Dates are subject to change. Check the monthly newsletter, the local newspaper, our social media accounts; Facebook (@stjohnparish4h), Instagram (@st.john4h), Twitter (@stjohn4h), and our official website, www.lsuagcenter.com/stjohn4h for the latest updates.

August 2024

• 1: 2024-2025 4-H Year Begins
• 6: 4-H Foundation Meeting
• 10: Jr. Leader Retreat – Leroy D. Williams Memorial Library – Reserve Branch
• 15: Club Leader/Volunteer Orientation – River Parish Community College – Media Room
• 16: Steers Validation Date

September 2024

• 2: Labor Day – 4-H Office Closed
• 19: Southeast Region Volunteer Training
• 24: Club Officer Training – River Parish Community College – Media Room
• 29 – Oct. 2: National 4-H Food Challenge – State Fair of Texas – Dallas, TX

October 2024

• Oct. Meeting Dates: Pumpkin Decorating Contest – Judge at schools
• Sept. 29 – Oct. 2: National 4-H Food Challenge – State Fair of Texas – Dallas, TX
• 2 – 13: Fall Paper Clover Campaign – Tractor Supply
• 6 – 12: National 4-H Week:
• 8: 4-H Display Contest
• 11: Wear GREEN Day
• 15: Fall Cookery Contest & Pumpkin Painting Workshop
• 28 – 29: Southeast Region Challenge Camp – Lion King Retreat Center – Amite, LA - *Open to 7th-8th graders
• 28 – Nov. 17: State Fair of Louisiana Livestock Show – Shreveport, LA

November 2024

• 8: Thanksgiving Food Drive Pick-Up
• 8: Veterans Day Cards Due
• 11: Beef & Dairy Commercial Heifers, Market Lambs & Commercial Ewes, Market Goat & Commercial Does Validation Due
• 11: Possession Date for Breeding Beef, Sheep, Goat, Dairy, & Exhibition Poultry
• 18: Possession Date for Miniature Cattle
• 23: Bash on the Bayou – LSU vs. Vanderbilt – Kickoff between 5-7pm
• 28 – 29: 4-H Office Closed
• 29 – Nov. 2: National 4-H Congress – Atlanta, GA

December 2024

• 2: Market & Commercial Hog Validation Date
• 2: Possession Date for Breeding Swine
• 6: Holiday Wreath Decorating Contest Due
• 6 – 8: Louisiana 4-H Shooting Sports Camp – Camp Grant Walker
• 7: Louisiana 4-H Day of Service
• 24 – Jan. 1: 4-H Office Closed

January 2025

• 15: Fashion and Beyond on Tours – Winnsboro, LA
• 20: 4-H Office Closed for Holiday
• 20: MLK Day of Service
• 29 – Feb. 1: South Central District Livestock Show – Gonzales, LA

February 2025

• 11 – 18: LSU AgCenter State 4-H & FFA Livestock Show – Gonzales, LA
• 14: 4-H Achievement Day Registration Due
• 14: 4-H Club Scrapbooks Due
• 14: Beef Poster Contest Due
• 14: Dairy Billboard Poster Contest Due
• 17: Fashion and Beyond on Tour – Crowly, LA
• 20: Spark, Action, Change Summit – Baton Rouge, LA
• 27 – Mar. 1: Southern University Livestock Show – Baton Rouge, LA
• 28: All project books are due

March 2025

• 1: Louisiana 4-H SeaPerch Competition
• 12: Louisiana 4-H Food Challenge Competition
• 14 – 22: Southern Regional Shooting Sports Match – Ascension & WBR Parishes
• 7 – 9: Junior Leadership Conference – Camp Grant Walker - *Open to members in grades 8^th-12^th
• 21: 4-H Achievement Day – West St. John High School
• 18 – 22: AgMagic Baton Rouge – LSU - Baton Rouge, LA
• 24 – 28: AgMagic on the River – Docville, LA
• 26: Spring Cookery Contest and Bike Rodeo

April 2025

• 4 – 12: Louisiana 4-H State Shooting Sports Match
• 10: Edible Book Contest – Leroy D. Williams Memorial Library - Reserve Branch

May 2025

• TBA: Southeast Region Culinary Arts Contest – Amite, LA

June & July 2025

• June 18^th – 21^st: 4-H University – LSU-Baton Rouge - *Open to 4-H’ers in grades 8 through 12
• TBA: 4-H Summer Camp - *Open to 4^th-6^th grade students, both 4-H’ers, and non-4-H’ers
• July 28 – 31: L.O.S.T. Camp – Camp Grant Walker – Open to 7^th – 8^th graders