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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

Attached you will find the guidelines and application for the 2023 Blackland Income Growth Scholarship. Applications must be postmarked by Friday, November 11, 2022 and mailed to the District 8 office in Stephenville. Please share with your graduating seniors that meet the requirements.

• There will be ten (10) Blackland Income Growth scholarships awarded for the amount of $1000 each.
• There will be one (1) Scott Felton Blackland Income Growth scholarship awarded for the amount of $1500.  Consideration will be given to applicants planning to study agribusiness.  Major will be verified at the time of payment.
• There will be one (1) Ronald C. Woolley Blackland Income Growth scholarship awarded for the amount of $1500.  Consideration will be given to applicants planning to study agriculture.  Major will be verified at the time of payment.
• The same application will be used for both scholarships.
• Recipients will only be eligible to receive one of the above-mentioned scholarships.

Please review the first two pages of the attached guidelines for the specific eligibility requirements and dates. The recipients must attend the BIG Conference on Tuesday, January 10, 2023 in Waco to receive the scholarship award.

The guidelines and application are attached and are posted on the BIG page soon at the following link:

https://agrilife.org/d84h/scholarships/

2023_BlG_Scholarship_Application

2023_BlG_Scholarship_Application-fillable

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Brent Batchelor or me. Jo Kirby & Tifton Shipman are our support staff who can also help address questions.

Megan R. Shaffer

Extension Program Specialist, 4-H Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

Phone: 254.968.4144 x212

Email: megan.shaffer@ag.tamu.edu

1229 N US HWY 281

Stephenville, TX 76401

https://agrilife.org/d84h/

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Dear Tarrant County 4-Hers,

In addition to providing scholarship opportunities to graduating seniors and sponsoring the year-end Awards Recognition Event, the Tarrant 4-H Adult Leader’s Association (ALA) also provides encouragement, guidance, and financial support to the County Youth Council (CYC) as it pursues its mission to encourage county-wide participation in CYC activities and events.  However, as the ALA has no regular source of funding, we are continually seeking sponsors.   Without continued sponsorship, we may find ourselves lacking future funding for scholarships or recognition events.

Sponsors may use their personal PayPal account, sending their donation to tarrant4hala@gmail.com (selecting the Friends and Family option). For those preferring to make a donation via check, please make them payable to, ‘Tarrant 4-H ALA’ and mail to Tarrant 4-H ALA, 200 Taylor Street, #500; Fort Worth, TX 76196.   Please see attached flyer for additional information.

Any amounts received over current budget needs will be used for future growth of our programming. Unless otherwise requested, all donations will be recognized at the year-end Awards Reception. Please see attached flyer for additional information.

Should your employer offer an opportunity to make charitable contributions through payroll deduction, we will happily provide you the information needed to make that happen. Also, if you have corporate contacts that might be looking for a great way to get involved in 4-H, feel free to contact them and then share their information with the ALA.

The ALA has 501(c)3 designation and would be happy to provide a donation letter to any individual, club, or corporate sponsor.

Thank you for helping the youth of Tarrant County 4-H Make the Best Better!  Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

#Tarrant 4-H Adult Leader’s Association#

tarrant4hala@gmail.com

www.facebook.com/tarrantcounty4hala

Facebook Tarrant County 4-H

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Calling all Tarrant County 4-Her’s!

We will be attending Commissioners Court on Tuesday, September 27, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.  The National 4-H Week proclamation will be read/approved, and we’d like anyone available to come and show Support for Tarrant County 4-H!

We can meet at our office at 9:30 a.m. and walk to the administration building where court is held together.  You can park in our surface lot and we will validate your parking.  *Please wear your 4-H green!

Let me know ASAP if you plan to attend or if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Miss Kate

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-194

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu

https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

See flyer below for information on Saginaw 4-H – The Champion Hunt !

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

See flyer below if you are interested in learning more about our Tarrant County Junior Livestock Show Horse events.

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Tarrant County 4-H!

We are challenging our clubs & members to collect donations for your local animal shelter/rescue.  We are doing this in conjunction with the “One Day 4-H” state day of service.

Here are the details:

• Collect donations with your club for your local animal shelter/rescue. (Be sure to reach out to them as many already have established “wish lists” of items in need).
• Deliver items to your local facility in conjunction with “One Day 4-H” on Saturday, October 8, 2022 (or a time that works for your club/members by the end of October).  Check and see if there are any volunteer projects they might need help with!
• Snap some photos to share with us! Also, fill out the club activity form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesyiYlKbESYCIoS1IbqjaVk0xfcOWWHPyHBqb0opG45iH0BA/viewform?usp=sf_link

Here is the link if you would like to order the “One Day 4-H” t-shirt.  (Shirts will be shipped to our office for distribution) https://tamu.estore.flywire.com/products/2022-one-day-4-h-t-shirts-61668

Please let me know if you have questions!

Sincerely,

Miss Kate

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

Here is your First Newsletter of the New 4-H Year, Click on the link below to see all the important dates!

September 2022 Tarrant County 4-H Newsletter

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Dear 4-H Members and Families,

Registration for the Tarrant County 4-H Food Challenge Contest is OPEN!

*Youth compete in teams of 3-4 in their respective age division (Junior, Intermediate & Senior). Teams are assigned a food category (appetizer, main dish, side dish, healthy dessert) the day of the contest. Youth use their self-provided supply box and a provided bag of ingredients to create their dish in a certain time frame. Teams finish by giving a panel of judges a presentation on their completed dish.

Please refer to complete rules & guidelines at: https://d44-h.tamu.edu/files/2022/08/2022-2023-Food-Challenge-Contest-Memo.pdf

Pre-registration for the County Contest is DUE no later than Friday, September 16th at 5:00 p.m. via this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o8nnN_-bnX6VTkVlP2HUUg45jhg9H-u21ZSJrRIkc0Q/edit

Please let our office know if you have any questions!

Sincerely,

Miss Kate

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

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Howdy Everyone!

It is time to start thinking and planning for the Fall Validation!  Dates and times have been set so please be sure and get the dates on your calendar.  The October validation dates will be for Heifers, Sheep, and Goats.

October Validations:

Saturday, October 15th

8 – 11 AM

Windy Ryon

6229 Windy Ryon Way

Fort Worth, Tx 76179

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Tuesday, October 18th

5 – 7 PM

Arlington Ag Barn

2212 Michigan Ave

Arlington, Tx 76013

Swine Validations will be taking place in November. 

As always, if you have 10 head or less, we ask that you trailer them to one of the 3 validation hubs.  If you have more than 10, we will come to you.  But please keep in mind it will need to be during one of these 3 days.  Validation times for all locations will be from 4:30 – 6 pm.

Tuesday, November 15th

Mansfield FFA Barn

6069 Retta Mansfield Rd

Burleson, Tx 76028

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Wednesday, November 16th

Brewer FFA Barn

1025 W Loop 820 N

Fort Worth, Tx 76108

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Thursday, November 17th

Grapevine/Colleyville FFA Barn

3223 Mustang Dr

Grapevine, Tx 76051

If you have any other questions please be sure to let us know!

Jacklyn Jones – Doyle
Ag & Natural Resources Extension Agent

Tarrant County

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor St.  Suite 500

Fort Worth, Tx 76196

Tel:   817.884.2828

Fax:  817.884.1941

jacklyn.jones@ag.tamu.edu

http://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu

https://www.facebook.com/agrilife.tarrant/

http://AgriLifeExtension.tamu.edu

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Dear 4-H Managers and Volunteers,

Happy New 4-H Year 2022-2023!  To start the year off right, I wanted to make sure everyone was up to date on some important points:

Here is the link to register on 4-H Online: https://v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in

The activity reports have been updated for the year. This year we will have a Club Activity Report that can be used for club and group activities.  You should still use sign in sheets at meetings to capture attendance.  The form has been streamlined to make it easier to report your totals from group events.  We will also have an Individual Activity Report that both members and adults can use to report 4-H activities.  I encourage adult and youth volunteers to log project preparation or club management time in the individual report.  These reports can also be found in the 2022/23 folder which is on the Links & Forms page of our website.

I encourage managers and volunteers to report as much activity that they can.  Please share these forms with your clubs as well.  The more information we capture about our program, the better we can represent our program to stake holders.  And please remember, that every club is required to make at least one report of club activity every month.

Please remind your families to register in 4-H Online as soon as possible so that they can stay on top of broadcast email from the County.  And please remind them to register for any and all projects that they would like to receive information for.  Members do not have to participate in the projects that they register for in 4-H Online, just have an interest in them so that we can get them the right information to meet their needs.

If you or one of your families is not receiving broadcast emails from the county, here are some steps to take to try and fix the problem:

• Check and make sure that your family profile and personal profiles in 4-H Online have the proper email address.
• Check that your family profile allows you to accept broadcast emails.  To check family settings click Edit Family next to the family name above the member list.  And then click on the Family Settings
• Some email servers tend to filter out the broadcast emails from 4-H Online.  Servers that are particularly bad for doing this are att.net, swbell.net, sbcglobal.net, and other telecommunication servers.  Members with these servers have found it helpful to delete their email in 4-H Online, save, close their 4-H Online account, reopen their account, and renter their email.  Others have gone through the process of opening a Gmail or other free email account and having that account forward all email to their preferred account.

Our next County Youth Council meeting is September 26, 2022, at 6:30p-7:30p, also there will be an ALA at the same time.

Thank you,

Kate Marshall

Tarrant County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service

200 Taylor Street, Suite 500 | Fort Worth, TX 76196

p: (817) 884-1553 | f: (817) 884-1941

kate.marshall@ag.tamu.edu | https://tarrant-tx.tamu.edu