15th
If you're selected to participate, a $75 registration fee will be needed. This covers the cost of hotel, meals, and materials.
Nebraska 4-H Club/FFA Chapter of the Week
To honor our hardworking Nebraska youth in agriculture, the Midwest Messenger is featuring a new 4-H Club/FFA Chapter of the Week spotlight. Each week, a new club or chapter is highlighted on a sponsored full page display in the paper, featuring a photograph of current members and a brief biography of the club/chapter’s history and accomplishments. Finally, to boost their organization’s endeavors, the Midwest Messenger is giving each featured group a $50 gift card.
The nomination form can be found on our website at https://www.agupdate.com/midwestmessenger/forms/f4h_club_ffa_chapter_of_the_week/
The 4-H Club/FFA Chapter spotlight will appear each week in the print edition of the Messenger, as well as online at www.midwestmessenger.com and our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/midwestmessenger.
For any questions about this program or submitting a nomination, please contact Katy Moore at (402) 374-2225 ext. 122, katy.moore@lee.net.
Thank you for helping us celebrate the accomplishments of Nebraska’s ag youth — the next generation of America’s proud farmers, ranchers, and ag advocates.
Workshop Ideas
Calendar of Events
August
24 - Sept 3 - Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island
September
27 - 30 - AK-SAR-BEN Livestock Show, Fonner Park, Grand Island
October
1 - Career Portfolios Due
1 - Diamond Clover Award Applications Due
1 - 4-H Council Scholarship Applications Due
Nebraska Extension - Jefferson County
Email: darci.pesek@unl.edu
Website: jefferson.unl.edu
Location: 517 F Street, Fairbury, NE, United States
Phone: 402-729-3487
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeffersoncountyext
Nebraska Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United Sates Department of Agriculture.
Nebraska Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.
©2018