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Registration for Colorado State Conference 2023

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Registration for the 2023 Colorado State 4-H Conference with the theme Opening Doors: to New Possibilities is now open! 

Youth and adult Registration is a flat fee of $150 (does not include commuter parking pass, ONLY dorm lot parking). Participants will need to select their desired lodging, contests, and workshops. Please review the Tentative Schedule.

All contest individuals and teams must have a Coach and/or Adult chaperone who is an approved and enrolled Volunteer on 4HOnline.

Please review the Workshop Descriptions PRIOR to registration. NOTE: Many of the tours are walking tours and/or require travel across campus to the workshop. Please wear appropriate footwear. Workshops are on a first come/first served basis, and it is the responsibility of the individual to register for an OPEN time slot.

Click here for instructions to complete registration.

Registration deadline: May 19, 2023 at 11:59 p.m.
(There will be no refunds after the deadline.)

Save the Date: 4-H State Conference 2023

| Announcements, Contests, Events

2023 Colorado 4-H State Conference will be held June 20–23, 2023 on the Colorado State University Campus in Fort Collins, CO.  4HOnline registration will tentatively open April 14. This event is open to senior members ages 14–18 (4-H age).

The State 4-H office is currently in the process of finalizing conference events, schedules, and registration details. 2023 state contest rules that are available are posted at https://co4h.colostate.edu/sc-contest-rules/.

More information will be shared as it becomes available in the coming weeks. We look forward to seeing you all on campus in June.

Dog Expo / March 18, 2023

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Register for the 2023 Dog Expo at v2.4HOnline.com. It’s open to all Colorado 4-H Dog Project Members.

  • Active workshops in Showmanship, Obedience, Rally, and Agility.
  • Classroom presentations by the Larimer County K9 Police Unit, Larimer County Search and Rescue, NoCo Unleashed, and The Vets Animal Hospital.
  • And more!

Ice Fishing at Dowdy Lake on February 25

| Events, Projects |

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has invited us to participate in another ice fishing adventure on February 25 at Lake Dowdy in Red Feather from 9:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m. All the participants need is warm clothes and snacks/lunch. The fishing equipment will be provided. This is open to any 4-H member, family members, and leaders, but we are limited to a total of 30 participants.

If you attended the event in January and enjoyed it, you can certainly attend again. However, we will give those who did not attend the first opportunity.

If you are interested, please RSVP to Cindy Buckardt by February 13, and she will provide a link to sign up.

Please keep in mind that Livestock Field Day is also occurring on that day.

RSVP:

  • Send an email to Cindy Buckardt at csh@frii.com
  • Include the first and last name of each participant and your email address
  • Deadline: Thursday, February 13

National 4-H Conference

| Events, Junior Leadership

Save the date for the 2023 National 4-H Conference, which is the premier 4-H Civic Engagement conference. More information will be coming soon. Seniors members who are nominated will submit a resume and cover letter explaining why they would like to attend the conference. The State 4-H Office will then conduct interviews of selected nominees. Up to 7 members will be selected to attend. We’ll be registering our delegation in February.

Delegates work together in the four weeks prior to the conference to prepare briefings on important topics. During the conference, delegates will present their prepared briefings to federal officials in Washington, D.C. 

The conference will be held from April 19–19, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency, Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia.

For more information about the conference, visit https://4-h.org/parents/national-4-h-conference/.

Sportfishing Opportunity

| Events, Projects |

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has graciously invited us to participate in an ice fishing adventure on January 21 at Lake Dowdy in Red Feather from 9:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. All the participants need is warm clothes and snacks/lunch—the fishing equipment will be provided. This event is open to any 4-H member, leader, or family member, totaling 25 participants. If you are interested, please respond by Thursday, January 12 so I can give CPW a tentative list, and then I will email the link to sign up with Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

RSVP:

  • Send an email to Cindy Buckardt at csh@frii.com
  • Include the first and last name of each participant and your email address
  • Deadline: Thursday, January 12

Larimer County 4-H Exchange Club

| Events, Exchange Club

Mark your calendars for this fun event on Saturday, February 4 at 5:30 p.m. that supports the Larimer County 4-H Exchange Club. It includes a complimentary dinner, silent auction, and live auction.

Tentative 2023 Dates for Shooting Sports Leader Certification Training

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Larimer County 4-H has a strong Shooting Sports program, and our club has many members involved in this project. The only way that the Shooting Sports problem is able to sustain itself and continue is by having robust leadership. If you are interested in volunteering as a Shooting Sports leader, please mark your calendar and plan to attend the training.l

Here are the tentative dates for the Shooting Sports Leader Certification trainings for 2023:

  • March 3–5, 2023 in Morgan County
  • March 10–12, 2023 in Weld County
  • March 17–19, 2023 in Pueblo County
  • March 24–26, 2023 in Garfield County

Please note that all disciplines are NOT offered at all locations. More information will be released soon about what disciplines are offered at each.

Volunteers must have the leader process and background check completed and be active, approved, enrolled volunteers in v2.4HOnline.com PRIOR to registering for a training. For more information about becoming a leader, please click here.

Larimer County is in serious need of more Shooting Sports leaders. Please block out time on your calendar and plan to attend. Senior 4-H members can also attend these trainings to become certified as Shooting Sports Junior Leaders.

Watch for more details to come!

Larimer County 4-H Achievement Night 2022 is Tonight!

| Awards, Events

Larimer County 4-H’s Achievement Night is tonight, November 4, 2022. It will be held in the Exhibit Hall of the McKee 4-H Building starting promptly at 6:30 p.m. A light dinner will be provided by Jim’s Wings, including wings, fruit, and vegetable trays. A big thank you goes out to Jim’s Wings! The Junior Leadership Club will also be providing its fabulous soft-serve ice cream.

Come and support your fellow 4-H members and the volunteers that make Larimer County’s  4-H Program the best in Colorado.

Hope to see you there!

60 Years Celebrating Seeds of Innovation / Community Service Opportunity

| Community Service, Events

Sent on behalf of Bailey Schilling:

We invite you to join us at Live Loveland’s “60 Years Celebrating Seeds of Innovation.”

This can be a great volunteer/community service opportunity for the new project year!

Date: Saturday, October 8, 2022
Time: 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Forge Campus, 815 14th St SW, Loveland, CO 80537

Colorado 4-H member and Time magazine’s first-ever “Kid of the Year” in 2020, Gitanjali Rao, will be the keynote speaker for the event at 10:00 a.m. We invite all Colorado 4-H members to join us for this fun event and the opportunity to show Gitanjali our support.

The event is free of charge, celebrating Loveland and the surrounding communities. Enjoy family-friendly activities, notable speakers, live music, food trucks, a car show, awards for outstanding businesses, students, and citizens, tours of the Forge Campus facility, an impressive historical timeline of innovation in Loveland, innovation displays, giveaways, and some surprises!

For more information, visit the “60 Years Celebrating Seeds of Innovation” event website here.

Trent Hollister, Colorado State 4-H Volunteer Specialist, will be facilitating 4-H involvement for this event. Please contact him at trent.hollister@colostate.edu if you are interested in helping by advocating for 4-H.

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