Attention Horse Project Members
The Horse Registration deadline has been extended to May 1
In the hope that we may be able to resume some in-person activities soon, please remember that members who want to participate in 4-H Qualifying Shows and the State 4-H Horse Show must declare their project animals no later than May 1.
The form to register those animals with the county 4-H office can be found at NJ4H.Rutgers.edu/horses.
If your members do not own the animal they will be using, the lease/borrow form is also there and should be sent in with the registration form by May 1 as well.
You may mail, fax, email, or hand-deliver them to the 4-H Office.
Contact Dave (foord@njaes.rutgers.edu) or Tanya (patrie@njaes.rutgers.edu) if you have any questions.
N.J. 4-H members participate in National 4-H Conference
Eight 4-H members from New Jersey were selected to represent New Jersey at the 90th National 4-H Conference be held virtually from April 6-14, 2021. The New Jersey delegates who participated include: Hannah Beck of Stewartsville, Warren County; Victoria Foster from Egg Harbor Township, Atlantic County; Emily Hyson from Port Norris, Cumberland County; Jiya Mody of Martinsville, Somerset County; Olive Scaff of Cream Ridge, Monmouth County; Sumedha Sabbani from Robbinsville, Mercer County; Jack Saunders of Westfield, Union County; and Will Teitsma from Newton, Sussex County.
Each year the conference provides a forum for over 250 4-H members, leaders, and staff from 36 states and territories. These teens offer a voice in program development for future 4-H direction. The theme for this year’s conference was “Shaping the Future”.
The National 4-H Conference is the premier civic engagement opportunity for 4-H members (15-19 years old) who are actively engaged in 4-H programs across the U.S. and its territories. The conference is administered by the Division of 4-H and Youth of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) within the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). National 4-H Conference delegates have an opportunity to increase knowledge, resources, and skills that will empower them to make an impact on their community in a meaningful and genuine way.
Conference delegates participated in an application review and interview process and were chosen based on their leadership and communication skills and active participation in the 4-H program. “They also share an overall knowledge of the mission of 4-H and a broad understanding of Cooperative Extension,” says Jeannette Rea Keywood, State 4-H Agent & National 4-H Events Coordinator, Department of 4-H Youth Development.
The 4-H Youth Development Program is part of Rutgers Cooperative Extension, a unit of the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. 4-H educational programs are offered to all youth, grades K-13 (one year out of high school), on an age-appropriate basis, without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait, marital status, domestic partnership status, military service, veteran status and any other category protected by law.
For more information about the New Jersey 4-H Program, administered by Rutgers Cooperative Extension visit the website at http://nj4h.rutgers.edu
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