Week of March 29 – April 4

***TEXAS SPEAKS SURVEY*** We are requesting you partake in a survey presented by Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Services to help better serve our communities and our state based off of your feedback. Please visit https://extensionemployees.tamu.edu/resources/texas-speaks/ to complete the survey! (Flyer with QR code also attached)

*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 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. Also, the few that have not had their background screening done, please take a moment to complete that portion of your enrollment as well!

*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)

Congratulations to our County Photography Participants! Please see flyer for placements!

January:

STATE:

January 25th – Summer Horsemanship School Registration now Open https://animalscience.tamu.edu/livestock-species/equine/summer-horsemanship/ and register at https://agriliferegister.tamu.edu/Horse (See flyer)

March:

DISTRICT:

March 1st – March 31st – District 9 Photography Contest Registration Closes https://d94-h.tamu.edu/eventsandcontests/bigtime/photography/
March 10th – March 31st – Horse Judging Registration Closes
March 10th – March 31st – Big Time in D9 Registration Closes
March 17th – March 31st – Livestock and Meats Judging Registration Closes
March 17th – March 31st – Rifle, Pistol and Air Pistol Registration Closes

STATE:

March 15th – Top Chef Jr Application https://topchefjrs3.castingcrane.com/age-gate (See Flyer)
March 16th – March 29th – 4-H At-Home Garden Series Self-Paced through Youtube Register Here: https://pvamu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2mhK0JVkRNZqcvQ
March 20th – Late Registration Opens North Texas Whiz Bang https://grayson.agrilife.org/ntwb/
March 31st – Application Deadline for Invisalign ChangeMakers https://www.invisalign.com/changemakers?_cldee=Zm9ydGJlbmRAYWcudGFtdS5lZHU%3d&recipientid=contact-8e2b21aa08ebe911910a001dd8b71c7f-e80f10a12a544c3eb5d4b9d3c72f7f8e&esid=6236e591-f06a-eb11-90fd-00155dcb343a

April:

COUNTY:

April 6th – Recordbook Revision Night at 6:30 PM (See Flyer)
April 13th – Fort Bend County Junior Livestock Volunteers (Fort Bend County Fair Event) at 6:30 PM Building W. Please have forms (attached) completed
April 15th – Spirit Night Chick Fil A Rosenberg 4 PM to 8 PM (See Flyer) Keep a lookout for upcoming locations for Spirit Night

DISTRICT:

April 17th – Horse Judging
April 24th – Livestock and Meats Judging
April 24th – Rifle, Pistol and Air Pistol
April 24th – D9 Archery Contest (Register through 4-H Online)
April 29th – May 1st – Big Time in D9

STATE:

April 2nd – 3rd – State 4-H Indoor Archery Match (Graham Location)
April 5th – 26th – 4-H At-Home Garden Series Program – Self-Paced through Youtube
March 1st – April 8th – Registration Open for District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament (See Attachment) For More information: https://agrilife.org/ftbend4h/files/2021/02/2021-Virtual-Fishing-Bass-Rules-of-Play-FINAL.pdf and https://agrilife.org/ftbend4h/files/2021/02/2021-Virtual-Fishing-Bass-Tournament-Card.pdf
April 9th – Registration Deadline 4-H Wildlife Habitat Education Project (WHEP) via 4-H Online (See Attachment)
April 9th – Registration Deadline Aggie Youth Meat Judging Clinic Register at https://www.judgingcard.com/Registration/Info.aspx?ID=12411 by 12:00 PM
April 10th – District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament
April 10th – Aggie Youth Meat Judging Clinic
April 12th – 16th – Registration Open for April 17th District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament
March 1st – April 15th – Horse Validation Deadline via 4-H Online Cost – $10
April 16th – May 1st – Horse Validation via 4-H Online Cost – $20 (Late Fee $250 from May 2nd – May 5th)
April 16th – April 17th – 4-H and Open Horse Show – Taylor County (See Flyer)
April 17th – District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament
April 17th – Shooting Sports Extravaganza Register now online via 4-H Online
April 20th – JHK Scholarship Deadline (See Attachments)
April 19th – 23rd – Registration Open for April 24th District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament
April 23rd – Registration Deadline for Texas Youth Expo Texasye.fairwire.com
April 24th – District 5 Bass Fishing Tournament
April 27th – Virtual Volunteer Conversations at 6:00 PM Click http://bit.ly/4HVolCall to register (See Flyer)