We will be closed July 3rd and 4th in observance of the Fourth of July holiday. Have a safe and fun filled extended weekend and we will reopen 8am on Wednesday July 5th!

Hunt County 4-H had a stellar week at the Texas 4-H Roundup in College Station! It was a week filled with contests, workshops, ceremonies and fun! The 2023 Texas 4-H Roundup event highlight has been shared on Social Media and can be found HERE. Texas 4-H Roundup awarded more than 2 million dollars in scholarships. Texas A&M University hosted more than 3,500 youth, parents, volunteers, donors, and others. Please take the time to complete the survey and provide feedback regarding your experience. 

2023 Texas 4-H Roundup Results click HERE

Mark your calendars now for the 2024 event scheduled for June 3-6, 2024 in Bryan/College Station.

Help us in congratulating these Hunt County 4-H members for being selected as

Texas 4-H Livestock and Equine Ambassadors!

Quality Counts will be undergoing platform maintenance in July. Learners are encouraged to wait until the update is released to enroll to avoid disruption. If you are currently enrolled, or will be enrolling in June or early July, you MUST complete the course AND exam by July 16.

Learners who do not complete the quiz by this time will be required to re-enroll and retake the course in order to receive their Quality Counts number. A more detailed timeline will be made available in late June.

To put it simply – if an exhibitor is currently in the process of taking or plans to take the course soon, they must finish enrolling and COMPLETE the course/exam by July 16. If an exhibitor needs to enroll or move to the next grade level division, please wait until after July to do so to avoid disruption or loss of progress.

What is Quality Counts?

Focused on quality assurance and character education, Quality Counts is designed to teach young people the importance of displaying good character in carrying out livestock projects, and in every aspect of their lives. Quality Counts helps youth exhibitors learn the importance of using proper livestock management practices so that food quality and safety are preserved. Completing and passing Quality Counts is required to exhibit livestock at a county or major show.

If you are considering being a County Council Officer please review 4-H Officers and Duties HERE.

If you are interested Entomology here is your chance to check it out!

Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../entomology-youth-summer...

23/24 Tentative Validation Dates for the Hunt County Fair

For our artistically gifted 4-Hers this ones for you!

Smokey Bear has a HUGE birthday approaching - he's turning 80 in 2024! To celebrate, the Texas A&M Forest Service is hosting a Smokey Bear Poster Contest for Texas students. The original Smokey Bear appeared in 1944. His message of “Only you can prevent wildfires!” encourages personal responsibility for wildfire prevention since 90% of wildfires are caused by people.

Entries must be postmarked by September 15, 2023 for mailed in posters. Computer Assisted Design submissions must be emailed by 5:00PM CST.

Click HERE for rules and contest information

Calling all adult 4-H leaders! Apply for a grant through Texas Farm Bureau Clover Cash program to provide Texas 4-H members opportunities to learn more about agriculture and advocacy.

Applications are due Aug. 14. Grants will be awarded for 4-H county, district and state levels. Preference is given to projects that are based on a hands-on agricultural learning activity.

For more details about the program click HERE

Apply HERE

Hunt County Project Completion Pins

National 4-H Project Pins were created to acknowledge youth who have completed a 4-H project during the 4-H year.



A 4-H Project has four components:

1. Learning Experiences of 6 or more sequential learning experiences of 20-60 minutes in length totaling 2 hours or more.
2. Community Service
3. Leadership
4. Exhibition of Project Work



To receive your award at the awards banquet, you must complete a project completion form found below. You will need to submit a new entry for every project completed during the 2022-2023 4-H year.

Project completion forms are due July 14th, 2023, by 12:00 pm. We will not accept late forms. Please read instructions in Award Guidelines carefully as items have changed.

• Hunt County Project Completion Form
• Hunt County Clover Kid Completion Form

COUNTY PROJECT MEETINGS June - August

To participate in County Project Groups, you MUST be enrolled in 4Honline.

GOAT (Dairy)

No goat required to join!

Meetings: No summer project group meetings

Updated schedule for 23/24 year will be added in August

Location: Text Project Leader for location

Project Leader: Lonnie Biehl lonniegb@hotmail.com or call 916-600-7294

LIVESTOCK JUDGING -

No Summer Project group meetings

Please email Jeannie McAfee jeanniemcafee@hotmail.com to receive updates on project meetings.

SHOOTING SPORTS

Shooting Sports meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month from 4:30-5:30 pm at B-Tactical. You will need ear plugs and safety glasses. Cost will be $10 each night (pay cash in office at B-tactical) for further details please email

Kyle Gronewald kfgronewald1975@gmail.com

SHOTGUN

Meetings: 4th Sunday of every month

Location : B-Tactical 2975 West IH30 Caddo Mills, TX 75135

Project Group Leaders: Aaron and Mariah Reeves

Please email Mariah Reeves for more information mariahrice78@hotmail.com

DOG PROJECT

Will resume back in the fall dates TBA

Location: Lone Oak Civic Center

Project Leader : LaRena Phillips: larena@phillipsfarm.com

HORSE PROJECT

This project group will learn about basic care and knowledge of horses, horse judging, and more.

Hippology:

Meetings: (Established teams only) Mondays from 4:30-6:00 p.m. ***Excluding 1st Monday of the Month***

Location: 354 Frog Pond Road, Lone Oak TX 75453

Project Leaders: Jennifer Fry 903-467-6385 or jfry02@gmail.com and

LaRena Phillips larena@loneoak4h.com

Horse Judging:

Meetings: Thursdays from 5-7 (Established teams only)

Location: Phillips Farm in Point

Project Leaders: Jennifer Fry 903-467-6385 or jfry02@gmail.com and

LaRena Phillips larena@loneoak4h.com

ARCHERY

Please follow: Hunt County 4-H Archery Team on Facebook for updates and more information.

Meetings: 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month

Location: 3406 I-30 Frontage Rd. 

Project Leader: Jorge Perez at jorgelp_2003@yahoo.com 

PHOTOGRAPHY 

No summer project group meetings

Location: Extension Office, 2217 Washington Street, Greenville TX

Project Leader: Rachel Zasik rkzasik@gmail.com

Please join the Photography group page for information HERE.