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St. Martin Parish Cooperative Extension
114 Courthouse Street
Breaux Bridge, LA 70517
Phone: 337-332-2181
Fax: 337-332-2870
Website: www.louisiana4h.org/stmartin
Office Hours: Monday-Friday
8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Ashley Istre
4-H Agent
aistre@agcenter.lsu.edu
Erica Poirier
Assistant 4-H Agent
epoirier@agcenter.lsu.edu
Social Media: Search “St. Martin Parish 4-H” on Facebook, Instagram, & Pinterest
Achievement Day
March 27, 2026
Breaux Bridge High School
February 14-21 LSU State Livestock Show (Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales)
4-H Portfolios will be given to 4-H members at the January club meetings. The portfolio is a record of your 4-H participation this year. Your Portfolio and your project book(s) should be turned in if you want to attend Achievement Day. Achievement Day is a super fun event that is scheduled for March 27, 2026, at Breaux Bridge High School.
Writing things down helps us remember what’s happening and what we need to do. 4-H portfolios are an important way to keep track of our 4-H experiences. Everyone feels good when portfolios are worked on throughout the year and completed by the deadline. It will be more fun and less frustrating if you spend some time each week on your portfolio. Records are a part of life. You’ll have records related to your money, insurance, taxes, and property when you grow up. Pictures are fun records of what you’ve done. You’ll enjoy your pictures much more if they are organized in a way that you can find them easily. Doing a 4-H portfolio is a part of 4-H life that helps in many ways.
1: Competitive Deadline: 4-H members’ portfolios and project book(s) are due on March 3, 2026, if the 4-H member wants their portfolio judged and to be considered for Outstanding Record Book Awards. (Agents will pick up these books at each school on March 3, 2026.) 4-H club leaders WILL ask for your portfolio prior to March 3rd. It is the responsibility of the 4-H club members to know when their school club leader wants the books!
2: Non-competitive deadline: Members who turn in portfolios and project book(s) after March 3rd and on or before March 10th are eligible to attend Achievement Day, but their book will not be judged, and they will not be considered for Outstanding Record Book awards.
Have you participated in many 4-H activities this year? If so, you may want to consider completing an Outstanding Club Member application. The Outstanding Club Member applications are used to choose “outstanding club members” from the St. Martin Parish 4-H program who have been extremely active in the program. Outstanding Club Members are chosen based on their participation throughout the year in 4-H events, activities, and service projects. You must turn in a completed 4-H portfolio by March 3, 2026, to be considered for this award. The applications are due to the 4-H Office by March 3, 2026, either by dropping it off at the 4-H Office, emailing completed forms to stmartin4h@yahoo.com, or faxing it to 337-332-2870. Members who turn in applications after March 3rd will not be considered for outstanding member recognition.
Applications were given out at the January 2026 4-H club meetings. Outstanding club members are recognized at Honors Night in May. All who are invited will receive an invitation in the email in late April.
St. Martinville Senior High School Food Drive Collection and Holiday Gathering
CJH: Anniston Guidry, Raegan Bonin, Kaleigh Auzenne, Shelbi Huval, Alivia Champagne, Brylee Broussard, Riley Hernandez, Evie Picard, Khloe Mire, Andi Alvarez, Karsyn Robin, Adalyn Mistric, Acelyn Pommier, Brinley Broussard, Ted Taylor and Nicholas Taylor
CJH: Alivia Champagne, Anniston Guidry, Brylee Broussard, Adalyn Mistric, Paxton Wiltz, Alana Thornton, Khloe Mire, Brinley Broussard, Ted Taylor, and Nicholas Taylor
BB4: Madelyn Reed TE4: Annabelle Knott, Isaiah Knott, Emarie Babineaux, Anistyn Patin, Amalie Patin, Aubree Bertrand SBS4: Stephen Castillo, Lucie LaViolette PM5/6: Aniyah Alexander SBS5/6: Greyson Comb, Eva Cantu, Caroline Degatur, Luke Degatur, Maddox Tumlin SBS 7/8: Cooper Gonzales BBJH: Dezi Onezine, Caisen Champagne PM 7/8: Brock Doucet, Aiden Devillier, Marley Huval TE5: Emmy Vidrine, Abby Robert CJH: Aniston Guidry, Corinthian Perro, Kaleigh Auzenne, Ahni Livings, Brylee Broussard, Brinley Broussard, Khloe Mire At-Large: Sebastian Cantu, Ethan Latiolais, Calais Varnado, Aiden Edgar, Averi Theriot BBHS: Deisy Chavez-Hernandez, Trenity Landry, Crystal Huerta CHS: Rylei Pommier SMSH: Rhianna Narcisse, Thomas Latiolais ARC: Jaxon Taylor, Knox Taylor
Grades 8th -12th LSU Campus Baton Rouge
If you are interested in attending this event, meeting scheduled for March 9, 2026, at 4 pm at the 4-H Office, 114 Courthouse Street, Breaux Bridge. Parents and students are welcome to this meeting to find out if this event is for you.
4-H Summer Camp is open to youth in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade as of 1/01/2026. St. Martin Parish 4-H’ers will be attending 4-H Summer Camp in Pollock on July 20-23, 2026. We will camp with youth from Acadia, Madison, Union, Franklin, St. Landry, and East Baton Rouge parishes. A limited number of spots will be available.
Contact the 4-H Office to be put on the Summer Camp list by calling 337-332-2181.
Summer Camp Parent and Student meeting is scheduled for March 10, 2026, at 4 pm for those on the list and interested in attending.
Oranges are in season right now. That means they are usually more flavorful and less expensive in the grocery store. You might even have some growing in your own backyard. They are high in fiber and Vitamin C. Both of those nutrients help our bodies stay healthy. They can be kept in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks.
This semi-homemade recipe mixes canned fruit cocktail with fresh fruit and yogurt for a quick and tasty fruit salad.
Recipe adapted from USDA What's Cooking
For over 10 years, we have collected pull tabs off of the top of can drinks to help the Ronald McDonald house in Memphis, TN and now we have one in Lafayette, LA that we can support.
This is a great service opportunity that is easy to complete.
What do you do?
Collect as many pull tabs as you can from now until March 3rd. Collect them in a plastic Ziploc bag. Take the bag to school and give it to your school club leader. They will turn it into the 4-H Office.
What do we do with the tabs? We recycle them and receive money!
What do we do with the money? We send the money to the Ronald McDonald House in Lafayette,
To learn more about the Ronald McDonald House, visit their website at: http://www.rmhc-memphis.org.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Ashley Mrs. Erica
4-H Agent
aistre@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ashley Istre Erica Poirier
4-H Agent
epoirier@agcenter.lsu.edu
It is the policy of the LSU AgCenter, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, age, or disability. If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any aforementioned activity, please contact the St. Martin 4-H office at 337-332-2181. In accordance with Federal law and U.S. Department of Agriculture policy, this institution is prohibited from discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, political beliefs or disability
