4 - H Y O U T H D E V E L O P M E N T N E W S L E T T E R
FEBRUARY 2021
R.C. DURR 4-H
SCHOLARSHIP
The R.C. Durr Foundation will again award three $2500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who will be attending the University of Kentucky this fall. Recipients must enroll as full-time students on the U.K. campus. Contact Owen Prim at the 4-H office for scholarship guidelines and applications. The deadline toapply is March 1.
The Fashion Leadership Board is looking to increase the engagement in Fashion based programs across the state of Kentucky by highlighting different 4-Her's and their projects over the past year and what they're working on now.
Projects from across the state of
Kentucky will be shown on the Kentucky 4-H Fashion Leadership Board's
Instagram page (@kentucky4h_flb). If you'd like your project to be shown, you can e-mail a picture of yourself, a picture of your project, and your name, age, county, and any other information you'd like to have posted with your picture to kentucky4hflb@gmail.com.
Questions? E-mail: kentucky4hflb@gmail.com
Save the Date!
Campbell County
4-H Camp 2021
July 26-30
We will share details on
registration for 4-H Camp as soon
as we receive that information!
4-H Statewide Fashion Projects
4-H Summit
We are EXCITED to announce the Virtual 4-H Summit 2021! This leadership
conference for 6th—8th graders will be jam packed with opportunities to connect and exercise leadership skills! 100% virtual! MARCH 18-20! Must register through county 4-H program! Contact Sherri Farley at sfarley@uky.edu to register.
In 2020, Campbell County raised $3060.00 through the Ag Tag Voluntary Donation program. That’s money that goes directly to Kentucky 4-H, Kentucky FFA and Kentucky Proud to support our agriculture community (and its future) here locally and across the Commonwealth.
Agriculture is vital to the livelihood of every Kentuckian and it is through programs like Kentucky 4-H and Kentucky FFA that we continue to instill these values in youth. Each simple $10 donation
made when renewing an Ag Tag culminates to have a major impact on the youth of Campbell County.
Kentucky 4-H is one of the most important and influential youth programs in our state and our county. Across Kentucky over 290,000 youth ages 9 to 19 learn about leadership, citizenship and life skills in “learn-by-doing” experiences such as communications and public speaking, through agriculture projects like livestock judging, science projects with robotics, 4-H Camp, Teen
Conference, and many other 4-H programs and activities.
Here in Campbell County, over 3,000 youth belong to 4-H and are active in programs and activities such as 4-H Camp, 4-H Horse Camp, Horse and Livestock Clubs, Community Service Project Clubs, Baking Clubs, Prepare for Fair Club, Cloverbuds and the Alexandria Fair. As we look to March for 2021 Ag Tag renewals, we ask that you
remember to make your voluntary donations on
each farm license plate you renew. If every Countian renewing an Ag Tag were to make the voluntary $10 donation, $8,000.00 could be raised! Think of the impact that could have on your community and its future leaders! Please help us in growing leaders, strengthening the agriculture community and funding opportunities for Campbell County youth this March through Ag Tag voluntary donations!
INSPIRE COUNTY’S FUTURE LEADERS
Ag Tag $10 Donation Benefits 4-H
The 4-H Country Ham Project has begun! The 4-Hers first selected their hams then trimmed them and rubbed them with cure mix. Next they wrapped them in paper, placed them in socks and hung them in our shed to let the salt in the cure mix draw out the moisture. Stay tuned for updates.
4-H Cloverbuds had fun meeting last month
virtually to make their own play-doh and build
snowmen.
Owen Prim
oprim@uky.edu
Campbell County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development
Sherri Farley
sfarley@uky.edu
Campbell County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development
Casey Townsend
casey.townsend@uky.edu Campbell County Extension Agent for
4-H Youth Development
Campbell County Extension Assistants for 4-H Youth Development
Kellsey Agnew
kellsey.agnew@uky.edu
Katrina Harney
katrinaharney@uky.edu
Mary Kay Reilly
mary.k.reilly322@uky.edu
Questions, please contact Owen Prim 859-572-2600
Prepare for fair had a fun virtual meeting
creating scenic beach drawings!
The meeting of the Teen and Junior Leaders Club was called to order
on January 6, 2021 by 4-H Agent Casey Townsend. After our monthly
meeting was called to order, we said the Pledge of Allegiance and the
4-H Pledge. Leaders and Delegates were split into breakout rooms to
plan our first service learning project together. A survey was emailed
to everyone to discover which service learning project the leaders will
focus on planning. Painting Murals in the city and making blankets for
the homeless tied. Making toys for animal shelters came in 3
rd. Don’t
forget we still are looking for officers to call the meeting to order and
a secretary to document what we do at our meetings. Our next
virtual meeting will be held on March 3, 2021.
Respectfully submitted by Casey Townsend
The 4-H Baking club made brownies. These bakers got extra creative
and mixed in some delicious add-ins they found at home!
Lexington, Ky.,- University of Kentucky Ag Equine
Programs announces the launch of its first equine-oriented digital photography contest. Submissions will be accepted through Feb. 28.
Students, as well as the general public, are encouraged to participate. There are three age divisions for submissions: youth (17 and under), UK students and open (18 and over).
UK Ag Equine Programs launches photography contest
UK Ag Equine Programs is looking for original photographs that capture horses in any discipline as well as photos that include horses interacting with people or in a farm landscape setting. Photo by Sydney Carter, UK Ag Equine Programs intern.
UK Ag Equine Programs is looking for original photographs that capture horses in any discipline as well as photos that include horses interacting with people or in a farm
landscape setting. Photographs will be submitted online via a Google form, http://bit.ly/3pCPvU7.
Entries will be judged by a committee of staff, students and trained photographers from March 1-5.
At the conclusion of the contest’s entry deadline, each division’s top three images will be published on the UK Ag Equine Programs’ Facebook page for a “People’s Choice Award.” Votes for the award will be determined by the number of likes that each image receives by 5 p.m. EST on Friday, March 12.
Prizes will be awarded to category winners of each age division as well as the opportunity to be featured in the program’s monthly newsletter, The Wildcat Canter, and other UK publications.
For more information regarding the rules and how to enter, visit https://equine.ca.uky.edu/ or follow UK Ag Equine Programs’ Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts. Questions can be directed to equine@uky.edu.
Contact:
Kristen Wilson, kristen.wilson1@uky.edu
Writer: Sydney Carter, sydney.carter1@uky.edu
Please Remember…
Community Service Grab and Go Bags
Hi everyone! As we approach the 5th month of offering the Community Service Grab and Go bags, I wanted to put out a couple reminders. These are NOT a regular grab and go. Our intent is for these to be a service project. This means the projects MUST BE RETURNED. We cannot donate anything to our local charities if I do not receive any of them back. Please make sure that if you register for these bags that you are prepared to return them. I will be making note of projects that are not returned for future bags. If you have not returned past projects, we still need them, just make sure they get to the Extension Office as soon as possible. If you are unsure which projects were to be turned in, feel free to email me and I will let you know. Also, please remember you MUST register each month in order to take a bag. If you are not registered by the cutoff date, then there will not be supplies for you. Please make sure you register by calling our office at (859) 572-2600 or visiting our website atcampbell.ca.uky.edu If you have questions, you can email me at mary.k.reilly322@uky.edu. I hope that our future bags can bring joy to people in our community and I thank those who have participated in past bags.