Sussex County 4-H

2021 4-H FOUNDATION HOLIDAY WREATH FUNDRAISING SALE
2021-10-01 08:00 - 2021-11-12 16:30 (America/New_York) | NJ
A packet with all the ordering information can be downloaded from the website.
Wreath pick-up will be Saturday, November 20th at the Sussex County Fairgrounds from 9:30 am to 11 am.
A Club Leader (or designated adult) will be in charge of picking up wreaths for your club and distributing them to your members.
2021 Wreath Prices

12-inch plain= $16.00
12-inch decorated=$18.00

3-foot plain= $60.00
3-foot decorated= $ 70.00

The deadline for leaders to submit the Club Wreath order is Friday, November 12 by 4:30 pm

Club's Financial Review due to the 4-H Office
2021-11-01 08:30 - 16:30 | NJ
All 4-H Club Treasury Annual Review Forms are due to the 4-H Office by November 1. The following is is the link to the forms that need to be completed
4-H Club Treasury Annual Review Forms

4-H End of Project Year Member Recognition Forms Due
2021-11-15 08:30 - 16:30 | NJ
Please complete the 2020/21 End of Project Year 4-H Member Recognition forms and return them to the 4-H Office by November 15th.
End of Project Year Recognition Certificates and Pins Order Form
Project Medal Recommendation Form
Cloverbud Club End of Year Summary Form
If you have questions please contact Tanya (patrie@njaes.rutgers.edu).

Foundation Wreath Sale Club Pick up
2021-11-20 09:30 - 11:00 | NJ
Wreath pick-up will be Saturday, November 20th at the Sussex County Fairgrounds from 9:30 am to 11 am.
Use the following link to sign up for a time slot for pick up:
https://signup.com/go/gQqGzHC
A Club Leader (or designated adult) will be in charge of picking up wreaths for your club and distributing them to your members.

RCE/4-H Office Closed
2021-11-25 - 2021-11-26, 2021-12-24, 2021-12-31, 2022-01-17 08:00 - 17:00, 2022-02-21, 2022-04-15, 2022-05-30 | NJ

2021 Newton Holiday Parade
2021-11-27 08:30 - 11:00 | Town of Newton, NJ, Diller Avenue, Newton, 07860, United States
Sussex County 4-H Clubs you are invited to participate in this year’s traditional holiday event by marching in the Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce Holiday Parade!
This event has been held for over 50 years with participants from all over the county. The parade begins promptly at 10:00 am. The theme of this year’s parade is An Old-Fashioned Christmas. Please feel free to use your imagination to bring your group or float to life.
Awards will be given for floats and/or groups who best depict the theme.
Please be advised that floats and groups that wish to be judged must be in place by 8:30 AM. Judging will begin promptly by 8:30 AM.
If you are interested in building a float there are several supply and informational sites available on the web.
All floats will enter lower Spring Street via Diller Avenue with judging taking place before the parade so that as participants reach the reviewing stand the winners will be announced.
All other participating marchers and vehicles should arrive between 8:30-9:30 AM at lower Spring Street staging area, this is open to drop off marchers only.
No one is allowed to park their vehicle in the staging area.
Be advised that the staging area will be blocked off to all vehicular traffic.
Parking is available at all municipal parking lots in the Town, and down at Memory Park.
Musical groups, floats, animals, and vehicles such as antique cars are welcome to participate in the Parade. If you or your group wish to join in the parade festivities, please fill out
Float Application
Sponsorship Application
return it to the Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce by November 1, 2021.
Mail, email, or fax form to:
Greater Newton Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 386
Newton, NJ 07860
EMAIL: info@greaternewtoncc.com/
PHONE: 973-300-0433 – FAX- 973-579-6114
We look forward to celebrating the beginning of the Holiday Season with you on November 27, 2021
Sincerely,
The Holiday Parade Committee

Deadline to Register for the 2021/2022 4-H Project Year
2022-01-01 | NJ
Do not forget to Reenroll in 4-H Online for this Project Year!

Last Day to register to be considered a member in good standing for this project year.
Please follow these directions to re-enroll for the new 4-H program year.To begin, go to http://v2.4honline.comYou should be able to login with your current information (username: email and password.) If you’ve forgotten your password, click the Reset Password link to have a temporary password sent to your email address.For instructions go to: https://www.sussex4h.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Ssx_4HMmbrRnrlmnt_9-29-20-1.pdf

New Year, Better You: Monthly Challenge
2022-01-01 - 2022-01-31 | NJ
All 4-H members are invited to participate in four monthly challenges related to the Four H’s! January’s challenge is the HANDS Challenge in honor of the MLK Day of Service. Complete a service project by the end of January, working alone or with friends. Record your results and get a certificate with the hours you volunteered! For info on ideas for service projects click here and to record your project visit this site.
For more Info: lbovitz@njaes.rutgers.edu or amelia.valente@njaes.rutgers.edu

Deadline to register for National Youth AgriScience Summit Applications—for NJ teens
2022-01-15 00:00 | NJ

Young Researchers A Youth Club on Publication
2022-01-20 - 2022-03-03 | NJ
Have you ever thought about publishing your own writing? In partnership with John Wiley and Sons, youth are invited to learn about the process of publishing, careers in publishing and will work on a team to publish their own product! Youth researchers will walk through the author’s journey to create content that will be published online by global publishing powerhouse, John Wiley and Sons.

Weekly Sessions: Thursdays 4 p.m. – 5 p.m., Jan 20 – March 3
Register: https://rutgers.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6YExvPSzb6vRJeS

4-H Top Chef Virtual Competition
2022-01-20 | NJ
All 4-H members and parents are invited to take part in this virtual competition by creating a dish or meal and sharing the preparation via a video entry. All contestants will receive ribbons and judging results, top winners in categories receive trophies.
Enter by January 20, 2022 at https://tinyurl.com/20224HTOPCHEF. Video entries are due by January 29th.

County Public Presentation Registration Deadline.
2022-02-01 | NJ

4-H Exhibit Catalogue Changes due to the 4-H Office Staff
2022-02-01 | NJ
The deadline to make any changes to the 4-H Exhibit Catalogue for the NJ State Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show are due to the 4-H Office staff. Any changes submitted after the deadline will be considered for the following fair year.

4-H Goat Extravaganza
2022-02-12 00:00 | Rutgers Cooperatinve Extension of Mercer County, 1440 Parkside Ave, Ewing, NJ, United States
See the state 4-H goat website, http://nj4h.rutgers.edu/goats/extravaganza/, for all of the information you need to register for the NJ 4-H Goat Extravaganza (poster/presentation contest, skill-a-thon, quiz bowl, art show, workshop for parents and volunteers, and social) on Saturday, February 12 at Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Mercer County in the Mercer County Office Park, 1440 Parkside Avenue, Ewing (NEW location this year).
Simple and quick online registration is due by Thursday, January 20.

CANCELED - Sussex County 4-H Public Presentations, Night One
2022-03-04 19:00 - 21:00 | NJ
2022: Due to Covid-19 safety restrictions, this event will be held via Zoom.
Presentations will be held over four Friday nights in March.
Members may register through their family profile in 4-HOnline.

Sussex County 4-H Public Presentations, Night Two
2022-03-11 18:45 - 21:00 | NJ

Sussex County 4-H Public Presentations, Night Three
2022-03-18 18:45 - 21:00 | High Point Regional High School, 299 Pidgeon Hill Road, Sussex, NJ, 07461, United States
Presentations are held over four Friday nights in March.
Members may register through their family profile in 4-HOnline.
This night of presentations is (tentatively) scheduled to be held at High Point Regional High School* with presenters divided among classrooms.
All presentations begin promptly at 7:00 pm, check-in begins at 6:45 pm.
*If Covid-19 safety precautions prevent in-person presentations, this event will be moved online to Zoom.

NJ 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
2022-03-19 | NJ

Sussex County 4-H Public Presentations, Night Four
2022-03-25 18:45 - 21:00 | Kittatinny Regional High School, 77 Halsey Road, Newton, 07860, United States
Presentations are held over four Friday nights in March.
Members may register through their family profile in 4-HOnline.
This night of presentations is (tentatively) scheduled to be held at Kittatinny Regional High School* with presenters divided among classrooms.
All presentations begin promptly at 7:00 pm, check-in begins at 6:45 pm.
*If Covid-19 safety precautions prevent in-person presentations, this event will be moved online to Zoom.

Rutgers Junior Breeders Livestock Symposium
2022-03-26 | NJ
Hands-on workshops for youth are presented in the following tracks: Equine, Dairy, Small Ruminant (Goats and Sheep), and Rabbits. This event is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture Junior Breeder program in cooperation with Rutgers Cooperative Extension faculty and staff.
Currently planned for in-person event on Cook Campus of Rutgers University Saturday, March 26, 2022 — subject to Rutgers Cooperative Extension in-person programming policy. Supplemental online programs to launch on April 2, 2022. More details are to be announced soon.

Sussex County 4-H Foundation Fund Scholarship due
2022-04-01 | NJ
Applicants must be currently active in the 4-H program and for at least five (5) years, four (4) of which should be in high school.
Applications are due to the 4-H Office, by emailed to foord@njaes.rutgers.edu, or postmarked by April 1.
For the Application go to: https://www.sussex4h.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/2020-SC4HFndtn-Schlrshp-App_forms_ue_1-17.pdf

Sussex 4-H Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal Showmanship and Skillathon-1
2022-04-02 09:00 - 12:00 | Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ, 07822, United States
The Sussex County 4-H rabbit project holds its annual showmanship and skillathon clinics over two weekends in spring prior to the New Jersey State Fair/Sussex County Farm and Horse Show. 4-H members who intend to show their project rabbits at the fair are required to participate in this event.
Those members who would like to compete in the Sussex County 4-H Round Robin Showmanship Championship must compete in the first clinic to be eligible.
The event is held in the Phoebe and Ralph Shotwell 4-H Exhibition Hall on the Sussex County Fairgrounds.

Members are encouraged to use appropriate travel cages for transport.
An online sign-up form will be sent via email to schedule members.

Sussex 4-H Rabbit/Cavy/Small Animal Showmanship and Skillathon-2
2022-04-10 15:00 - 18:00 | Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ, 07822, United States

Ag. Division of the NJ State Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show Agricultural Scholarship
2022-04-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Sussex County Fairgrounds, 37 Plains Road, Augusta, NJ, 07822, United States
Agricultural Scholarships are presented each year by the Ag. Division of the NJ State Fair/Sussex County Farm & Horse Show and applications are now being accepted for any Sussex County graduating high school senior or college student currently enrolled in an agricultural program pursuing a two or four-year degree, or graduate studies in one of the many fields of Agriculture.
For more information and the application please go to Sussexcountyfairgrounds.org and click on Fairgrounds/Ag/Ag. History for the PDF application. Information is also available in local guidance offices. Mail application to the Ag. Scholarship Selection Committee, c/o G. Danko, P.O Box 2456, Branchville, NJ 07826. The deadline is April 15th.
To view all scholarships that may available to 4-H members go to Forms – Sussex County 4-H (sussex4h.org) and scroll down to the Scholarship section.
