Enrollment Target Date is Almost Here!

Dear 4-H Families, It’s almost here! The 4-H enrollment target date! If members would like to exhibit at the 4-H County Fair, they must enroll by Feb. 1! That’s this WEDNESDAY! WOW!

Currently we have almost half of the total enrollments if we base it off of last year’s enrollment figures. It is not unusual for members to wait until the last minute, but we encourage you to take a moment and complete your enrollment at your soonest convenience.

Remember, we have an enrollment website that give options on how to enroll and answers many questions. If you enroll online, remember you must digitally “sign” several statements and you must pay (either pay online or in person to our Extension office.) If you enroll online, PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PASSWORD and don’t go back in and create a new enrollment form. It is very confusing to our office. If you have any issues enrolling online, please call our office or email myself or our office manager Rhonda at rhauenst@purdue.edu .

Our enrollment website is: http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Pages/Enroll.aspx .

Thanks and we can’t wait to see how many we will have join this year!

Trip Application Deadline Extended

Dear 4-H Families,

The Touchstone Energy Camp, scheduled for June 6-9, has an extended deadline for application due to no applications being turned in. The deadline is now Friday, February 17!

The application must be in the Extension office by 4:00 p.m. this date. This trip is free to Perry County 4-H members currently enrolled in 6^th grade. Please forward to any eligible members and encourage them to apply. Southern Indiana Power sponsors this trip and we’d really like someone to attend! Thanks for helping to get the word out!

The application is available by downloading this link. Do not pay attention to the deadline at the top since that has changed!

Be on the lookout in your mail for more information on trips!

4-H Enrollment Has Looming Target Date for Those Who Wish to Exhibit at the County Fair

I just can't wait! No, I just can't wait to see how many of you will use the new online enrollment system! Remember, Perry County 4-H has open enrollment right now! Members who enroll by February 1 can exhibit at the 4-H County Fair.

So far we have only a handful of members who have enrolled. Don't wait until the last minute! Remember to enroll (either online or using paper.) We must have all proper signatures (remember that parents/guardians must sign AND members have to sign, too.) And we must have payments received in order for members to fully be enrolled.

Remember, you can enroll online. This link gives you the information on enrolling online. Or you can download a paper version and enroll.

Are you ready to join 4-H? It's open to all youth in grades kindergarten through 12th! We even have members from outside Perry County! Isn't that neat that they love Perry County's program so much they join us here!!!

Invite your friends, neighbors, EVERYONE! 4-H is for everybody!

Let's see how many 4-H members join this year! Let's really make it grow so we can keep making the best better!

Two trips have upcoming deadlines

This is just a reminder...two sponsored trips have deadlines of this Friday.

Touchstone Energy Camp is available to 6th grade Perry County 4-H members and Electric Cooperative Youth Tour to Washington, D.C. is available to Perry County 4-H members in the 11th grade.

For more information, click on this link: http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Pages/trips.aspx .

 

Watch for more information on more 4-H trips!

Scholarships available

Louisville, Kentucky – – Farm Credit Services of Mid-America – a $17.5 billion agriculture lending cooperative serving farmers and rural America in Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana and Tennessee – is allocating more than $100,000 in scholarships to students studying agriculture and other business related majors during 2012.

In addition to offering scholarships through the 4-H and FFA and several universities across the association’s four-state territory, Farm Credit will be awarding 42 scholarships to FCS members or children of members who are attending college.  The values of the FCS scholarships are between $1,000 and $1,500 and are awarded based on academic record, leadership qualities, and community involvement.

“We offer scholarships to youth as a way to demonstrate our commitment to help prepare them for tomorrow’s world.  As agriculture continues to grow and evolve, we want to make sure that the next generation of rural community leaders are at the forefront of the industry, and grow with it,” said George Stebbins, chair of the Farm Credit Services of Mid-America board.  

FCS Scholarships are available to customers, their dependents and spouses of the ag lending cooperative. The deadline to apply is February 29, 2012.  To apply, go online to www.e-farmcredit.com and click on Community, then Scholarships to download the application.  You may also call 1-800-444-3276 to talk the local office about obtaining an application.

If you are interested in applying for the university scholarships or the scholarships offered through the state offices of the 4-H and FFA, you can find contact information on www.e-farmcredit.com - click on Community, then Scholarships.  The deadlines for those scholarships are generally early spring, but vary based on location.

This is a blog entry to show you some of the exciting happenings in Perry County! The 4-H Jr. Leaders club has planned a party for the Perry County 4-H Club Leaders. What a great way to thank and honor leaders!

4-H Club Leaders:

It’s a beautiful time of year and it’s a great time to
get together for fun times and fellowship!

The Perry County 4-H Jr. Leaders

want to thank you for your

contribution to 4-H this past year.

So they’re having a party in your honor!

Please attend the

4-H Club Leader Party

Monday, January 9
6:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m.

At the Fifth Third Bank

Community Meeting Room

45 Highway 66 in Tell City

Light refreshments will be served

Note: Bring a wrapped gift valued at under $10
for the gift exchange!

There is no cost. It is sponsored by the Jr. Leaders 4-H Club. Please RSVP so we will have enough refreshments.

To RSVP call the office at 547-7084 or email Renate

at renatewarner@purdue.edu by noon Friday, Jan. 6.

Released by: Renate Warner, Extension Educator, renatewarner@purdue.edu