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November
7- Livestock Family Day
7- Advanced Marsh Maneuvers info due
9- Wiggle & Wags Meeting- 6pm- Office
16 & 17- Fundraiser Pick-Ups- Office
18- Home & Style Meeting- 6pm- TBA
20- Outdoor Adventure Day
22- State Photography Camp Deadline
29- State Fashion Camp Reg. Deadline
29- Poultry Cookery Dish Drop Off 8:00am until 5:30pm
December
1- Broiler Chick Order Deadline
3- Swine Possession/Validations Due
3- ALL species livestock Entry Forms Due
4- Challenge Camp
6- Jr. Leader Meeting
13- Sugar Cookery Drop Off
14- Wiggles & Wags Meeting- Vendor Rooms
16- Home & Style Meeting- Vendor Rooms
17- BINGO deadline
24-3- Office closed; Happy Holidays!
Our Sweet Potatoes and Peeled Pecan Fundraiser has come to an end, but your orders will be here before you know it! The ordered sweet potatoes and pecans will be available for pick up at the 4-H Office on Tuesday, Nov. 16th & Wednesday, November 17th. Orders can be picked up between 8:30 am and 5 pm. Orders not picked up after the 17th will be resold! This fundraiser benefits the Ascension 4-H Foundation and provides money for educational programs, awards, workshops, scholarships, and events. If you have any questions or need to make special arrangements for pickups, please call the 4-H Extension Office!
Visit www.lsuagcenter.com/ascension4h to check out our website to stay up-to-date! We will continue to post updates, contest rules and information, event registrations, and more on the website as the year progresses!
Don’t forget to apply to get your Honor Cords to wear while walking at your high school graduation! You have worked hard during your 4-H career so wear your honor cord PROUDLY! Applications are available and must be submitted online at Senior Honor Cords (lsuagcenter.com). It takes less than 5 minutes to complete! Applications are due by January 28th! The cords will be sent to the Ascension Extension Office and you will be notified for pick up in early spring.
Scan the code or visit v2.4honline.com to join 4-H TODAY! Through this online system, you can create a family and/or member profile, track awards, register for events, and much more! Your member profile will help track your 4-H experiences from year to year!
A few notes when registering…
If joining through a school: Please select your school club first, then add any project clubs you are planning to join. If joining as a member-at-large, please, select member at large, then select any project clubs you are planning to join.We realize some schools may not be able to offer monthly 4-H meetings due to COVID guidelines and restrictions. We will begin offering a monthly virtual Clover Update. November’s update will take place at 6 p.m. TBA. This will be an opportunity for 4-H members to tune in to a monthly 4-H meeting with the 4-H agents, Mrs. Camille and Mrs. Stephanie, to get updates, talk about upcoming Ascension 4-H opportunities, and participate in the monthly 4-H Science Lab activity that will be presented at school club 4-H meetings. For September, there are no supplies needed to attend. You can access the virtual Clover Update through the info below or the link posted on lsuagcenter.com/ascension4h. Read further for next month’s educational activity & supplies to be prepared for October’s Clover Update.
Join on your computer or mobile app: Click here to join the meeting
Or call in (audio only): +1 225-614-2374, 48638808#
This year the Agents will be presenting 4-H Science Lab lessons as the club meeting educational focus. In order for those virtual students who may not be able to attend their school club meetings and members at large to be able to participate in these monthly lessons, we will include the supplies and information about the activity in the newsletter for 4-H members to be able to participate at home. Each month, the Agents will conduct a monthly virtual update for you to attend. We will conduct the lesson during this virtual meeting. You will have the opportunity to watch the demonstration, then complete the activity at home!
Supplies Needed: Bowl filled ¾ of the way with water, an orange
The Home & Style Club will include cooking and sewing this year! Each month a cooking project will be completed in coordination with the cookery contests. The club is open to all Ascension 4-H’ers, meets monthly in-person (subject to change), and it’s $10.00 to join to help pay for supplies used for project materials. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, November 18, 6pm at Lamar Dixon Vendor Rooms
Scan the code to register for the Home & Style project club or visit https://rebrand.ly/ap4hH-S.
Enrolled Ascension 4-H members are eligible to participate in the 4-H BINGO contest! The first 10 students to receive BINGO by December 17 will receive a prize and the first 5 who receive blackout by April 25 will also receive a prize. Cards will be handed out at club meetings, can be picked up at our office, or will be available for download in the “contest” section of our website. Full rules can also be found on our website. Good Luck!
Wiggles & Wags is a project club that focuses on everything DOG! It helps members learn more about caring for, training, and working with their beloved canines all while doing service and growing in leadership. The Wiggles & Wags project club is open to all Ascension 4-H members and meets in-person monthly (subject to change based on COVID restrictions).It’s $10.00 to join for the year. The first meeting will be at 6pm, November 9 at Lamar Dixon Vendor Rooms.
Scan the code to register for Wiggles & Wags or visit https://rebrand.ly/ap4hW-W.
The Ascension 4-H Jr. Leader Project Club is open to all 7th-12th grade Ascension 4-H members. Jr. Leader’s focus on leadership, citizenship, and teamwork. The 2021-22 Jr. Leader educational focus will be Life Skills. Each month we will explore different life skills to become more ready to enter the real world. In addition, the service-learning theme will be Mental Health. Each month we will focus on an activity to help develop coping skills, deal with stressors of everyday life, and to help spread kindness to others who may have very stressful jobs or lives! The cost to join the Jr. Leader Club is $10.00.Join us on November 8th for the next meeting! Bring plastic grocery bags, canned goods for service projects, and a friend!
Please sign up for Jr. Leaders at https://rebrand.ly/ap4hJL .
It is the intention of the LSU AgCenter to conduct livestock shows as originally planned but given the health concerns with COVID-19 there is no guarantee that the LSU AgCenter Livestock Shows will occur as advertised. With that in mind, all livestock show participants and families should note that purchase and/or validation of animals is at their own risk and financial investment.
Important Livestock Dates:
November 7th- Livestock Family Day & Mandatory Info Meeting
November 8th- Possession deadline and market/commercial validations due for beef, dairy, sheep, exhibition poultry & goat
November 15th- Mini Beef possession deadline
December 3rd- Possession Deadline and market/commercial validations due for swine
December 3rd- Entry Forms and Fees due for rabbits, poultry, sheep, swine, goats, beef, & dairy
All 10-13-year-olds interested in fashion, may want to attend the LA State 4-H Fashion Camp- “4-H Lights, Camera, Fashion” to be held January 21-23, 2022 at Camp Grant Walker. This camp is put on by the Louisiana State Fashion Leadership Board members. The Fashion Board chose this theme to reflect their excitement about fashion and the attitude that the campers will adopt as they travel through the experiences at camp. In addition to basic sewing fundamentals, a few of the educational activities for campers include: a sewing caddy, tote bag, a reading pillow, a community service project plus more. You will return home with completed projects and ideas to host your own fashion workshop! Each parish is allowed to send a maximum of 2 youth and one Ascension adult leader is required. Adult leaders will need to be screened and oriented before attending. Attendees will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis as space for camp is limited. For more information, please contact the office. The deadline to register will be November 29th.
Our Second cookery contest, the poultry cookery, is quickly approaching and the dish drop off will be the Monday, November 29th from 8:00am until 5:30 pm. This is the Monday we return from the Thanksgiving Holiday. After receiving feedback from parents and our judges our cookery guidelines have been adjusted to reflect the changes so please be sure to check the facebook event page or the website for the most up to day contest rules. If you have any questions please email Mrs. Stephanie or call the office!
Open to 7th-8th grade 4-H members, the Outdoor Photography Camp will be an overnight weekday camp held at Camp Grant Walker on December 6-7 and will be capped at 20 participants. This program will feature an introductory smartphone photography course in which participants will explore natural/outdoor photography around the grounds of Camp Grant Walker. Campers will learn about basic and intermediate photography principles, as well as tips on basic editing features using apps included or freely available on a typical smartphone. Also featuring an interactive nature walk by LSU AgCenter Forestry Agent, Mr. Keith Hawkins, this program is open to all photographers looking to learn new skills or build on existing knowledge! For more information, contact the office. Registration closes on November 22.
Advanced Marsh Maneuvers
is a wetlands and waterfowl-themed weekend camp. High school 4-H’ers will have
the opportunity to learn about waterfowl and wetlands, participate in hands-on
activities, visit White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area, and much more! This
camp will take place Friday, December 10, 2021 – through Sunday, December 12,
2021, in southwest Louisiana. Each parish can submit 2 applicants to go through
the selection process. Submissions are due by November 7. Contact the office if interested.
Huntin’, Fishin’, 4-Hin' every day…Ready for an Outdoor
Adventure just in time for hunting season?
On Saturday, November 20, 9 am- 1 pm Ascension 4-H will be
hosting a workshop filled with different activities all related to the great
outdoors like casting, knot tying, fish I.D., fishing, animal tracking, animal
I.D., fire building, and much more! This
one-day workshop will be open to all 6th-12th 4-H
members. There is a $5.00 registration
fee for the event. Dress for the
weather. Bring a fishing pole if you
have one. We will have a limited number
available for use. Bait will be
provided.
To sign up, visit https://rebrand.ly/Ap4HOAD
