4-H Newsletter for Sussex County, Delaware
On Monday, April 15, Mike Love will conduct a practice/training session for the 4-H Small Compact Tractor Driving Contest to be conducted at the Delaware State Fair (DSF). The session will meet the training event requirement necessary for 4-H members to compete in the State Fair event. It will be held at the Carvel Research […]
The following updates from Susan Garey, Extension Agent, Animal Science: Delaware 4-H at the Delaware Horse Expo- April 6 and 7 Do you LOVE 4-H? Do you LOVE Horses? Join us April 6 & 7 to help promote the Delaware 4-H Horse Project activities and events. There is something for everyone. Please email Christie Little christie.e.little@gmail.com […]
Thirty excited Sussex Junior Leaders spent March 15-17 at the Children’s Beach House in Lewes for Junior Leader Weekend. On Friday evening “Planting the Seed of Leadership,” the group planned Younger Member Weekend, Mrs. Argo announced counselors for Younger Member Weekend, and the teens had a time of fellowship with a bonfire and beach volleyball […]
Four Sussex County 4-H teams out of a total of 25 teams competed in the State 4-H Horse Bowl Competition held at Lake Forest North Elementary in Felton on March 9. The Horse Bowl event is a knowledge- based, quiz bowl competition. The Delaware 4-H Horse Advisory Committee, a group composed of 4-H volunteers from […]
Congratulations to Shannon Tatman, for being awarded Monsanto’s Farmers Grow Community Award. Shannon is the parent of 4-H member Laura Tatman. They received a check for $2500 for the club. According to the program overview, ” To further support counties that have been declared disaster areas by the USDA due to drought, winning farmers in […]
Washington – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is seeking nominations for participants in the Agency’s Youth Preparedness Council (YPC). The Youth Preparedness Council provides an opportunity for young leaders to serve as a member of a distinguished national council; to complete a youth preparedness project of their choosing; to […]
Sussex County 4-H member Mikayla Ockels, 14, has won the 2013 Delaware State Education Association Read Across America student contest, part of a national effort to encourage reading. Ockels, a 9th grader at Sussex Central High School in Millsboro, was one of 240 entrants from the First State. Students could submit a poster, video or […]
Livestock Skill-a-thon Contest will be held on Wednesday, April 24, 4-8 p.m. at Carvel. This will be the same time as Horticulture and Wildlife Judging Contests, all in Room 3. PQA training, April 18 at Carvel, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. PQA test, May 14 at Carvel, 4-6 p.m.
Please note that the video challenge is open to all teens who are between 13 and 19 years old as of the start date of the promotion. Calling on all teens to show us your plan on how to tackle health challenges in your family, school or community. Submit a 90-second video or vote on […]
MidAtlantic Farm Creditinvited 4-H clubs and FFA chapters or other agricultural youth groups to submit a video on their Facebook page for cash prizes. Sussex County 4-H Livestock Club, answered the challenge to visually interpret what “Live. Laugh.Farm” means to them. Livestock leader Maida Graves said the club had a great deal of fun making […]