August 2017 Kandiyohi County Clover Update
Here's what's new on the Kandiyohi County 4-H website this month!

Watch the mail for your Premium Checks from County Fair!
 
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4-H is not just learning by doing. It's learning by doing it, sharing it, understanding it, relating it, and using it.
Record keeping encourages you to reflect on your experience so you can share it with others and learn



Save the date for our Achievement Night held on October 15th! County Award nominations due to the Extension Office.  4-H members in grades 7+ are encouraged to fill out an application in order to receive the following awards:  Outstanding Longtime 4-Her, Outstanding Youth Leader and Cooperator Award. 


2017 4-H Graduates: Please call our office at 320-231-7890 by September 15th and let us know if you plan to graduate out of 4-H this year.

After 5 days of seeing 4-H families, watching livestock shows and working in the 4-H food stand, the 2017 Kandiyohi County Fair has come to an end! We wanted to take a moment to thank you, our 4-H families and volunteers, for all the hard work and dedication you put into the county fair every year!


What are you doing for National 4-H Week, October 1-7, 2017. Each club and 4-H member should do something to promote 4-H and recruit new members, making the public aware of the benefits of 4-H. How will you be taking the lead?




4-H National Youth Science Day is scheduled for October 4, 2017.  We are pleased to introduce the 2017 4-H National Youth Science Day challenge: Incredible Wearables.




Youth in grades 9+ are encouraged to apply to be a youth representative on specie statewide Livestock Show Committees. Applications are available online and due by September 15.



Associate dean and state 4-H director Dorothy Freeman encourages members to help new youth and families get connected. In 4-H, youth build the skills they need to lead. Who can you share 4-H with this month?
 
Consider nominating an outstanding volunteer for a 2018 4-H Salute to Excellence Award. This National 4-H recognition award honors volunteers who demonstrate exemplary service to 4-H, while promoting service through volunteerism as both an opportunity and a privilege. All nomination materials are due by Sept. 15.
 
Become a 2018 National 4-H Conference facilitator!  
Applications are being accepted now through Sept. 15, 2017 for 2018 National 4-H Conference roundtable facilitators. The 2018 National 4-H Conference which will be held in Washington, D.C. April 7-12, 2018. All college students with a desire to participate in this leadership experience are encouraged to apply!
 
B eginning this fall, 4-H volunteer enrollment will last for three years! Watch for a message from your regional office in early September about next steps. Re-enrollment for the next term will take place Sept. 16 - Oct. 31.
 
The Minnesota 4-H Shooting Sports & Wildlife program development committee invites adults and youth (9th grade and older) to attend a leader certification training Oct. 7 - 8 in Alexandria. Be prepared for the new 4-H year with trained volunteers - register by Sept. 22!
 
Minnesota 4-H youth are encouraged to apply by Nov. 10 for the National 4-H Conference to be held in Washington D.C. April 7 - 12, 2018. You must be 15 years old by Jan. 1 and not older than 19 by June 1 (in the year of conference attendance).
 
Minnesota 4-H youth interested in joining thousands of young people from across the United States at next summer's CWF in Washington D.C. should plan ahead. Pre-application materials will be online Jan. 23, 2018 - mark your calendars so you don't forget!

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Kate Zimmer/Katie Petty |4-H  Program Coordinators |320-231-7890 | kzimmer@umn.edu egger183@umn.edu | www.extension.umn.edu/county/kandiyohi/

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