Category Archives: 4-H Event

20-21 In-Person Recordbook Overview

2020-2021 In-Person Recordbook Overview Date: Monday, April 19, 2021 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: Lee County Extension Office; 310 S. Grimes St.; Giddings, TX 78942 RSVP Online at: http://bit.ly/21RecordbookIP  Contact us at: Bastrop County Ext. Office: 512-581-7186 or [email protected] Lee County Ext. Office: 979-542-2753 or [email protected]  

03/15/21 4-H Email Blast: Recordbook Development Opportunities

03/15/21 RECORDBOOK DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER): In-Person Opportunities Virtual Opportunities Recorded Opportunities Other Opportunities IN-PERSON OPPORTUNITIES: We’ll be going over the whole recordbook from cover to cover and answering any questions you have! Date: Monday, April 19, 2021 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: Lee County Extension Office; 310 S. Grimes St.; Giddings, TX 78942 RSVP Online at: http://bit.ly/21RecordbookIP  Contact us at: Bastrop County Ext. Office: 512-581-7186 or [email protected] Lee County Ext. Office: 979-542-2753 or [email protected] VIRTUAL OPPORTUNITIES: We’ll be going through the recordbook cover to cover in… Read More →

03/10/21 4-H Email Blast: District 10 4-H Roundup Contest Information

District 10 4-H Fall Roundup Contests Hey all! We wanted to pass on updates about the 2021 District 10 4-H Spring Roundup Contests.  There have been some adjustments to the schedule and to some of the locations.  We have tried to summarize them for your convenience below! General Information: What is this? District 10 4-H Roundup is a clustered set of contests where youth from all 21 counties in District 10 4-H compete against each other.  There is a D10 Fall Roundup and a D10 Spring Roundup.  A few… Read More →

02/24/21 4-H Email Blast: Smithville Livestock Show Broiler, Rabbit, & Schedule Updates

This email is geared towards exhibitors entered in the Smithville Livestock Show Hey all! We wanted to pass on updates about the 2021 Smithville Livestock Show.  There have been some adjustments to the schedule to assist with social distancing.  We’ve also included some reminders for Broiler & Rabbit Exhibitors. Broiler Exhibitors: The broiler pick-up date is Tuesday, March 2nd, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM at the Smithville HS Ag Shop Rabbit Exhibitors: Please touch base with your rabbit breeder.  The recent bad weather has affected a lot… Read More →

02/24/21 4-H Email Blast 2: Bastrop Area Livestock Show Reminders for next week

This email is geared towards exhibitors entered in the Bastrop Area Livestock Show. Hey all! We wanted to pass on a few reminders for the upcoming Bastrop Area Livestock Show this week!  Please read through the reminders and updates and let us know if  you have any questions.  I’ll be at the show if y’all need anything next week, but will be in Houston for the auction on Saturday. I also want to share that there has been a report of a group of pigs that were present… Read More →

D10 Leaders 4 Life Contest – 04/20/21

Below you will find the District 10 4-H Leaders 4 Life contest letter. In order to be accommodating of the current COVID guidelines we have made a few changes to this contest to make it work: Contest has been moved to Tuesday, April 20, 2020 Contest will be held in Seguin at the Guadalupe County Office Each team will be provided a scheduled time to arrive, they will be the only one’s allowed in the building at that time As with all of our other contests, please note… Read More →

01/15/2021 4-H Livestock Email Blast – Major Show Updates, Bastrop & Smithville Reminders, & Weigh Days

INFORMATION IN THIS EMAIL BLAST (IN ORDER) Major Show Updates Livestock Project Weigh Day Bastrop Area Livestock Show Reminders Smithville Livestock Show Reminders Other Opportunities Howdy and Happy Friday, Y’all! We wanted to pass on some quick updates for livestock exhibitors – we were hoping to have more information for you this week, but we are still confirming details with most of the major livestock shows.  In the meantime, please remember that Ashley and I are happy to make arrangements to visit you and your livestock projects or… Read More →

Multi-County Consumer Education Project – RSVP by 01/18/21

We are excited to host a multi-county Consumer Education Project series with Travis and Williamson County! RSVP Required! Be sure to sign up for the series at https://bit.ly/21ConsumerEd by January 18, 2021 A Printable copy of the schedule and project overview is available at http://bit.ly/ConsumerOverview21 Right now, we are planning on the practices being virtual – we are working on a way to incorporate in-person activities when possible  

2020-2021 Bastrop & Travis County Photography Contest Information – ENTRIES DUE MAY 2, 2021

We are excited to host our second county photography contest with Travis County! Registration for the County Photography Contest will be done via e-mail and entries are due by 5:00 PM on Sunday, May 2, 2021. Entry into the contest is free. Please email all entries to CEP 4-H Agent Nathan Tucker at: [email protected] Instructions for labeling photos and the category descriptions can be found in the rules at http://bit.ly/21PhotoRules.

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 →