Junior Master Photographer Certification Workshops

 Please see below for more information about the Junior Master Photographer Program:

Livestock Deadline Reminders!

 Upcoming Deadline Reminders for all Livestock Exhibitors!!

THIS FRIDAY, August 20th:

- All State Fair Entries and payment (Check to Travis 4-H) must be at County Extension Office by 5:00pm.

Wednesday, August 25th:

- All Sheep and Goat Tag Order Forms and payments (Check to Travis 4-H) must be at County Extension Office by 5:00pm.

Friday, August 27th:

- All Turkey Order Forms and payments (Checks to Travis 4-H) must be at County Extension Office by 5:00pm.

Friday, September 3rd:

- All Heart O' Texas Entries and payments (Check to Travis 4-H) must be at County Extension Office by 5:00pm.

Saturday, October 16th:

- Sheep and Goat Validation. More information to come.

Saturday, November 13th:

- Swine Validation. More information to come.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to call me at 512-854-9608 or email me at mikayla.herron@ag.tamu.edu.

***Please Note*** that our office is still closed to the public, so please call or email me when you plan to come by with paperwork and payment so I can let you in the building.

Thank you so much!

4-H Achievement Banquet- PLEASE RSVP!

 We would love to see you all there!

Please RSVP to me at mikayla.herron@ag.tamu.edu as soon as possible.

Look forward to meeting you!

LIVESTOCK UPDATES!

 If you are a livestock exhibitor, please read through this and let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Club Managers have this email and should be sending out to 4-Hers as well, which will include all attachments. We are currently working on our website, but will get all of this posted ASAP. I appreciate your patience.

State Fair of Texas:

All completed entry forms and payment need to be at the Extension Office by Friday, August 20^that 5:00 pm

• 2021 Livestock Schedule: 2021-Livestock-Schedule-v21.1.pdf (bigtex.com)
• 2021 Youth Entry Form: 2021-Youth.pdf (bigtex.com)
• Breeding Animal Information Sheet: 2021-Extra-animal-info.pdf (bigtex.com)
• Team Contest Entry Worksheet: 2021-Team-Contest-Indemnity.pdf (bigtex.com)

 Heart O’ Texas Fair and Rodeo:

All completed entry forms and payment need to be at the Extension Office by Friday, September 3^rd at 5:00 pm

• 2021 Livestock Schedule: files.ashx (saffire.com)
• 2021 Livestock Entry Form: files.ashx (saffire.com)
• 2021 Calf Scramble Application (club manager has this or email me at mikayla.herron@ag.tamu.edu)
• 2021 Contest Entries: Contest Entries (hotfair.com)

 Sheep & Goat Tag Orders:

All completed tag orders and payment need to be at the Extension Office by Wednesday, August 25^th by 5:00 pm.

• Tag Order Form (ask Club Manager or email me and I'll send it over to you. mikayla.herron@ag.tamu.edu) - **please note, that this tag order is for major shows and TCYS**
• Sheep and Goat Validation will take place on Saturday, October 16th. Please mark your calendars! Additional info to come on times and locations.

 Turkey Order:

All completed order forms and payment need to be at the Extension Office by Friday, August 27^thby 5:00 pm.

• Order Form (ask Club Manager or email me)

Swine Exhibitors:

• Swine Validation will take place on Saturday, November 13th. Please mark your calendars! Additional info to come on times and locations, as well as tag orders.
• PLEASE NOTE as you are lining out breeders and everything and planning your swine purchases that Rodeo Austin is a Texas Bred show for Swine this year. Their Premium Book for 2022 has not yet been updated but information will be sent out as it becomes available.

More information to come soon on all of the upcoming 2022 shows!

And as soon as we get some things fixed on our website, all of this will be made available there. I apologize for the invonvienence, and appreciate your patience with me.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. My email is mikayla.herron@ag.tamu.edu.

Have a WONDERFUL weekend!

4-H States' International Virtual Camp!!

 

Happy Thursday! Help needed!

PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR 4-H MEMBERS AND ADULT VOLUNTEERS ALSO.

Youth and adult volunteers needed to come and participate as an audience for the Zoom session and also some to join in a few activities:  Watermelon Eating Contest, Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest, Corn Hole Contest, and an ending farewell. *SEE EXPLANATION BELOW OF WHAT THIS PROGRAM IS FOR. 

 

Zoom Session Live!

4-H States' International Virtual Camp Session 3

Monday, August 9, 2021

6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

PLEASE COME DRESSED IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE ATTIRE!  Feel free to also accessorize if you'd like.

Travis County Community Center at Oak Hill 

8656 State Hwy 71, Austin, TX 78735

Bldg. A - When you come up the hill to a few buildings, it will be the first building to the left.  You will go up the stairs, then the room will be on the left-hand side, towards the middle of the building.

 

Youth and/or Adults - Please respond by email (atxrivercity4h@gmail.com) and/or text (512-801-5492) by letting me know if you can participate and if you are interested in being in any of the contests.

 

 Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions.

 

Thanks!

 

Tina Warwick

512-801-5492

atxrivercity4h@gmail.com

Adult Volunteer Advisor

Texas 4-H STEM Ambassadors

 

*This is being presented to 150+ youth participants from Japan, Taiwan and South Korea with some additional 4-H U.S. youth.  I'm working with Dr. Darlene Locke (Texas A&M Recreation Park & Tourism Sciences Assistant Professor & Extension Specialist), Wise County and our Texas 4-H STEM Ambassadors, for a virtual camp session being presented through the States' 4-H International program.  I'm looking for at least 10-20 youth (or more) to come represent 4-H from Texas and also represent the U.S. This program has been developed (4 virtual camp sessions) in place of the actual 4-H Global Exchange program that happens in the summer-time with youth coming to the U.S. and experiencing our culture and U.S. 4-H youth going to another country and a family hosts them for their stay. Due to Covid-19, this is not happening this year.  The volunteers would be a part of celebrating the virtual session 3, which is "July 4th and How, What and Why We Celebrate It."  

Volunteers Needed!

Our 4-H CAPITAL Program is in the need of some volunteer assistance!

They will be building goat pens at Perez Elementary for their kiddos, THIS SATURDAY (August 7th).

If you are able to help or want/need some additional information, please contact Nathan Shavers at nathan.shavers@traviscountytx.gov.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

4-H STEM Day

2021 National 4-H STEM Day registration link.  Registration will open August 5th and space is limited.

2021 Travis County 4-H Achievement Banquet!!

 Please mark your calendars and celebrate some "FUN IN THE SUN" with us! We will be having our Travis County 4-H Achievement Banquet on Tuesday, August 17th at 6:00 PM at the Creedmoor Community Center.

The cost will be $10 / person and payments can be made by check to Travis 4-H. You are more than welcome to mail your payment to the Travis County Extension Office, or bring it with you to the banquet.

Please RSVP to me by Monday, August 9th at mikayla.wenzel@ag.tamu.edu.

If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Please come celebrate our 4-Her's and their achievements with us!! We look forward to seeing you there!

4-H Public Speaking Camp!

This past week, Travis and Bastrop County 4-Hers participated in a 4-H Public Speaking Camp. This camp was a 3-day Youth Leadership Program facilitated by Toastmaster and 4-H volunteer, Margaret Cathey. By participating, 4-Hers learned to deliver great presentations, give and receive constructive evaluations, be able to speak off the cuff, and learned to be a better listener. 

It was truly unbelievable to see their progress, and the confidence they gained in just three short days.

Margaret, we are so thankful for the giving of your time and experience! And we are beyond proud of all of our participants!

Travis County 4-Hers include:

- Anna Laura Whitaker
- Clare Whitaker
- Luke Whitaker
- David Higgins

- Noah Higgins
- Olivia Higgins
- Sarah Shaw
- Emily Shaw

The Darden -Caldwell LeadHERship Series for Girls: 2021 Summer Camp

 Greetings ! 

The Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center at Prairie View A&M University is sponsoring the inaugural series of The Darden-Caldwell LeadHERship Series for Girls: 2021 Summer Camp named in honor of its alum, Ms. Phyllis Darden-Caldwell.  This one-day virtual conference is solely dedicated to girls in grades 9^th – 12^th and their parents or guardians.    A cadre of dynamic, diverse, competent, exciting, passionate and engaging speakers will talk and generate audience interaction on Leadership, Academics, Social Justice, Health & Wellness and Advocacy.  This series includes concurrent breakout sessions specifically designed for our student attendees, parent/guardian attendees and joint sessions for both.

The Series begins promptly on Saturday, August 7^th, at 9:30 am and ends at 3:00 pm.  We want the girls attending this series to leave believing their lives are filled with possibilities and understand that success is about overcoming obstacles, setting and achieving goals as well as accepting seemingly insurmountable challenges.  And for our parents or guardians; we want them to be empowered with knowledge and resources to effectively engage in their daughters’ epic journey of life. 

To register, please click this link.  Registration deadline is July 26th, 2021.

State Fair & Heart O' Texas Entries!

 Mark your calendars!

State Fair of Texas: September 34- October 17, 2021!

- All Entries are due to the Travis County Extension Office by Friday, August 20th!

Additional information as well as entry forms will be sent out as soon as they are made available. The 2021 schedule and handbook can be found here.

Heart O' Texas Fair and Rodeo: October 7-17, 2021!

- All Entries are due to the Travis County Extension Office by Friday, September 3rd!

The 2021 livestock show entry forms along with the schedule and livestock catalog can all be found here.

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