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September
2- Labor Day Holiday- Closed
17- Ascension College & Career Expo- Participation Pts awarded
23-Jr. Leader Ice Cream Social
24- Wiggles & Wags Info Meeting
26- Home & Style Info Meeting
October
Sweet Potato & Pecan Fundraiser
2- New Member Shooting Sports Mandatory Informational Mtg.
2-13- Tractor Supply Paper Clover Donation Campaign
4- Challenge Camp Registration Due
6-12– National 4-H Week
8- Wiggles & Wags Meeting
10- Home & Style Meeting
13- Livestock Family Day
16- 4-H Enrollment and Project Book/Leaflet Orders Due
21- Egg Cookery Contest
22- Decorated Pumpkin Contest & Pet Show
30- Enrollment Deadline for Contest!
31- Be the Change Summit- Deadline
TBA- Jr. Leader Ag Olympics; 6pm @ Lamar Dixon Barns 7/8
TBA- Sweet Potato & Pecan OrderThis year, we are going to Geaux for the Gold with Ascension 4-H! Although the Olympics has ended, enrollment for the 2024-2025 club year is just beginning, so Join In! Whether you are looking for new friends, traveling, projects, community service, career prep, or more, 4-H is the place for you!
4-H is the largest youth development organization in the nation. Engaging, enabling, and empowering over 6 million youth every day. Here, in Ascension 4-H, we average 1,500 members annually. We hope to offer many opportunities to ALL 4-H members in areas like leadership, teamwork, community involvement, service, responsibility, and more! Members will work on their personal development by using their Heads, Hands, and Hearts to “Make the Best, Better!”
4-H is getting kicked off this month! School club leaders are going to be disseminating 4-H information to interested members at school. We will continue to use the 4-H Online Enrollment System. State and Parish fees will be collected in the 4-H Online System! If your school has not already given out 4-H information, contact the 4-H office to find out who is the club leader at your school and if your school has a 4-H program! Read on to find out how to sign up. If your school doesn’t have a school club, you can join 4-H as a Member at Large. Fill out your online enrollment TODAY to join team Ascension 4-H to Geaux for the GOLD!! More information on Ascension 4-H can be found at lsuagcenter.com/ascension4h
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, 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…
**Complete Enrollment by September 30 for a chance to win a $25 gift card or 4-H Swag!**
School Club, Community Club, & Members at Large- Please select your club name or member-at-large if you are joining through the parish. State and Parish 4-H Dues will be paid through the 4-H Online Enrollment site. School Club fees (if apply) will be paid through your child’s school.
PROJECT
RESOURCES will NOT be selected through the 4-H Online Enrollment site.
~ All 4th and 5th Graders will receive the Discovering the World of 4-H or Exploring the World of 4-H Project Books. NO Ordering is necessary. These will be delivered to club meetings around November. |
~2nd year 5th grade members and 6th-12thgraders should place an order for a project resource if they are interested. All orders must be received by October 16th in order to be delivered to November Club meetings. Members are eligible to receive 1 project resource at no charge.
Enrolled Ascension 4-H members are eligible to participate in the 4-H BINGO contest! The first 10 students to receive BINGO by December 15 will 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!
Fall Paper Clover in all Tractor Supply Co stores & online with a purchase from 10/2/2024 - 10/13/2024. You may see some of our 4-H members in the stores assisting. Please don’t forget to donate at checkout! Money raised from paper clover sales goes directly to our program to assist with camp scholarships and programming.
National 4-H Week will take place October 6-12. Join in the fun by helping to spread 4-H awareness and encouraging your friends to join! 4-H provides opportunities for community development, friendships, citizenship, and developing leaders! We challenge each 4-H member to take advantage of the opportunities in their community by participating in 1-2 hours of service during 4-H week. Please share service stories with us- email a brief description and pictures to cbrady@agcenter.lsu.edu. Check social media for daily trivia, videos, stories, and challenges throughout the week!
Clubs can participate in the 4-H Week Display Contest! Decorate a shadow box, hallway, bulletin board, school entrance, office, or whatever school administration will allow you to! Registration is open until October 1. All displays will be judged toward the end of 4-H Week during October 6-12. Registered participants will receive communication from the 4-H office as to exactly when judging will take place!
Help your club to WIN by participating in different events! We will have two AWARDS that will continue this year! These clubs will be recognized at Achievement Day and will receive a party at the end of this school year!
1. Club Sweepstakes Award- The club with the highest percentage of members participating in parish activities.
2. Highest Increase in Enrollment- The club with the largest membership increase for the year.
Louisiana 4-H is excited to announce the inaugural Spark ▪ Action ▪ Change |Summit, an immersive 3-day event designed to engage and inspire 7th and 8th grade 4-H youth with a keen interest in government relations, volunteering/service, and personal development. This summit aims to provide a dynamic and interactive learning environment where participants can deepen their understanding of civic engagement, refine their leadership skills, and develop a strong sense of social responsibility. Through a series of hands-on educational workshops, engaging tours, and collaborative service projects, youth will have the opportunity to explore critical aspects of civic education, public service, and personal growth. The event will take place February 20-22, 2025 at the Lod Cook Conference Center, LSU Baton Rouge. Cost: $125 per participant. Registration on 4-H Online will be open with a 2-per parish limit beginning September 16, 2024, through October 31, 2024.
If you attend the APSB College and Career Expo on 9/17/24, stop by our booth & sign in to receive participation points!!
Our Ascension Shooting Sports program is excited to get kicked off for the upcoming 2024-2025 Season! Our New Member Informational meeting will be held at 6 pm on October 2 at Lamar Dixon Vendor Rooms. This is a mandatory meeting to join this project club due to the club’s fast pace starting deadlines and scheduled trainings, if your family is interested, please make every effort to attend.
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 on the 2nd Thursday monthly (except the first month) and its membership fee is $10.00 to join. This helps to pay for supplies used for project materials. The first meeting will be held on Thursday, September 26, 6 pm at the 4-H Office. Scan the QR code to register for the Home & Style project club.
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 on the 2nd Tuesday monthly (except for the 1st meeting). The membership fee is $10.00 to join for the year. The first meeting will be at 6 pm, Tuesday, September 24 at the 4-H Office. Scan the QR code to register for Wiggles & Wags.
The Ascension 4-H Jr. Leader Project Club is open to all 7th-12th grade Ascension 4-H members. Jr. Leaders focus on leadership, citizenship, and teamwork. The service-learning theme chosen by the members will be Healthy Living- Nutrition and Poverty. The cost to join the Jr. Leader Club is $10.00. Come Get the “Scoop” on Junior Leaders at the Ice Cream Social on TBA, at 6 pm at the office! Bring a Friend to be entered in a prize drawing! To Sign up for Jr. Leaders scan the QR code.
If you are planning to participate in the LSU AgCenter Livestock Shows and have not contacted the Ascension Parish Office to let them know your intentions of showing, please do so ASAP as important forms and information will be sent out to livestock exhibitors very soon.
Important Livestock Dates:
We are super excited to get our cookery contest kicked off again this year on October 21st and we have some awesome new updates to these contests!! For each of your monthly contest entries, you will have the option of earning extra points for pictures submitted highlighting the before (ingredients), during (action shots), and after (finished product) you have completed your dish. You can also earn extra points for writing a short summary of your experience of cooking the dish. You will need to submit your recipe and 1-2 servings of your completed dish to the 4-H office on the contest date from 8 am to 5:30 pm. Pictures and summaries can be emailed to Ms. Sarah in the format described in the contest guidelines. From there, your entries will be judged by our volunteers. The first monthly contest will be the egg cookery. More detailed guidelines and explanations will be available soon on our website at lsuagcenter.com/ascension4-H in the contest section!
Come have a spooktacular time at the Ascension 4-H Pet Show & Pumpkin Contest on Tuesday, October 22, 6 pm, Lamar Dixon Barns7/8. To participate in the pet show, pets must be up to date on vaccinations, in a cage, or restrained! The cost is $2.00 to participate in the pet show. Only one pet per 4-Her. There will be a costume contest (for people and pets), tricks for treats, and many other categories for your pets to be judged! You can bring and enter your decorated pumpkins in the following categories for judging: Carved, 4- H Spirit, Character, Prettiest, or Any Other! Concessions will be sold. Bring a (new/sealed) personal care item to donate to those in need!
Are you up for the Challenge of making new friends, working as a team, growing as a leader, and accomplishing a goal? If so, you may enjoy the Southeast Regional Challenge Camp for 7th & 8th Grade members. Challenge Camp one night at Lion King Retreat Center from October 28-29. Registration is through 4-H Online and the deadline is October 4th.There is a $30 fee that includes a shirt, transportation, meals, and all activities. At camp this year, there will be a costume contest (cheery, not eerie) and talent show!
Limited spots are available on a first-some-first-serve basis. Priority is given to 7th graders.
Looking for a way to make a difference? Become a 4-H Volunteer! Volunteers are the heart of the Ascension Parish 4-H program. There are many roles and positions that provide important functions to help make 4-H programming successful on the school and parish levels. Individuals can volunteer to serve project leaders, provide transportation to 4-H events, assist with the parish or school 4-H programs, help with event setup/take down, clerical work, contest judges, and more. If you are interested in volunteering with us, please call the 4-H office. As a volunteer, you are supported by the insurance carried by LSU AgCenter for AgCenter events.
You can enroll as a volunteer through the 4-H Online system mentioned previously in the newsletter.
National Champions in Shooting Sports Competitions
Ascension 4-H had three contestants and two coaches who qualified for the National Shooting Sports Competition in Grand Island, Nebraska through state competition. Rifle- 1st place team, 3rd Individual; Muzzle Loader- 9th overall, 3rd place team; Archery- 42nd overall, 7th place team.
Team LA won 1st place sweepstakes award for the 5th time in the past 4 years! National Champions again!
The Ascension BB team, consisting of 8 members and a coach, placed first in the state and qualified for the Daisy National BB Competition in Arkansas. The team finished 17th.
20 8th-12th graders participated in Louisiana 4-H University June 18-21 on the LSU Campus. Ascension has 8 students appointed to state leadership boards and 80% of Ascension participants placed in their respective contests! There were four 1st place winners, one 2nd place, five 3rd place, a 5th place, two 6th, three 9th, and two blue ribbon winners! We are so PROUD!
86 4th-6th grade campers attended summer camp at Camp Grant Walker in Pollock, LA July 11-14, along with 5 Jr. Camp Counselors and 9 Adult Chaperones. Campers participated in tracks like Outdoor Adventures, Wetlands, Gardening, and more! Girls & boys both received honors for cleanest cabin awards and many campers recognized at the awards ceremony for their character, responsibility and fairness! Ascension also had the honor of lighting the "4-H Camp" sign during the last night of vespers.
