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Brazoria County 4-H News J U N E 2 0 1 6

Brazoria County 4-H

Website

District 9 Website

Texas State 4-H

Website

Kelsey Schueler

County Extension Agent

4-H and Youth Development

979-864-1558 ext. 117

Cameron Arias

County Extension Agent

FCS & 4-H

979-864-1558 ext. 123

Jami Geserick

4-H Administrative Assistant

979-864-1558 ext. 114

Brazoria County 4-H

@BrazoriaCo_4H

@brazoriacounty4h

Educational programs of the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service are open to all people without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic

information or veteran status. The Texas A&M University System, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and the County Commissioners Courts of Texas Cooperating. Individu-

als with disabilities who require an auxiliary aid, service or accommodation in order to participate in any Extension activity, are encouraged to contact the County Extension

Office for assistance 5 days prior to the activity.

RAFFLE Tickets are in high demand already. For this year’s fundraiser, we are

selling tickets for a Kawasaki Mule 4x4 and a 60” x 10’ trailer for $20.00! If you

need more or have some that you are not able to sell get with your club’s raffle

ticket chairperson. Your tickets can be distributed to other members. The top

FIVE 4-H sellers win a belt buckle! Unused tickets and proceeds must be turned

back into the 4-H office on July 12, 2016. We have a soft deadline for the clubs

on June 3, 2016.

Recordbooks due June 1st Award Interviews June 2nd Sign up for an interview time when turning in your books. Award interviews will be scheduled for June 2nd start-ing at 4:30 PM at the 4-H of-fice.

Recordbooks & Awards

4-H Survivor Summer Camp

When: July 12th—14th

Where: Camp Mohawk

How Much: $85.00

Register by: June 15th

Texas 4-H

Livestock

Ambassador

Applications Due

June 1st

Visit the Texas youth Livestock & Agriculture

website for more information and to

register..

Show us how we use our Hands for larger service by turning in your Community Service Log and your Community Service Summation by July 15th. The award will be given based on club that has shown most impact towards their community. Winner will receive a Community Service Traveling Trophy. It will be handed out at the County Awards Program on July 30, 2016. Alvin 4-H has never been defeated. Who will be the winner this year? Turn in your time and find out in July.

Club Community Service Award

District 9 Horse Show Contestants

Project Pin Awards

BCFA – Important

dates! See flyer for

BCFA Validation

and entry dead-

lines.

Let’s give big cheers and wish all the State

Roundup contestants the best of luck during

their contests from June 6th – 10th. There’s

no stopping Brazoria County 4-H!

State Roundup June 6th—10th

From June 20th – 22nd the Brazoria County 4-Hers will be competing at the District Level at District 9 Horse Show at the Montgomery County Fairgrounds! You’ve worked hard all year, now’s your time to shine! Good Luck at District.

Psssstt…..hey you…….yeah you! You’ve already done the work. Now you de-serve the praise. Fill out our project completion form today and get the Na-

tional 4-H award pin for all your hard work. We will be awarding the pins and celebrating your completed projects at the awards banquet on July 30, 2016. Applicants are due to register by July 8th. You will need to submit a new entry for every project. All projects must have at least 6 experiences to be considered a project. I promise, it’s no sweat compared to all hard work you’ve already done this year!

BCFA Broilers orders

due June 22

BCFA Turkey Pickup

June 16

BCFA Rabbit Breed

Date July 7

BCFA Validation

Lamb, Goat and

Swine July 9

6:30am—10:00am

Parents Association

Parents Association Meeting

June 27 at 7:00pm

everyone welcome to join.

Apply today for Committee up-

dates and reminders by clicking this link.

http://agrilife.org/brazoria4h/

parent-association-committees/

Thank you for always being there

to support our vast program! Vol-

unteers are the backbone of Bra-

zoria County 4-H and we appreci-

ate all your hard work and dedica-

tion to the program.

Brazoria County 4 -H

Survivor Camp

Brazoria County 4-H Survivor Camp this year will be July 12th – 14th at Camp Mohawk in Alvin. Get

ready to come out and learn some survival skills of your own. All 4-H members entering the 3rd grade

through 8th grade are eligible campers. 4-H members entering 9th grade and above can apply to be teen

leaders. Camp is $85 a person and includes a camp t-shirt. Online registration is due by June 15th on

the county 4-H website. Pick your role and come be a part of the 4-H camp fun: Register on the 4-H

website today!

Campers - All 4-H members entering the 3rd through 8th grade

Teen Leaders - 4-H members entering 9th grade and above

Adults – parents or volunteers are needed to chaperone any or all of camp.

Poultry Order and Pickup

Deadlines:

2016 State Fair broiler orders are due to the 4-H

office June 17th. Cost per chick is $1.25 in incre-

ments of 25. You can order a max of 75. See the

Department of Poultry Science website for rules.

Ordering Broilers does not register you for the

State Fair. You will have to register separately.

State Fair Entries are Due August 9, 2016.

2017 HLSR, SSSR, STFR Turkey and Broiler infor-

mation: Rules are now available at the Depart-

ment of Poultry Science Website. There have

been some revisions in the rules so you may want

to check it out. Turkey order will be due in Au-

gust, Poultry will be due in Late September.

Texas Catt le Showdown

June 18th Texas Cattle Showdown presented by Stock-N-Stuff 4-H. Mail entries to 18615 Amoco Pearland,

TX 77584. See flyer for more details.

Amazon Smile

If you’re planning on doing some shop-

ping from Amazon, you can give back to

Brazoria County 4-H with 0.5% of your

qualified purchase at no cost to you

through Amazon Smile. It’s the same

products, same prices and same service

you get out of the regular Amazon. So, if

you’re doing some shopping anyway

might as well use Amazon Smile and give

Brazoria County 4-H a donation with no

cost to you along the way!

2017 Major Show Steer and 2016 State

Fair Goat , Lamb, Swine and Hei fers

Its validation time again. Your 2017 Major Show Steer, 2016

State Fair Goat, Lamb and Swine tags have already been or-

dered and will be held June 25th at the Brazoria County

Fairgrounds from 8:00 am to 11:00 am. Spring Heifer vali-

dation will also be held June 25th. If you purchased a new heifer and she has not been

validated under your ownership, you will need to validate her for the fall Major

shows. Heifers only need to be validated once in their lifetime as long as they do not

change ownership. If you will be showing a new heifer at spring majors, the next oppor-

tunity to validate heifers for Major Shows will be in October for the 2016-17 year.

Food and Nutrition

Food and Nutrition Workshops will be offered on the following dates this summer for

$5 a participant. Please RSVP to Cameron at your earliest convenience. If you are signing

your child up for the Clover Kid workshops please remember that your child will learn

more if he/she has a chaperone for the workshop. If you are a senior 4-H member and

would like to help with the Clover Kid workshop please let Cameron know. Come pre-

pared to learn new skills that will help you in all of the Food and Nutrition project areas!

July 7th 9am-2pm {Junior – Senior 4-H members} July 26th 9am-2pm {Clover Kids}

Clothing and Textiles

MYOB Entrepreneur Program

Clothing and Textiles Workshops will be offered on the following dates this

summer for $5 a participant. Please RSVP to Cameron at your earliest conven-

ience. If you are signing your child up for the Clover Kid workshops please re-

member that your child will learn more if he/she has a chaperone for the work-

shop. If you are a senior 4-H member and would like to help with the Clover Kid

workshop please let Cameron know. Come prepared to learn new skills that will

help you in all of the Clothing and Textiles project areas!

July 11th 9am-2pm {Junior – Senior 4-H members} July 25th 9am-2pm {Clover Kids}

Minding Your Own Business Workshops will be held on the following dates

this summer for $20 a participant for all of the workshops. MYOB will be

working on creating items to sell at the Clover Corner booth in November.

We are always looking for new things to create or learn about, join MYOB to

develop new skills! RSVP to Cameron at your earliest convenience.

Objectives:

¨ Learn the basics of starting and growing your own busi-

ness

¨ Learn to price and market products

¨ Learn to manage the financials of a business and what to

do with the profits

¨ Learn to make a profit from minimal supplies

July 5th 10am July 27th 10am August 4th 10am August 17th 10am

Save the Date! The Gulf Coast Classic and will be held on August 6th, 2016 at the Brazoria County Fairgrounds. Start looking forward to educational presentations including sessions offered for beef cattle, swine, sheep and goats. The plan is to

have three sessions per species and then one general session. Door prizes will be given throughout the sessions as well. The educational sessions will be held from 9-12 and showmanship clinics starting at 2PM. The show will begin promptly at 3PM.

We will run separate show rings for the cattle and sheep and goats to save time. The rule book and more specifics are being finalized now so be looking for those

items next month.

If you have special needs for any of the programs offered at the County or District level, please give us 10 days’ notice. We will

make every reasonable effort to accommodate your needs.

Awards Program Announcement ! ! ! We’re excited to announce that the Horse

Committee will be hosting a Dance directly

following the Brazoria County 4-H Awards

Banquet on July 30, 2016. There will be snacks a

photo booth and tons of fun to be had!

Gulf Coast Classic August 6th, 2016

June 1st ***Scholarship opportunity**** Applications due for Texas Nursery and Landscape Association

June 1st Recordbooks and Star Award Signups Due

June 1st Texas 4-H Livestock Ambassador Program Applications Due to 4-H Office

June 2nd Star Award Interviews

June 3rd Soft Deadline for Raffle Ticket Fundraiser Due

June 6th - 10th State 4-H Roundup

June 14th Prices increase for camp at the Texas 4-H Conference Center in Lake Brownwood

June 15th County Camp Registration Due

June 17th Pre-Leadership Adventure for D9 nominees

June 17th State Fair Broiler Orders Due

June 18th Texas Cattle Showdown

June 20th – 22nd District 9 Horse Show

June 25th Validation for State Fair projects and Major Show 2016-2017 Steers June 28th – 30th Leadership lab at Texas A&M University Galveston

Take a Look Ahead….

July 1st Club Community Service Logs Due to 4-H Office

July 4th Office Closed for Holiday

July 7th Suggested Rabbit Breed Date for BCFA

July 8th Project Completion Pin Award Application due

July 9th BCFA Validation for Lamb Goats and Swine

July 12th Hard Deadline for Raffle Ticket Fundraiser Due to 4-H Office – Individuals can come to the 4-H

office and get more tickets to sell however will not go to club sales.

July 12th -14th County Camp

July 13th District Level Recordbook Judging

July 15th Club Community Service Log

July 17th – 20th Texas 4-H Congress

July 17th – 23rd State Shooting Sports: Archery & Shotgun

July 18th – 21st Texas 4-H Livestock Ambassador short course

July 19th - 23rd State Rifle and Pistol Competition

July 23rd – 30th State Horse Show

July 25th Horse Advisory Committee Meeting

July 29th Awards Practice and Setup 10:00 am

July 29th Brazoria County Ambassador Applications due

July 30th Brazoria County 4-H Awards Program

August 3rd Club Officer Workshop

August 6th Gulf Coast Classic

August 9th State Fair Entries Due to the 4-H Office

August 13th Club Officer Training

August 15th County Council

August 15th Adult Leaders Meetings August 15th Register to be a 2016- 2017 4-H Member and Volunteer

September 5th Labor Day Office Closed for the Holiday

September 19th Horse Advisory Meeting 6:00 pm

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