Register for 4-H U competition or a Clover College track using the forms attached. Mark your calendar for June 19-22, 2012. The $50 deposit is due May 13, 2012.

Learn about the different ways you can support your local 4-H club. Opportunities for support include the 4-H Strawberry Sale, the 4-H Opportunity Scholarship Fund, and the 4-H University and Clover College Opportunity Scholarship.

The regional 4-H Commodity Cookery Contest, held March 6 at the Rayville Center, featured some fierce competition while showcasing many mouth-watering recipes from Northeast Louisiana youth.

With the regional cook-off only a few weeks away, Madison 4-H'ers gathered their groceries and fired up their ovens to prepare 22 recipes for competition in the parish contest held February 16.

Ready...Set...Sew! The 2012 Fashion Camp kept campers and their adult helpers in high gear throughout the two-day event held January 21-22 at the Camp Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center in Pollock.

4-H is the most popular club in the nation with more than 243,000 members in Louisiana alone. Besides school and community club activities, 4-H hosts numerous after-school learning opportunities, camps and conferences, trips, contests, awards and more. Use these links for monthly issues of the Madison Parish 4-H Clover Connections newsletter providing information of interest to 4-H Club members and their families.

The Northeast Louisiana Jr. Livestock Show Horse Show will be held on January 28, 2012, at the Delhi Livestock Arena and will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Food and Fitness Camp will be held March 17-18, 2012. The experience is designed for teams of youth and adults to develop knowledge and skills related to food and nutrition, diet and fitness and teamwork skills.

The State 4-H Fashion Camp will be held on January 21-22, 2012, at Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center in Pollock, La.

Enter your picture into the 2012 Ag Photo contest by January 6, 2012. The contest categories are: Farm Animals, Horticulture/Plants/Crops and Any Other Agriculture.

The 2011-2012 State 4-H Citizenship Board is offering a new and exciting opportunity to take a road trip through Louisiana. The event will be held on December 9-11, 2011, at the Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center for 7th-9th grade 4-H members.

Newsletter containing informaton for Madison Parish 4-H Program Overview

The Louisiana 4-H Camp Grant Walker Web site has recently undergone a complete redesign. Come take an online tour of the Camp Grant Walker facilities. View photos of the different buildings. Pan the campgrounds, and print a map of the campgrounds.

4-H Cloverbuds is for boys and girls who are not yet old enough to become 4-H members. Like all other 4-H projects, 4-H Cloverbuds involve youth in hands-on learning in a fun informal group setting.

This can be used in scavenger hunts or Bingo games.

4-H in a nutshell...Use this brochure to introduce new parents, volunteers and youth to the 4-H Youth Development Program. (Includes a fun wordsearch game!)

Information about the Madison Parish 4-H program and how to join.

Use this invitation to encourage new 4-H members to join your 4-H Club. It could also be used to invite parents to attend regular 4-H meetings!

Use these fun tags in your 4-H balloon release activity to promote 4-H.

Order form for Clovergrams.

Use this set of 4-H club meeting reminder posters each month to publicize upcoming meetings.

A collection of different 4-H picture frames.

Use this outline for different 4-H projects.

Use this invitation to invite other students to your 4-H club meeting.

Write thank you notes to local supporters. Contact the 4-H Office for a list of people who deserve a BIG thank you for all they do.

Easy things to do now for free to promote National 4-H Week

A wonderful drink recipe.

Who says Valentine's Day is the only time we can give away funny cards and sweet treats? National 4-H Week is great opportunity to share the fun with your own clever "Clover" cards!

These wild and crazy bookmarks are just what you need to distribute to non-members to promote National 4-H Week! It is a two-sided document so you will need to print it front and back.

Place 4-H promotional food tray liners in your school cafeteria or at local restaurants.

Newsletter for 4-H volunteers with ideas and updates on activities that can be made available to 4-H'ers.

There's more to 4-H than just club meetings...look what else you could be doing! Make a poster telling the story of beef and/or dairy products and you could put some extra cash in your pocket! Think BILLBOARD SLOGAN - short, catchy and to the point. Download the attached flyer for entry and award details.

The Madison Parish 4-H "Healthy Connections" newsletter provides information to 4-H Club members and their families. Healthy Living, one of three 4-H mission mandates for positive youth development, focuses on encouraging youth to learn, adopt and practice healthful decision-making. Healthy Living 4-H projects include: Foods and nutrition; fitness, health and safety; child development; consumer and financial management; and personal development.

Newsletter provided to parents with ideas on how to improve their children's interest in reading. The newsletter is sponsored by USDA and the LSU AgCenter.

Citizenship, one of three 4-H Mission Mandates for postive youth development, includes Character Development, Citizenship, Leadership, Service-Learning, Communications and Theatre Arts projects. Louisiana 4-H is one of the nation's leaders in character education with all 64 parishes conducting character development programs. Use these links for monthly issues of the Madison Parish 4-H Character Connection newsletter providing information of interest to 4-H Club members and their families.

The LSU AgCenter has established the Extension Volunteer Corps (EVC). The EVC will allow us to draw upon a wealth of experience and expertise by engaging LSU AgCenter retirees (both research and extension) and other qualified retirees from state land-grant universities as volunteers to assist us in continuing to meet the needs of our clients.