Newsletter - September 24, 2021
Fridays at Our Office
This is just a friendly reminder that both our office and the Open Spaces office are closed to walk-ins on Fridays. If you need to drop something off with us, it must be done Monday - Thursday from 8 - 4:30. If you need to speak with one of us in person, an appointment must be made.
2021 Achievement Reservations - Due MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27!!

Reservations ARE required for everyone attending, even if you are helping that day. If you are making reservations for your family, please make sure to make reservations for everyone in your family who is attending. ALL reservations are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, September 27. Absolutely NO reservations will be accepted after this time as this is a catered dinner. Do NOT just show up at the event. In case you can't find your email, you can also click here to RSVP.
CHRISTMAS IN SEPTEMBER!
NOT JULY!
The Arapahoe County 4-H Foundation is preparing for the annual Holiday Evergreen sale.
The 4-H Foundation’s annual budget is $36,900.00. In order to meet this budget, it depends upon the Holiday Evergreen sale, donations from Friends of 4-H and other gifts.
 
Four college scholarships in the amount of $4,000 are given each year. The 4-H Foundation also sponsors the leader/member awards, Tools of the Project for county fair champions and reserve champions, outreach programs and the meal for the Achievement Awards program. It supports training for 4-H members and leaders and picks up contest fees at State 4-H Conference and State Fair and helps promote 4-H.

In order to provide funding for these activities, it relies heavily on the Holiday Evergreen sale and is asking for the support of 4-H clubs and families. The Foundation also reaches out to the public to sell holiday evergreens.

Sale materials will go out to 4-H Club leaders the last week of September. The deadline for orders this year has been extended to Friday, October 29. 4-H Clubs are also asked to send the name of their wreath sale chairperson to Kathy McDaniel, 303-919-2177 or Larrykathy4@aol.com.

We are asking that all 4-H leaders and members help with this fund raiser.
September 27
2021 4-H Achievement Program Reservations DUE by 4 p.m.

September 30
Project Completion Deadline (for those 4-H Members who did NOT participate in the 2021 Arapahoe County Fair)

October 7
Achievement Program

October 19
Organizational (and Other) Leaders' Training
Trainings and Meetings
ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERS MEETING

Organizational leaders (and any other interested leaders), please plan to be in attendance at the annual mandatory Organizational Leaders Meeting on Tuesday, October 19, 6:30 PM (via zoom). If you can’t make it as the organizational leader please make sure that one of your co-organizational leaders or project leaders are in attendance. Click here to register.
Companion Animal Projects
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Information about these projects will appear in this section as needed in future newsletters. If you are a member enrolled in these projects, you'll want to pay attention to this section in each issue.
FCS & General Projects
2021 State Fair FCS & General Project Results
The 2021 State Fair FCS & General project results are now available. Please click here to view them.

State Fair Projects Available for Pickup
The State Fair projects are back in our office and are ready to be picked up! 😊 Congratulations to all who participated in the State Fair!
 
Some things to note:
  1. Our office and the Open Spaces office ARE CLOSED TO WALK-INS ON FRIDAYS. Pick up hours are from Monday – Thursday from 8 – 4:30. Please also note that both of our offices close promptly at 4:30 p.m. each day.
  2. If you are picking up for your whole club, the projects are arranged in alpha order by last name. You will have to look over the projects and pull the members’ projects that are in your club.
  3. If you are picking up projects for another 4-H family, PLEASE let that family know you got their projects. We had families drive all the way to our office two years ago only to find out that another family had already picked up their project(s) for them.
  4. As we do not have room in our office to store the projects, we would appreciate it if you could please pick them up promptly.
Shooting Sports


Information about these projects will appear in this section as needed in future newsletters. If you are a member enrolled in these projects, you'll want to pay attention to this section in each issue.
Horse


Information about this project will appear in this section as needed in future newsletters. If you are a member enrolled in this project, you'll want to pay attention to this section in each issue.

Livestock
2021 Livestock Auction Checks
Payout checks for the livestock auction were mailed out on August 23rd. This mailing also included all names and addresses of your add-on donors. Please be sure to get ALL thank you notes written ASAP.
2021 Arapahoe County Fair Carcass Contest Results
Please click on the button below for each species' results from the carcass contest. 1st place winners will get a Grand Champion Award at Achievement Night and 2nd place winners will get a Reserve Grand Champion Award. Congratulations to all exhibitors!
More Opportunities
(303) 730-1920
CSU-Extension@ArapahoeGov.com
6934 S. Lima St., Suite B
Centennial, CO 80112

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