Friday 4-H Nugget

Friday, August 5, 2022

Volume 3 Issue 21

Friday 4-H Nugget

Greetings 4-H Community,

What an amazing showcase of 4-H projects, highlighting the skills and talents of our youth last week at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. Thank you to all of our 4-H volunteers, 4-H fair board members and most importantly our 4-H families who make all of this happen! A few new firsts for us this year included our scavenger hunt with GooseChase. We will have our final winners announced in the next Friday 4-H Nugget! Be sure to watch our social media pages as we will be sharing those photos and videos.

Take some time to reflect on feedback you have received from judges, mentors and volunteers. Look for ways to use their feedback on your projects for next year. We encourage you to take a few minutes and write a thank you card to a buyer, award sponsor and/or 4-H volunteer. Without their support this program would not be what it is. Be sure to check out some reminders and results from awards given out during fair this year.

If you have any questions or feedback please reach out.

All the best,

Robby Kelly & Sthele Greybar

Extension Educators

Project Pickup Reminder

County projects that were not picked up on Sunday or Monday following the county fair have been moved to the Purdue Extension office. Please pick them up ASAP. They will be discarded soon.

Indiana State Fair projects/ribbons will be returned to our fairgrounds on Tuesday, August 23 between 8:00AM - 4:30 PM at the Clover Hill building near gate 5.

Youth Awards

Thank you to all our 4-H’ers and their families/friends on a tremendous county fair! It was a great July. All your hard work really paid off!

If you would like to see all the scholarship/award results from this year, you can see them all here. Congratulations!

Indiana State Fair Results/Tickets

You can view unofficial Indiana State Fair results at this link. Foods results should be coming soon.

Also, a reminder that we do have some state fair tickets remaining in the Purdue Extension office, if you would like to use them for a trip down to Indianapolis this August.

They are first come, first served… and when they’re gone… they’re gone.

Sillathon and Outstanding Livestock Exhibitor Awards

Congratuations to all of the 34 youth who participated in the Livestock Skillathon and Outstanding Livestock Exhibitor program! We had a great turn out for the first year and some very close scores. Be sure to check out the winners and if you were not able to attend the awards program let Robby Kelly know so that you can stop by the office and pick up your awards.

State Fair Tips and Photos

Are you headed to the State Fair? If you are showing livestock be sure to have a copy of the Animal Husbandry form and Affidavit. You need one for each animal. It will be a good idea to have proof of YQCA as well.

We would love for you to share your photos with us and we will post them on social media. You can email them to Robby Kelly. Please include the 4-Her's name and activity or award.

Purdue Extension Information

Elkhart County 4-H Information

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