Mark Your Calendar!

Dec. 04: @MoundCity Library-It's a Snow Party!

Dec. 05: LNCO Cloverbuds Meeting

Dec. 11: Both Offices Closed

Dec. 09: MICO Leadership Team Meeting

Dec. 10: Stem @ Parker Library-Creative Cards

Dec. 12: MICO Cloverbuds Meeting

Dec. 17: Stem @ LaCygne Library - Static Electricity Snowflakes

Dec. 24 to Jan. 01: Both Offices Closed

Dec. 29: LNCO Leadership Team Meeting

Jan. 01: Officer Training Deadline

Jan. 02: Offices Open

Jan 03: Art Workshops @ Prairie View Middle

Jan. 15: Re-Enrollment Due

4-H Council Dates

Linn County 4-H Council's next meeting is January 22, 2025 at 7:00 p.m.

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Miami County 4-H Council's next meeting is January 13, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.

See you in 2025!

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4-H Fees

Kansas 4-H has a $15 fee for all 4-H members to participate in 4-H. Adult Volunteers and Cloverbuds do not have a fee. ***Your enrollment fee should be paid at enrollment***. You can pay it either by credit card or check. If you pay by credit card and your credit card does not go through you will then have to send a check to the Kansas 4-H for the amount due.

You cannot pay at your local extension office, you are required to send your payment directly to the State 4-H Office.

Make your check payable to:

Kansas 4-H Youth Development

Please include each of your 4-Hers names on check in the memo line. So that payment will be applied to right family and kids

Mail your check to:

Kansas 4-H Youth Development

1612 Claflin Rd 201 Umberger Hall

Manhattan, KS 66506

NOTE: If you chose to pay by check at enrollment you must pay by check. 

You can not go back and pay by credit card after you mark pay by

check and have finished your child's enrollment.

*****IMPORTANT*****

If you do not pay, you will not be able to pre-enter in the FairEntry System. Please check your 4HOnline account periodically and make sure that you do not have a Payment Due.

2024- 2025 Kansas

4-H Program Fee Waivers

The 4-H Program Fee is $15 per member. Waivers are intended for those who need financial assistance. To receive a waiver, you must tell why you are requesting the waiver and it cannot be because you have always received a waiver.

Waivers are sponsored by generous donors to the Kansas 4-H Foundation.

Cloverbuds and Adult Volunteers do not have a program fee.

Kansas 4-H/FFA Dual Enrollment

4-H Youth Development and Agriculture Education/FFA promote teaching youth life skills. Both programs exist to maximize the participants’ knowledge of agriculture and its value to our communities while educating the young people to become productive citizens. Eligible youth may participate in both 4-H and FFA but shall avoid duplication. Therefore, the following principles are required to be used in delivering the 4-H and FFA programs in Kansas as we strive to educate youth.

·   When young people are members of both 4-H and FFA, they shall plan and manage separate projects, and/or supervised agriculture experiences (SAE) programs.

·   FFA and 4-H members may enroll in the same area of experience in 4-H and FFA, however; participants cannot identify, nominate, manage, keep records on, or exhibit the same plants, animals, etc. in both organizations. Members must designate exhibits as either FFA or 4-H at weigh-in, registration or similar deadline.

·   Members may participate in judging contests and related events in FFA and 4-H but cannot represent both organizations at a contest, show or event at the same time.

All Adult 4-H Volunteers must enroll in 4-H Online to renew their volunteer status. Please enroll by January 15^th. To enroll as an adult volunteer for the first time, sign in to your family account and add member. Club leaders and project leaders are required to enroll each year to maintain their screened volunteer status.



If you enroll as an adult volunteer and have not completed the screening process, you will be required to complete the volunteer screening process before we accept your enrollment.

District 4-H scholarship are now available. Information was emailed to all seniors and can be found on the District website or below.

Any currently enrolled 4-H Member

who is graduating in May 2025 may

submit an application.

You can learn more information and get the District 4-H scholarship application

by clicking the link above.

Applications are due January 13, 2025 by 4:30pm!

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2025 4-H Camp Registration

Ready, set, register! All 4-H camp sessions are now available for registration online.

This includes mini camp, half week, full week, Leaders in Training (LIT), Counselors in Training (CIT) sessions, Specialty and Family camps. Family camps allow parents to attend with their campers.

Our finalized transportation schedule for next summer is available.

Early bird registration rate (10% discount) ends on December 31, 2024.

Miami County 4-H Foundation is awarding camperships to each MdC 4-H Member who attends camp this year. Use the promo code: SunFun75 for the 3-night or less camps or SunFun100 for the 5-night camps. This will give you $75 off the 3-night or less camps and $100 off the 5-Night camps.

If you are an officer in your 4-H Club for the 2024-25 4-H Year, you are encouraged to participate in the 2024 4-H Officer

“Superhero” Training Online Module.

Participating in the 4-H Officer training will help you learn about your club officer duties and help your club with their Seal Requirements. Clubs need over 50% of their officers to participate before it will count for Club seal.  

It will also count towards your member achievement pin application.

You must complete it by January 1. Your club needs to have over 50% of your officers participate in order for it to count toward your club seal.

Marais des Cygnes District Livestock Judging 2025

We have three new livestock judging coaches who will be working with our District members who would like to learn more about livestock judging. They are planning a practice on January 6^th at 6pm at Elliott Insurance Group Office in Paola.

The judging coaches are Chance Hager (Chance@elliottinsurancegroup.com), Kevin Hightower (dhtcattle@gmail.com), and Quinton Ford (Fordfarm15@gmail.com).

Project Club Information

MdC District Dog Training Schedules 2024-2025

Linn County - Training Schedule

January 27, 2025 is our first meeting. This will be an informational meeting.



Note: You are required to attend 75% of each of the 4 disciplines to participate in the dog show at the Linn county fair.

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Miami County - Training Schedule

Senior Citizens Christmas Wish List:

Candy, Artificial Sweetener, Creamer, Nuts - Honey Roasted, Cookies, Coffee,

Coffee Filters (small), Coffee Cups, Toilet Paper, Paper Plates - Large/Small (heavy duty)

Paper Towels, Ziploc Bags (various sizes),

Extra Large Trash Bags, Dawn Dish Soap,

Dishwasher Pods, Hand Soap (liquid),

Disinfecting Wipes, Clorox Bleach, Ajax Cleaner.

Entomology Project Meeting

Come join the fun and learn about insects! The next Entomology Project meeting will be on:

Saturday, December 14th at the Allen County Extension Office beginning at 1:00 p.m.

Please bring your pinning boards, pinning supplies and 2 or 3 insects to pin. If you are just starting in this project,

I will have pinning set ups available to purchase for $10. 4-Hers please bring a short talk on Entomology on the subject of your choice. If it is about an insect, please try to do a "Who Am I?" to start out with.

We are going to do a group community service project and try to grant a few Christmas wishes for some Senior Citizens.

Please bring one or two items from the

attached Christmas Wish List to put in our gift box. 

Questions: call Vicky at (620)804-9170.

Horse ID Papers

Dear 4-H Horse Project Families:

The Kansas 4-H Horse ID Certificate (P1039) has been updated for the 2025 4-H program year. 

Beginning with the 2025 4-H program year, please use the new form and destroy previously used 4-H Horse ID Certificates.

As a reminder, to properly identify your horse, complete the 4-H Horse ID Certificate, have your Extension Agent sign it and copy it. A COPY of the Horse ID Certificate is kept on file in the Extension Office and the 4-H Horse member maintains the ORIGINAL certificate. The original certificate is presented by the 4-H member to show staff for check-in at the local 4-H horse shows.

Additionally, the 4-H Horse Show Rule book (S133) is being revised.  When it is complete K-State will send a message through 4-H online with the new rule book information and other info needed to show this season. This will not affect any deadlines within the 4-H Horse project. Supplemental educational materials will also be released throughout the year to assist 4-H members, leaders and Extension staff with the 4-H Horse program.

Horse ID papers for the new 4-H year have been updated.

*** NOTE: OLD FORMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED! ***

You will need to use the new form and follow the directions on that new form when you turn in your Horse Id's. You will need to start a new form this year for each horse you plan to use at events, county and state fair.

2024-2025 Rabbit Club Schedule

Any 4-H member is welcome to attend

the Rabbit club Meetings to learn more

about your rabbit project.

We will meet Bi-Monthly (odd months). Bunnies are welcome at any meeting.

The meetings will be at the Miami County Fairgrounds at 7pm either in Building #3 or next to the Show Arena on the Bleachers.

If you have questions call or text

KaCasy (KC) Smotherman, 913-731-8403; Ashley Barnes, 913-605-0422 or

Kandas Gainer, 913-709-0618.

Shooting Sports Intro Letter

Shooting Sport Schedule 2024-2025

~ Notice ~

Before attending the Shooting Sports trainings, you must enroll in the Shooting Sports projects that you are planning to participate in. You will do this on 4H Online.

You must be 4-H Age of 8-18 to participate.

See the Schedule & Intro Letter for dates & times and requirements.

Shooting Sports Project Requirements & Changes

You must attend safety training to participate.

NEW THIS YEAR!

Archery Project requires that you attend 3 of the 6 practices and attend the safety training to compete in Fair Competitions.

Air Rifle and BB Project require that you attend 8 of the 18 practices and attend the safety training to compete in Fair Competitions.

Age Requirements (4-H Age as of January 1)

BB Project - 8-15

Archery Projects - 8-18

Air Riffle Project - 12-18

Shotgun Project - 12-18

Small Bore Project - 12-18

(If offered, depending on instructor availability)

You can join the Shooting Sports Project Club when enrolling in 4HOnline. It can be an additional club to your primary (Community) Club or as your main club.

Check out the MdC District website for more information.

You will find it under shooting sports on the 4-H Project Information Page.

We are asking that 1 parent from each family attend the practices to help their 4-H Member. Thank You for your willingness to help your child!

For questions please contact Shannon Moser at 913-371-2197 or

email her at mdc4hshootingsports@gmail.com

Project Leader Recorded Training Series and Resources

Are you a project leader? Not sure where to start? Or do you not have a project leader for your project? Check out the Kansas 4-H Project Leaders page.

The Kansas 4-H Project Leaders webpage contains great information from Kansas and other surrounding states, including recording of trainings in wildlife, livestock, visual arts, public speaking, and many more. There are also resources to help you plan and prepare for project meetings.

"Jr. Swine & Meat Goat Producer Day

Registration and information"