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4-H Fun Night
Fun Night is fast approaching! Save the date for February 4th!
Bangor 4-H is assigned to the Silent Auction this year and we would greatly appreciate your club donating items to the event.
Our contact person is Teresa Blackson and can be reached at 1-530-518-7585 (call or text) or via email at Blackson2004@gmail.com
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Marjorie Daley
Teresa Blackson
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Hello CCL's! Durham Parkview is excited to be coordinating Fun Night this year. If you can please take a minute and fill out this if you have not already done so. Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfF5FK2oLpu2GM8MZ5sHD0u-UfQBlE7adGl_xSf_nzGkkcAsA/viewform?usp=sf_link
We know that Bangor 4-H is going to be doing the Prize Booth again this year, thank you Bangor! If any other clubs have experience in a certain area (food booth, silent auction, etc.) please reach out and let us know. We could really use guidance this year!
Sincerely,
Robin Hayes and Amber Hayes
Durham Parkview CCL's
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WELCOME in 2023 by attending the annual January Gridley, CA rabbit shows with YOUTH ACTIVITIES! Join CRCS for Triple Open Rabbit Shows and Butte County 4-H for Double Youth Shows with Rabbit Showmanship, Poster Contest, and Silent Auction! Be sure to send entries to the appropriate secretary. Email Deadline is Monday, January 16, 2023.
Follow the link to a copy of the catalog:
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Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship
The Butte County CattleWomen is the local unit of California CattleWomen, Inc. Beef promotion, consumer education and legislation concerning the beef industry are our major concerns. We want to honor a student who is planning a career in an agricultural related field, preferably (but not required) with an emphasis on beef production and promotion. Any graduating senior entering college in the field of agriculture, or currently enrolled in college may apply for this scholarship.
2023 Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship information and application is attached. Please provide the information and application to 2023 graduating students that plan on furthering their education in any agriculture related field, i.e.: Production Agriculture, Agriculture Business, Nutrition, Agriculture Public Relations, Veterinarian Science, Agriculture Journalism, Agriculture Law, Rangeland Management, Equipment Repair.
Butte County CattleWomen will be awarding at least one $1,000.00 award for an Agricultural Scholarship to outstanding student(s) meeting the criteria. Additionally, one $1,000.00 scholarship, in memory of Dorothy Moffitt, may be awarded to a Gridley or Biggs 2023 graduating senior that will be enrolling in college in the field of agriculture, at the discretion of the Moffitt family.
Application, transcript and two letters of recommendations must be received by March 30, 2023, and must be submitted to:
Butte County CattleWomen
c/o Gail Tozier
2401 Flag Canyon Rd.
Oroville, CA 95965
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either Gail or myself at the emails provided below. If you would like to have a representative of the Butte County CattleWomen Scholarship Committee speak to a class or group of students, we would be pleased to arrange that as well.
Thank you!
Rochelle Livingston
Butte County Cattlewomen Scholarship Committee
rochelleL@rocketmail.com
Gail Tozier
Butte County Cattlewomen Scholarship Committee Chair
tzranch@gmail.com
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Livestock Loans for Youth
California Women for Agriculture will be offering livestock loans to youth needing help purchasing their market animals for fair. The application is available on the North Valley CWA chapter website, you can find it here: https://www.northvalleycwa.com/jr-livestock-loans
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Livestock Fair Participation Agreement
At the August Council meeting, the Butte County 4-H Livestock Fair Participation Requirements and Agreement has been revised to align with California 4-H Policy.
It can be accessed online https://ucanr.edu/sites/Butte/files/372188.pdf.
Silver Dollar Fair
YQCA is a State and Fair requirement, not a 4-H requirement. Youth must have it completed prior to entering. This will be checked by the fair office staff.
The YQCA certificate needs to be emailed to livestock@silverdollarfair.org and include in the email your club or chapter name and species prior to entering. Please see the letter below for more information.
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Livestock Office Phone: (530)895-4666 or Email: livestock@silverdollarfair.org
All updates can be located on the website (www.silverdollarfair.org) along with local and state rules.
**YQCA must be completed prior to entering! Certificate must be valid thru May 28, 2023, for the Silver Dollar Fair. **
If you were in 4-H this past year, you must have completed and turn in your Record Books to your CCL for evaluation (all signatures required) no later than November 30th! If this was not done, you will not be qualified to show and sell an animal at the 2023 fairs.
Livestock members must have been enrolled in 4-H no later than October 20th to be eligible to show and sell at the Silver Dollar Fair.
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4-H Policy Reminder: Animal ownership & supervision requirements
For 4-H members who are enrolled or plan to enroll in a 4-H animal project and who wish to show or exhibit their animal project(s) at a fair, exposition, sponsored shows, e.g., 4-H shows or other sponsored shows, now is a good time to review the timeframes of animal ownership and supervision members will need to meet for eligibility. Each category is outlined below. Sharing these timeframes with members will help ensure that youth in animals projects will be prepared for the 4-H year and fair season each year. See Ch. 7 of the policy handbook, IV. Fairs, Expositions, and Other sponsored Shows for more information.
· Poultry – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Rabbits – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Feeder and breeding animals – must be owned and supervised for not less than 30 consecutive days and be enrolled in the project for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Market sheep, swine, veal and goats – must be owned and supervised for not less than 60 consecutive days.
· Market beef – must be owned and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days.
· Horses – must be owned/leased and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days. Male foals may be shown by 4-H members, but yearling and older stallions are ineligible as 4-H projects. The age of the horse shall be computed on the basis of a calendar year starting on January 1 of the year foaled; it is a weanling during the calendar year in which foaled, and a yearling during the first calendar year following its foaling date, regardless of year foaled.
· Llamas & Alpacas - must be owned/leased and supervised for not less than 120 consecutive days.
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A couple of changes to the entry process this coming year. ALL entries open on January 3rd! That includes ALL breeding and ALL market species.
Closing dates will be as followed:
Steers: April 24, 2023
Hogs, Lambs, & Goats: June 23, 2023
Breeding, Rabbits, & Poultry (including turkeys): July 24, 2023
****UNLESS THAT SPECIE(s) FILLS BEFORE THE DATE****
In the case that the entry fills we will have a waitlist system in place. I will keep in touch if that becomes an issue.
For clarification of the rules. If you've entered a market steer nomination and decide to enter another species and pay for said species, we will remove your steer entry, allowing waitlist exhibitors to be moved up. NO exhibitor will have more than one paid entry on file with the fair. You are ALLOWED to have backup animals of the same species.
Local and species-specific rules should be published by Feb 1.
All entries will be processed through ShoWorks software starting with the upcoming 2023 Fair. Through this software exhibitors will be able to log into a previously made account if they have created one for other fairs (ex. Silver Dollar, State Fair). If they are new to the ShoWorks system, they will need to create an account that they can use for future years. No more account set up each year. Please see the image below for a walk through of the process.
Please contact Hope West at the Butte County Fair Livestock office for any questions 530-846-3626.
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Important !
As of December 31, 2022 any volunteers that do not have an approved enrollment should not be holding any meetings because the Insurance only covers volunteers with completed enrollments.
Any youth members enrollments that are not yet approved may not participate in any activities due to insurance requirements.
If your enrollment is not approved check your spam emails from ldarby@buttecounty.net If you have any questions please call Linda Darby at the Butte County 4-H Office @ 530-538-7201
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Happy January 4 -H ers from your 4-H camp counselors!
Just a little update that we have elected our teen directors for this year. Emerson Christopher and Nicholas Robinette will be our camp counselors! Our counselors are working super hard creating this year's theme and activities! At our December meeting we decided our theme will be…. Superheroes!!! We are holding our next teen counselor meetings on January 10th!
- your 4-H camp counselors and teen directors!
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Butte County 4-H Scholarship Guardian
The Butte County 4-H Council is looking for an adult volunteer to act as Scholarship Guardian. The Scholarship Guardian shall administer the Butte County 4-H Scholarship program, including convening a committee to determine qualifications, selection criteria, and procedures. The term length is one-year. To avoid a conflict of interest, it is highly recommended that those interested in the Scholarship Guardian position does not have children in high school. If you are interested or have questions, please contact Maisie Cousins, 4-H CES at mjcousins@ucanr.edu ASAP
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Have A Question?
Who you should contact:
* Your Project Leader or Club Leader (CCL)
* The 4-H Office (Maisie or Linda) 530-538-7201 or 530-966-1746
* Butte County Fair Office (BCF questions)530-846-3626
* Silver Dollar Fair Office (SDF questions) 530-895-4666
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Spark Achievement Webinars Continue
By popular demand, the series of Spark Achievement Program Webinars will continue in 2023!
Upcoming dates:
Feb. 9th and 22nd, 7 pm
Mar. 9th and 22nd, 7 pm
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Citizenship Washington Focus
National 4-H Council’s premier leadership and civic engagement experience for high school students. Through Citizenship Washington Focus (CWF), teens experience Washington D.C. like never before. Using the nation’s capital as their classroom, CWF connects young leaders from across the country to gain the skills and experiences to become effective change agents.
To learn more about the CWF 2023 program, download the program agenda below.
Quick Facts about California 4-H at CWF:
- The State 4-H Office coordinates all travel, lodging, registration, etc. for attendees
- CWF knows this, and will reject any registrations accidentally put in by individuals
- California 4-H offers two different trips for CWF
- Attendance at CWF plus additional days for fun and educational sightseeing exclusively available for California 4-H members (CWF Extended Trip)
- Attendance at only the CWF conference planned by National 4-H Council (CWF Only)
- California 4-H send all of our attendees during the same week to streamline logistics and keep costs low
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This year, our goal is to attend during the Fourth of July CWF Session (Schedule Linked Here); two counties have already expressed interest in attending this session
- This session has unique activities not part of the other CWF Sessions
- It may seem odd to encourage a 4-H trip during a national holiday, but celebrating Independence Day in our nation’s capital can be a once in a lifetime opportunity
- This event has a considerable cost
- Historically, team attendees have fundraised to obtain sponsorships for the trip
- All counties on our list (except for Modoc) should have funds with their Council or VMO raised by the bi-annual Tractor Supply Paper Clovers event
- This money is allocated for scholarships at 4-H camps, conferences, and other events that result and civic and leadership education
- Reach out to your local staff to learn more
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There are still some COVID-19 safety measures in place that everyone will want to review
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