June
The Sonoma County 4-H calendar is now a viewable document on google. (*editable for Club Leaders)
Need the County Council Meeting Zoom Invitation?
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📅 4-H Events
June
20: Junteenth Holiday (UCCE closed)
July
4: Independence Day (UCCE closed)
11-15: Sonoma County Camp 1
18-22: Sonoma County Camp 2
August
Head🍀Heart🍀Hands🍀Health
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Congratulations to all
4-H members graduating this year!!
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🏢 From the Sonoma 4-H Office
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Reminder: There is a NEW YQCA Platform! YQCA is required for Sonoma Marin Fair: Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) is a national multi-species quality assurance program for youth ages 8 to 21. The program is designed to provide a minimum 60 minutes of education each year. YQCA has rolled out a new platform: https://yqcaprogram.org/
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Reminder Enrollment Deadline: The 4-H Online system will close for families and volunteers from noon on June 24, 2022 to noon July 18, 2022. Families are encouraged to complete enrollments for the 2021-2022 program year prior to June 24th
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July Robotics Day Camp
The 4-H program is offering two fun day camps this July.
- 18th to 21st @ YAL Center in Rohnert Park
- 25th to July 28th @ Roseland Elementary in Santa Rosa
The camps will feature robot building, coding, as well as challenges to help youth work in teams. The camps in Santa Rosa will also feature sports and games to promote healthy living! Register online! If you have any questions, call or email our office: damariscal@ucdavis.edu or 707-565-3027
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Short Term Summer Programs are back! Sonoma 4-H is offering a series of short-term programming this summer for families in Sonoma County. A “4-H short-term program” is a program that takes about 6 hours and it can take place between one day and several weeks. These programs are a great way for families to experience some of the great things 4-H offers to our youth. Check out the summer lineup under the 4-H Sonoma Events.
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SAVE THE DATE for Youth Ag & Leadership Foundation 18th Annual BBQ Fundraiser! Saturday, September 24, 2022, 3:30-7:30pm
We are looking for:
- 4-H Club Project Displays at the event
- Silent/Live Auction Donations - clubs receive 50% of the proceeds
- Youth/Adult Volunteers - signup sheet coming soon!
For more information please go to our website:
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Six Flags: Expanding 4-H Partnerships by Diego Mariscal
As 4-H grows and we build new partnerships around our community, the 4-H office partnered with Six Flags to offer our families the chance to enjoy a day of fun at Six Flags!
On June 11th, nearly 120 people purchased tickets to our "4-H Fun Day." Special tickets were issued to 4-H, each ticket included food and drinks along with admission and parking.
We hope to continue to expand our partnerships with organizations around our counties and beyond to offer families new experiences and continue strengthening the community. Be on the lookout for more events this fall!
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🍀 4-H Council: President's Message
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Helloooooo Summer!
Congratulations to all of our 4-H youth members who celebrated graduation recently! There are so many of you, and I hope you know that your 4-H Community is proud of you! Some of you will be missed because you're going away to school, and some are moving from elementary to middle or middle to high school...wherever you graduated from, congratulations! And wherever you are going? Well, they are lucky to have you!
And since graduations are all done, that brings us to...FAIR SEASON! It's so exciting to finally be back at it in a format that we have been missing! Market animal project members are getting their animals in tip-top shape for generous buyers at the auction later this summer, and breeding livestock exhibitors are working hard to keep their animals in show condition. Still exhibitors, I can't wait to see your creations in the halls this summer!
I want to thank those of you who participated in our second Leader Round Table zoom call, it was another productive endeavor, where sharing of ideas between clubs and leaders came freely. I hope you find these meetings useful, and if there are topics you would like discussed at the next one (date TBA, and definitely after the new 4-H Year starts!) please let me know!
And before I sign off, I will (insert sheepish smile here:) remind you to be getting all of your end-of-the-year paperwork together...and support your officers in their endeavors to complete the Treasurer and Secretary books in time for leaders to review them and get turned in at Leader Training!
And wait, don't go yet! I wanted to ask if there is anyone out there who might be interested in leading a county-wide Record Book project. I know there are struggles, and that all of the youth members and leaders could benefit from such a project (we have had them in the past) but we don't have anyone willing to offer it...is it you? (insert another sheepish smile...) It's just a thought. I don't want to pressure anyone; I am so grateful for all the volunteer hours you already provide this awesome program!
Thank you for all you do! If you see me at the fairs, please come and say hi!
Until then,
Stay cool and as always, reach out if I can help in any way!
Sara
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Congratulations to the Poultry Judging Team! Sonoma County Members to represent California at Nationals!
By Dayna Justus
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On March 5th the Sonoma County 4-H poultry judging team competed at the UC Davis state poultry judging contest. The county 4-H team consists of Carson Hay, Tammy Kelley, Alex Justus, and Jacob Lassen. The poultry judging members judged live meat birds and laying hens. They continued with their judging skills to judge and grade ready-to-cook poultry carcasses, 10 ready-to-cook chicken carcasses, and a class of 4 ready-to-cook turkeys. Next, they judged and graded eggs, exterior, and interior eggs. The members carefully examined the exterior eggs for cracked, misshapen, dented, body checked, and eggs for foreign material(poop). For interior egg grading judging members graded the eggs from AA, A, B, and to a loss. The interior eggs were judged with a candler looking for freshness without blood or meat spots. Then, it was time to judge further processed poultry by identifying ready-to-eat parts from a chicken, and chicken patties, bone-in processed chicken. The team members took a test about poultry production and management. Our Sonoma County 4-H team did well representing our county and will have the honor of representing California at the National poultry judging contest in Louisville, Kentucky on November 17, 2022. Our poultry judging team needs help to make this trip possible. If you are interested in donating for this event please contact the 4-H office! |
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📍 Sonoma County 4-H Events
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All Campers must be at least 9 years old by June 1, 2022. (Campers 5 to 8 can attend with a chaperone). Fees: New 4-H member = $475.50 by credit card ($63.00 4-H enrollment fee and $400.00 camp fee plus $12.50 credit card fee). Existing 4-H member = $412.5 by credit card (already enrolled in a 4-H club). Payment options are by Credit Card (a credit card fee of $12.5 does apply). Check payments were due by due by June 1; Credit card payments are the only form of payment now.
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Step Into 4-H: Short Term Programs |
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Sonoma 4-H is offering a series of short-term programming this summer for families in Sonoma County. A “4-H short-term program” is a program that takes about 6 hours and it can take place between one day and several weeks. These programs are a great way for families to experience some of the great things 4-H offers to our youth.
There are also great opportunities for teens and adults to join 4-H over the summer to learn how they can help their community by sharing their knowledge with the youth. To learn more about these programs, call our office at 707-565-3027 and check back soon when registration will be active.
For more information, please call Diego at 707-565-3027
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4-H Summer Program Schedule
Science and Sports Day Camp (Windsor)
Monday, June 13th to Thursday, June 16th
Science and Sports Day Camp (Santa Rosa)
Monday, June 6th to Thursday, June 9th
Science Camp (Rohnert Park)
Tuesday, June 21st to Thursday, June 23rd
Science Camp (Rohnert Park)
Monday, July 18th to Thursday, July 21st
Art and Sports Day Camp (Santa Rosa) Monday, July 25th to Thursday, July 28th
Art and Sports Day Camp (Windsor)
Monday, August 1st - Thursday, August 4th
Soccer Clinics for Youth (Santa Rosa)
June 20th to July 22nd
Nature Exploration (Santa Rosa and Petaluma) | Wednesday, July 6th and Wednesday, July 13th
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Sonoma Marin Fair 🎡 June 22-26, 2022 | Petaluma, CA
The Fair is almost here! Please review the following information and reminders below.
Please review the schedule for the week of the fair. It will also be posted near barns and livestock office. NOTE: it contains set-up for tack, RV drop-off, scheduled load-in times for each species, and show times for each species. This is the master schedule for the week.
Registration papers may be checked at load-in. We will have a clerk available in the BIANCHI BARN at a table. Please check your papers after the vet has released your animals.
- Livestock trailers may enter through gate 5 (facing the target parking lot) or gate 4 (off Payran).
- RV Trailers will enter through gate 5 only on Monday, June 20th.
- If you have corrections that need to be made to your entries, you may do so at check-in.
- If you have purchased credentials online for parents, siblings, and parking, they are available in the administration office for pick up or you may purchase now in the office. If you would like to wait and pick them up when you load into the fair, they will still remain available in the administration office. They will NOT be available at the livestock office.
- Exhibitor wristbands will be given out after the mandatory exhibitor meeting on Tuesday evening (6:00 pm).
- Leader wristbands and parking passes are also available now, in the administration building, at no charge. You must be on the list provided by our county 4-H office as a current leader or an FFA advisor. You must also have exhibitors at this fair.
- Stall Charts will be posted the week of June 13th. Please check the website under the livestock section for charts. Feel free to email the exhibits dept regarding any corrections so we can make any changes prior to arrival so your load-in can be efficient.
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County Record Book & Officer Book Resources |
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PRIMARY Record Books
JUNIOR, INTERMEDIATE, & SENIOR Record Books
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📢 State 4-H Events and Information
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Join the 2022-2023 State 4-H VEX IQ Robotics Project
Apply by September 1, 2022
Teams (at least 2 to 3 youth + 1 adult) are invited to apply to join the VEX IQ statewide 4-H robotics project 2022-2023!
Target age: Junior and intermediate 4-H members (9 to 13 years old; although fine for older youth, too)
Location: Zoom
Teams will receive a VEX IQ kit, meet monthly on Zoom, and prepare for a showcase on May 27, 2023 (using the annual VEX competition).
VEX IQ are plastic, snap-together pieces designed to build highly functional robots. The system does not require any prior knowledge in robotics. Youth can easily build their first robot, and the wide variety of additional parts means that they can build anything they imagine as they learn.
For questions, please contact:
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Join the 2022-2023 State 4-H
Computer Coding Project
Apply by September 1, 2022
California 4-H youth members (age 9 to 18) are invited to apply to join the 4-H computer coding project.
Target Age: Junior and intermediate 4-H members (9 to 13 years old; although fine for older youth, too).
Location: Zoom
Two Projects:
1. Beginners (MIT Scratch) - First Saturday 4-5 p.m. Scratch is a block-based visual programming language aimed at children aged 8 to 16.
Beginners to Intermediate (Python) - Third Saturday 4-5 p.m. Python is a high-level, general-purpose programming language emphasizing code readability with significant indentation.
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State Leadership Conference
Virtual - July 16
In-person July 29-31, 2022
UC Davis Campus
Save the date for the State Leadership Conference. Youth ages 13-18 can sign up for virtual, in-person, or both. The virtual session on July 16 is workshops. In-person includes workshops on Saturday, July 30, and the final ceremony on Sunday, July 31 to send off this year's State Ambassadors and welcome the 2022-2023 State Ambassadors.
Registration opens soon!
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Civic Engagement Academy
June 24 to June 28, 2022
Holiday Inn – Arena Downtown Sacramento
This year, in place of the California Focus conference, we will be hosting a statewide Civic Engagement Academy! This conference is for youth ages 14 and up.
This is a one-time opportunity for youth and adult leaders to experience the Civic Engagement Academy (CE Academy) as participants in a statewide event.
You will be participating in daily skill building activities to develop and plan a service learning project of your choice. Learn more on the Civic Engagement Academy event page.
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Diamond Clover Application
Applications are available year-round and open for youth members who are at least 17 and adult volunteers not older than 25 years.
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Attention all 4-Hers,
Are you interested in getting experience on the ranch with water buffalo? There is a Summer Livestock Internship Opportunity for 4-H members at the Ramini Water Buffalo Dairy. Audrey Hitchcock is looking for someone to assist her with milking and feeding water buffalo at her ranch in Tamales, CA. Please share this opportunity with anyone who may be interested. You can reach Audrey by email or by phone. See her contact details below.
Audrey Hitchcock of Ramini Mozzarella
415-690-6633
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