All 4-H members should strive to be good citizens, trustworthy, respectful, responsible, fair, and caring. Lancaster County 4-H recently developed a code of conduct excerpted from the Nebraska 4-H Participant Code of Conduct. Please review at the following link:
Lancaster County 4-H award forms and college scholarship applications are due by Dec. 31. Recipients will be announced at Lancaster County 4-H Achievement Night, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. Awards include Community Service Awards, Career Portfolios, Diamond Clover Program, Clubs of Excellence. Continue reading…
4-H Horse Awards Night was held Oct. 2. Congratulations to all Lancaster County 4-H horsemen for their achievements! Results are posted at http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/horse/AwardsNite.shtml, photos are on Flickr at http://go.unl.edu/cdm and Hightlights Reel is on YouTube at http://go.unl.edu/acy
All Lancaster County livestock 4-H and FFA members, families, and volunteers are invited to a Better Fair Meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lancaster Extension Education Center, 444 Cherrycreek Road. This is an opportunity to discuss changes for the 2013 Lancaster County Super Fair. Continue reading…
A heading, heeling, and breakaway calf roping clinic will be held for 4-H riders on Sundays Nov. 11 and 18, 1–5 p.m. at the Lancaster Event Center. Clinicians will be Carl Brown and Troy Whited. The cost of the clinic is $5 per day. To make reservations, call Brian Vogler at 402-499-2330. Continue reading…
A 4-H Western Dressage horse clinic will be held Sunday, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. at the Lancaster Event Center - Amy Countryman’s Arena. Clinician will be Dara Liss. No cost. Discussion, questions, and demo riders will be followed by opportunities to try out western dressage on your own horses. Continue reading…
All 4th and 5th graders are invited to 4-H Teen Council’s annual overnight Lock-In, which will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 8 p.m.–Saturday, Jan. 19, 8 a.m. This year’s theme will be Super Heroes (comic book and real life). More details to come.
4-H and FFA exhibitors showing market steers or heifers at the Lancaster County Super Fair, Nebraska State Fair, and/or Ak-Sar-Ben 4-H Stock Show must identify and weigh-in their projects on Thursday, Feb. 7, 6–8 p.m. at the Lancaster Event Center - Pavilion 2. Continue reading…
Reminder: We have several county and state 4-H static exhibits at the extension office, 444 Cherrycreek Road, Suite A. Please pick up your exhibits or they will be disposed of. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8-4:30 p.m.
If a 4-H member completed a project this past 4-H year, please give your member a project completion certificate. Certificates are available at no cost from the extension office and online at http://lancaster.unl.edu/4h/programs/projectcompletion.pdf
Nominate your favorite 4-H volunteer by submitting the form available online or at the extension office. Nominations of co-volunteers welcome.
Want to win a $500 scholarship for you and for your county? Share your 4-H story with us! Current 4-H'ers may submit a 30-second video. Pick one of six prompts (see link below) and tell us how 4-H has affected you. Deadline is Dec. 1 (deadline extended).
More details at: http://go.unl.edu/i5n
Prospective high school, transfer students and guests are invited to visit University of Nebraska-Lincoln's East Campus to learn how we prepare students for careers in everything from animals to plants, soil to climate, golf to business, mechanization to leadership, food to forensic science.
The UNL Department of Animal Science and the School of Natural Resources will host a Companion Animal Science and Wildlife Career Day for high school students on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 9 a.m.– 2:30 p.m. at UNL’s East Campus. Space is limited. Sign up by contacting Alli Raymond at 402-472-0204.