November 1 Year End Financials 

November 14 Advisory Council Meeting - 6pm @ Victor Fire Dept.

November 14 Archery Registration - 6pm @ Firehouse Archery in Corvallis

November 20 MT 4-H Leadership Academy Begins

January 15-17 Citizenship Seminar

January 16-17 Legislative Breakfast

February 17-19 Volunteer Institute

When:

Monday, November 14, 2022, 6:00PM

Where:

Victor Fire Hall, 2383 Meridian Rd, Victor, MT 59875

Welcome to Returning and New Members Alike!

It's a new 4-H year, and that means it's time to enroll in ZSuite.

Please update your profile and enrollment for the 22-23 4-H year.

Club dues can be paid by check or cash at the Extension Office.

Happy fall archers, it is time to mark your calendars!

Registration for Archery projects will be Monday, November 14, 2022 starting at 6:00 PM at Firehouse Archery in Corvallis.

Class times are 4:30, 6:00 and 7:30.

There will be 16 shooters per class, for a total of 48 archers.  

Questions?

Call or text Hope Earp at 406.961.4615

Please complete your end of year financials and submit them to the extension office.  If you have questions regarding year end financials for 4-H clubs click the dollar sign for more information.

$

Outdoor Adventure 1

Next meeting TBD

Contact: Gabby, gabby.burns.coffee@gmail.com

Judge livestock with Ravalli County 4-H. Livestock judging contests are available throughout the year and across the state. 

Join the Ravalli County 4-H Livestock Judging Team. All 4-H ages are welcome. 

Upcoming contests include Montana Ag Expo in Bozeman in November, KMON in Great Falls in January, Missoula County Invitational in Missoula in April, and possibly State 4-H Congress in Bozeman in July. Contact project leader Ben Meyer at 239-1213 or meyer.ben.a@gmail.com. 

Registered Nigerian Dwarf Goats for 4-H projects for sale contact Jennifer Bush travjenbush@gmail.com

Join the Montana 4-H Leadership Academy workshop on Sunday afternoons in 2022 and 2023. The Leadership Academy is a network of Montana 4-H members interested in exploring and developing their own leadership skills while serving their local 4-H program in new ways. 

Local leadership groups will have an opportunity to join with members from around the state as well as the Montana 4-H Ambassador Officer team, virtually, to work on skill building, planning and mentorship. 

Each month the officer team will be presenting a different workshop topic that they found to be important as they have grown their own leadership abilities. This workshop can be paired with a local county leadership meeting to work on county projects that serve the local 4-H program and community. 

County Leadership groups should plan to meet face to face whenever possible and engage in the virtual statewide workshop together. However, participants are welcome to join the online workshop as individuals. 

This time can be viewed as a leadership club meeting. County ambassadors can aid in planning and facilitating these local workshop meetings.  All workshops are Sunday afternoons from 3:00 to 4:00 PM. 

November 20: Connection with Cloverbuds

December 11: What Makes a Leader

January 8: Power of Positivity 

February 5: Tools for Facilitation

March 5: The Butterfly Effect on Leadership

Visit the webpage for complete descriptions: https://www.montana4h.org/programs/youth_leadership/academy.html

To receive the zoom meeting link and info for this workshop series please complete the short registration by clicking the "Register Now" on this montana4h.org page 

Once the form is complete an email containing the zoom meeting link for all 5 workshops will be sent automatically. 

Montana 4-H Volunteer Institute 

Billings, MT February 17-19, 2023

The Montana 4-H Volunteer Institute is open to all 4-H volunteers in Montana. Registration cost is $75 and we will be at the Double Tree Hotel downtown. The institute will be a great opportunity to learn from other volunteers and Extension Agents, network, and celebrate the accomplishment of volunteers across Montana. 

4-H Shooting Sports Trainings

• Kalispell: December 2-3, 2022
• Havre: December 9-10, 2022
• Belgrade: December 16-17, 2022
• Billings: Spring 2023
• Logan: Spring 2023

Forms can be found soon on the Montana 4-H Shooting Sports Page, will be updated soon!

Montana 4-H State Shoot: March 3-5, 2023

National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships: June 25-30, 2023

International Hosting & Exchange Opportunities for 2023-2024

Family Hosting Opportunities short-term and long term

• 13 Japanese Youth Delegates & Chaperone (~4 weeks in July/Aug)
• 2 Norwegian Youth Delegates (~4 weeks in end of June-end of July)
• 2 Japanese Youth Delegates for Academic Year Program (~Aug-June)

Outbound 2023 Summer Programs are 4 weeks (or 8 weeks - Japan only)    

·                    Argentina

·                    Costa Rica

·                    Finland

·                    Norway

·                    Romania

·                    Taiwan

·                    Korea

·                    Japan

Montana Citizenship Seminar is designed to inspire 4-H youth as they learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Youth delegates gain hands-on experience with legislative process by participating in a mock legislature, create and debate bills, work with other youth from across the state, meet with elected officials, tour the capitol, and participate in a service-learning project. Citizenship Seminar is traditionally held in Helena in the years when the legislature is in session. Youth delegates share their 4-H experience with current legislature during the Legislative Breakfast, which is hosted on January 17 by Montanans for 4-H. 

Look for email with registration and specific seminar information soon! 

• Citizenship Seminar: January 15-17, 2023

Montana Citizenship Seminar is designed to inspire 4-H youth as they learn about the rights and responsibilities of citizenship. Youth delegates gain hands-on experience with legislative process by participating in a mock legislature, create and debate bills, work with other youth from across the state, meet with elected officials, tour the capitol, and participate in a service-learning project. Citizenship Seminar is traditionally held in Helena in the years when the legislature is in session. Youth delegates share their 4-H experience with current legislature during the Legislative Breakfast, which is hosted on January 17 by Montanans for 4-H. 

Look for email with registration and specific seminar information soon! 

• Legislative Breakfast: January 16-17, 2023

Mini Horse as a Formal 4-H Project

• Ohio Curriculum is now online
• Members do not need to be enrolled in regular Horsemanship classes to participate in the Small Equine Project

Record Book Resources

• Montana4h.org>Resources>Record Books
• https://montana4h.org/projects/support/record_books/index.html
• Updating video links
• Working on a video for using Record Book tools in ZSuite



Montana 4-H REC Lab

March 17-19, 2023 and will be held in Culbertson, MT hosted by District 4 counties. The theme is 4-H Rendezvous! Visit the Montana 4-H REC Lab Page for the latest information.

November: Native America Heritage Month

• Share any photos or celebrations with Christine at christine.hodges1@montana.edu

Kimberly Richardson

MSU Extension Agent

Agriculture, Horticulture and Natural Resources

Vacant

MSU Extension Agent

4-H Youth Development

Vacant

Administrative Assistant

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Montana State University and Montana State University Extension prohibit discrimination in all of their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, and marital and family status. Issued in furtherance of cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics, acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Cody Stone, Director of Extension, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717.