4-H Newsletter 10-21-2022

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Newsletter - October 21, 2022

Arapahoe County CSU Extension Office Closed to Walk-in Clients on Fridays

If you have any questions, please feel free to email our staff:

Ethan Cahill - ecahill@arapahoegov.com

Shaylen Florez - sflorez@arapahoegov.com

Claudia Meeks - cmeeks@arapahoegov.com

Jean Walton - jwalton@arapahoegov.com

December 1

Returning 4-H Member Re-Enrollment Deadline (with no late fee)

December 1

Returning 4-H Leader Re-Enrollment Deadline (encouraged)

January 31

Returning 4-H Member Re-Enrollment Deadline (with $25 late fee)

January 31

Returning 4-H Leader Re-Enrollment Deadline

February 4

4-H Extravaganza

March 1

Market Beef Enrollment Deadline

April 1

New 4-H Member Enrollment Deadline

April 1

New 4-H Leader Enrollment Deadline (with no late fee)

Trainings and Meetings

Companion Animal Projects

Dog classes with Janele and Briana Caldwell started approximately two weeks ago at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds in the East Wing. If interested in the Dog project please be in contact with Janele at janele.caldwell@yahoo.com or homeenhancements@live.org or you can call her at 303-880-5538. She would be happy to provide more details on times.

FCS & General Projects

Shooting Sports

Horse

Events for the Horse project have begun! Please click on the image to the left for info on all of the events.

Livestock

More Opportunities

Learn the science of safely fermenting vegetables. Workshop includes making a quart jar of sauerkraut to ferment at home.

Wed, November 9, 2022, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM MST

Arapahoe County Extension Office, 6934 S. Lima Street Centennial, CO 80111

2022 Arapahoe County Fair Premium Checks

The 2022 Arapahoe County Fair premium checks for 4-H exhibitors who did not pick theirs up at the 2022 4-H Achievement Program will be available for pick up at the 4-H Office until the end of November. We will not be mailing these this year.

Scholarships Available

Colorado 4-H awards scholarships annually to outstanding youth who have actively engaged in Colorado 4-H clubs for at least 3 years. The scholarship process is open through March 1, 2023. Scholarship recipients will be announced in late April/early May 2023. There are opportunities available for all kinds of students, including those attending CSU or other universities, trade schools or junior colleges, transfer students, and continuing students. We encourage our 4-H participants to apply - there is over $50,000 available in funding this year!

For more information on the scholarship process and scholarships available, click on the image to the right.

4-H Foundation Evergreen Sale

Sale materials went out to 4-H Club leaders the last week of September. The deadline for orders this year has been extended to Friday, October 28.

We are asking that all 4-H leaders and members help with this fund raiser.

Electronic copies of the 4-H Member sale brochure and the Public sale brochure can be found by clicking here. Please note that the 4-H Member sale brochure is to be used by 4-H Members to give to their prospective customers. The Public sale brochure is to be used by members of the public who are not buying from a 4-H Member.

2022 4-H Achievement Program Thank You Note Reminder

Please make sure to send in your THANK YOU cards to the Fair Planning Committee and the Arapahoe County 4-H Foundation for Achievement awards.

TOOLS OF THE PROJECT AND OTHER AWARDS

Arapahoe County 4-H Foundation

6934 S Lima St., Suite B

Centennial, CO 80112

GRAND CHAMPION AND RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION AWARDS

Arapahoe County Fair Planning Committee

6934 S Lima St., Suite B

Centennial, CO 80112

Project Updates

Dog

Family & Consumer Science

General & Natural Resources

Horse

Livestock

Shooting Sports

4-H Resources

4-H Policies and Procedures

4-H Leader Resources

4-H Foundation

4-H Scholarships

(303) 730-1920

CSU-Extension@ArapahoeGov.com

6934 S. Lima St., Suite B

Centennial, CO 80112

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