Teen Leadership Opportunity: 4-H State Teen Conference!
We are recruiting 4-H teens to meet via Zoom from January to June for planning the 2025 Washington State 4-H Teen Conference. The same group will also serve as conference facilitators during the conference. This is a fantastic leadership skill-building opportunity for teens currently in grades 8-12!
The WSU Teen Conference will be held June 23-26th, 2025 on WSU’s Pullman campus.
If you are interested, please fill out this form.
It is not a requirement that youth have served on the committee or attended the conference before (although it is helpful for planning)!
Questions about this opportunity should be directed to Kelly Stewart: kelly.a.stewart@wsu.edu
This group will likely begin meeting in mid-January (via Zoom) and typically meets twice per month.
Styrofoam Recycling
Everett Community College is hosting a styrofoam recycling event on Weds, Jan. 22nd, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Extension’s Sustainable Community Stewards will be helping out.
Volunteer Prize Drawings Coming Soon!
After December, there will be TWO prize drawings for reporting your 4-H volunteer time in GivePulse (or to Beth). One drawing pool will include everyone who reported hours in the quarter Oct-Dec. The other drawing pool will include those volunteers who reported hours for each quarter of 2024! It’s not too late! Report your hours today!
Annual 4-H Club Leader Business Meeting
Club leaders! We’ve sent you an e-mail (or two) asking for your RSVP to one of the scheduled, annual club leader business meetings, either January 9th at Willis Tucker Park, or January 17th at the Longhouse at ESF. If you have not yet replied, please let us know by e-mail or 425-357-6044. Thank you!!
Volunteer Education: Event & Committee Leadership
This class is offered infrequently, and it counts toward two E.V.O.L.V.E. pins! Join Kim Baker for this virtual workshop on Thursday, Jan. 23rd, 6:30 p.m. Sign up here.
Country Living Expo
This year’s Country Living Expo will be January 25th, at Stanwood High School. Registration is open until January 20th. Sixty brand new classes! Find the catalog and register here.
Photo by Unseen Histories on Unsplash
MLK Jr. Day
Monday is MLK Jr. Day of Service!
Find relevant links to learn history.
County offices will be closed.
Last DAY Before the Late Fee!
Remember, returning 4-H youth must be enrolled by the end of January to avoid the late fee! This does not apply to new members, but everyone needs to enroll before participating. This includes volunteers! 😊
Swine Information Day
The annual WA State Swine Information Day will be held February 7, 2025, 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the Moses Lake Golf & Country Club.
Featured speaker, Dr. Chris Hostetler, National Pork Board Director of Animal Science and former WSU Swine Center Manager and Professor will be back in the Pacific Northwest to share his expertise in swine nutrition and reproduction.
Woohoo!
A special thank you from 4-H Council to all those who helped with the annual audit and budget creation!
Sign up to help with the Train Show!
Woohoo!
Big thanks to all the volunteers who are reporting their time in GivePulse! The prize winner for the 4th quarter of 2024 is Jamieson Herman! And the bonus prize for reporting time in each quarter of 2024 goes to Dawn Harris! Thank you!
Woohoo!
Congratulations to the 4-H Botsmiths team for their accomplishments in the First LEGO League Challenge! They are advancing from regional competition to the Western Washington semifinals! Woohoo!
They researched, went on field trips, interviewed experts, and then used their knowledge to develop a game that teaches about submarine safety. So cool!
Good luck, Semba, Noah, Andru, Alejandro, Mergen, and Benjamin!