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4-H’ers NEEDED; please contact Ms. Allie if you are interested in helping with either weekend of the Rabies Clinics. Gordon County 4-H, in conjunction with Animal Hospital of Gordon County, will be hosting a two-weekend traveling rabies clinic across Gordon County. On the first two weekends in May, the veterinarians, 4-H staff, and 4-H members…
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This post will begin a new weekly feature on the blog about the upcoming week’s 4-H events, including practices, activities, and programs. Monday, April 22 All 4-H Staff out of the office all day at 4-H Program Preview Archery Practice from 5:30-7:30 p.m. (last one before state competition!) Tuesday, April 23 Area Poultry Judging Hosted…
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The National 4-H Shooting Sports Youth Leadership Institute is an outstanding growth opportunity for your shooting sports club members. Texas A&M Kingsville will host the institute on August 6-10, 2019. Support from the National 4-H Shooting Sports Committee covers all expenses at the conference. Participants will be responsible for travel to and from the institute.…
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This week, I had an incredible opportunity to represent UGA Extension at the Joint Council of Extension Professionals (JCEP) Public Issues Leadership Development (PILD) Conference held in Washington, DC. I was one member of the Georgia delegation, which also included representatives from: the Georgia Association of Extension 4-H Agents (GAE4-HA) Association of Natural Resources Extension…
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The goal of the Georgia 4-H Ambassador Program is to prepare 4-H’ers to become knowledgeable in a specific content area so that they can return to their counties and share what they’ve learned with others. This summer, we’re training 4-H’ers to be STEM or Healthy Living Ambassadors! If you’re interested, you must apply! The deadline…
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Georgia 4-H is now accepting submissions for issue #2 of Best Better, Georgia 4-H’s online fine arts magazine. The pilot issue had a great reception, and we’re excited to see what 4-H’ers will contribute to issue #2. The deadline for submissions is April 30, 2019, and we hope to publish during State Council weekend later…
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Gordon County 4-H, along with Catoosa and Whitfield Counties, has received major support from Microsoft to implement a program in which youth teach adults digital literacy skills, including online security, smart phones, social media, computer applications, etc. Youth will lead classes for adults at a variety of locations, and can expect to do about 1-2…
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Coming up on July 18, 4-H Day at the Atlanta History Center is an annual event that is fun and exciting, an inexpensive summer activity with lots of education. Last year, Hunter Petty and Bryson Smith of Gordon County 4-H made history at the Atlanta History Center by being some of the first people ever…
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One Georgia 4-H: 2019 Georgia 4-H Urban/Rural Exchange Learn about our state’s agriculture from the field to the Gold Dome by touring southwest and northwest Georgia; activities include visits to farms, processing plants, research stations, farmers markets, farm-to-table restaurants, state agencies, and more; meet farmers, legislators, and state leaders in agriculture! Open to 4-Hers in…
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The Calhoun Gordon County Library has a new Young Adult Coordinator, Chelsea Bennett, and she is planning great things for teens at the library. Gordon County 4-H is planning to partner with the library in a variety of ways, so be sure to go by and say hi and welcome Ms. Bennett to the library.…
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