The Weekly Update #4

May

20 – 4-H Council Meeting – Curtis @ 7:30 pm – NCTA Ed Center Room 129

20 – Due at noon– Registration for County Speech and Presentation Contests

21 – Speech and Presentation Contests – NCTA Ed Center Room 131 @ 6:30 pm

29 – Animal Science Discovery Day – NCTA, Curtis

29 – PASE Registration Due to Frontier County Office for those planning to attend

June

9-14 - Big Red Camps at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

15 - DUE - FINAL County & STATE 4-H Online Enrollment DEADLINE

15 - DUE - YQCA Training Completed & Certificate to Office - FINAL Deadline to Compete at County or State Fair

15 - DUE - 4-H COUNTY Market Beef ID's & Photo (if not tagged & weighed at county weigh-in)

15 - DUE - 4-H Horse ID's for County and/or State Show Entries

15 - DUE - ALL Large Animal Livestock ID Forms & Photos Showing Ear Tag - Market (Sheep, Goat, Swine); Breeding (Sheep, Goat, Swine); Cow/Calf

15 - DUE - Stocker Feeder Livestock ID Form (ONLY Large Animal Project NOT Required to Have Ear Tag Photo)

15 - DUE - ALL State Fair Livestock Nominations & DNA

TBA - State 4-H Camp - Dates and Locations are available at 4h.unl.edu/camp

18 - State 4-H Speech/Presentation Contest - Lincoln

20-21 - PASE (Premier Animal Science Event) - UNL East Campus

Reminder - Please call the office at 308-367-4424 or email mandy.contrerez@unl.edu with your name and the title of your speech BEFORE May 20th.

The Nebraska 4-H Foundation is excited to continue our partnership with Nebraska Investment Finance Authority (NIFA). Through our partnership with NIFA, we are able to offer the Governor’s Agricultural Excellence award grants again in 2024. NIFA has committed funding to support up to 25 grants state-wide. Applications are due May 31st.

Nebraska 4-H Foundation’s Governor’s Agricultural Excellence Awards is a prestigious award designed to recognize 4-H clubs for their efforts to serve their communities. This grant is intended to provide funding for 4-H Clubs to complete projects that will have a lasting impact on their communities. Projects aim to be intentional and impactful, growing club members as leaders and fulfilling a need in their community.

Successful applicants will be awarded a $500 grant issued to the club’s treasury to be used as described in the award application.

At the conclusion of the project, clubs will submit a report detailing the outcomes of the intended project.

For additional information and full application instructions, please see the Nebraska 4-H Foundation’s website. https://www.ne4hfoundation.org/governers-ag-excellence-award/

Youth MUST participate in at least 4 practices in each discipline to be eligible to compete at contest. Location of practice for shotgun participants does NOT matter, as long as a minimum of 4 practices are participated in.

Please Note: The shotgun contest will be held at the Curtis Gun Club on Tuesday, July 16th at 6:30 pm.

The store is open now! If you would like to purchase sweatshirts, hoodies, long sleeve t-shirts or extra t-shirts, they are available at frontier4-h24.itemorder.com. The store will remain open until June 20th and all purchased shirts will be available for pick-up in the office the week of July 8th.

All NEW 4-H'ers will receive one t-shirt, courtesy of Farm Bureau Financial Services. Stop by the office to pick them up.

"The Sky is the Limit" 4-H Clover Kid Camp - go.unl.edu/summer-workshops

Beginners 4-H Crocheting Camp - go.unl.edu/summer-workshops

Animal Science Discover Day - cvent.me/mNXrmy

Robotics for Beginners & Intermediates - go.unl.edu/summer-workshops

Ready, Set, STEM - go.unl.edu/ready-set-stem

Introduction to Leatherwork - go.unl.edu/summer-workshops

Critter Camp - go.unl.edu/critter-camp

Agronomy Youth Field Day - go.unl.edu/agronomy-youth-field-day

For the convenience of everyone, we recently installed a drop-box! Feel free to drop off paperwork (or anything that will fit!) any time of day. We are getting in the habit of checking the box daily, but for the time being, please call and leave us a message letting us know you've left something.

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 States 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.

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM

404 E 7th Street, Ste 2

Curtis, NE 69025

(308)367-4424

Kathy Burr, Extension 4-H Educator, Email: Kathy.Burr@unl.edu

Mandy Contrerez, Administrative Assistant, Email: Mandy.Contrerez@unl.edu