2023-2024 4-H Calendar

The New Year is underway!! The office has finished up the bulk of enrollment and are now gearing up for 4-H Camp enrollment. We've been doing outreach and recruitment, attending 4-H club meetings and Petaluma FFA Chapter meeting, attended Teen Movie Night, a Warriors Game, Livestock Judging, started Cloverdale 4-H Club. We have a busy month ahead with Presentation Day, Sonoma County Crab Feed, Wilco Feed Store-Livestock Clinic, The Steelhead Festival, Cloverdale Fair and Pruning Contest & Viticulture Challenge. 4-H Camp registration will be opening soon be sure to keep an eye out on social media and our website. Our STEM programs are getting underway at five local schools in Santa Rosa, and soccer registration is around the corner. We are looking forward to attending events and clubs through the county, and meeting more of the families and members of the 4-H programs.

Thank you to all the community club enrollment coordinators for getting enrollment completed.

Things are getting busy!!

Livestock Judging was a successful day, and I thank each volunteer who helped make it happen again this year! It is such a great opportunity for our youth!

Presentation Day is February 3, along with the Farm Bureau Crab Feed, we have the CCC meeting, Proficiency workshop, Wilco is having a feed and showmanship clinic, Citrus Fair, Chicken Que planning, Camp staff meetings, and the All Stars are planning a community service event for March 3...I'm exhausted just thinking about it all plus adding project and club meetings in there...we are a busy group!

We have openings coming up on the CCC Executive Board, please consider joining us! Nominations will be taken at the CCC meetings and we will vote in May, so I know you might be thinking I'm jumping the gun here, but I just really want to open the conversation with you all! Please ask anyone on Council how you can get involved; we always welcome new ideas and fresh eyes, and many hands make lighter work! Did you know that teens can be part of the Council as well? It's been a couple years since we last had a teen member, do you know one who would like to participate?

We should also be seeing the latest All Star Ambassador application up for use in the next few weeks; I can't believe how fast the last year has gone, and am a little shocked that it's time again to start the process of creating the next team!  

In the meantime, however, our current team of Angel, Wilder and Drew are cooking up a few more events to support our 4-H and local community, so keep your eyes out for that info.

Good luck to all the kiddos headed for the Citrus Fair, I can't wait to see how it goes. Thank you all for everything you do for Sonoma County 4-H, for always setting a good example for our youth, and for always striving to make the best better. I appreciate each of you so much!

AND HAPPY LEAP YEAR!

As always, please reach out, I am always at your service!

Stay dry, if you can!

Sara

Hello everyone, we hope that you have had a great start to the new year. 

Currently, we are planning a community service event, where we will be making Tie Blankets while watching an awesome movie. This is something that we are very excited to do, as we will be donating the blankets to a local women's and children's shelter. Another event that we have coming up is the Great Sonoma Crab & Wine Feast and Presentation Day, we look forward to seeing you all at theses great events. We are very excited and thankful for everybody that has signed up to help at both of theses events, and who has signed-up to give a presentation at Presentation Day. Also, please remember that the All Stars Valley of the Moon Toy Stuffed Animal Drive is year-round, which means that everyone is welcome to donate toys at any time. We hope to do another fun party meeting, and have clubs turn in the most stuffed animals. That's all for this month, we can’t wait to see you all at the next CCC.

Angel Drew, Wilder, the 2023-2024 Sonoma County 4H All-Star Team

Ettamarie Peterson shared her experience as a Bee Keeping Leader in Liberty 4-H in January's issue of Bee Culture Magazine. She highlighted how with encouragement of her son, she became one of the very few bee keeping project leaders in 4-H. Over the four years of being a bee keeping project leader Ettamarie learned to keep parents involved in the learning, building, and sharing of what was taking place in the projects as with their "skills" they could help to assist her in obtaining materials and equipment. 4-Hers learn various roles of the bees, provided pictures and hands on materials. 4-Hers got to paint deep hive boxes and filled them with a colony and a swarm, make lip balm, candles, posters and cook with honey, which you will see at local fairs and events around Sonoma County.

Like many other leaders and volunteers, it's about making the best better, knowing that this project would be fun for the kids, being an active parent, volunteering her time as project leaders for the past 20 years, her experience and knowledge of giving back to the youth and the community, empowering future leaders with skills for a lifetime.

Saturday, February 3, 2024 - 4:00pm-8:30pm, Sonoma County 4-Hers and FFA members will be volunteering at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds-The 34th Annual Great Sonoma Crab and Wine Fest, which is the premier Crab and Wine event of the North Bay Area!

Proceeds benefit Sonoma County Farm Bureau’s Agricultural Education Activities.

Sunday, February 4th, 10am-4pm-FREE-Lunch Provided-at Wilco in Petaluma

Did you know that you don’t need to sew to enter Fashion Revue?

Fashion Revue has many categories that do not require sewing! Do you like to shop for good deals on an outfit? Are you in the leathercraft project? Do you crochet or knit? Do you create jewelry? Do you like to make things out of duct tape? Do you make your own costumes? Do you like to personalize and embellish the clothing you buy? There is probably more than one category in Fashion Revue where you can show off your style and creativity!

The entry categories are Accessories, Consumer Science Purchased ($50 Limit), Costume Challenge, Embellished Garment, Leather Creations, Make It With Wool, Non-Garment, Softie Challenge, Traditional, Quilts, and Zero-Waste Challenge. A sewing project is only required for the Make It With Wool, Traditional, and Quilt categories. Any 4-H member may enter the other categories.

Fashion Revue will be Sunday, April 21, at the YAL Center in Rohnert Park. Learn more at our fun Craft Night on March 8th.

For a full description of the categories, their requirements, due dates, and more information about Fashion Revue, see the County Fashion Revue website:

https://cesonoma.ucanr.edu/4H/Events/Fashion_Revue/

email: 4HSonomaCountyFashionRevue@gmail.com

Save the Date! 4-H Animal Science Workshop 

Human-Wildlife Interactions: The Interface Between Livestock and Predators

Saturday, March 30, 2024, 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue

403 Mecham Road, Petaluma

For youth aged 9 to 18; open to all young people (youth do not have to be in 4-H)

Register by March 16 for $5 at https://ucanr.edu/hwi (workshop limited to 25 youth)

Please bring a water bottle and sack lunch. Parents are welcome to stay and observe. 

Are you raising livestock? Interested in wildlife? Wonder how the two can co-exist well together?

Join us for a workshop at Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue (SCWR) to explore ways to co-exist with carnivores while successfully raising domestic animals. 

Sonoma County Wildlife Rescue

Living with Lions Education Coordinator

University of California Cooperative Extension

UC Davis Field Day 2024

March 1st & 2nd

The UC Davis Field Day will be hosted on campus again this year. This event is hosted by the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences. Contests are open to 4-H and FFA members, and some contests are qualifiers for national contests.

Changes to the registration process

For 4-H teams and contestants, registrations have to be managed by the county office. County 4-H staff must register members for the event.

Registrations cannot be made by parents, coaches or students. JudgingCard accounts can only be accessed by county 4-H staff.

Register by February 9

Contests with registration caps will be filled based on registration order. Later registrants will be added to a waitlist.

Schedule

Friday, March 1, 2024-Job Interview and Parliamentary procedure and Debate

 Saturday, March 2, 2024-all other contests

Available Contests:

·    Agricultural Mechanics

·    Agricultural Sales

·    Agronomy

·    Best Informed Greenhand

·    Creed

·    Dairy Cattle Judging

·    Farm Business Management

·    Farm Power and Machinery

·    Floriculture

·    Job Interview

·    Light Horse Judging

·    Livestock Judging

·    Meat Judging

·    Milk Quality and Dairy Foods

·    Nursery/Landscape

·    Parliamentary Procedure and Debate

·    Poultry Judging

·    Small Engines

·    Vegetable Crop Judging

·    Veterinary Science

For more information and updates, please see the Field Day Website

2024 National 4-H Conference

April 19-24, 2024

in Arlington, Virginia

Apply by February 29 at 11:59pm or earlier if sold out

The National 4-H Conference is the youth development opportunity to engage youth in developing recommendations for the 4-H Youth Development Program.

What you can expect

Roundtable discussions to explore current issues affecting youth and the role 4-H can play in addressing them

Conference facilitation led by Collegiate Facilitators (4-H alumni)

Present outcomes from your roundtable discussions with federal partner agencies

An opportunity to engage with your U.S. Senators and Representatives

Qualified youth are:

4-H member ages 15-19

Experienced in 4-H

See video testimonials from past attendees and learn more about this high-level opportunity to engage at the national level of 4-H!

Go to the National 4-H Conference Event Page

State Field Day May 25, 2024

The California 4-H State Field Day will take place on Saturday, May 25th, 2024 on the UC Davis campus. State Field Day is a single day event with multiple contests that youth ages 9 and up can participate in. Primary youth activities will also be available, as well as educational booths. State Field Day contests are a culminating activity for a variety of 4-H project areas. Some contests require that youth pre-qualify, while others are open to anyone.

State Field Day 2024 will offer the following contests:

· State Presentations*

· State Fashion Revue*-State Fashion Revue Categories

· Interview-Interview Contest Job Descriptions

· Robotics

· Forestry

· Insect Identification

· Photography

· Film Festival

· Plant Science

2024 State Fashion Revue Categories

2024 Interview Job Descriptions

*These contests require youth to pre-qualify at a county and/or regional event.

More details will be available in Spring

 If you have questions or inquiries, please reach out to 4hsfd@ucanr.edu

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