Week of April 5-11

***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!

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April 6th – Recordbook Revision Night at 6:30 PM (See Flyer)
April 6th – Explore Archery 6 Week Night Class 6 PM – 7 PM at Long Acres Ranch Register at https://longacresranch.org/news_and_events/
April 7th – Explore Archery 6 Week Day Class 1 PM – 2 PM at Long Acres Ranch Register at https://longacresranch.org/news_and_events/
April 11th – Hunter Education Class 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Long Acres Ranch Register at https://tpwd.elementlms.com/course/hunter-education-classroom-course-5840/
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 – County Council Meeting at 7 PM via Microsoft Teams (See Flyer)
April 15th – Spirit Night Chick Fil A Rosenberg 4 PM to 8 PM (See Flyer) Keep a lookout for upcoming locations for Spirit Night
April 16th – EARLY Tag Orders due Major Show Steer and Heifer, State Fair Lamb and Goat https://agrilife.org/ftbend4h/validation-and-major-shows/

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April 17th – District 9 Horse Judging Contest
April 24th – District 9 Livestock and Meats Judging Contest
April 24th – District 9 Rifle, Pistol and Air Pistol Contest
April 24th – District 9 Archery Contest (Register through 4-H Online)
April 29th – May 1st – Big Time in D9 Contest

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April 5th – 26th – 4-H At-Home Garden Series Program – Self-Paced through Youtube
April 7th – Deadline Shooting Sports Extravaganza Registration via 4-H Online (Please make sure your registration is complete!)
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
April 15th – Registration Deadline Texas 4-H State Photography by 11:59 PM http://texas4h.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/20-21_Photography_Rules-1.pdf
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
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)

NATIONAL:

April 10th – 15th – National 4-H Conference (See Flyer)

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May 1st – Ward County The Sandhills 3D Archery Shoot (See Flyer)
May 1st – Registration Deadline Washington County Invitational Soil Judging Contest Register through Judging Card (Contact the Office to Register)
May 6th – 9th – Texas Youth Expo (See Flyer)
May 1st – May 12th – Registration Deadline for Texas 4-H State Roundup
May 15th – Texas 4-H Water Ambassador Applications Due Register at https://fs4.formsite.com/state4h/water/form_login.html (See Attachment)
May 15th – Washington County Invitational Soil Judging Contest
May 1st – May 20th – Registration Deadline for Texas 4-H Entomology Photography Contest http://entomology.tamu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/2021-Entomology-Photo-Album-contest.pdf
May 29th – Freestone County Classic (See Flyer)

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June 1st – Recordbooks Due to our office by 5:00 PM.
June 4th – LATE Tag Orders DUE Major Show Steer and Heifer, State Fair Lamb and Goat https://agrilife.org/ftbend4h/validation-and-major-shows/
June 7th – Deadline for Project Pins
June 15th – Lamb and Goat Validation 4:30 – 7:00 PM Fort Bend County Fairgrounds Barn H
June 17th – Steer and Heifer Validation 4:30 – 7:00 PM Fort Bend County Fairgrounds Barn H

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