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The next meeting will be held on Thursday, May 15th from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. at the Gheens Community Center at 1783 Highway 654 in Gheens. Please dress comfortably, as our monthly service project will include a clean-up of the Gheens Center banquet room.
Each year, 4-H members from across the state who are currently in grades 8th-12th grade, are eligible to participate in 4-H University to demonstrate their skills in more than 40 competitive events. It is the culmination of a 4-H member’s year of hard work and dedication. Events range from Agricultural Use Demonstration, Automotive Care, Fishing Sports, Public Speaking, Fashion Revue, and more! Through competing, youth demonstrate life skills in teamwork, decision making, problem solving, resiliency, and many more. Each competitive event allows youth an opportunity for personal growth, skill mastery, and other life skills vital to functioning members of society. The official dates for the 2025 Louisiana 4-H University are June 17-20, 2025, on the campus of Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge. This is an excellent opportunity for our teenage members to experience and preview the campus of our flagship university. Registration ends May 14th!Contact your 4-H Office today and see your 4-H University email if you would like to participate. Do you have a friend or classmate who would like to attend but is not currently enrolled in 4-H?Let’s get them enrolled! Students currently in grades 8-12 who are not enrolled in 4-H can still participate if they enroll by May 15, 2025!Please have them contact the 4-H Office to assist at 985-446-1316.Don’t miss the experience that you will treasure for many years to come!
Kid Chef Camp will be held for 4th–6th grade Lafourche 4-H members. Participants will do hands on food, nutrition, and physical fitness activities, and learn about food safety and cooking in this exciting 2-day camp. Kid Chef Camp will be held on Wednesday, July 23rd and Thursday, July 24th, 2025, at the Lafourche office, located at 115 Texas Street, in Raceland from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The camp is limited to the first 20 participants. If we receive more than 20, we will put the child on a waiting list in the order received. To register, please scan the QR code above and fill out the survey. There is a chance if your child is on the waiting list, they may be called to participate in the camp. The cost of the camp is $30.00 per child to help cover supplies and expenses. All kids will receive a recipe booklet at the conclusion of the camp and will taste and eat all the recipes prepared. Your child does not need to bring lunch as they will eat the foods prepared. If your child has food allergies, please indicate in the survey what type of food allergy your child has.
We can’t wait to explore all that our Louisiana Wetlands have to offer in a day camp at the LSU AgCenter Ag Building in Raceland on June 3rd! Be on the lookout for details in your 4HOnline emails and on the Lafourche Parish 4-H Facebook page in the next few weeks to register!
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 2025 Achievement Day. Lafourche Parish Farm Bureau sponsored the Achievement Day awards. The overall results are:
Points were awarded for 4-H sponsored activities throughout the year. Clubs scoring the most points and receiving banners and certificates for Activity Awards were:
Five seniors were honored this year with parish foundation scholarships. Congratulations to Trinity Comeaux, South Lafourche High School, McKayla Dempster, Thibodaux High School, Leilah Keller, Central Lafourche High School, and Addison Reulet and Morgan Rollins, E. D. White. Congratulations to all of our deserving and hard-working scholarship recipients and thank you to all of the organizations that make these scholarships possible.
The 4-H Honor Cord Award recognizes 4-H members who are graduating seniors. The following seniors received an Honor Cord: Trinity Comeaux, Caroline Danos, Shiah Dardar, Rustin Guidry, and Ellie Verdin, South Lafourche High School; McKayla Dempster, Lani Louque and Hunter Poche, Thibodaux High School; Rhylee Gros, Val St. Mary High School; Leilah Keller, Jett Le, Braydon Lepine, Jaiden Porche and Beau Stein, Central Lafourche High; Rana Orgeron and Mason Rodriguez, Member at Large, and Addison Reulet and Morgan Rollins, E. D. White.
This year 10 Award of Excellence medals were presented to 4th—5th grade 4-H members. The awards are based on the results of overall records (portfolios). Congrats to the following 4-H’ers: Drew Arnold, Lockport Upper; Luke Bourgeois, Lockport Upper; Anabelle Naquin, St. Genevieve; Alexa Callais, Holy Rosary; Maisyn Levron, Holy Rosary; Lane Cheramie, Holy Rosary; Jase Richard, Bayou Community Academy; Tanner Louque, Chackbay Elementary; Allen Pitre, Lockport Upper, and Lilah LeBlanc, Raceland Upper. Congratulations to all of you on a job well done!
Eleven Award of Excellence medals were presented to 6th – 8th grade 4-H members. They were Jaxon Arnold, Lockport Middle; Jonah Curole, Holy Rosary; Alyana Callais, Holy Rosary; Estelle Bourgeois, Lockport Middle; Cheyanne Doiron, Lockport Middle; Mikalia Himel, Sixth Ward Middle; Iyron Cheramie, Holy Rosary; Sophie Grace Wolverton, St. Mary; Ruthie Danos, Holy Rosary and Ataleigh Gaspard, Holy Rosary.
Three senior high members were also awarded the Award of Excellence for their portfolios. They were Toni Arnold, Central Lafourche High, Logan Curole, E. D. White and Suki Livaudais, South Lafourche High.
The Top 10 Junior Leaders for the 2024-2025 school year were Reese Borne, Adele Stein and Connor Hitt from Central Lafourche High; Tristan Pertuit, St. Mary’s Nativity; Logan Curole and Izabella Clement, E. D. White; Emily Rodrigue, South Lafourche High; Cheyanne Doiron, Lockport Middle and Mikalia Himel, Sixth Ward Middle.
The #1 Junior Leader was Toni Arnold from Central Lafourche High School. Congratulations for a job well done. On behalf of the entire Lafourche Parish Junior Leader organization, we would like to wish everyone a safe and happy summer. To all the graduating seniors, good luck in your future endeavors, and to all upcoming 13-year-old 4-H members, we hope to see you at the first Junior Leader meeting next school year!
Congratulations to the following 4-H’ers who placed in the State Shooting Sports competition April 8-11, 2025.They are as follows: Logan Benoit – 2nd Place Smallbore Rifle Silhouette Juniors, 7th Place Smallbore Rifle CMP Scope Juniors, 3rd Place Muzzleloading Bullseye Juniors, 2nd Place Muzzleloading Bottles and Critters Juniors, 1st Place Muzzleloading Silhouette Juniors and 3rd Place Overall Muzzleloading Juniors; Hunter Poche – 8th Place, Smallbore Rifle National NRA 3-P, 2nd Place Muzzleloading Bullseye Seniors, 5th Place Muzzleloading Bottles and Critters Seniors, 2nd Place Muzzleloading Silhouette Seniors and 2nd Place Muzzleloading Overall Seniors; Bennett Price – 9th Place Archery Modified FITA Juniors and Emmitt Gibson – 9th Place Archery 3D Juniors.
Hunter Poche and Joel Orgeron will represent Lafourche Parish and Louisiana at the National Shooting Sports competition in June in Nebraska. Congrats to all that participated in this year’s state competition.
The key to the success of the Lafourche Parish 4-H program rests in volunteers like you. Your gift of your time and effort—large and small, are special ones indeed. Keep making the best better. On behalf of the Lafourche Parish AgCenter—Thank you!!!
Culture includes ethnicity, language, traditions, beliefs, customs, and other influences on our total being. We learn about our culture from our parents, grandparents, or other family members. Culture may be influenced by where we live or it may come from our heritage. Cultural awareness can help us understand why people have certain customs and beliefs. When we personally know people before we make judgments about them, we can keep conflict from happening.
For more information on any of the activities listed, please contact Suzanne Troxclair at stroxclair@agcenter.lsu.edu or Abbie Halley at ahalley@agcenter.lsu.edu or call our office at 985-446-1316.
