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Dear 4-H Members and Families,
This is the final reminder that Record Book submission, County Award Application, and Scholarship Application deadline is Monday, June 11th at 5 p.m. Please feel free to contact the Extension office if you have any questions regarding the record book process or county awards. Another great resource for record books is the webinar training that Grayson County agent, Tamra McGaughy, released on February 16th.
Award application are being completed online. These are the links for the Criteria Award Application and the Merit Award Application. Be sure to read the information regarding the awards below.
Remember, when you are dropping items off or picking them up from the Extension office, we will not be able to validate parking.
Record Book Submission
- Record books submission deadline for the 2017/18 4-H year is Monday, June 11that 5 p.m. All record books must be submitted to the Extension office by this time. Late entries may not be accepted.
- Information for how to complete a record book can be found at Texas 4-H Record Book
- Record books must meet all of the requirements as detailed in the Family Guide to the Texas 4-H Record Book. Books that do not meet these requirements may not be presented to the judges.
- Record books will be judged at the county level during the week of June 11th.
- Record books that place first in each grade division and category can be promoted to District IV Record Book judging. District judging takes place the last week of June.
County Award Application
- The deadline for applying for county awards for the 2017/18 4-H year is June 11that 5 p.m.
- All applications will be done online. If you are unable to complete the online application for some reason, contact the office before the application deadline.
- All county awards require an application to be completed by a member.
- All awards, except Community Service, require the completion of a record book.
- There are two types of awards, criteria based and merit based.
- Criteria based awards require applicants to reach certain benchmarks in 4-H and other activities.
- Criteria awards are Community Service, Rookie Award, Honor Roll, and Letterman.
- To apply for any criteria awards use the Criteria Award Application
- Community service records may be emailed to to ana.murillo@ag.tamu.edu. If you email your log, please send it as a PDF, spreadsheet, or document file. Please make the file name “Your Last Name_First Name_2018”. If you need to scan a paper copy but do not have a scanner, we recommend using the phone app Office Lens to make PDFs. Do not send photos in jpeg, tiff, png, or any other image file.
- You can also deliver a hardcopy of your community service record to the county Extension office by the award application deadline.
- Merit based awards require applicants to document their 4-H and other activities and sit for a panel of judges.
- Merit based awards are Outstanding New Member, 4-H Achievement, Danforth, and Gold S
- To apply for any merit awards use the Merit Award Application
- Gold Star applicants will be required to have the recommendation of their club manager.
- Gold Star recipients will be requested to deliver a short, two minute, acceptance speech at the County Awards Banquet.
- For more information on the county awards, please see the County Awards Overview document.
Scholarship Applications
- The deadline for applying for Tarrant 4-H Adult Leaders Association scholarships for the 2017/18 4-H year is Monday, June 11th, 2018 at 5 p.m.
- The scholarship application is attached to this email and can also be found in the ALA Scholarshipfolder on our website.
- ONLY a hardcopy of the application will be accepted. This was misstated in an earlier email.
- Only complete applications will be presented to the judges.
- All scholarship applicants must sit for an interview with a panel of judges.
- The ALA awards scholarships to junior and senior high school 4-H members.
- Scholarships will be made in the amount of $500, payable as indicated in the attached guidelines.
- Mark Green Memorial Scholarship, established in 2008, recognizes those youth of Tarrant County 4-H who have established themselves as avid 4-H members. Mark was an ardent 4-H participant from the time he was a youth. He resonated the values he instilled in the youth of 4-H.
- Millie Hurst Memorial Scholarship, established in 1993, recognizes those youth “who do the most work in the 4-H program.” Millie was a highly involved adult leader who encouraged youth to actively pursue their goals.
- Carefully review the attached document titled ALA Scholarship Guidelines 2018to determine individual eligibility.
- Please look for an email from the Adult Leaders Association regarding the scholarship program.
Award Interviews
- All merit based award applicants and scholarship applicants must sit for an interview with a panel of 3 or 4 judges.
- Award interviews will take place Monday, June 25th. Interviews start at 1 p.m. and run into the afternoon dependent on the number of applicants.
- Special requests for interview times cannot be honored although every attempt is made to schedule siblings together.
- If you are unable to be present for the interviews on the above day, you will not be able to receive any of the merit based awards or a scholarship.
- All interview judges are volunteers. Respect their time by being on time, prepared, and dressed respectfully.
- If you will be sitting for an interview for the first time, ask older members, your manager, or myself for guidance and advice.
County Awards Banquet
- The Tarrant County Awards Banquet will be held Friday, August 3rdat 7 p.m.
- The banquet is held at the Tarrant County Resource Connection at 2300 Circle Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76119.
- It is at this event that all award announcements are made.
Thank you for your time and dedication to 4-H and to Making the Best Better.
Kent DeCardenas