West Feliciana 4-H Achievement Day

When: Tuesday, April 9, 2024 – Entries will be displayed from 4:30 PM – 6:30 PM – 4-H Office

This contest provides the opportunity for West Feliciana Parish 4-H members to display their talents through visual art submissions. Entries are due to the 4-H office on Friday, April 5, 2024, by 4PM. No late entries will be accepted.

Categories Include: 2-D Art, 3-D Art, Home and Style, Photography, & Writing

An email was sent out on March 27, 2024, with the Rules and Other Information.

4-H University

4-H members who are 8th-12th grade are eligible to attend 4-H University on the campus of LSU and A&M College in Baton Rouge to demonstrate their skills in more than 30 competitive events, workshops, and educational sessions. It is a culmination of a 4-H member’s year of hard work and dedication. Events range from Automotive Care, ESports, Fishing Sports, Healthy Living Demonstrations, Public Speaking, Fashion, Robotics and more! Through competing, youth demonstrate life skills in teamwork, decision making, problem solving, resiliency, and many more. Each competitive event allots youth an opportunity for personal growth, skill mastery, and other life skills vital to functioning members of society.

4-H University will take place from June 18 to June 20. If your child is interested, please contact the 4-H Office.

We will have a 4-H University Meeting at the 4-H Office on April 18, 2024, at 5:30PM.

Marsh Maneuvers

Marsh Maneuvers is an educational program of the LSU AgCenter in cooperation with the Louisiana Sea Grant College Program and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. It is held at Rockefeller Wildlife Refuge in Grand Chenier, Louisiana.

This trip focuses on the marshes of the Chenier Plain ecosystem and Teche-Vermilion, Mermentau, and Calcasieu watersheds. Students experience the biological diversity and complexity of this environment by examining the life cycles and habitat requirements of wetland flora and fauna. They participate in evaluating environmental quality through water testing and examining the hydrology of the watershed basins and the coast. Exercises in natural resource management help the students appreciate the difficulty in balancing social needs and environmental consequences. All activities illustrate the concepts talked about in the paragraph and include fishing, crabbing, cast netting, water chemistry testing, wildlife observation, seafood processing, boating, policy debates and more.

Marsh Maneuvers will be offered on the following dates: July 1-5, July 8-12, July 15-19, & July 22-26. Participants will pick the dates they are available and then pick their top choice. If your child is interested, please contact the 4-H Office.

Lost Camp

4-H offers middle school students the opportunity to have fun with science by attending the annual LOST (Louisiana Outdoor Science and Technology) Camp. This educational camp is a 4-day, 3-night adventure for 7th-8th graders. Campers enjoy interactive recreational activities such as swimming, canoeing/kayaking, archery, volleyball, dancing, arts, and crafts, and much more. While at 4-H LOST Camp, campers select 3 educational tracks in which they participate in fun activities each morning that are focused on that area. The tracks include videography, wetlands, outdoor adventures, SET (science, engineering, and technology), and more! In the evening, campers enjoy free time, which includes hanging out with new friends at the dance, movies, swimming pool, or at the arts and crafts building.

Lost Camp will be offered the week of July 29 to August 1. If your child is interested, please contact the 4-H Office.

Camp Grant Walker Summer Camp

Camp Grant Walker summer camp is open to all active Louisiana 4-H members in grades 4th to 6th. West Feliciana 4-H has 22 girls and 22 boys’ spots available. These spots are 1st come 1st serve. This year camp will be from June 3 – June 6. The total cost for camp will be determined before the camp meeting. You can pay the money in increments, but a $50 bed deposit is needed to secure your child a spot for camp.

No spots will be held without payment of the bed deposit. Bed deposits will not be accepted until the camp meeting on March 14, 2023, at 5:30PM at the 4-H Office.

Leadership Boards & Ambassadors

Louisiana 4-H has six state leadership boards for youth to apply, Citizenship, Executive, Fashion, Food & Fitness, STEM, and Shooting Sports Ambassadors. Youth must be enrolled in grades 9th-12th for the 2023-2024 school year to apply for a board. Parishes may submit three applications per board, but a youth may serve only ONE State Leadership Board per year.

If you would like an application, please contact the 4-H Office. All applications must be submitted by April 26, 2024, to the 4-H Office.