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6 & 8: Soccer Camp
12-15: 4 Day Arts & Sports Camp
22: Hike & Scavenger Hunt
28- Aug 8: Sonoma County Fair
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Need to set up a zoom meeting? Please Complete this survey
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🚨COVID-19 🦠In-Person Policy Update
from California 4-H Office:
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Beginning July 1, 2021, the University of California 4-H Youth Development has relaxed some of the guidelines for in-person 4-H activities in accordance with the State of California and the University of California. The limited resumption of in-person activities will ensure the 4-H program continues to provide safe learning environments to protect youth and adults, while at the same time allowing for increased engagement and opportunities to build relationships and engage our communities.
Do not participate in any in-person 4-H activities if you are sick or have COVID-19 symptoms or if you or someone you have been in contact with has been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Updates Include:
Face Mask Use
Outdoor activities with youth and adults: No face masks required.
Indoor activities with youth and adults: face masks are required for everyone due to children under the age of 12 not being eligible for the vaccine.
Indoor Physical Distancing
Wearing a mask and maintaining a minimum of 3 feet between participants is required for indoor activities.
Maintain 6 feet of distancing during times when members and volunteers are not masked due to eating or drinking.
Maintain hygiene practices
After each use, clean and disinfect workspaces and equipment, wash hands often, and/or use hand sanitizer.
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Step into 4-H: Short Term Projects! |
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Invite friends and family to register to participate in these activities!!
We hope our 4-H community enjoys these programs. These projects help us grow the 4-H community by bringing in new families to participate in these short-term activities in the summer and hopefully leading them to join community clubs in the fall.
To register for the programs, complete the survey linked below:
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4hOnline 1.0 Rollover and Migration to 4-H Online 2.0

This is a reminder that families and volunteers will not have access to 4-H Online from June 30- August 16, 2021. Families are encouraged to delay re-enrollment for the 2021-2022 program year until the system is open and they can complete the online self-enrollment process when 4-H Online 2.0 opens enrollment after August 16, 2021.
If enrollment or re-enrollment is necessary during the interim period the system is offline, your county staff will work with you to complete the enrollment process.
Please note: any early enrollments into 4-H Online 2.0 before the official opening of the system into 4-H Online 2.0 will be deleted. All dates listed are subject to change based on our vendor and UC ANR 4-H needs. Any changes will be broadly communicated by the State 4-H Office.
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🍀 From the 4-H Council
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Hi everyone,
I hope your summer is off to a great start! It was so awesome to see kids showing their livestock and project work at the Sonoma-Marin Fair again! Kudos to a well-run bunch of shows and thanks again to the fair staff and board for making it happen; I know the kids appreciated the opportunity and were finally at home in the ring or at the show tables again. And I know the JLA participants are still hard at work getting their project animals ready for the Sonoma County Fair auction opportunity coming up in just a few short weeks! Thank you to everyone involved in continuing this tradition for our youth despite so many obstacles.
I want to remind everyone that this year, all of our end-of-the-year documents will be collected and are expected at Leader Training at the YAL Center on August 28, like “in the good old days”. The only exceptions are Record Books. We had such positive feedback with the online record book evaluation process that the I&R Committee has decided to continue this practice. All Record Books will be submitted digitally again this year, to a Google Drive (that is *almost* ready to be accessed) by September 6th. Please keep your eyes out for more information about that process.
For you go-getters, it looks like the annual online training for volunteers is live so you can get started on that, but don’t forget that 4-H Online (our enrollment platform) is undergoing a reboot, so to speak, and you will not have access until after August 16 to enroll for the 2021-2022 4-H Year. Any enrollment submitted prior to that will be erased by the system so please don’t bother yet; wait until AFTER August 16 to enroll your youth members and adult partners/volunteers.
Who signed up for SLC this year? The program for this year looks awesome and the T-shirt looks pretty cool, too! Anyone participating in Virtual 4-H Camp? I would love to hear about your experiences afterward, so please contact me at skglashan@gmail.com and let me know!
It’s a very user-friendly quick read and gives you the answers you need to hold meetings and gatherings in accordance with the guidance from the office.
I hope you are each enjoying some slower-paced summer fun and looking as forward as I am to the start of our new 4-H project year, getting back to “normal” and bringing along a new friend or two to join us! I know we have all found ways to fill the time that our in-person meetings and gatherings used to take, but my sincere hope is that we all come back together stronger, enthusiastic, and dedicated to this amazing 4-H program like never before! We have persevered through so much; I am grateful we have this to “come back” to. Thank you so much for sticking with it! Can’t wait to see you all!
Sara
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Save the Date
March 12, 2022
Sonoma County Fairgrounds
Santa Rosa, CA
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4-H Virtual Summer Camp
Session 1: July 19-23
Session 2: August 9-13
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Open to youth ages 9-18, you don't have to be in 4-H to participate, all are welcome.
Registration is $50 per child.
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Project Learning Tree Environmental Educator Training |
Through our engaging workshop, formal and non-formal educators can investigate topics with indoor and outdoor activities adaptable to all ages. Receive multi-disciplinary, hands-on lessons aligned with state and national academic standards, including the award-winning K-8 Environmental Education Guide. These lessons are customizable and can be used right away in your own classroom or program.
UPCOMING PLT WORKSHOPS:
- July 13, 14, 16; 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
- July 27, 28, 30; 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
- August 10, 11, 13; 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM (Theme: California's Fire Adapted Ecosystems)
Cost: $20/$15 for California Naturalists and Climate Stewards
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🏹 Shooting Sports Workshop
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Short notice on this class which was set up quickly with COVID restrictions lifting.
4-H Shooting Sports Workshop
Shotgun Discipline
Kernville, CA
Saturday, July 10, 2021 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. &
Sunday, July 11, 2021 8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (time approximate)
A 4-H shooting sports workshop for the shotgun discipline will be held at the Kern River Valley Gun Association range, 6076 Cyrus Canyon Road in Kernville https://krvga.com/. Participants must attend both days of training to receive certification. Upon successful completion of the course, the participant is certified as a 4-H shotgun trainer and can lead a shotgun project at the club level or serve as county trainer to certify other leaders. There is no cost for the course. The size of the class is limited and it will be on a first registered first served basis. Teen leaders are invited to register; however, they must do so with the understanding: a) the priority for the class is to get adult leaders certified and teens sign up on a stand by basis if there is room; b) teens must attend with an adult or have a certified shooting sports adult leader they will be assisting back in their home county.
Registration will close on Thursday, July 9.
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2021 California 4-H
Virtual State Leadership Conference
Mission: Sparks
Explore Your Possibilities
July 23 - 25, 2021
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Learn how to use your Sparks for:
- Personal growth,
- College and career exploration,
- Making positive change in your community.
Check out our dynamic list of workshops focused on giving you skills as a leader and to plan for your future.
All youth ages 13 and up should attend! Please spread the word – this event is not just for 4-H members.
New this year:
- Workshops on both Friday and Saturday
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4-H PRIDE: Exploring Equity & Inclusion Workshop hosted by 2021 Youth in Action Healthy Living winner Mayyadah Zagelow and Washington State 4-H Teen Equity & Inclusion Taskforce members Priya Kuma and Shann Kumar
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Escape to Jupiter workshop - escape room mission to Jupiter hosted by Texas 4-H STEM Ambassadors
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Diamond Clover Application
Now completed online.
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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🤝Community Connections
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Hello, I need to rehome my Jacob Sheep. I have a whole flock available including a ram, several ewes, & lambs available. They are perfect for vegetation management. Jacob sheep are a heritage breed so they are perfect to show at fair. They are beautiful animals & they are free! If you are interested please give me a call at 707-321-0201. Thanks! - Ray
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Hello, my name is Carin. I have two half fleming & half angora bunnies. They are only a few months old. They are perfect to be pets or for a rabbit project. You can reach me at Cseppa@hotmail.com or give me a call at 502-724-2894. |
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2 Requests to Rehome Roosters! |
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Hello, I have a 3.5-month-old beautiful French Black Copper Marans that I'd gotten as a chick from Alchemist Farm in Sebastopol. He's been raised on organic feed and so far seems like a sweet guy around the hens. Ideally trying to see if I can find him a new home. If you are interested please contact me via email at kalee425@gmail.com or give me a call at 314.724.6391.
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Hello, I have 4 roosters that need to be rehomed: one French Copper Maran, two Swedish Isbar ("silver rudd blues), one coco egger. These breeds are perfect show birds. They all have the same hatch date: 2/22/21. If you are interested please give me a call at 707-484-5275.
 -Gianna
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Hello, my name is Karen Jones. I need to rehome 2 guinea pigs. These two guinea pigs would be perfect for anyone starting a Cavies project this fall. Please reach out to me if you have questions. You can reach me at 707.318.7724. Thanks! |
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