November 2019 Watonwan County Clover Update
Here's what's new on the Watonwan County 4-H website this month!
Cloverbuds

Fun, Educational Meeting for all 4-H members in Grades K-2, first Saturday of the month.
Annual leader training

Annual Leader Training on Monday, November 25th at 6:00pm at the Human Service Bldg. meeting room.

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Benefit for 4-H alumni family

November 16th at Darfur Fire Hall between 4-8 pm for Jay & Heidi (Clement) Lippert family. Medical Expenses for their baby Briar.

Needed 4-H Ambassadors

If you are 7th grade and older-we need your help to maintain and hopefully grow our county 4-H Program. You are the voice of 4-H. Younger members and younger possible members look at you for a good example of 4-H.
Please give a little back to 4-H.

4-H club leaders

Hopefully helpful information to make your life easier!

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Tween Events

Plans are being made! Watch the mail for postcards with more details.

Christmas Decorating

Help decorating St. James for the holidays on November 16th.

Calendar

Here is what is coming up.

More 4-H news this month
Direct link to Watonwan County Extension web site

Apply by Nov. 15 to be one of Minnesota's delegates to the National 4-H Conference, March 28 - April 2, 2020! This is a fantastic experience open to sophomores and above.

Registration for the 2020 Building Leadership and Understanding (BLU) regional leadership workshops will open Nov. 1. BLU is open to youth in grades six and up. Five BLUs will be held at locations across the state - registration deadlines vary by location. Meet youth from across the region and build leadership skills at this event!

Minnesota youth in grades 9-13 - Travel to Washington, D.C. this summer to visit our nation's capital and learn more about civic engagement at the national level! Watch our website for details to come - registration will close on Dec. 10 and space is limited.

It's that time of year again -- the Clovermart Winter Sale is here! Orders will be accepted Nov. 1 - midnight on Dec. 12.

Attention all 4-H members, parents and volunteers! We are excited to announce 4-H agronomy opportunities coming your way on Nov. 1!

Discover these new tools designed to engage and support new families and volunteers.

Registration for the 2020 Minnesota 4-H Engineering Design Challenge is now open for youth in grades 3 - 12. The challenge season begins in November and finishes in August of 2020. Taking part in this challenge is a fun, hands-on way to learn communication, decision making and problem solving skills.

Winter activities and outings require planning ahead to avoid risk. Utilize the "keeping youth safe" guidelines and policies before including them in the program plan of activities and outings for the year.

It's time for 4-H clubs to develop their annual budgets. Budgets provide a written plan for raising and spending money to accomplish club goals. Sharing budget reports with your club throughout the year is a great way to help all 4-H members understand where and how funds are being used.

4-H enrollment is required for 4-H participation and is easy to do. Has your family enrolled yet? If not, please take a few minutes to enroll and/or update your family's information.


Calendar

Check out all of the upcoming events in Watonwan County on our website.  The events are in chronological order and can be filtered by subtopic at the top of the web page.


Sue Craig | Extension Educator, 4-H Youth Development | 507-375-1275 | [email protected] | www.extension.umn.edu/watonwan

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