In this issue:

• Upcoming Events
• Think 4-H Might be for You
• Service-learning Focus
• Join the Junior Leader Club
• Drug Free Poster Art Contest
• Strawberry Sale
• 4-H Highlights
• Beef Poster Contest
• Draw a Dairy Billboard
• EC Parish Scholarships
• 4-H Summer Camp
• 4-H University

Upcoming Events

• Drug Free Poster Art Contest - March 1st
• 4-H Strawberry Sale - due March 6th; pick up March 14th
• Beef Poster Contest - March 1st
• Draw a Dairy Billboard - March 1st
• East Carroll Parish Scholarships - due April 1st
• 4-H Summer Camp - May 20th-23rd - due April 1st
• 4-H University - June 19th-22nd - due May 1st

Think 4-H Might be for You?

Here's how to Join the Club:

• Attend the 4-H club meeting in your school.
• Review the 4-H materials given to you.
• Return the enrollment form to your club leader.
• Select a 4-H project book.
• Pay your $5 dues at your school.

Service-learning Focus

Combating Hunger & Poverty in Louisiana is our state and parish service-learning focus for the 2023-2024 year. Opportunities will be offered for you to participate in our statewide focus. Let’s all make a difference in our community and state.

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well." – Virginia Woolf

Join the Junior Leader Club

The 4-H junior leader experience is designed to provide members with the opportunity to learn about the qualities and competencies needed to be a leader. Junior leaders provide assistance with 4-H events and assume more challenging leadership roles. Our Junior Leader program is a great place to experience new things, complete service-learning projects, meet new friends, travel, and learn the leadership skills necessary in the world. Contact the office for more information.

Drug Free Poster Art Contest

The main focus of the poster must be an anti-drug message!

• Use your poster to promote 4-H to others.
• Write your name, address, school, grade, and teacher on the back of the poster.
• Posters are due at the school on Tuesday, March 1st.
• The poster shall be an original creation of the submitter.
• Posters shall be no smaller than an 8 ½ x 11 in. and no larger than 22 x 28 in.

4-H Strawberry Sale

4-H is selling sweet, delicious, nutritious Louisiana strawberries for only $23 per flat. Sales will help defray costs of 4-H’ers attending 4-H Summer Camp and 4-H U this summer. Orders/payment are due to the 4-H Office by Wednesday, March 6th. Strawberries will be delivered to the 4-H Office and must be picked up as follows: Thursday, March 14th from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. We will not be responsible for the quality of the strawberries if they are not picked up on the 14th. NO REFUNDS! Make checks payable to East Carroll 4-H.

4-Highlights

Briarfield Academy Socks for Seniors

Briarfield Academy students learned about pollination among other things at Ag Alley.

Briarfield Academy's 1st grade Cloverbuds learned about the purpose and importance of bridges using Legos.

Entrepreneur Pitch Contest - Griffin Middle Academy students created business pitches and prototypes and presented them to judges.

4-H Night with the New Orleans Pelicans

Beef Poster Contest

The 2023 LBIC Beef Poster Contest theme is “Beef: A Sustainable Choice.”

Divisions:

I. 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

II. 7th and 8th grades

III. 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades

Rules and Regulations:

• Poster must be made on 22 x 28 in. regular poster board size only.
• Do NOT attach anything to the poster that is more than ½ in. thick.
• Do NOT use the commercial brand names of products on the poster. Do NOT use jingles, slogans, signs, or pictures that are trademark or copyright protected on the poster.
• Be sure to print your name, address, school, grade, and parish on the back of the poster in the upper right-hand corner. Please fill out the reporting form completely.
• A 4-H club member is allowed to win 1st place in each division ONLY once.
• Posters are due March 1st.

Draw a Dairy Billboard

Learn more about milk and milk products and their importance to healthy bodies by drawing a dairy “billboard.” Demonstrate your communication skills in the drawing by encouraging or promoting the consumption of milk and/or milk products. Share your knowledge with others. Sponsored by the Louisiana Dairy Industry Promotion Board and the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service.

Divisions:

I. 4th, 5th, and 6th grades

II. 7th and 8th grades

III. 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grades

Rules:

• Draw a billboard that encourages or promotes the consumption of milk and milk products from dairy cattle ONLY.
• Billboard design must be made on 22 x 28 in. regular poster board size only.
• Do NOT attach anything to the poster that is more than ½ in. thick.
• Do NOT use the commercial brand names of products on the poster. Do NOT use jingles, slogans, signs, or pictures that are trademark or copyright protected on the poster.
• Be sure to print your name, address, school, grade, and parish on the back of the poster in the upper right-hand corner. Please fill out the reporting form completely.
• A 4-H club member is allowed to win 1st place in each division ONLY once.
• Posters are due March 1st.

East Carroll Parish Scholarships

Please submit East Carroll Parish 4-H Scholarship applications by Friday, April 1st.

4-H Summer Camp

It’s time to plan for 4-H Summer Camp. 4th-6th graders (ages 9-12) are eligible to attend. The base cost is $215; however, if you are eligible for both offered scholarships the cost is $95. East Carroll will camp May 20th-23rd. The deadline to pay in full is April 1st. Spaces are limited, so register early.

4-H University

4-H members who were 13 years of age before January 1 are eligible to attend 4-H University. 4-H’ers can experience an exciting week on the LSU campus in Baton Rouge. This event will give students the opportunity to compete in contests, explore the LSU campus, and visit academic departments. 4-H U will be held June 19th-22nd. The total cost is $95. The deadline to pay is May 1st.