4-H Friday NewsBlast

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2023 Cass County Communications Event will include: Prepared Speech, Public Service Announcement (PSA), Illustrated Presentation, Impromptu Speech and Video Communications as well a Clover Kid class! Registration is in 4HOnline using the events tab. More info: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cass/cass-county-fair/

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Chick Days is an annual educational event for small and back-yard poultry producers and youth to learn more about the poultry industry.

This years event will be held from 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., on March 25, 2023 at the Department of Animal Science, 3940 Fair St., Lincoln, NE.

More info: https://animalscience.unl.edu/2023-chick-dayshttps://animalscience.unl.edu/2023-chick-days

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Just log in your account using last years information, be sure to make any changes or updates to emails, phone numbers and addresses, select the project areas you are interested in, answer all questions (there are only 2 required questions under the health form.) and be sure to hit the submit button. Here is the link https://v2.4honline.com/

Email Tammy @tcavanaugh2@unl.edu with questions.

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Its getting to be that time! Year End Club Treasurer's Report are due Jan 31, 2023. Here is the link to a fillable PDF: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cass/4-h-resources/ if you prefer one can be mailed to you. Just email Tammy @ tcavanaugh2@unl.edu you can also email completed forms to Tammy.

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If you prefer to complete your YQCA training online, please email Tammy @ tcavanaugh2@unl.edu for a code. Free codes are available to Cass County 4-H youth showing livestock at the Cass County Fair.

Please email your certificate to Tammy when you have completed the training.

More info: https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cass/yqca-2022/

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Mark your calendars and make plans to celebrate 4-H Month this February! Wear your favorite 4-H shirt on Tuesday, February 7. Put your hands to larger service on Saturday, February 11, or Sunday, February 12. Let 4-H volunteers know they are appreciated on Tuesday, February 14. Thank our donors and sponsors on Tuesday, February 21. Show our local 4-H professionals some appreciation on February 28!

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Hippology Academy is back for 2023!! One of our most popular online course offerings will start on February 6. This course offers six topics, taught by Extension Horse Experts from all over the country. If you select the Silver option, you have access to a forum to have conversations, ask your questions of the Professor of the Week. Topics this time around: Colors and Markings, Digestive Anatomy, Respiratory and Cardiac Anatomy, Evaluating Pastures, Hoof Anatomy, and Pasture Related Diseases. Experts are from Universities of Florida, Purdue, Rutgers, Texas A&M. and Penn State University. Hoping you can join us.

https://catalog.extension.org/product?catalog=HippologyBronze

https://catalog.extension.org/product?catalog=HippologySilver

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National 4-H True Leaders in Equity Institute Scholarship

Presented by National 4-H Council and CHS Foundation Inc.
Request for Applications Deadline: FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2023, 5:00 P.M. EASTERN Contact: Jillian Baker, Sr. Account Manager, National 4-H Council, JBAKER@FOURHCOUNCIL.EDU, (301) 961-2814

More info: True Leaders

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All high school students and their families are invited to attend the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) Experience the Power of Red Visit Day on Thursday, February 23rd. This is a free event that enables students to learn more about careers and opportunities in our College as well as meet current UNL students, faculty and staff. The day will begin at 9 am in the East Campus Union and wrap up with lunch and a scholarship drawing by 12:30 pm. Students can learn more and register at casnr.unl.edu/visitday.

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From the food we eat, to the clothes we wear, agriculture positively impacts all of us. To highlight and celebrate agriculture’s many contributions, NDA is sponsoring a student poster contest.

NDA’s annual poster contest is in its 20th year and is open to all Nebraska students in 1st through 6th grades. This year’s theme is “Celebrating Nebraska Agriculture.”

Read more:
https://nda.nebraska.gov/.../NDA's%20Annual%20Poster...

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Don't forget to get your Summer Camp/Workshop Award Application complete and turned in! You can drop these off at the Extension Office or email them to Tammy @ tcavanaugh2@unl.edu You can find the application here: 2023 Summer Award Application

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The Nebraska Women in Agriculture program will award up to 15 scholarships for students to attend the 2023 Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference. Any student attending a four-year college/university, two-year college, a vocational/technical school, or a 4-H or FFA member may apply for a scholarship to attend. Applicants will need to prepare an essay that answers the question: “Why do you want to attend the Nebraska Women in Agriculture Conference?” The essay response is limited to 3,000 characters. Applications must be submitted online by February 1, 2023.

More information can be found at: https://wia.unl.edu/scholarships

Scholarship recipients will be notified no later than February 10, 2023.

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Early registration is not required but it is helpful for our event staff to know a general number of youth participating! Youth can also come the day of the event.

To register: https://ssp.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egkqrMq79Ybii6q

For further questions please contact Grace Kim at: (402)472-6085 or grace.kim@unl.edu or Gisele Olney at gcolney@aol.com

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The 2023 Special Agronomy Project gives 4-H members an opportunity to experience a crop that is grown, was grown or has the potential to be grown in Nebraska. Youth participate by receiving seed and resources to grow the crop, research traits of the crop and determine the viability of that crop in the part of the state they live.

Sign up for your seed packet using the events tab in 4HOnline (you need to be enrolled in 4Honline first) by Feb 14, 2023. Email Tammy @tcavanaugh2@unl.edu with questions.

One packet per family please!

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Interested in Robotics and having fun? Check out this new club! Contact Mirissa S for more information @ unl.mirissascholting@gmail.com

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It's never to early to start your scholarship applications! There are several scholarship opportunities for you as a Cass County 4-H member! Here is the link to local and state scholarship opportunities for you! Due March 1, 2023

https://extension.unl.edu/statewide/cass/4-h-resources/#tab3

Please contact Tammy @ tcavanaugh2@unl.edu with questions.

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Registration for the 2023 4-H camp season is open! There are a limited number of spots available this year, so we recommend that families register as soon as possible. Session information and registration can be found at 4h.unl.edu/camp

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We are ready to open registration for the 2022 4-H Farrowed and Owned Cohort. Registration will close on February 1, 2023. However, we are offering an optional farrowing session via zoom on January 8th at 7:00 p.m. CST. We will also answer any questions families may have about the cohort during this session. The January 8th session is open to anyone interested in attending, but not required for participation in the cohort. We also have a website for the Farrowed and Owned project. The 2023 cohort information will soon be available: https://4h.unl.edu/farrowed-owned.

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Frontier Cooperative is offering a scholarship for students entering a college or technical school to further his or her education in agricultural-related studies.

Applications are due March 10, 2023!

More info & apply: https://www.frontiercooperative.com/careers/scholarships

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Let us know if your Cass County 4-Her's is doing great things! Just email Tammy @tcavanaugh2@unl.edu the details and of course pictures! We will put "shout outs" in the NewsBlast and possibly on our social media.

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4-H Calendar

1. Jan 31, 2023 - Club Year End Treasurer's Reports DUE❗
2. February 1-28, 2023 - Nebraska 4-H Month🍀
3. March 25, 2023 - UNL Chic Days🐔
4. April 2, 2023 - Cass County Communications Event (Speech & Presentation Contest)
5. June 15, 2023 - State 4-H Enrollment Deadline
6. June 15, 2023 - YQCA Certificates due.
7. June 15, 2023 - Animal ID forms due.
8. June 21-22, 2023 State PASE & Life Challenge Contests - Lincoln
9. June 23, 2023 - State 4-H Communications Event - UNL East Campus
10. Aug 9-12, 2023 Cass County Fair

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Lauren Stohlmann, Extension Educator and Unit Leader, lauren.stohlmann@unl.edu

Carol Waters, Extension Educator, cwaters3@unl.edu

Tammy Cavanaugh, 4-H Staff, tcavanaugh2@unl.edu

Sandy Prall, Office Manager, sprall2@unl.edu

Email: cass-county@unl.edu
Website: www.cass.unl.edu
Location: 8400 144th Street, Weeping Water, NE, 68463
Phone: 402-267-2205
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UNLCassCounty/
Twitter: @UNLCassCounty

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