October 2020

2020-2021 4-H Member Enrollment

The new 4-H year starts October 1st. You can start enrolling any time after October 1st at Zsuite enrollment. Be sure to sign in with the email address you used with 4honline. If you are unsure of which address you used, call the Extension office.

More information on how to enroll can be found by clicking on the link below.

http://montana4h.org/resources/4henrollment/index.html

We are always looking for new leaders to help teach our youth. Please consider sharing your talents.

Reminder - Check your project level as you’re-enroll, be sure to check that you are enrolled in the appropriate level (example: Swine Level 1 vs. Level 2 etc.) Each level should take a maximum of three years. Remember, you need to be able to complete 7 activities in the project book each year, so if there are less than 7 activities left in the project book, the member should move up to the next level. If you are unsure, please ask a leader or the Extension Office for help.

Are you thinking about adding a new project this year? The new Clover books are available at the Extension Office. Please stop in and pick up a copy to see what projects are available, their requirements, and associated materials for the project.

Project Age Requirements

You must meet the minimum required age by October 1, 2020 in order to enroll in the following: 

• Cloverbuds: 5 yrs
• 4-H youth member: 8 yrs
• Shooting Sports: 9 yrs
• Beef Market & Breeding: 10 yrs
• Welding:12 yrs
• Teen Leadership:13 yrs
• Ambassador:14 yrs
• Colt to Maturity: 11 yrs and have completed

      Horsemanship Levels 1, 2, and 3 

Achievement Day

2020 Liberty County 4-H Achievement Day was held at the Chester City park.  It was a wonderful sunny afternoon topped off with root beer floats! 

The Liberty County 4-H Council would like to acknowledge the following award winners: 

• The First Completed Record Book Award: Trent Fulbright. 

          The Bear’s Den gives out two Awards every year as follows:

• The Most Promising First Year Cooking Award :

           Scott Hall

The Community Service Award :

     Mitch Wanken 

Swine of Excellence Awards:

           Makai Kealoha Kuegler, Osten Cole and Kyran Neer 

Steer of Merit Awards:

Patrick Dahlin and Mitch Wanken 

The Tribute to Volunteer Excellence Award:

Larry Hendrickson 

4-H Club Officers

It’s that time of year again. New club officers are elected every year, with the number of officers determined by each club. Officers should regularly attend meetings and take a leadership role for their club.  Here are some basic responsibilities for club officers:

• President - Prepares the agenda with other officers and leader input, and presides at club meetings.
• Vice President - Assumes President’s duties in their absence, and has responsibility to oversee committees within the club.
• Secretary - Keeps complete and accurate records/minutes of each club meetings, and writes all club correspondence (such as thank you notes, etc.) Keeps club attendance records, and submit meeting minutes to the Extension Office monthly.
• Treasurer—Handles all club money, keeps accurate and up-to- date financial records, and advises club monthly of their current balance.
• Historian - Maintains and updates the club’s history book to preserve information for future club members. 
• Reporter - Writes news stories and/or takes pictures of club events for the 4-H newsletter and/or local newspaper. 

Some clubs may choose to have additional offices such as a Recreation Leader and Pledge Leader.

National 4-H Week – October 4 – 10, 2020

This is a great time for youth and volunteers to celebrate and promote the 4-H program.

Don’t forget, Wednesday, Oct. 7, is National 4‑H Week spirit day!

Ways to celebrate:

• Wear green or the 4‑H clover. Have a 4‑H mask? Be sure to wear it!
• Decorate an Opportunity4All sign (see below) and share your pictures and captions of what opportunity means to you using the hashtag #Opportunity4All on social media.
• Share these ideas and encourage other 4-H professionals and 4-H’ers to participate in spirit day!

4-H Club Financial Records Due

All Clubs must turn in their Treasurer’s records to the Extension office by October 31st. Organizational Leader’s also need to review before turning in.  The review is for the 4-H year from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. You can fill out the Year End Financial Summary Report online. You can either print off or save and email to me to print off.  For more information click on the link below.

Year End Financials

Club Meetings

Prairie Pals 4-H Meeting 

Sun., Nov. 1st at Ed and Joey Cole’s at 4:00

Tiber 4-H Club Meeting

Second Sunday of the month at Wicks Hangar at 2:00      Check out Facebook

Sweet Grass Clover 4-H Club Meeting

Members - Second Tuesday of the month after school at the Liberty Co. Ext. Office.

Cloverbuds - Third Tuesday of the month at the Liberty Co. Ext. Office, right after school.

We are looking forward to the new 4-H year and hope you are too! Please don’t hesitate to contact the Extension office if you have any questions or suggestions that would benefit our 4-H program in Liberty County. Also, please send any articles and photos of what your members are doing throughout the year to the Liberty County Extension office.