4-H Mudbugs Night/4-H Night with the Pelicans

4-H Mudbugs Night – Friday, January 10, 2025! Tickets are $20 & come with a food/drink voucher (choice of chicken basket, pizza or nachos).

Schedule:

• 4-6 PM – Ice skating & learning about the game inside the rink, bounce houses, bounce courses, poster making, connect 4, sumo suits, street hockey & more in the ag building (you will be divided into 4 groups during these 2 hours)
• 6-7 PM – Doors open at 6 PM, can get food & drinks & find your seats
• 7:11 PM – Game Starts!

4-H Night with the Pelicans - Pelicans VS. Jazz, Friday, January 17, 2025, 7:00 PM!! Enjoy a great night of basketball with 4-H & receive an exclusive Pelicans souvenir! A portion of the ticket sales will benefit 4-H. Use link to purchase! https://pels.group/4H For more information & questions, contact Lindsey Stanek at 504-593-4743 or at Lindsey.Stanek@pelicans.com

Christmas Design Contest

For Cards & Ornaments! Options: enter 1 card, set of 3 ornaments, or both. Place ornaments or card in a Ziploc bag with your name, school, & grade. You can use any materials as long as they are incorporated on a card or ornament. Cards will be delivered to local nursing homes. Ornaments will be kept & entered in the 2025 Ark-La-Miss Fair.

• Deadline: Thursday, December 19, 2024
• Turn in at 704 Cypress St., West Monroe
• Divisions: 4^th-6^th grades & 7^th-12^th grades

Fashion & Beyond On Tour

Join us at one of our venues as we travel the state bringing fashion to your fingertips.

• Tour Ticket Price: $35/person (limit 50 attendees)
• Grades: 5^th-12^th
• January 15, 2025, 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM, River of Life Church, 127 Ellis Lane, Winnsboro, LA 71295

Register: https://v2.4honline.com/

Food & Fitness Day Camp

4-H State Food & Fitness Board wants you!

Cooking, Games, Mindfulness & More!

• Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 10 AM – 3 PM
  
• Baton Rouge, LA, 4-H Mini Barn, LSU Campus
• 4^th-6^th Grades
• $35/person (includes lunch)

Register through 4-H Online by January 7, 2025: https://v2.4honline.com/

Holiday Drone Mission

Join us for our first drone workshop! We will learn the basics of drone safety & operation through fun challenges! Members must receive their TRUST (The Recreational UAS Safety Test) certificate before this & show proof to begin the workshop (a screenshot on a phone is sufficient). The test can be taken here: https://www.scouting.org/the-recreational-uas-safety-test/

Spaces limited, call to register: 318-323-2251

• Friday, December 20
• 4-6 PM
• 704 Cypress St., West Monroe

Join Ouachita Shooting Sports or Livestock Teams!

It’s not too late to sign up! Call 318-323-2251 or email bcorona@agcenter.lsu.edu or lthornton@agcenter.lsu.edu for more information & how to sign up!

Join the Ouachita 4-H Photography Club

Join us Monday, December 16, 4-5:30 PM at West Monroe City Hall, 2305 N 7^th St., West Monroe as we learn how to pose individuals for family photos & make Christmas cards. Please bring 3 photos to use for Christmas cards!

Join our monthly club, led by West Monroe Mayor Staci Mitchell, for hands-on lessons & activities, service projects, & fun! Each month at a new location! Compete in photography contests, portfolios, Art Crawl, & a 4-H art showcase! Participate regularly to earn a photography rewards trip!

Photography Club Registration: $20

Jr. Leader Christmas Party!

7th-12^th graders, bring a Christmas treat & wear PJs. We will be having hot cocoa, building gingerbread houses, making Christmas cards, & discussing our MLK Day of Service plans – Thursday, December 19 at 6:00 PM at the 4-H Office!

Krewe of Clovers!!

Become a Ouachita 4-H King, Queen, Prince, or Princess by collecting votes (donations) from now until the deadline. The Krewe Court is presented at a coronation ceremony February 7 & will ride in the Krewe De Riviere Parade February 8. See your club leader, call the 4-H office, or check out our Facebook page for registration form, rules, & regulations!

• Voting Deadline: December 13.
• 1 Penny = 1 Vote.
• Divisions: 4^th-5^th; 6^th-8^th; 9^th-12^th

Louisiana 4-H Citizenship Board Blast Off!

Come & join us at the Louisiana Tech University Davison Athletic Complex, 1524 W Alabama Avenue, Ruston, LA 71270.

• March 31, 2025, 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
• Fee: $20
• Grades 4^th-6^th
• Registration opens February 14 in 4-H Online

More Information

Ouachita Parish 4-H

704 Cypress Street
West Monroe, LA 71291
Phone: (318) 323-2251
Fax: (318) 387-9376

https://lsuagcenter.com/ouachita/4-h

Bethany Corona, 4-H Agent
bcorona@ agcenter.lsu.edu

Lena Thornton, 4-H Agent
lthornton@agcenter.lsu.edu

Visit our website: www.LSUAgCenter.com
Matt Lee, LSU Vice President for Agriculture
Louisiana State University Agricultural Center; Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station; Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service; LSU College of Agriculture

The LSU AgCenter is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Ouachita 4-H Zoology Club

Join us Friday, December 13, 9 AM – 12 PM & learn about the world of animals & the Louisiana Wetlands Habitat! Meet the 4-H group at the front gate of the zoo (1405 Bernstein Park Drive, Monroe).

Santa is Coming to Goldman Equipment!

Santa Claus is coming to town…& to Goldman Equipment – where holiday cheer meets John Deere!! Santa will be spreading holiday joy Tuesday, December 17 from 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM at 511 Mane Street, West Monroe. Their toy giveaways are going to be bigger & better than ever. This is your chance to make memories with the jolliest elf around, surrounded by the iconic green & yellow of John Deere! Mark your calendars, grab the kids, & join us for a holly jolly celebration filled with tractors, toys, & holiday magic!

We Are On Facebook!

Ouachita 4-H is on Facebook! Find us there: Ouachita 4-H is our main page & Ouachita 4-H Shooting Sports is our Shooting Sports page.