Friday, February 4, 2022
Volume 3 Issue 9
Friday 4-H Nugget
Greetings 4-H Community,

With our current snowfall in Elkhart County it feels like the winters we are all use to. Hopefully you have had a chance to relax, play in the snow or stay inside and enjoy some warmth. As a reminder, 4-H events are typically postponed, canceled or held virtually if the public schools in our area are canceled (or e-learning in some cases) we don't have our events.

Take advantage of those days to learn something new with the 4-H program. The National 4-H Council has a great website for 4-H at Home activities that can be a good resource for you or even club leaders at meetings. Be sure to check it out.

Our office is still processing some of the incoming enrollments and will be reaching out if there is anything missing. Do you have a friend that has not yet enrolled in the program for this year? It isn't too late to enroll in 4-H.

Be sure to check out all of the great upcoming events below that you don't want to miss out on!

All the best,

Robby Kelly & Sthele Greybar
Extension Educators
Mini 4-H Welcome Event
February 22 will be our Mini 4-H Welcome Event! You can pre-register using this form.
 
We will have a brief (5-10 minute) meeting at 6pm EST. The remainder of the hour will be an open house format where Mini 4-H’ers and families will be able to choose their Mini 4-H project, meet Mini 4-H Leaders and receive materials related to that project.

Enter the fairgrounds using Gate 2 (the main gate) on County Road 34. We will be in the ECCC building which is adjacent to the large parking lot. Signs will be present with directions. The event will conclude at 7pm EST.
Indiana 4-H Day at the Statehouse
We had 166 4-H'ers from across the state at the Indiana 4-H Day at the Statehouse on February 1 and it was a great visit! 
 
Elkhart youth will have the opportunity to participate Tuesday, March 1 with another 160 youth from across the state!
 
If you would like to attend, please contact Sthele Greybar at sgreybar@purdue.edu or call the extension office at 574-533-0554 and we will get you registered!
Join the Teens as Teachers Team
Teens as Teachers is a training opportunity for youth in grades 8-11 to learn how to be teachers and subject matter experts of a topic of their choice. Youth will learn fundamentals of hands-on learning, ages and stages of youth development, public speaking, and lesson planning. The program will begin February 25 and will conclude February 27. 

Teams must pre-register through their county 4-H Educator. Registration fee is $85 for youth; $50 for adult mentors. Registration deadline is February 11, 2022.

To learn more about the specific workshop tracks being offered, visit: purdue.ag/teensasteachers.
New 4-H Member Orientation
We have rescheduled our new 4-H member orientation to March 3 at 6:30pm via Zoom. This is open to anyone that would like to learn more of the in's and out's of 4-H. We will also have a question and answer session. If you can't make that date we will also record the session and place it on our YouTube channel.
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