March 10, 2023 Ellen's Message
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Last chance for Family Learning Day! Don’t miss it!
If you have not signed up for the March Family Learning Day, get your registrations in today! March 10 is the deadline. Email it today or put it in the mail with today’s postmark. We will take them a few days late with an added $5 late fee.
Family Learning Day is a great opportunity to discover your SPARKs and have some fun at the same time. Try something new, you may be surprised at how much you like doing something that you never thought about doing! There is a session on fishing where the first 25 youth will receive a fully rigged fishing pole. There are sessions on Sewing, First Lego robotics, basic photography, Wisconsin Wildlife, Parliamentary Procedure, Ignite Your Spark and much, much more. Check it out. There is something to interest everyone!
The 4-H Pop-up store will be available again in March during lunch and sessions 2 and 3. There will be fun 4-H items; featuring new lime green 4-H Sparks t-shirts. Let’s see how many people we can have this summer wearing 4-H Sparks t-shirts.
Ellen Bohn
4-H Program Assistant | Dodge County
920.386.3790
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More February Family Learning Day Highlights!
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Dairy Jeopardy presenter Brenda Conley of the Neosho Utopians.
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Cake Decorating youth participant Matthew Giebel of Sinissippi 4-H!
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Stained Glass participants Ashley and Alexa Vande Zande of the Achievers 4-H Club.
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Club Happenings
Leipsic (Owen Hemling) The April meeting will be held at Tower Lanes with bowling afterwards. Blankets will be donated to Prairie Ridge Nursing Home.
Achievers (Campbell Panetti) We had one guest, Alexa Strehlow. She judged the art contest. After the meeting, Alexa announced the winners of the art contest. The club passed a motion to hold Senior Day on the Farm again in the summer.
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Dairy Jeopardy | March 20th at 6:30 PM
Dairy Promotion Funding Info for Clubs & Dairy Jeopardy: Monday, March 20th 6:30-7:15pm Dodge County Administration Building Auditorium
Love trivia games? Then try your hand at Dairy Jeopardy! We will be playing in teams, so come join in on some fun. We will also be going over the 4H Dairy Promotion funding and share dairy promotion ideas with each other. If your club is asking for Dairy Promotion funding or would like more information about it, a minimum of 1 person from your club is required to attend. It can be an adult or a club member. This will also count for 1 point on Dairy Project Member Activity Card under Family Learning Day- Dairy Session. Please RSVP to Dairy Ambassador Brenda Conley by Thursday, March 16th at dodgecountydairy@gmail.com. If you have any questions, you can email her or call her at (262)224-2559.
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Register for March Family Learning Day!
The second Family Learning Day will be held on March 25, 2023 at Dodgeland School. Payment must accompany registration with form via U.S. mail. No online registration sales.
*Mail registration and payment to: Dodge County 4-H c/o Extension Dodge County, 127 E. Oak Street, Juneau, WI 53039
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 10, 2023
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Registration OPEN for Tri-County 4-H Camp Grades 3-6
While the weather outside may be frightful, it is a good time to start thinking about summer! Summer brings the return of in-person Summer 4-H Camp. We will be camping at Camp Lakota in Wautoma on June 14-17 with 4-Hers from Columbia and Sauk Counties. Registration for 4-H Summer Camp for grades 3-6 IS OPEN! Register for Summer 4-H Camp 4HOnline for more information. You can check out Camp Lakotah, on their website at https://camplakotah.com/
Registration is DUE April 1st. Please make the check payable to: Dodge County 4-H and mail to 127 E. Oak Street, Juneau, WI 53039
Contact Marie Witzel, 4-H Youth Development Educator at marie.witzel@wisc.edu or 920-386-3790 with questions.
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4-H Demonstration Contest
Thursday, March 30 – 6:30 PM
Dodge County Administration Building
127 E. Oak Street, Juneau WIDemonstrations are more showing and doing. Illustrated Talks rely more on charts, pictures, and description. For topic ideas, check with your general leader or the 4-H Office.
Many 4-H'ers have given brief demonstrations or talks at 4-H meetings. Just polish up the presentation. Please, no product labels.
Divisions and Time Guidelines
Grade 5K-2 5 minutes or less
Grades 3-4-5-6 6 minutes or less
Grades 7-8-9 5-8 minutes
Grades 10 & up 5-8 minutes
There is no minimum time limit for grades 1-6, but at least 4 minutes is suggested. Participants will be judged on: clear, pleasant voice/self-confidence, enthusiasm/poise, appearance/posture, appropriate introduction, accurate information, visual aids, orderly progression, summarization, adequate preparation, interesting subject, and purpose accomplished. Easels will be provided.
Team Demonstrations (two members) may also be given. In a team demonstration the grade division is that of the older member. The older member also determines time guidelines.
- Participants will be scheduled by grade to give demonstrations.
- Top demonstrators in each grade group will be selected.
- Upon completion of the contest, ribbons will be awarded and top demonstrators will be announced.
- No reminder letters are sent!
If unable to attend after registering, you are expected to call the Extension office at 920-386-3790.
Sign up in 4HOnline.com
DEADLINE: March 23, 2023
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4-H Scholarships Open!
Dodge County 4-H offers a variety of scholarships to 4-H'ers in 12th grade or alumni enrolled or will be enrolled in a post-secondary education. Check it out!
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Dodge County Master Gardener Scholarship
The Dodge County Master Gardener Association will award a scholarship totaling $1,000 to a graduating high school senior living in Dodge County, who is planning a career in some area of horticulture. Deadline: April 1, 2023.
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Dodge County 4-H Horse Project Meetings
March 27, 2023 at 6 PM | Dodgeland School Rm 312
April 27, 2023 at 6 PM | Dodge County Administration Building, Auditorium
Join Dodge County 4-H Horse & Pony on Facebook or contact Sherry Helmer at 920-210-9553 or email helmshe13@gmail.com with questions.
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WANTED: Small Animal Project Youth
Sinissippi 4-H is seeking 4-H'ers in the Rabbits, Poultry, or Goats project to host a small animal station at the annual Easter Egg Hunt at the Hustisford Community Library on Saturday, April 8th from 11am-2pm. Seeking baby goats, rabbits, or chicks as a part of the baby animal/small animal station. Great way to earn a point on your Small Animal Project Activity card! Please call or text Tracy Malterer, Sinissippi 4-H at 920-285-1817 to sign up with your animal by March 27.
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Trivia Night 2023
Saturday, March 18, 2023 | 4 PM Doors Opens | Trivia starts at 6 PMWaterloo High School; 813 N. Monroe St., Waterloo, WI
Do you have your teams signed up? REGISTRATION FORMS HERE
Any questions please contact Eric Salmi at either 920-988-1817 or mastrivianight@yahoo.com
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Introducing the 2023 Summer Academy!
Join us on the UW-Madison Campus for the new Summer Academy, June 19-22, 2023. This new Positive Youth Development program will help you discover pathways to your future. Signup to learn what it takes to have a career, or a hobby in several SPARK areas including STEM, service, leadership, arts, trades, and many more. There will be fun opportunities to build networks and friendships with folks from all over the state of Wisconsin.
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Dodge County 4-H Member Experience Applications
Summer Academy June 19-22, 2023 for 7th-10th grade
Registration opens April 2, 2023. Cost $350. Plus bussing and seminar costs.
National 4-H Congress November 24-28, 2023 for 9th-12th grade.
Registration opens May 1, 2022. Cost ~$1,350
There are three categories of ME applications indicated by the colors green, pink and yellow, (category I, II or III respectively). Fill out the category color ME form that matches the Educational choice you have registered for in 4HOnline and return it to the Extension Office Dodge County by the due date listed for each experience trip. Send this along with the initial payment of one-half the cost of the trip made payable to the Dodge County 4-H Leaders Association. The second interview date will be April 25, 2023 for Summer Academy, National 4-H Congress and Wisconsin 4-H Key Award. Applications are due to the Extension Office by April 7, 2023.
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2023 Wisconsin 4-H Key Award
Applications Due Date: April 7, 2023
Interviews Date: April 25, 2023
The Wisconsin Key Award is one of the most prestigious honors awarded to 4-H members across Wisconsin. This is your opportunity to highlight what you have accomplished through 4-H.
The Wisconsin 4-H Key Award Program recognizes a select group of 4-H participants who’ve demonstrated consistent growth in their 4-H involvement, developed and applied leadership skills, and actively participated in the functions of their 4-H club and community.
Candidates must have passed their 14th birthday on January 1 of 2023 and must have completed at least three years of 4-H and one year of youth leadership. Selection is based on an evaluation of the candidate’s total 4-H record (membership, projects, activities, leadership, personal development and county 4-H and community involvement.) Each Key Award recipient receives a certificate, a Key Award pin and notable recognition.
The application is available on the website at: https://dodge.extension.wisc.edu/4-h-youth-development/4-h-trips-awards/
Questions Call or email Ellen Bohn, 4-H Program Assistant at 920-386-3790 or ebohn@co.dodge.wi.us.
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- Family Learning Day | March 25, 2023 | More info HERE.
- Demonstration Contest | Thursday, March 30, 2023 | Information HERE. Register in 4-H Online.
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