Month: December 2016

Tennessee Wildfire Relief

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Tennessee 4-H is receiving a number of contacts asking how they can help those individuals in the towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, TN (Sevier County) that have been impacted by the recent wildfire. Large amounts of supplies have been donated already. What is needed is help in providing for the financial needs of these families as they rebuild their lives.  The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture and Tennessee 4-H are announcing an effort to collect gift cards for people displaced and affected by the wildfires in Sevier County, Tennessee. Fires over the past two days have destroyed thousands of acres of forests, burned hundreds of buildings and businesses and claimed several lives. At the present time we are aware of 30 4-H families that have lost everything in the fire. In addition, a mother and her two daughters are still missing. These two daughters are both 4-H members, ages 12 and 9.

Gift cards of any monetary value to nationally recognized retailers can be mailed to the UT Extension office in Sevier County to Alan Bruhin’s (County Director) attention. 4-Hers, UTIA employees or anyone across the state or nation are encouraged to help out as best they can. Affected families will be able to use these cards to buy supplies and necessities in the coming weeks of rebuilding.

Donated gift cards can be mailed to UT Extension, 752 Old Knoxville Highway, Sevierville, TN 37862. The phone number of the office is 865-453-3695. If individuals desire a tax deductible receipt for their monetary donation, those individuals can mail a donation, made payable to the Tennessee 4-H Foundation, to 2621 Morgan Circle, 205 Morgan Hall, Knoxville, TN 37796. The Tennessee 4-H Foundation will, in turn, purchase gift cards using the donations and send them to the Extension office in Sevier County.

Ohio 4-H Survey

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A few days from now, 4-H volunteers and families of 4-H members will receive a brief, online survey via email from Ohio 4-H. The survey will ask about the Ohio 4-H volunteer program. The survey will only take about 10 minutes. Responses will help Ohio 4-H design future programs. Thank you in advance for your help! Please note that this message that is being sent to you is not spam, and it is important that you take the time to respond. Thanks!

National Scholarships Available to Ohio Corn & Wheat New Crop Members

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Multiple scholarships available.

Click here for more information: http://www.ncga.com/topics/education/college-scholarships

Click here for more information about additional scholarships:  http://wheatfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Jerry-Minore-Memorial-Scholarship-Application-2015.pdf

WinField United Careers in Agriculture Scholarship Program – due February 10, 2017

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Scholarships worth $1,000 will be awarded to 10 high school seniors and 10 college students in their first or second year who demonstrate scholastic achievement, leadership in agriculture and a perceived ability to contribute to agriculture in the future.

The Careers in Agriculture Scholarship Program is available to high school graduating seniors and first or second year college students pursuing two- or four-year degrees in agronomy, crop production, or closely related fields.

To qualify for the program, a student must:

  • Be a high school senior, graduating in spring of 2017; or
  • Be a college freshman or sophomore;
  • Demonstrate leadership abilities and academic performance;
  • Complete an application including two reference letters and official transcript; and
  • Write essays describing the importance of farmer cooperatives, and why he or she is interested in an agricultural career.

Since its formation 26 years ago, the Careers in Agriculture Scholarship Program have awarded more than $500,000 to young adults who share the same commitment to agronomy, excellence and the cooperative system.

Applications are available by clicking here. All applications must be postmarked by Feb.10th, 2017. Winners will be notified by mail in April 2017.

National 4-H Summer Program Assistant Positions – Apply Now!

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Know a student passionate about government, history, political science, education, speaking, or leadership? Encourage them to apply to be a Summer 2017 Program Assistant (PA) at the National 4‑H Conference Center. For more information and to apply, click here.

Older Youth Opportunities

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Older youth – don’t forget to continue checking out our website for forms and applications that are available for the 2017 year.

http://fairfield.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/awards-scholarships-and-trips

Currently, we have the following forms available:

  • Ohio 4-H Scholarship Information and Fairfield County Scholarship Application (Fairfield County requires an Ohio Achievement Record as well)
  • the Fashion and Nutrition Board Application (for new members – former and current members just email Shannon Carter – carter.413@osu.edu)
  • Ohio Achievement Form  – don’t forget the Fairfield County Checklist at the end of the paragraph!
  • Junior Achievement Form
  • and a link to the Fairfield County Soil and Water Conservation District Scholarship information

We are working on updating the 2017 Camp Counselor and Junior Fair Board Member applications at this time.  The Dorrin and Ruth Ross and Fairfield County Cattleman’s applications are from previous years.  We don’t expect many changes, but there may be some.  The date they are updated will be posted after them on the website.

Don’t forget – we are having a Junior Achievement Form Workshop on December 8th at 6 pm and Ohio Achievement Form Workshop from 7-9 pm that evening.  Both will be held in our main conference rooms of the Ag Center.

Completed forms will be due back to the Fairfield County Extension Office by Friday, January 6, 2017 at 4 pm.

 

Ohio 4-H and the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Night – February 25, 2017

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Ohio 4-H and the Columbus Blue Jackets Hockey Team are joining up to offer 4-H Night at the Blue Jackets.  The two counties that sell the most tickets will get the opportunity to participate in post-game festivities on the ice.  A portion of the ticket sales will be returned to the Ohio 4-H Foundation to help further support 4-H programming.

Additional details are posted at:  http://www.ohio4h.org/families/members/opportunities-and-more

We hope to see you there!

Endowment Donations

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If your Fairfield County 4-H Club has any additional donations for the Fairfield County 4-H Endowment, please turn them into the office ASAP!  Checks are preferred.  Please see instructions below:

  • To donate to the fund at the Ohio State University: Make checks payable to:“Fairfield County 4-H Endowment” and in the memo line designate: account #642082
  • To donate to the fund held locally at the Fairfield County Foundation, make checks payable to “4-H Fairfield County Foundation Fund” and in the memo line designate: Fairfield Foundation.

Thank you!