MICO Achievement Celebration

Miami County

Achievement Celebration

will be at the Fairgrounds

in Building #2.

We'll see you November 9, 2025

at 4:00 p.m. for recognition and awards

with a meal to follow.

Call 913-294-4306 or email khightow@ksu.edu for questions

We are no longer taking meal reservations but you are welcome to attend the Celebration.

See ya there!

LNCO Achievement Night

Linn County

 Achievement night will be

November 19, 2024 at 7pm.



In the 4-H building at the

Linn County Fairgrounds. 

It will be along with

our November,

4-H Council meeting.

Contact Abbie Powell 913-785-2829 or abbie2@ksu.edu with any questions concerning Achievement Awards.

Hope to see you there!

Miami County 4-H Leadership Team

If you are in 6th grade and older, please join the Miami County 4-H Leadership Team.

Our next meeting is November 10th from 7-8pm at the Paola Office.

This group will plan Day Camp, Leader Appreciation Gifts, Barnyard Olympics, and much more.

If you would like to help with any of these events as well as make friends from across the county, please consider joining the Miami County 4-H Leadership Team



4-H Club Leader Training

Our first Club Leader training will be 
November 20, 2025 from 7pm to 8pm.

We will be going over:

• Changes for the new year
• Information on Presentation day
• Beyond Ready,
• Building Relationships with Youth
• 4-H Enrollment
• and much more!

Our meeting are via Zoom and Karla will send the link out to you before the meeting. If you don't get the link email or call and let Karla know so she can resend it.

4-H Club Officer Training

Club Officer training is virtual again this year.

The training link is also available on the Marais des Cygnes District website on the 4-H Club Officers page.

Training must be completed by December 15th

~ Scholarship Deadline Changes ~

NEW Deadline Alert for Kansas 4-H Scholarships!

Attention, Kansas 4-H members! The deadline for the Kansas 4-H Scholarships is Monday, January 5, 2026. 

We know spring is packed with 4-H activities and deadlines, so this change is designed to make your scholarship experience smoother and less stressful. With two separate due dates for project award applications and scholarships, you’ll have more time to prepare your best work in both areas!

Plus, selections will be completed early enough for seniors to share scholarship results with their high schools, so you can be recognized for all your accomplishments.

The scholarship application is now live on the Kansas 4-H website — don’t wait, start yours today!

https://kansas4h.org/resources/awards-and-recognition/scholarships.html

~ 4-H Enrollment Information ~

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.

2025-2026 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.

~ Project Club Meetings & Schedules ~

MdC District Dog Training Schedules 2025-2026

Linn County - Training Schedule

January 26, 2026 is our first meeting. This will be an informational meeting.



Note for LNCO: 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


We will have meetings on the 1st & 3rd Sunday of every month @ 6:30pm. For questions please contact Michelle Parke - (913) 544-5673

Entomology Project Meeting

Saturday November 8: Family Day

Bugs are Insects, But Insects are not Bugs!

Have a young person interested in learning about insects? Come learn what the 4-H Entomology project is all about! 

Join the SE Kansas 4-H Entomology group for a fun filled afternoon on Saturday November 8th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m at the Allen County Extension Office meeting room.



Games, refreshments and lots of laughs are on the schedule for the day. 4-Hers please bring your insect exhibits from the County and State Fairs to share with everyone.

Hope to see you there!

Questions? Call Vicky at (620)804-9170 or email vicky.wallace55@gmail.com

Horse ID Papers

The Kansas 4-H Horse ID Certificate (P1039) was updated for the 2025 4-H program year. If you have Horse ID paper with revision date from before the July 2024 please destroy those and use this updated form. If you filled out the new form in 2025 you do not have to start a new one. Just turn that one in. They are due by June 1, 2025.
 

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.

Beginning in 2025, registration papers ARE NOT acceptable to identify your horses for the 4-H Horse project. Please use your Kansas 4-H Horse ID Cetificate when showing your horse. Here is the example of the Horse ID Certificate  filled out correctly.

Shooting Sports Project Requirements & Changes

You must attend safety training to participate.

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. Practices will be scheduled throughout the year.

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!

Shooting Sports Intro Letter 2025-2026

Shooting Sports Schedule for 2025-2026

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

email her at mdc4hshootingsports@gmail.com

Save the Date!

Shout out to all of the MdC District youth who competed at the:

Kansas State Fair, Kansas Junior Livestock Show, the American Royal Livestock Show & Aksarben Stock Show!