4-H STEM Ambassadors

4-H Public Speaking Camp

Sewing 101 Workshop

 A message from North Austin 4-H:

Hi everyone!

I wanted to invite your 4-H club members to join us on Wednesday, June 30th from 1pm to 4pm for a Sewing 101 workshop.  The workshop will be held at the Holy Family Catholic School's outdoor pavilion, 9400 Neenah Avenue, Austin, TX 78717 (located on the northeast side of the school campus, adjacent to St. Dominic Savio Catholic High School).  Kimi Phelan will be leading the workshop and has lots of fun activities planned. 

Please RSVP to Kimi (kaphelan96@gmail.com) if you plan to attend.  And if you have a sewing machine, please bring it and an extension cord (in case the plugs are far away from us). 

I hope you can make it!

 

Kimi Phelan, Teresa Shaw, and Kathryn Whitaker

Travis County 4-H Newsletter

 Please see attached 4-H Newsletter for June:

Texas Roundup Photos and State Photography Contest Results

 I would like to share this message from Jana Barrett with the links to photos from the Texas 4-H Roundup:

All photos including the Texas 4-H Scholarships have been posted to the Texas 4-H Flickr page at https://www.flickr.com/photos/tx4hphotos/ Click albums and you will find the photos. There are candid photos from contests, backdrop, scholarship, etc.

 These photos are provided free of charge. This year’s photos were taken by Joelynn Rathmann https://www.facebook.com/joelynnrathmannphotography; District 2 4-H Alumni members Kyler and Kynzie Hardegree https://www.facebook.com/kylerstonephoto/; Callie Cline, Texas 4-H Marketing & Communications Director as well as Texas 4-H Photography Ambassadors." 

I would also like to share the results from the State 4-H Photography Contest.  These are the results from Travis County.  Full results will be posted to the Travis County 4-H Page:

Luke Sempsrott -Theme - Forced Perspective - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Enhanced - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Leading Line - Blue

Scout Goldsmith - Details & Macro - Blue

Scout Goldsmith - Motion/Action - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Elements of Design - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Food Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Shadow/Silhouette - Blue

Scout Goldsmith - Catch All - Blue

Luke Sempsrott - Food - Blue

Luke Sempsrott - Plant/Flora - Blue

Rosemary Jones - Landscape & Nature - Blue

Luke Sempsrott - Animals - Wildlife Blue

Scout Goldsmith - People - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - People - Blue

Scout Goldsmith - Landscape & Nature - Blue

Willow Goldsmith - Landscape & Nature - Blue

Luke Sempsrott - Details & Macro - Red

Rosemary Jones - Catch All - Red

Luke Sempsrott - Elements of Design - Red

Luke Sempsrott - Animals - Wildlife - Red

Texas Roundup is BACK!

Best of luck to all of our Travis County 4-H members who are attending and competing in Texas Roundup events this week.  Please click here to visit the Texas Roundup blog for more information.  Please click here to visit the Texas 4-H Roundup Website. 

May 24th, 2021: The First In Person (and virtual) 4-H County Council Meeting since pre COVID!

Thanks to everyone who came out and joined online.  We did manage to have quorum, and elect some of the officer positions.  Looking forward to more in person events coming soon!

Reminder: CEP State Photography Contest deadline is June 3rd

This contest is free to enter, and open to Juniors and Intermediates.  See below for more details:

Registration link

District 8 4-H Record Book Workshop (Online)

District 8 put together an online record book workshop and I wanted to share it with Travis County.  Please visit the following link to view the workshop:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ylvnak21zs&t=2s&ab_channel=District84-H

District 10 4-H Council, District 10 Leadership Lab, and Travis County Council

Don't forget that you will need to fill out an application to be an officer in County Council for 2020-2021.  The form is available at the following link:

https://travis-tx.tamu.edu/about-2/4-h-programs/4-h-forms/

Please visit the link below to get more information on D10 Council and Leadership Lab:

https://d104-h.tamu.edu/district-4-h-council/

Travis & Bastrop County Photography Contest Results

 The results are in!  Thank you to everyone who submitted photos to the Travis & Bastrop County Photography Contest.  We had so many great entries this year and we had a good number of entries considering everything we have been dealing with over the past year.  Great job everybody and I look forward to seeing your entries next year!  The results are posted on the Travis County CEP 4-H Blog and the link is below:

https://traviscounty4hcep.blogspot.com/

District 10 Roundup Results

Congratulations to all the 4-H'ers from Travis County who competed in the District 10 Roundup.  Here are the results for Travis County members:

Food Challenge

Senior Side Dish - Slice and Dice (Anna-Laura Whitaker, John Paul Whitaker, Sarah Shaw) - 2nd place

District 10 Fashion Show

Intermediate CONSTRUCTION Ensembles - Kristen Early - 1st place

Intermediate CONSTRUCTION Specialty/Formal - Olivia Crombie - 2nd place

Senior-CONSTRUCTION - SEMI - FORMAL to FORMAL - Sarah Shaw - 1st place

Senior-CONSTRUCTION - SEMI - FORMAL to FORMAL - Emily Shaw - 2nd place

Senior - BUYING - Fantastic Fashions under $25 - Korinne Stanley - 1st place

Consumer Decision Making

Senior High Point Individual - Taylor Schmidt - 3rd place

Senior Teams - Taylor Schmidt. Ella Gomillion. David Dolliver, Brooke Blazek - 2nd place

Leaders 4 Life

Senior - Maroon Team (Sarah Shaw, David Higgins, Anna‐Laura Whitaker, John Paul Whitaker) - 3rd place

Share the Fun

Interrmediate Musical/Instrumental - Jaxon Radcliff, "Magical Musical Medley" - 1st place

Senior Musical/Instrumental - Willow Goldsmith, ""Fire Dance" by David Watkins - 1st place

Intermediate Poetry/Prose - Jaxon Radcliff, "Gustav The Goldfish" = 1st place

Senior Solo/Band - Kayla Baker - "Try Again" = 1st place

Senior Vocal - Scout Goldsmith - "Flowers," from "Hadestown" - 1st place

County Council and Awards Banquet applications available now on Travis County 4-H website

I am pleased to announce that the application for county council 2021-2022 and the applications for the awards banquet are now posted on the Travis County 4-H website.  Please visit the link below to complete the forms:

https://travis-tx.tamu.edu/about-2/4-h-programs/4-h-forms/

Should you encounter any issues while submitting these, please let me know and I will address the issue in a timely manner.  If you have already submitted a paper form, there is no need to submit again. 

Please note the deadlines are as follows:

2021-2022 County Council – 11:45 PM on Friday, May 21^st (extended deadline)

2021 Awards Banquet – 11:45 PM on Tuesday, June 1^st

Thank you for your patience. 

Congrats 4-H Winners! + Travis & Bastrop County Photography Contest Deadline Extension

We would like to say congratulations to all our participants in the Consumer Decision Making Contest, Ag Product ID Contest, and Rodeo Houston!   

I also wanted to let you know we are extending the deadline for entries into the Travis County Photography Contest until Friday, May 14^th.  Please get those entries in by that date. 

Please see the letters below for more about the photo contest and a full list of placings from these events. 

Happy National Volunteer Week

We are very proud of our 4-H volunteers and would like to take a moment during this National Volunteer Week to thank all of our 4-H volunteers for all that they do for the 4-H program.  We appreciate you!

Texas Youth Summit

Click here to register,

Travis County 4-H Newsletter

  Please see below for our first Travis County Newsletter, highlighting upcoming events:

Operation College Access

Registration Link

2021 4-H Virtual Photography Series

Virtual photography series conducted through Zoom starts next Wednesday April 14th.  Please email me if you are interested in participating.

2021 Youth Lab

Greetings, 

We are excited to announce that registration for the 2021 CEP 4-H Virtual Youth Lab is live. The link to registration is on the attached flyer, as well as below.

The Youth Lab summer program reaches underserved teens in 9th, 10th and 11th grades from throughout the  State of Texas. The 4-H and Youth Development Unit of the College of Agriculture and Human Sciences at Prairie View A&M University hosts the virtual camp to introduce young people to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) careers in agriculture. There are two overarching goals of this program:

1.) to increase the likelihood of youth from historically under-served/ underrepresented populations to pursue enrollment in post-secondary education 

2.) to provide an awareness of and encourage interest to pursue careers in food, agriculture, natural resources, and human (FANH) careers. These goals are parallel to the mission of S.A.L.E., Inc. by focusing on educating and developing the youth of Texas for careers in agriculture.  

The agenda for this program is set up with fun, exciting, and educational activities filled with guest speakers, virtual field trips, hands on activities and more.

If you have youth that would be interested in applying please follow the link https://pvamu.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0HxRWbHL7IhBkt8  to apply by end of day April 30, 2021. There is one recommendation letter required. 

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Nathan Tucker