4-H Newsletter

The December/January edition of the Perry County 4-H newsletter has been posted to our website. Hard copies will be mailed within the week.

To get a sneak peak, follow this link to the website. NOTE: It is not a PDF file, as I realize that many of you might have slow internet connections. Hopefully just posting the information in an easy to read website will help!

Happy reading!
-Renate Warner

4-H Families: Be sure to RSVP for 4-H Celebration!

4-H Families:
You are cordially invited

to attend the 2011

Perry County

4-H Celebration!

Sunday, November 13

4:00 p.m.

Perry County 4-H Fairgrounds

We will announce 4-H award winners
and honor all our 4-H club leaders.

Come for dinner and the celebration!

There is no charge. All 4-H Families are invited to attend.
Dress is casual, but remember we will be taking pictures for the newspaper.

Also, computers and a printer will be available that evening for families who wish
to enroll in 4-H online! (Online enrollment is an option for those in grades 3rd-12th only). Payment can also be made online (using a debit or credit card)
or you can pay using a check or cash!
For more information on enrollment, contact your leader or the Extension office.

 

Please RSVP by 3:30 Thursday, November 10 so we know how much food to order. Please RSVP by calling the Extension office at 812-547-7084.

Have you enrolled for 4-H yet?

It's that time of year! It's time to enroll in the exciting world of Perry County 4-H! All youth in grades kindergarten through 12th grade are invited!

How do you join 4-H?
Option 1: Youth may enroll online at:  https://www.four-h.purdue.edu/enroll (Youth who enroll in this manner are not required to complete a paper 4-H enrollment form.)

Option 2: Youth may complete a paper 4-H enrollment form. Contact the Extension office for a form or download these forms and turn them in to the Extension office:

Enrollment Form Explorers    (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders)on 8 1/2 x 14 paper

Enrollment Form Regular 4-Hers (3rd-12th graders) NOTE: This prints 

 

Explorers and Regular 4-H members may register for 4-H online. Remember, one is not considered enrolled until payment is made. Explorers can't pay online; they must pay at the office.

 

Members can register online and pay online, or they may register online and pay at the office! Your choice!!!

 

Let's see how many members we can get to join 4-H this year!!!!

4-H Enrollment is now available!

It's an exciting time for Perry County 4-H! It's open enrollment time! Remember, members have until Feb. 1 to enroll if they'd like to exhibit at the Perry County 4-H Fair. 

4-H Enrollment OptionsYouth now have two ways to enroll in Perry County 4-H. 

Option 1: Youth may enroll online at:  https://www.four-h.purdue.edu/enroll (Youth who enroll in this manner are not required to complete a paper 4-H enrollment form.) Option 2: Youth may complete a paper 4-H enrollment form as in the past.

4-H Program Fee Members in grades 3-12 pay $15 State 4-H program fee each with a maximum payment of $45 per family household address. Perry County 4-H is also charging $5 per member with a cap of $15. No family will pay more than $60 total per household address.

K-2 members enroll for $5 each. If family has already paid $60 fee, the Explorer fee will be waived. Again, No family will pay more than $60 total per household address.

Payment options: credit card (online only), check or cash. Please make checks payable to Purdue CES Ed Fund-Perry County.

All youth must complete an enrollment form (online or paper) with permissions indicated and pay the State 4-H Program fee and county fee to be officially enrolled in 4-H.

4-H Membership / Completion RequirementsKindergarten through second grade youth may enroll in Exploring 4-H.

Third through twelfth grade youth may enroll in traditional 4-H. These youth will be enrolled by grade in those projects where grade designations are indicated. They will be enrolled by year in projects that do not have grade designations.

To be considered complete a member must complete at least one of the projects in which they enroll each year.

Please see the current Perry County 4-H Handbook for project exhibit requirements and general 4-H information. The past year’s 4-H Handbook is available on the web at www.ag.purdue.edu/perry/Pages/4-HYouthDevelopment.aspx. New 4-H Handbooks should be available in the late winter months.

4-H Project Manual / Supply PolicyThe initially needed project manuals are provided by the Perry County 4-H Council at no cost to the 4-H member (not all projects require a manual). However, if it is necessary to replace these materials due to loss or other circumstances the member will be charged $5 per manual. Manuals are distributed to club leaders after information has been processed in the Extension office. Some project supplies are cost items available from the Extension Office, i.e. poster board, poster sleeve, salon print bags, electric, and possibly others.

 Project Drop / Add Date: Members may drop or add 4-H projects until June 1.

4-H Mailings and CommunicationPostal mailings of 4-H information will be sent to the 4-H member’s home address listed on the enrollment form. Newsletters are sent every other month (February, April, June, August and October and December.) When possible communication may take place via e-mail for those members/families providing the e-mail information. Please keep your address, phone number and e-mail address current with our office. If you do not wish to receive information through e-mail, do not provide the e-mail address.

Enrollment Website

Enrollment Form Explorers    (Kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders)

 Enrollment Form Regular 4-Hers (3rd-12th graders) NOTE: This prints on 8 1/2 x 14 paper.

No member will be denied membership. To be considered enrolled, a member must make sure payment has been made. If there are concerns with paying the fee, contact a 4-H club leader or Renate at the Extension office. No member will be denied membership. If there are concerns with paying the fee, contact a 4-H club leader or Renate at the Extension office.

As always, if there are any questions, feel free to contact the Extension office at 812-547-7084 or email Renate at renatewarner@purdue.edu.

Collegiate 4-H

If anyone knows of 4-H members who are attending UE, USI, Ivy Tech, Oakland City University or VU and are interested in joining Collegiate 4-H, Extension Educator Randy Brown invites them to attend their 1st meeting of the year: Thursday Oct 13, 7:30 CST at Ivy Tech (Evansville) Room 107, Entrance A. Or they may email him at: browngr@purdue.edu . Thanks and please pass on!

Award Applications Due

This Friday is the deadline! The 4-H Awards Applications and Citizenship Washington Focus trip application are available online. The link is: http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Pages/4-HYouthDevelopment.aspx . Both are due to the Extension office by 4:00 p.m. September 30. Please pass on to all of the members who were in 4-H last year (last year in grades 3rd-12th)!

4-H awards are online

4-H members who last year were in grades 3rd-12th are eligible to apply for county awards! Click on this link: http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Pages/4-HYouthDevelopment.aspx and scroll down to Perry County 4-H Award Applications. They are due to our office by 4:00 p.m. Sept. 30. Read more about it as well as the Citizenship Washington Focus trip!!!


Feel free to contact me for help.
-Renate

4-H website posted online

The newest 4-H newsletter is posted online. Please take a moment to review it.

http://www.ag.purdue.edu/counties/perry/Documents/4-H/4-H%20aug%20sept%202011%20newsletter.pdf .

Please take a moment...

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the victims and victims' families of Saturday night's state fair tragedy. Please pray for those who were injured and the families of the victims.

Complete your 4-H project!

4-H members: Did you manage to complete all your 4-H projects or are there some you would still like to complete?

Or were you not able to complete any at all?

Fair is NOT the only time to complete your 4-H project, it is just one chance. You may complete any project using the handbook guidelines and either bring it to Renate or your club leader. Let your leader know you would like to complete the project, and the leader will contact the Extension office so we can mark you down for completion for the project.

And by the way, there is no penalty for NOT completing projects but if you would like to feel a great sense of accomplishment, Renate encourages completion of as many projects as the member feels comfortable with doing.

The deadline to complete for 2011 is August 31.

This policy applies to Explorers and regular age 4-H’ers.