Category Archives: 4-H Email Blast

2020-2021 District 10 4-H Community Service Project

The District 10 4-H Council has decided that for this years community service project they want to give back to local schools within your area. They would like for each county to host a school supply drive, collect the items in the County Extension Office and then prepare boxes/baskets to be dropped off at local schools in your county for the teachers and students to have access to. Below is a flyer regarding the project. This will be an ongoing community service project for Bastrop County 4-H from… Read More →

12/11/2020 4-H Email Blast: General Updates & Information (Resent 12/14/20)

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Office Hours In-Person Meeting Opportunities/Guidelines Pecan Auxiliary Raffle Tickets Texas 4-H Foundation Scholarship Training Upcoming Trainings & Opportunities Other Opportunities Howdy and Happy Friday Monday, Y’all! I wanted to resend our email blast today – it seems we had LOTS of technology issues going on last week with internet and the email blast getting marked as spam in our Outlook system. We think we have everything fixed and addressed, however, please be sure to check your spam folders for information every… Read More →

11/06/20 4-H Livestock Email Blast

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Office Hours County Livestock Show Reminders Major Livestock Show Entries (all entries available – deadline extended) 2020 Lost Pines Winter Classic Showmanship Clinic & Contest Other Opportunities Howdy and Happy Friday, Y’all! I wanted to pass on a few quick additions/updates to the livestock email blast – we have a LOT going on in our county.  One of the major things we wanted to remind y’all about this week is that 4-H and FFA are family.  We might operate a little… Read More →

10/17/20 4-H Email Blast: General Reminders, Club Officer Training, & Roundup Contest Information

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Food & Nutrition Series Fashion & Interior Design Project Interest Club Officer Training County 4-H Council Meetings County Fall Roundup Contests District 10 4-H Fall Roundup Contests New Resources Available on the Website Other Opportunities Good evening, y’all! I hope you are doing well and enjoying the cooler weather!  I wanted to pass on a more general email blast that had most of the non-livestock project updates on it for y’all.  We also wanted to give you a heads up that… Read More →

10/16/20 4-H Livestock Email Blast

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Major Show (State) Validation Reminders Rabbit Exhibitor Reminders Virtual Livestock 101/201 Series Local Livestock Show Updates Major Livestock Show Updates Calf Scramble Information Other Opportunities Good afternoon and Happy Friday, Y’all! I hope everyone is doing well and getting a little settled into the school routine; thank you so much for your continued patience as everyone figures out how to best support our youth this year!  I wanted to send out a few reminders for upcoming events as we head into… Read More →

10/01/20 Livestock Email Blast

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Major Livestock Show Validation Updates Quality Counts Reminders 2020-2021 Major Show Entries Update 2020-2021 Calf Scramble Information & Opportunities Livestock Skillathon Opportunities Other Opportunities Howdy and Happy Thursday! We wanted to touch base with you all about upcoming livestock opportunities and information.  A lot of things are still being planned and talked about this year, but the official plans and entry information may not come until a little later than we’re used to.  Unfortunately, with the complications that COVID has presented,… Read More →

09/25/2020 4-H Email Blast: General Updates, Community Service, & Validation Tag Order Reminders

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) EMAIL BLAST SWITCHING TO 4-H CONNECT ACTIVE ENROLLMENT LIST: SOCIAL MEDIA & CALENDAR OF ACTIVITIES: NATIONAL 4-H WEEK: October 4-10, 2020 LIVESTOCK VALIDATION TAG REMINDERS: WE FINALLY HAVE A DROP BOX!!!: Howdy and Happy Friday! We hope you all are having a fantastic week and enjoying the rain and cooler weather we’ve been having!  We wanted to touch base with you on a couple of things as we move into the weekend.  We are working on getting more opportunities up and… Read More →

Shooting Sports Update – Lee County 4-H Partnership Opportunities

Hello all! We hope that you have been enjoying the cooler weather!  We are excited to talk about some updates and opportunities with the shooting sports program.  We are going to be partnering with the Lee County 4-H Shooting Sports program to offer some additional shooting sports discipline opportunities for our Bastrop County 4-H members (Archery, Rifle, etc.) .  The main requirements to participate in this partnership are that you MUST be actively enrolled as a Bastrop County 4-H member AND you MUST attend one of the Lee County 4-H… Read More →

09/02/2020 Livestock Email Blast

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER): Quality Counts Reminders County Livestock Show Reminders Major Livestock Show Reminders Major Livestock Show Validations Livestock 101/201 Series Livestock Project Leader Training Hey all! We have lots of opportunities coming up for Livestock Exhibitors – and we are excited!  Please check out the information below and let us know if you have any questions.  We will be working on visiting all of our new exhibitors’ projects this year to help answer questions and to get to know your interests more.  If you… Read More →

08/28/2020 Email Blast: 4-H Enrollment and Council/Club Meeting Updates

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER): Quick Update 4-H CONNECT & Enrollment Updates 4-H Council Meetings 4-H Club Meetings Howdy and happy Friday! We hope y’all are doing well and are having a successful first week (or two) of school.  We are working hard to start planning 4-H events and practices for this year!!  We are going to try to break down our normal email blasts a little so they are not too long and so you can sort through them based on your projects, so this… Read More →