Congratulations to our Award Recipients for their hard work in the 2019-2020 4-H year! Because of Covid-19 restrictions, we had a drive-in Achievement Awards ceremony at the Poinsettia Pavilion on Sunday, June 15. The event was planned by our Recognition Director Amylynn Robinson along with the our county ambassadors who emceed the event. The ceremony was transmitted over car radios as well as on Zoom for viewers at home. Please see our blog for a list of everyone who received awards and see more photos here.

These 4-H'ers did it...so can you!

Ashley Pyler overcame many obstacles to earn her Emerald Star in 2020. She had planned a Primaries Field Day event for March 21st before fate interfered in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic. California was ordered to stay home on March 19, so Ashley had to cancel her event. With the encouragement of her mentor Kitty Beckmann, she was able to have her event virtually over 2 days on June 6 and 7. Primary members were invited to join Zoom sessions with crafts, STEM activities, entomology, public speaking, magic tricks and more. Her event was successful, and we congratulate her for her positivity, organization and desire to create an event especially for the Primary 4-H'ers!

Last year, Claire Boone and Nadja Klem of Santa Rosa Valley 4-H received Emerald Stars at Achievement Night 2019. They created a wonderful day of learning for the public with their Alpaca and Horticulture Farm Day on June 22, 2019.

If you would like to earn your Emerald Star, please click the button below to find more information on the Resource Hub of our website.

It's a MATCH! Starting at 12:01am on December 1, your gifts will be matched dollar for dollar! Thanks to the CA 4-H Foundation, any gift will be matched on a first-give, first-get basis until matching funds are depleted. 4-H has a match pool of $25,000 so get your gifts in early to double the impact! 100% will come straight to Ventura County 4-H when you select our county when giving through this campaign! ucanr.edu/GivingTuesday

Whenever we use our 4-H debit cards, 1% goes to the California 4-H Foundation, and when it reaches $500, they cut us a check! We would love to get our first $500 check by Jan 30, 2021. Right now, Ventura County's five spenders have generated approximately $80 (Susana Bruzzone-Miller, Barbara Coulter, Patrick Zavala, Jennifer Boone and me, Valerie Zeko). Just imagine what a little more 4-H power can produce!

Ventura County, along with most CA counties, has moved back into the purple or most restrictive tier of COVID-19-related restrictions. As such, until further notice, all 4-H activities must be conducted virtually or outside with no more than 10 people total.

We want to keep our youth safe in Zoom meetings, so the state has created a new role: the 4-H Adult Helper. Become a certified Adult Helper so you can help 4-H virtual projects by being the 2nd adult in the Zoom (a state requirement). PLEASE Click HERE to register as an Adult Helper..

The following was sent by Kim's sister. If you or your club would like to send a condolence card, please send to Lisa McGowan, 847 Elko Ave., Ventura, CA 93004. We are thinking about organizing a fundraiser to purchase a plaque to hang in the fair office; details coming soon.

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