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Note from our Office
Dear Calumet County 4-H,
Welcome to a brand new 4-H year!
Even though I am out on maternity leave, I am excited to see what happens over the next year in your 4-H Experience. Are you going to sign up for any new projects? What new things are you going to try? Are you going to sign up for a county, state or national educational experience? There are so many opportunities within 4-H, so please do not be afraid to ask questions about anything you may be interested in as we don't want you to miss out!
Please note:
- Foods education workshops are available for members to register. The registration form can be found here
- Cloverbud Club meetings will start back up in November
- Clover Award Applications will have a hard due date of October 25th. The application can be found here. The Calumet County 4-H Recognition Night is scheduled for November 10th at 4pm.
As always, please feel free to reach out to our office with any questions or concerns. I am on maternity leave and will return on October 21st, so the best person to reach out to is Lori Weber, 4-H Assistant, at lori.weber@calumetcounty.org or 920-849-1450 ext 0.
Sincerely,
Carlea Liermann
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| Sunday, October 6th - Saturday, Oct 12th - National 4-H Week
Wednesday, October 9th - Nominations due for 4-H Awards
Wednesday, October 9th - 7:00pm - Leaders Council Board Meeting at Courthouse, Room 017
Thursday, October 10th - 6:30pm - Teen Ambassadors, Room 020
Friday, October 25th - Clover Award Applications due
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Nominations are due October 9thFriend of 4-H - Award given each year to a business or an individual (NOT a 4-H leader) that has been a strong supporter of the 4-H program.
Special Leadership Award - Two to three awards are given each year to 4-H volunteers who have made significant contributions to the 4-H program at a club or county level over the course of their 4-H career.
4-H Volunteer of the Year - One award is given per year to a 4-H volunteer who has made significant contributions of time and effort to the 4-H program during the recent year(s). This award is for individuals with less than 10 years of service at the local, county, district, or state level.
Lifetime Volunteer of the Year - One award is given per year to a 4-H volunteer who has made significant contributions of time and effort to the 4-H program during their volunteer career. This award is for individuals with 10 or more years of service at the local, county, district, or state level.
Please nominate individuals with an explanation of why you think they are deserving of the awards by contacting Troy Jansen at 920-378-6391 or Jessica Jansen at 920-470-1360, or by email troy@jansens.us. If you do not know if a volunteer has more than 10 years or less than 10 years of service, please nominate them for both awards and we will place them in the correct category.
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4-H Window Displays
National 4-H Week is October 6-12, 2024
During this time, we will again be hosting our Club Window Displays contest. The displays will be judged during the week. Please make sure you send an email with your display location to Troy Jansen at troy@jansens.us by October 6th. We will post the displays on our Facebook Page and encourage everyone to comment a selfie in front of the displays. Please have displays up by October 6th so we can promote them during National 4-H Week.
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Dog Project
Now that we are in our off-season from training our dogs, it's the start of our winter activities. Mark your calendars for Saturday, November 23, for our annual Dog Sledding. This activity is for all current Dog Project members, including Cloverbuds. This activity will hapen with or without snow. If we have no snow, we will use the wheel carts.
Our activity will start at 8:30am and will conclude around 11:00am. PLEASE KEEP YOUR DOGS HOME FOR THIS ACTIVITY. We will be interacting with the Huskies.
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Another winter activity that we will be participating in will be the Intro to Barn Hunt. It's a fun activity that you can do with your dog. More information will be coming and the date is TBD.
Keep working and having fun with your dogs!
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Wisconsin State 4-H Horse ExpoThe Wisconsin State 4-H Horse Expo took place September 13-15, 2024, in Milwaukee.
Note from Cheryl Unke:
We just returned from the Wisconsin State 4-H Horse Expo in Milwaukee and Calumet County did very well.
We entered the educational team in the Horse Judging Contest on Friday evening and the girls ended up taking Grand Champion in their division (Jr. Team with reasons). The team consisted of Gracie Diederichs, Hope Geiger, Keira Unke and Tempe Zahringer. Tempe, Hope and Gracie also received individual Top 10s in that contest as well. I am very proud of the time and effort these girls put into this, their hard work has definitely paid off and we are looking forward to next year.
We also had 6 exhibitors showing horses from Calumet County and they all were very successful as well, receiving multiple Top 10s across a variety of classes. These exhibitors were Gracie Diederichs, Hope Geiger, Carly Schwan, Keira Unke, Nicole Unke and Tempe Zahringer.
In addition to that, we had exhibitors in Photography as well. They also received multiple Top 10s and Alyssa Schneider received a Reserve Champion in one of the photography classes. The photography exhibitors were Addison Schneider, Alyssa Schneider, Keira Unke and Nicole Unke.
Overall, it was a great weekend and a great learning experience for all.
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Attention Livestock Team MembersRhonda Gasch-Vande Hey is willing to coach the Livestock Team again for the 2024-25 4-H year. For those that are interested in the Livestock Team, she is willing to work with those interested to come up with meeting dates that work for the majority. Please reach out to Rhonda at gaschkid1@gmail.com to let her know that you're interested.
The Livestock Skills Team is open to Grades 3-13. The contest is made up of a written quiz and learning stations such as breed identification, feed identification, equipment identification, as well as some team activities such as demonstrating evaluation skills.
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4-H Re-Enrollment
If you have not already registered with the 4-H Online 2.0 system, please do so at http://wi.4honline.com. Re-enrollment is requested by October 31st. Existing members need to be re-enrolled by December 31st so that they are eligible to enter in Jr. Class at the Calumet County Fair. To ensure you keep receiving correspondence and the monthly newsletter, we recommend that you enroll by October 31st.
Any youth or Club Leader who is enrolled or re-enrolled by the end of October will receive this shirt for free from the 4-H office. Our office will send out an email to coordinate getting the shirt to you.
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