February 4-H Reporter

Check out our County Calendar here!

The California Native Plant Society needs your help.

 Hoard's Dairyman Cow Judging Contest

If you are interested in the judging contest please send Hoard's Dairyman your address so that they may send you more information regarding this contest. For more information see the attached letter at the bottom of this months blog.

Equine Field Day 2018!

Equine Field Day 2018 will be at Modesto Junior College, the ACE Pavilion, on  Saturday, February 10, 2018 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Modesto Junior College ACE Pavilion, 2201 Blue Gum Avenue, Modesto

Who should attend?

4-H Horse Leaders, Volunteers, Members, Parents and all Horse Enthusiasts About this event

Sessions will include: gymkhana, showmanship, lameness, mini horses, driving, horsemanship, and educational contests.  Tour the equine facilities at Modesto Junior College. 

You do not have to own a horse to attend! This educational event is a fundraiser for the Statewide 4-H Equine Programs.

Let me know if you have any questions. 

DeAnn Tenhunfeld,  Animal Science Education State 4-H Office, 530-750-1340

Clover Day 2018
Saturday, March 17, 2018
9:00am – 3:00pm

For 4-H volunteer leaders in Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake counties (not for 4-H youth members)

• Registration due by Monday, March 5, 2018
• Registration limited to 50 from Sonoma, 20 from Marin, 35 from Napa, 20 from Mendocino, and 20 from Lake.
• $10 registration fee (waived for leaders in Sonoma)

Clover Day: A one-day volunteer development event for 4-H volunteer leaders in Sonoma, Marin, Napa, Mendocino, and Lake counties. The focus is to support skill and relationship building between fellow 4-H volunteer leaders for both project-specific areas as well as other 4-H topics to help improve youth engagement and learning.

Register HERE

0% AG Loans for 4-H Youth

Community First Credit Union is proud to offer 0% AG loans to FFA and 4-H students who will be showing and selling their market animals at the local county fairs. Kids can borrow as little as $100 and as much as $2,500 to finance their market animal projects. Monies can be used to pay for the animal, feed, supplies, 4-H uniform, whites, and fair entries. All they need to do is fill out the application and return via email, fax, or drop off at one of our 10 local branches throughout Mendocino, Lake, Napa, and Sonoma County. All of the kids will pay back their loans at the end of the summer after all of the county fairs have taken place.

If you have more questions about this awesome program please feel free to call or email me and please let me know if you would like someone to come to your club to talk about the program to your 4-H kids. Thank you so much and have a fabulous weekend!

Rebecca Nystrom, Member Development Specialis
Community First Credit Union Phone (707) 543-2654  

JOANN Paper Clover Campaign

The whole month of February, $1 and $4 clovers are being sold at the register in JOANN stores nationwide.

• The $4 clovers include a coupon for $4 off their next purchase.

• Clovers will not be displayed in-store but include a craft idea for customers to take home.

• California will receive 70% of the funds raised! The California 4-H Foundation will distribute the funds to local counties. More information coming soon on how the funds will be distributed.

JOANN / 4-H In-store Service Project

Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 11am - 2pm

Local 4-H programs will partner with their JOANN's store to hand-make Valentine's Day cards. Supplies and space will be provided by each JOANN store.

Role of 4-H clubs and members:

1. Choose a recipient organization to receive the cards (e.g., nursing home, children's hospital, veterans home, etc.)
2. Spread the word to friends, family, and neighbors to join in on February 3rd to make cards for the recipient organization.
3. Participate in the card making on February 3rd in the store.
4. Deliver the finished cards to the recipient organization.
5. Share photos of the event and delivery on social media, and tag California 4-H!

Save the date and start planning your project to spread caring with those in need!

Need 4-H Projects to Test New 4-H Livestock Curriculum

UC Davis is looking for 4-H projects, particularly animal science projects, to participate in the testing of a new 4-H curriculum titled At the Interface between Livestock and Predators: Reducing Depredation through Livestock Husbandry, which was developed in response to a community need identified in California. The goal of the curriculum is that youth will apply the knowledge they learn in their communities to solve authentic community needs associated with predator depredation. There are five modules in the curriculum that include: biomes, the food web, predator identification, risk assessment and mitigation tools and opportunities for service-learning and community engagement. 4-H projects would be asked to test each activity from March to May 2018. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact Colette Ankenman at cankenman@ucdavis.edu.

From the 4-H Youth Development Advisor, Steven Worker

Advisor Update January 2018 - Asking Questions
A critical component of the 4-H project leader role is drawing out young people's ideas. Asking effective questions (or prompts) will help build their understanding and promote reasoning and critical thinking.

 Presidents Letter - Naomi Edwards

What a beautiful time in our county. The leaves have fallen off all of the grape vines and fruit trees, the hills are green again and the bulbs are already starting to bloom.

The winter and spring are full new opportunities for us to encourage new skills and challenges in the youth of our fine county. We have leadership conferences, Presentation Day, livestock judging, rabbit and poultry shows, Fashion Revue, Chickenque, and fairs.

 Clubs have contests, project meetings, community service projects, and proficiencies. I know of 3 clubs that fund-raised, and provided food and gifts for firestorm victims. Clubs are visiting elder care homes playing games and leaving encouraging cards. County Youth volunteered at the Redwood Empire food bank that is supplying food for 200,000 people. Fashion Revue is joining the state in making pillowcases for kids with cancer. Our youth are changing our county, our country and our world, for the better!

Have a safe and enjoyable rest of winter as we prepare for Spring.

Warmly, Naomi

For adults who are still pending in the 4hOnline enrollment system

None at this time

4-H does not endorse  any person in the community who make requests. As always, please use caution when contacting someone. 4-H members who accept listed jobs are doing so as an individual, outside of the scope of the 4-H program.

4-H Horse Project - Community Service

Vintage Cutting Horse Association is a non-profit organization; , who hosts 4 to 6 cutting horse competitions each year; at the Petaluma Riding and Driving Club located in Petaluma.

We need volunteers to assist during our 6 annual cutting horse competitions. Beginning May 19^th, and the 3^rd Saturday of each month thereafter; ending September or October.  

We need volunteers to assist with running the Judge sheets and serving Lunch.  The time involved would be from 8:30am to 12:00-1:00pm.  Besides earning community service credits, it would provide educational awareness of another discipline within the horse industry.

I look forward to receiving the names and contact information for those 5 Club's project leaders, as well as getting this information posted on the 4-H blog.

Vintage Cutting Horse Association – A California Non Profit

The specific and primary purposes of the Association are to encourage the development of, and public interest in, cutting horses through promotion, presentation, and sponsorship of cutting horse competitions, educational clinics, and other events involving the use or exhibition of cutting horses in an effort to attract new participants to the sport of cutting.

Stacey Powers

Santa Rosa, CA 95401
Phone: (707)591-8017

 Free Engines for a 4-H Club

I have left over engines that I would like to donate to a 4-H Club. If interested call at 707-321-2708

Looking to buy a dwarf bunny 

Hi, I am looking for a dwarf bunny for my granddaughter. If you have one or know of a breeder please call Susan at (707) 827-3322