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Tractor Supply’s Paper Clover

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Tractor supply is offering some great opportunities for the Spring drive

  • More funds for county 4-H programs-100% of funds raised by counties, above and beyond what they raised for the same season last year, will come back to the county!  You now have the ability to raise even more funds for your local county programs.
  • $5 donations in store-they will be offering both $1 and $5 donation increments in stores.  Larger donations will be easy to see in stores since the $5 clovers will be bigger in physical size.
  • Coupons on clovers-all clovers will have a bounceback coupon at the bottom as a “thank you” for your donation.  $5 clovers will have a larger discount than $1 clovers, made possible by Purina Animal Nutrition
  • State 4-H Program awards-TSC wants to recognize the top state in each 4-H region with the highest average dollars raised in TSC stores for their state.  Each of the four (4) Regional Paper Clover Champion award winners will recieve $1,000 for their state 4-H programs.

Keep track of how much Virginia is raising or your local store is raising at Tractorsupply.com/4-H

Toolkit Website with promotional resources

www.4-H.org/paper-clover-toolkit

Username: Paperclover@4-H.org

Password: Paperclover

 

Citizenship Washington Focus

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CWF logo 2013

Citizenship Washington Focus is a week-long 4-H citizenship program for youth ages 14-19 that takes place at the National 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Maryland.  Virginia’s week is July 7-13.

CWF’s website can be found at: http://www.4hcwf.org/default.aspx

The Virginia 4-H Foundation has graciously offered partial scholarships for 4-H members to attend Citizenship Washington Focus thus reducing the cost to just $500/person.  The State 4-H Office is still accepting applications.  Contact Katie Lafon in the State 4-H office at 540-231-9410 or at klafon@vt.edu for more information regarding the application process.

 

 

 

2013 4-H Honey Bee Essay Winners

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Each year Virginia 4-H sponsors a Honey Bee Essay in conjunction with The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. sponsored  National 4-H Honey Bee Essay Contest.  The first place winner of the Virginia contest is forwarded on to the National Contest before March 1st and competes with other state winners.  Winners of the National Contest are announced on May 1 each year and are eligible for up to $750 in prize money.

We are proud to announce the winners of the Virginia Honey Bee Essay Contest as follows:

First Place with $100 prize and forwarded on to the National Contest

 Olivia Perry – Rockingham County 4-Her

Second Place with $50 prize

Rachel King – Richmond 4-Her

Third Place with $25 prize

Jessica Vass – Carroll County 4-Her

Congratulations ladies!  If you would like to participate in this contest look for information coming out for 2014 in September.  In the meantime visit http://honeybeepreservation.org/ and check out the link to the 4-H Essay Contest.

 

Hosting 2013 4-H Teen Exchangees for Summer

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Great News!  In the summer of 2013, Virginia 4-H families have the opportunity to host teens from the following countries:  Argentina, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Japan, and Norway.  This is a great opportunity for American families to share their lives with young people from abroad and learn about their countries at the same time.  The hosting experience is for one month, and host families must have a child of the same gender and within a two-year age range of the hosted delegate.

Each of these groups will also have a chaperone, so host families are needed for them as well for 2 – 4 weeks.  Families who host chaperones are not required to have children in the home.

Bring the world to you!  This is an experience that will last a lifetime.  Host family applications are due by January 15.  For further information or an application form
please contact:

Dottie Nelson
Virginia 4-H Exchange
P.O. Box 144
Bland, VA  24315
Work:  304-431-5317
Cell:    276-617-1065
Email:  dottieifye@yahoo.com

http://www.4-h.ext.vt.edu/programs/citizenship/4HInternationalExchange.html