4-H Council Meetings

Edwards County: Thursday, January 30, 2025 at 7:00 pm at the Lewis Grade School Cafeteria

Stafford County: Saturday, February 22, 2025 after Club Day.

Shooting Sports BB Gun & Air Rifle

We officially start this evening at 5:30 pm at the Edwards County Fairbuilding.

IMPORTANT DECEMBER DATES:

December 3 (Tuesday): Shooting Sports Meeting at 5:30 pm every Tuesday.
December 18 (Wednesday): EDCO Food Box Sort at 4:00 pm.
December 19 (Thursday): EDCO Food Box Pick up at 4:00 pm.
December 24 to January 1: 21 Central District Offices closed.

4-H Holiday Experience 2024 Edition

For the entire month of December, we invite you to join our 4-H Holiday Experience. We encourage you to share a photo your 4-H member participating in the activities. Don't forget to include the 4-H clover in your activities. Feel free to think creatively and submit your own 4-H-inspired holiday project ideas as well. After the holiday break, we will hold a drawing and announce the 4-H members who participated the most throughout the month. The more times you participate, the more entries you receive in the drawing.

This Saturday, December 7th, the Edwards County 4-H EYE Committee will be hosting concessions at the the Kinsley Christmas Fantasy celebration! They will be at the Edwards County Fairgrounds from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM. Be sure to check out the menu, which includes information about to-go options.

**New Opportunity** Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge

The goal is to expose Kansas middle school and high school students to entrepreneurship. This local competition is made possible by the generous support of Network Kansas. This competition is open to youth grades 7th-12th. Teams can consist of 1 to 4 students.

Stafford County Dates

January 17th Last Date to Sign Up

February 7th Executive Summary (Request Funding) Due Date

February 12th YEC Competition at the Stafford County Annex Building

April 17th YEC State in Manhattan

Pin Application Options:

For pin applications it states you must attend one 4-H club or county/district event. You may now attend the YEC event as a fulfillment to your pin application.

**Reminder**: By participating in the local 4-H Club Day, you may qualify for the Regional 4-H Club Days. Additionally, participating in the local YEC competition could qualify you for the State YEC Competition (note that there is no YEC regional competition available).

**FOR EDWARDS COUNTY:** A similar local competition will be held, and we will share more details as soon as we receive them from Edwards County Economic Development. Please anticipate a similar schedule and plan for the competition to take place in February.

Make sure to read the pin applications thoroughly and contact Jewell Glover at 620.549.3502 or email jewellg@ksu.edu for more information.

4-H CLUB DAY DATES & INFORMATION

Stafford County 4-H Club Day is February 22nd at the St John High School.

Edwards County 4-H Club Day is in February. The date is TBD.

Regional Club 4-H Club Day is in March in Great Bend. The date is TBD.

We encourage 4-H members to consider what they would like to participate in at 4-H Club Days. There are Speaking, Music, and Talent events, along with Parliamentary procedures. You may also compete in groups for example a skit.

County 4-H Club Day Entry Form or visit the website

Entry Forms are DUE Friday, January 31st.

**Attention:** If you are unable to participate in the local 4-H event, we have added another competition: the Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge (see details above). Please note that this new competition takes place before local 4-H club days. We highly encourage all 4-H members to participate in both competitions.

4-H Membership ACHIEVEMENT PINS: We have updated our website with the new applications.

Kansas 4-H Day with K-State Women's Basketball

Online Registration is DUE December 13th click HERE

PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately, this year, no agent is available to attend and chaperone a group of 4-H members to the game. We highly encourage families to attend, as it is an exciting experience for everyone. GO CATS!!!

Save the Date for K-State Junior Producer Days

Swine Saturday, March 1, 2025

Goat Saturday, March 22, 2025

Plan ahead! Every year, K-State has Junior Producer Days in Manhattan. Beef and Sheep days are held in the even years, and Swine and Meat Goat days are held in the odd years. For more information click HERE!

Click HERE to register!

**Attention: Change to Record Books**

We would like to inform you about some important changes to the record book forms. To help streamline the process, we strongly recommend using the **Setting 4-H Project Goals** form. Completing this form will fulfill section one of the project report form.

Additionally, we are providing the **Project Report Evaluation Score Sheet** as a resource. This score sheet will be used to evaluate 4-H Record Books at the local level. If a 4-H member qualifies for regional or state record book judging, a new evaluation score sheet will be issued, and updates to the local evaluation book will be required.

Most importantly, the **Kansas 4-H Project Recognition Check Sheet** is now mandatory for all record books. This is a new requirement for the current 4-H year. We have created an internal 21 Central District - 4-H Record Book Instructions as a helpful resource checklist. You may use this as well to help guide you in completing a record book.

See our website for more information about record books.

As always, don't hesitate to call the office at 620.549.3502 or 620.659.2149.

UPCOMING 4-H EVENTS: See what's happening this year. Please take note that there are county-specific deadlines.

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