Week of December 28 – January 3

*PLEASE NOTE* We are trying to limit visitors in our main office and ask that we continue to place items to be picked up/dropped off in lobby and you call when arriving as we have been doing the past couple months. However, if coming into the office is necessary, our office is screening all visitors and they must sign in and have temperature checked upon entry of our office. We ask that if you have traveled outside the U.S. in the last 14 days; had close contact with a sick person; or if you have fever, cough, difficulty breathing and/or shortness of breath that you DO NOT ENTER our office.

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. We hope you & your families are doing well. Stay safe, everyone. And please reach out to us if you need anything. ***

We will be updating you all as we receive more information on postponed or canceled events.

Volunteers that have not completed their trainings – Please go back in and try to complete your trainings. To do this, when you log in, go to the left side list of options and click on Trainings. There will be two trainings listed for you to complete. They are REQUIRED for you to be a volunteer. I was informed that 4-H Online was made in Mozilla Firefox so it works best if you use Mozilla Firefox as your web browser. Chrome works okay, but Internet Explorer has a lot of problems with 4-H Online.

****Congratulations to our County Round-Up Participants and Winners! Please see attached slides for results!

*All participants are eligible for District 9 Roundup in April, be on the lookout for registration dates coming soon.*

*ATTENTION* If you are needing assistance with your animals before the upcoming Major Show season, please contact us to schedule your appointment! (See flyer for more information)

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December 1st – December 31st – Give to Grow Fundraiser https://bit.ly/3nzheTY (See Flyer)
December 31st – Texas Farm Credit Youth Video Showcase due by 11:59 p.m. https://www.texasfcs.com/news/showcase
December 31st – Texas 4-H Equine Grant Program Apply at https://texas4hfoundation.org/apply-2/ for first review in January 2021.

January:

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January 12th – Recordbook Q&A Workshop at 7 PM via Zoom. Meeting ID: 881 2413 9228 Passcode: 462458
January 15th – Coastal Plains Poster and Essay due by 4 PM. See attached for more details.
January 19th – Vet Science Meeting at 7 PM via Teams. More info coming soon.
January 28th – Rabbit Clinic at 7 PM via Teams. More info coming soon.

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January 6th – Registration due for D9 Archery Contest through 4-H Online
January 9th – Winter Council Meeting at 9:00 AM https://tinyurl.com/y4cedh7l (See Flyer)
January 22nd – 23rd – D9 Archery Contest https://d94-h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontests/shooting-sports/ Register through 4-H Online.

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January 1st – Registration deadline for Alternative Pig Show https://www.thealternativetx.com (See Flyer)
January 3rd – Registration Closes for Teen Leadership Retreat
January 4th – January 18th – Registration for Dairy Judging Contest open through 4-H Connect. (See Flyer)
January 6-9th – Sand Hill Stock Show and Rodeo
January 6-8th – Texas A&M Equine Reproductive Management Short Course Online Webinar
January 8th- 10th – Teen Leadership Retreat
January 10th – Validation Deadline for the State Dog Show throw 4-H Online. (See Flyer)
January 15th – JOANN Mini Grant due by 5:00 PM. To apply Click here: https://fs4.formsite.com/state4h/0npk2dqju3/index.html (See Flyer)
January 18th – April 18th – Winter Pen Pal Program (See Flyer)

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February 15th – Photography Contest Registration Open, due March 15th https://agrilife.org/ftbend4h/beyond-the-project/round-up/

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February 12th – 14th – Refashion Retreat. To schedule email Cari. (See Flyer for email and more info)
February 15th – Deadline for Texas 4-H Opportunity Scholarship. https://texas4hfoundation.org/what-we-do/#opportunity-scholarships

Rodeo Austin Updates
https://rodeoaustin.com/get-involved/compete/livestock-show/

Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show and Rodeo Updates
https://www.rgvls.com/p/livestock-show

Houston Livestock Show 2021 Updates
https://www.rodeohouston.com/Portals/0/Content/GetInvolved/Exhibitors-Participants/Livestock%20Show/Junior%20Show/2021-Major-Show-Updates.pdf

San Antonio Livestock Show 2021 Updates
https://www.sarodeo.com/images/uploads/Stock_Show_Update_2021.pdf

Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo 2021 Updates
https://fwstockshow.azurewebsites.net/jrlivestock/

Heart of Texas Fair and Rodeo 2021 Updates
https://bigtex.com/get-involved/livestock-shows/livestock-exhibitors/

San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo 2021
https://www.sanangelorodeo.com/p/livestock1

West Texas Fair and Rodeo 2021
https://www.taylorcountyexpocenter.com/events/west-texas-fair-rodeo

***NOTE*** Offices will be CLOSED for the following holidays: