Jefferson County

4-H News November 2020

Volume 20, Issue 11

Texas A&M

AgriLife

Club’s Corner 2

National 4-H Week & One Day 4-

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Project Leaders 2

Record Books 3

Save the Dates 4

Calendar 5

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

County food show & workshop

The County Food Show will be held at the Extension Office, on November

21st and the theme is “Grocery Games”. Use local ingre-

dients and each recipe total needs to be $10 or less.

Texas is a diverse state, in more ways than one! Some of

us live in a metroplex with access to major supermarkets

and aisles upon aisles of options. Others live in small

towns supplied by a convenience store or a larger store if

we are willing to travel. A few of us find fresh food in our

own backyard garden. The rest of us are somewhere in

between! This year, we want you to be creative by using

YOUR local food sources to create a dish on a budget. This year’s Food

Show will be especially unique as 4-H’ers bring foods created from the su-

permarket, the small-town convenience stores, the dollar stores, and even

the garden! What are you bringing to the table?

Remember to keep in mind good nutrition and healthy preparation methods

as you select your recipe.

Registration will begin at 8:30 with judging to start at 9:00 a.m. Please make sure that your recipe fits all the criteria for the category you are entering and that you check the appropriate 4-H age. It becomes very confusing when we have to move participants during the event and makes the judging longer. The deadline to enter, including Clover Kid entry forms, is November 12th. We are also in need of judges, so please let us know if you will be able to judge or know someone who would like to help out by November 13th.

Major show entry information If you are planning to participate (animals, livestock judging, etc..) in any of the major livestock shows, Houston, San An-tonio, Austin or Fort Worth, etc. you will need to turn in entry fees and all necessary paperwork by the following dates: Fort Worth– November 15th; All other majors– December 1st.

Please call the Extension Office for the appropriate paperwork or visit the livestock show’s website to download the forms. Remember that you need to have your Quality Counts verification number for your entries. The Quality Counts test will only need to done twice, once as a Junior and once as a Sen-ior. Please call the 4-H office if you need more information, 409-835-8461.

Jefferson County

Extension Office

1225 Pearl St. ST 200

Beaumont, TX 77701

Phone: 409-835-8461

Fax: 409-839-2310

http://jefferson.agrilife.org

Starla Garlick

CEA 4-H & Youth Development

starla.garlick@ag.tamu.edu

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Club’s Corner

ADULT LEADERS MEETING— The next

Adult Leader Association meeting will

be held on November 10th, 6:30 p.m.

via ZOOM. All leaders, parents and club

managers should attend.

YOUTH COUNCIL MEETING— The next

Youth Council meeting will be held on

December 16th at 6 p.m.

Picture from the Fun-tober meeting!

NATIONAL 4-H WEEK & ONE DAY 4-H

National 4-H week was celebrated by receiving

a proclamation from Commissioner’s court on October 15th. A big THANK YOU to all the

club managers, 4-Her’s and parents who participated in the “One

Day 4-H” events.

What is a Project Leader? The 4-H Project Leader is responsible for helping youth learn through their active participation in a specific project. They also serve as advisors for new project group members.

How to become a project leader? First you need to enroll on 4-H Connect as a volunteer, partici-pate in the videos and go through the volunteer screening. In Jefferson County we have projects that are county– wide projects. So, identify a project area in which you have interest and experi-ence. Contact the 4-H Extension Office to discuss what your plans for the project and your back-grounds (what qualifies you to teach the project).

Project meeting— it is recommended you had 4-6 meetings that each last 1 1/2 to 2 hours in length. Some projects require more meetings or a longer meeting time to accomplish your goals. Each meeting should consist of an educational component, what the 4-Her’s is to learn at that meeting; and an activity (hands on) to cement the concept (s) that were taught at that meeting. You should have an overall plan of what the six topics will be for the project; and then an outline of what you plan to teach the 4-Her’s and have them accomplish at each of the six project meetings. Logistics of the meeting will be discussed when you meet with the 4-H agent.

Project leaders

OUTDOOR EDUCATION

Skillern Tract Ana-huac Wildlife Pre-serve—Learning to

read a compass.

Don’t forget about the Outdoor Education

Project!!!

Congratulations to Madison Crawford on her community service project of collecting Gatorade for the Lake Charles Sheriff’s Department after Hurricane Laura.

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RECORD BOOKS

Why is it important you keep a record of your 4-H activities? Because, by recording your activities you can re-

member all the fun you’ve had so far, and set future goals! Keeping records of 4-H projects could help you

when you apply for college scholarships too! 4-H Record books are books you make to record your annual pro-

jects. Get started now taking those pictures and keeping track of what you are doing at your club meetings, pro-

ject meetings, community service activities, contests, etc. Please contact the office with any questions or help

needed.

Record book Categories: A 4-H member will choose one 4-H project for their Record book entry from a list of

categories available upon request.

So to get started you need to begin to keep records. This can be done on note cards, note book, on the comput-

er, etc., whatever works for you.

Juniors begin to collect information on: (current year only)

Leadership, Community Service Activities and Awards

Keep a diary of your club meetings, project meetings, county wide events, all the events, activi-

ties and contest of which you are a part. Keep the date, activity (what was it you attended), what

you did, and what you learned.

Intermediates collect information on: (current year only)

• Goals (main project) • Personal Journal (all projects) • Summary of Accomplishments (main

project) • Recognition and Awards (all projects; all years) • Community Service and Citizenship

Activities (all projects; current year) • Leadership Experiences (all projects; current year) • Pro-

ject Summary (main project; current year only)

A personal 4-H story is needed, up to 10 pages; and photographs can be included.

Seniors collect information on: (up to 4 projects may be included in the record book)

4-H Project Experiences asks: What is your project? How did your project change or grow? What

have you done and what have you learned? (3 page maximum, current year’s information only;

report up to four projects)

4-H Leadership Experiences: List what you did to assist others throughout this 4-H year. Also

include general leadership such as Club Officer, 4-H County Council, or County Committees on

your main project record. Included elected/appointed and volunteer leadership. (maximum 2

pages, current year)

4-H Community Service: List community service or service learning projects that might include:

clean ups, collections, repairs, construction, care packets, visitations, education, donations, and

presentations. (2 page maximum, current year’s information only)

Other 4-H Projects: List other project (s) not listed in Section I, include number of years and

summarize participation. (1 page maximum, current year only)

4-H Recognition and Awards: List 4-H recognition and awards. (1 page maximum, current year

only)

College and Career Exploration: List activities that have helped you learn more about careers or

the necessary education to enter a career. (1 page maximum, current year only)

A personal 4-H story is needed, up to 10 pages; and photographs can be included.

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ALTF Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Office Closed

County Food Show entry

due

Ft. Worth Stock entries due

D-9 JR. LEADERSHIP LAB

Record book

Workshop 6 p.m.

County Food Show

Major Stock Show entries

due (San Anto-nio, Houston,

Austin) OFFICE CLOSED

S.T.S.F.

Lambs, Goats & Swine Entry

due

Youth Council Meeting 6:30

p.m.

OFFICE CLOSED

D-9 Scholar-ship Work-

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