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4-H Friday Newsletter - Friday, April 26, 2024
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Shooting Sports

This year there will be archery and air gun offered in May. Youth participating in spring archery and air gun must be in 3rd grade or older and be a registered 4-H member. Parents are invited to stay for classes to assist the certified shooting sports leaders. Parents are expected to stay for the first class as instructions and background information will be provided. The spring archery and air gun classes will be from 5:30-7:30 pm on the following Tuesdays and Thursdays in May ( May 2, 7, 9, 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30) at Izaak Walton League, N6491 County Trunk K, on the east edge of FdL. Archery will be $2.00 per night and air gun will also be $2.00 per night. If you have any questions about shooting sports, please call Dwight Paulin at 920-922-9805. Let us know if you will be attending.
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Multi-state "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" 4-H
Photo Contest

Minnesota 4-H Photography is excited to offer another multi-state photography contest open to youth in grades K-13!
Select your best photo (with no or minimal editing) and submit it with up to two sentences that explains why it’s special to you! More information and rules for the challenge can be found at: 4-H Hit Me with Your Best Shot Photo Contest | UMN Extension with rules available here.
Submit one (1) jpg or jpeg image and statement to fourhphoto@umn.edu by 11:59 p.m. (CST) on May 1, 2024. Volunteer 4-H photography judges will provide feedback via a slideshow. Top photos will be recognized with a prize and random prize drawing winners will also receive a gift.
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Day Camp Youth Leaders Wanted

We are seeking youth leaders to help teach activities during our Day Camps this summer! If you are interested in helping with any of the day camp opportunities, please reach out to Tracy for more details! You can contact her at (920)-896-3360 or tracy.keifenheim@wisc.edu. Youth leaders should reach out to Tracy by Friday, May 17. 

Day Camps Offered are:

  • Around the World
  • Art
  • Cardboard 
  • Cloverbud
  • Foodie
  • LEGO
  • STEM
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STEM Camp flyer written red, green, light blue, and yellow lettering. Glass beakers, microscopes, DNA, test tubes, calulators, and formulas are pictured.

Fond du Lac County Junior Park Ranger Program

Fond du Lac County Parks Department is starting a hands-on program in our county parks for children. This program will be our “Junior Park Ranger” program. It does not require children to do any “work”, but it is intended to get kids visiting and enjoying our county parks system.

This program is beginning now and will continue on through the end of summer. The program will wrap up on September 8, 2024. Each child must complete their own activity to earn their points. Earning points will get them prizes. Each activity completed is worth 10 points. There are three opportunities worth 5 additional bonus points each.

The prizes are as follows:
60 points = Junior Park Ranger keychain
120 points = Junior Park Ranger T-Shirt

To redeem prizes, the child would bring one of the attached sheets along with photo evidence of completion to the Parks/Planning Department, located at the City/County Government Center. The address is 160 S. Macy Street in Fond du Lac. The office is located on the 4th floor. All prizes must be redeemed by September 30, 2024.

We hope to get the children in our community involved and interested in our county parks system! Please help us in promoting this program!
Gray Junior Ranger badge with Fond du Lac County Parks Department seal in the middle - white lighthouse with the sun, trees, and a trail in the background.
Rules for the Junior Park Ranger Challenge program with a yellow, blue, and green border along with a QR code to register.

2024 June Dairy Day Celebration

Saturday, June 1

Summer is just around the corner, and it’s time to start thinking about the Annual June Dairy Month June Dairy Day.  The Envision Greater Fond du Lac Agri-Business Council, in partnership with National Exchange Bank and Trust, invites the community to the 39th Annual June Dairy Days Celebration on Saturday, June 1. The event will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. near National Exchange Bank and Trust, 130 South Main Street in Fond du Lac. This free, community appreciation event is open to the public.
If your 4-H club would like to sponsor a dairy game, serve cheese samples, or help work the games, please give us a call. We invite your club to participate. Join us in our efforts to promote June Dairy Month! Please let us know by Monday, May 20, 2024 if you would like to participate.
For more details, call Amy Ries at 920.322.2292 or email at aries@envisiongreaterfdl.com. 
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April: 

National Volunteer Week April 21-27

Adult Leaders Association Meeting

  • April 30, 6:30 pm, UWO Fond du Lac Campus
May: 

Shooting Sports Meeting

  • Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30- 7:30 pm, Izaak Walton League

Dog Project Meetings

  • Thursdays, 5:00 pm for beginners, 5:45 pm for returners, FDL Fairgrounds 

LEGO Club Meeting

  • May 28, 6:30 pm, UWO Fond du Lac Campus

Teen Leaders Association Meeting

  • May 28, 7:30 pm, UWO Fond du Lac Campus (Change in location for May meeting)
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Photo of Tracy Keifenheim. She has brown hair and a cream colored shirt and black sweater on. Photo of Tina Engelhardt. She has blonde hair with a black cardigan over a red shirt. Photo of Kelsey Beine. She has long brown hair and is wearing a red shirt.
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