A bi-weekly news bulletin to facilitate better communication between UME Kent 4-H and 4-H Families & Volunteers ~Next Issue of Mini-News is scheduled for April~ Have a Club Food Drive Challenge: February 1 – March 1! Here are the totals numbers: 2020 (14 th Food Drive) – Total collected 1,271.14; Winning Club - Bits and Bridles 4-H Horse Club (525.24 lbs. collected); Total number of pounds collected in 14 years - 5,817.44 lbs. Well Done everyone!!!! Events to be rescheduled in Person or by Webinar/Virtual: March & April Events to be Rescheduled: March/April Events CANCELLED Local and County Events to be Rescheduled Local, County Regional Events Cancelled Fair 4-H/Open Indoor Chair Meeting Regional 4-H Public Speaking Fair 4-H/Open Animal Chair Meeting 4-H Tractor School County 4-H Public Speaking Contest Kent Ag Center Auction, 10:00 am Silent, 11:00 am Live Kent 4-H Visual Presentation Night, 6:30 pm, Ext. Office. State Events to be Rescheduled State Events Cancelled MD State 4-H Horse Bowl, POSTPONED to June/July MD Day, College Park MD 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Fundraiser MD State 4-H Engineering Camp MD State Dairy Bowl State 4-H Public Speaking, College Park April 1 AH&QA Online will open – Kent 4-H Youth Must Complete by July 1st 16 Kent Ag Center Board of Directors Mtg., 7:00 pm, Extension Office – Virtually 20 ESSS Entries Due to Christine Johnston, QA 4-H Educator. The ESSS Book has been email and posted on FB and Kent 4-H website 29-May 10 Spring Tractor Supply Company (TSC) Clover Campaign. TBD TSC is open as an essential business. May **All scheduled events/deadlines may change due to Covid19. Please confirm events prior to attending. 1 DEADLINE: Market Livestock Ownership Deadline – goat, sheep, swine. Must Register # in 4-H Office DEADLINE: All 4-H Commercial Livestock Ownership Deadline DEADLINE: All Completed Breeding and Performance Animal Leases Due to Ext. Office DEADLINE: All 4-H Horse and Dog ID Cards are due to Ext. Office 2-3 MD 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training, Thendera 4-H Center 9 Eastern Shore Spring Show, QA 4-H Park 21 Kent Ag Center Board of Directors Mtg., 7:00 pm, Ext. Office 25 Memorial Day Holiday ~ Extension Office Closed 26 4-H Leaders Council, 7:00 pm, Ext. Office CONGRATULATIONS! To the following 4-H’ers for your achievements in Kent County 4-H! Kent 4-H’s and Volunteers – who won awards at the 4-H Achievement Banquet. A awards sheet listing all award winners is included with this newsletter (and can be used as a news clipping for your RB!) Bits and Bridles 4-H Club – For collecting the most food in the 14 th Annual 4-H Have a Heart Food Drive Challenge. Well done to Hunter Pinder who collected over 500 pounds of food for the club!! BB will receive a delux ice cream social sponsored by the 4-H office at a future meeting. Congratulations! 4-H Online – The final extension for youth and UME volunteers to re-enroll is April 1 st . Despite Covid 19, everyone should be able to re-enroll. If you need assistance, contact Annie Steele at [email protected] 4-H News: 1. Achievement Banquet – I know it seems like so long ago, I want to congratulate all the awardees and everyone who helped to make the day a great success. All youth leaders should have received a thank you note. If you did not get one, please let me know. I want to highly encourage all 4-H’ers to consider helping next year. 2. 4-H Club Officer Training – is cancelled. I am looking into trying to set up a Zoom training sometime soon. Stay tuned. Issue 2020-5, 3/27/20 All Events are subject to change. Please verify all activities before attending. You must register for all activities & workshops, unless noted. If no one is registered, workshop will be cancelled!
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A bi-weekly news bulletin to facilitate better communication between UME Kent 4-H and 4-H Families & Volunteers
~Next Issue of Mini-News is scheduled for April~
Have a Club Food Drive Challenge: February 1 – March 1! Here are the totals numbers:
2020 (14th Food Drive) – Total collected 1,271.14; Winning Club - Bits and Bridles 4-H Horse Club (525.24 lbs. collected); Total
number of pounds collected in 14 years - 5,817.44 lbs. Well Done everyone!!!!
Events to be rescheduled in Person or by Webinar/Virtual:
March & April Events to be Rescheduled: March/April Events CANCELLED Local and County Events to be Rescheduled Local, County Regional Events Cancelled
Fair 4-H/Open Indoor Chair Meeting Regional 4-H Public Speaking
Fair 4-H/Open Animal Chair Meeting 4-H Tractor School
County 4-H Public Speaking Contest
Kent Ag Center Auction, 10:00 am Silent, 11:00 am Live
Kent 4-H Visual Presentation Night, 6:30 pm, Ext. Office.
State Events to be Rescheduled State Events Cancelled
MD State 4-H Horse Bowl, POSTPONED to June/July MD Day, College Park
MD 4-H Foundation Sporting Clays Fundraiser
MD State 4-H Engineering Camp
MD State Dairy Bowl
State 4-H Public Speaking, College Park
April
1 AH&QA Online will open – Kent 4-H Youth Must Complete by July 1st
16 Kent Ag Center Board of Directors Mtg., 7:00 pm, Extension Office – Virtually
20 ESSS Entries Due to Christine Johnston, QA 4-H Educator.
The ESSS Book has been email and posted on FB and Kent 4-H website
29-May 10 Spring Tractor Supply Company (TSC) Clover Campaign. TBD TSC is open as an essential business.
May **All scheduled events/deadlines may change due to Covid19. Please confirm events prior to attending.
1 DEADLINE: Market Livestock Ownership Deadline – goat, sheep, swine. Must Register # in 4-H Office
DEADLINE: All 4-H Commercial Livestock Ownership Deadline
DEADLINE: All Completed Breeding and Performance Animal Leases Due to Ext. Office
DEADLINE: All 4-H Horse and Dog ID Cards are due to Ext. Office
2-3 MD 4-H Shooting Sports Instructor Training, Thendera 4-H Center
9 Eastern Shore Spring Show, QA 4-H Park
21 Kent Ag Center Board of Directors Mtg., 7:00 pm, Ext. Office
25 Memorial Day Holiday ~ Extension Office Closed
26 4-H Leaders Council, 7:00 pm, Ext. Office
CONGRATULATIONS! To the following 4-H’ers for your achievements in Kent County 4-H! Kent 4-H’s and Volunteers – who won awards at the 4-H Achievement Banquet. A awards sheet listing all award
winners is included with this newsletter (and can be used as a news clipping for your RB!)
Bits and Bridles 4-H Club – For collecting the most food in the 14th Annual 4-H Have a Heart Food Drive
Challenge. Well done to Hunter Pinder who collected over 500 pounds of food for the club!! BB will receive a delux
ice cream social sponsored by the 4-H office at a future meeting. Congratulations!
4-H Online – The final extension for youth and UME volunteers to re-enroll is April 1st. Despite Covid 19, everyone should be able to re-enroll. If you need assistance, contact Annie Steele at [email protected]
4-H News: 1. Achievement Banquet – I know it seems like so long ago, I want to congratulate all the awardees
and everyone who helped to make the day a great success. All youth leaders should have received a thank you note. If you did not get one, please let me know. I want to highly encourage all 4-H’ers to consider helping next year.
2. 4-H Club Officer Training – is cancelled. I am looking into trying to set up a Zoom training sometime soon. Stay tuned.
Issue 2020-5, 3/27/20
All Events are subject to
change. Please verify all
activities before
attending.
You must register for all
activities & workshops,
unless noted. If no one is
registered, workshop will
be cancelled!
3. 4-H Annual Public Speaking Contest – this event will be postponed until we are able to gather again. Youth should keep speeches etc. until we can reschedule. The regional contest is cancelled for 2020 but will return in 2021. The state contest will be rescheduled.
4. 4-H Potato Project – I am working on proceeding with getting potatoes for all those signed up.
5. 4-H Tractor School – All youth ages 14-15 years, working on a farm or other operation not owned by their parents, are required to attend youth Tractor Certification. Youth older may also attend but are not required by law. 4-H Tractor School will be rescheduled when we are able to gather again. Kent County 4-H will pay the $30 fee for any Kent 4-H’er who attends and gets certified. Contact the 4-H Office for registration forms and information.
Junior Leadership Council (JLC) – Youth selected the 2020 Fair
Book Cover and Backdrop Design. Congratulations to Carleigh Black for
designing the selected cover design.
Kent County Fair News
Kent Ag Center Auction & Clean-Up Dates Set – The 2020 annual auction
has been re-scheduled for Saturday March 25th, 2020 although that is subject to
change. The 4-H family hardware selection is also on hold until we are able to gather.
Animal Science News and Info:
1. Ownership Deadlines – Current ownership deadlines for most animal species, especially market
livestock, is May 1st. However, if sales and auctions are cancelled or postponed and youth have trouble
purchasing project animals, that deadline will move the June 1st, (for 2020 ONLY), which is the state
deadline.
2. Eastern Shore Spring Show – still happening Sat. May 9th, QA Co 4-H Park. This may change but we
are going to move forward and have everything planned. The book is posted on our Kent 4-H Facebook
page and on the Kent 4-H website. The book was also mailed to all animal exhibitors showing beef,
dairy, dog, goats, rabbits/cavies, sheep and swine. Entries are due April 20th to Christine Johnston.
3. Cecil County Breeders Fair – June 6-7 at the Cecil County Fairgrounds, Fair Hill. The book is posted on
the Cecil County 4-H website and available to be emailed from me. Animal exhibitors had the book
emailed to them. If you need a copy, email [email protected] .
University of Maryland Extension Kent County, 4-H Youth Development 709 Morgnec Road, Suite 202 Chestertown, MD 21620
The University of Maryland Extension programs are open to all and will not discriminate against anyone because of race, age, sex, color,
sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, or national origin, marital status, genetic information, or political
affiliation, or gender identity and expression.
UME Kent County, Kent Co. Public Works Complex, 709 Morgnec Rd., Suite 202, Chestertown, MD Tel: 410-778-1661
http://extension.umd.edu/kent-county Mini-News Written by: Elizabeth M.S. Hill, Principal Agent Associate, 4-H Youth Development
Was scheduled for April, but is on hold due to Covid19. It looks like the organizers are going to try and reschedule for the fall. If you are interested, here is the website with more information. Any reschedule information will be posted when available. Kent 4-H will provide a 50% scholarship for up to 5 Kent 4-H youth who would like to attend.
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/_docs/2020%20engineering%20camp%20app%20(1).pdf
NEW KENT 4-H EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM!!! “4-H With Beth”
I am starting a new Facebook Live educational program for our 4-H
families and youth. The program will focus on introducing 4-H Projects
with hints and ideas to do at home, learning Life Skills and some basic
How To’s.
Each program will introduce the topic, have special guests as able and
give resources and follow-up credible, research based information.
To access these videos, you will have to request to belong to our FB
page. Youth are able to join this site also. Find our site at: “Kent County
(Maryland) 4-H” and online at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353480669766/
I would like to offer the opportunity for volunteers and older youth to present project and how
to videos as well. Before recording or posting, please contact me and let me know your plan.
I have done 4-H Handwashing – recite the 4-H pledge 2 times = about 24 seconds
Videos to come – beef feeder steer, photography, flower arranging, dog, poultry, entomology,
public speaking, making educational displays, small engines, farm crops, dairy, quality
assurance, and life skills.
New Kent County Extension Contact Information:
Office Phone Number: 410-708-7770 (Goes to Annie Steele)
Beth Hill: [email protected]
Kent County 4-H Website: https://extension.umd.edu/kent-county
Click on 4-H & Youth at the top. We are posting all kids of 4-H information there.
Facebook - Kent County (Maryland) 4-H
https://www.facebook.com/groups/353480669766/
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