500 Main Street, Room 314, Franklin, Louisiana 70538 / 337-828-4100, Ext. 300

Office Hours 8:00 A.M.-Noon; 12:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m.

“It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person shall be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, religion or disability.” ”If you have a disability which requires special assistance to participate in any 4-H Event, please contact the Louisiana Cooperative

Extension Service, LSU AgCenter at (337) 828-4100, ext. 300 at least 2 days prior to the event.”

Jenni J. Ducote & Adriana Drusini

Extension Agents

4-H Family and Youth Development

Email addresses:

jejohnson@agcenter.lsu.edu

adrusini@agcenter.lsu.edu

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National 4-H Week—October 5-11, 2014 Promote 4-H at your school; prepare something sweet for your teachers; wear a green clover to school.

Commodity Cookery Contest & Healthy Science Day Saturday, November 8, 2014 Cookery Registration: 9:00 a.m.—9:30 a.m. Judging: 9:30 a.m.—11:00 a.m. Workshops: 9:30—11:00 a.m. Awards: 11:30 a.m. See Contest Rules for full information on Contest and Activities

4-H Camp Catch Phrase Contest—Entries Due Entries are due at your October 4-H Club Meeting. To enable 4-H’ers to have more choice in the design of their t-shirts, illustrations must accompany the phrase and will be part of the contest . Submissions must include: 4-H’ers full name and age; Parish and 4-H Club; complete mailing address and telephone number.

4-H Challenge Camp—November 19-21, 2014 Who: 7th and 8th grade 4-H members who have not attended Challenge Camp before Cost: Fee $65.00 + t-shirt $7/$8 depending on size Registration deadline—October 23, 2014 See September newsletter for full details and registration form

Livestock Deadlines November 6 Market & Breeding Sheep Market & Breeding Goats Beef/Dairy Breeding & Comm. Heifers Exhibition Poultry Broiler Orders Due December 4 Rabbits Breeding & Market Swine

Activities include: Parade of schools, Halloween Costume Contest , Games and Activity Booths. Concessions will be sold.

Costume Contest: Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners in these categories: Birth—Age 3; Pre-K—Kindergarten; 1st to 3rd Grade; and 4th to 5th Grade.

A $1.00 donation is requested at the entrance. Everyone is invited to come.

October 1-14 4-H Club Meetings 5-11 National 4-H Week 9 Jr. Leadership Meeting 19– 25 Red Ribbon Festivities – Drug Free Week 20 Deadline for Challenge Camp (7th & 8th graders) 25 Zoo-to-Boo

November 3-14 4-H Club Meetings 6 Deadline for livestock entries (Beef, Dairy, Goats, Sheep, Poultry, and Broilers) 8 Commodity Cookery Contest

& Healthy Science Day 11 Citizenship Camp Registration Deadline 13 Jr. Leadership Meeting 19-21 Challenge Camp, Camp Grant Walker 27-28 Thanksgiving & Acadian Day —4-H Office Closed

December 4 Deadline for livestock entries (Swine & Rabbits) 2-14 4-H Club Meetings 8 Fashion Camp Registration Deadline 11 Jr. Leadership Meeting 12-14 State Citizenship Camp

4-H’er’s Name: _________________________________Grade: _____ D.O.B. ______ Phone No. ____________________

Email address: ___________________________________ School/4-H Club: ____________________________________

Mailing Address: ____________________________________________________________________________________

Food allergies: ________________________________________________; T-Shirt Size (adults) S M L XL XXL

Select the camp you want to attend; mail form and camp fees to:

4-H Office, 500 Main Street, Room 314, Franklin, Louisiana 70538

______Citizenship Camp—7th—9th Grade 4-H Members—Camp Fee $75.00; Deadline to register: November 11, 2014

______Citizenship Camp Adult Volunteer—Camp Fee $25.00 Name: _____________________________________________

______Fashion Camp—4th—7th Grade 4-H Members—Camp Fee $80.00; Deadline to register: December 8, 2014

______Fashion Camp Adult Volunteer—Camp Fee $80.00 Name: _____________________________________________

If you have questions, please call us at 337-828-4100, ext. 300.

Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center 2014 Citizenship Camp—Attention 7th—9th graders—December 12-14, 2014 The camp fee is $75.00 per 4-H member and includes a camp t-shirt. The fee for adult volunteers is $25.00. If you want to attend this camp fill out the registration slip below and mail it to the 4-H office with

your camp fee by October 21, 2014. Once we receive your registration the camp forms will be sent to you and will be due in our office by November 11, 2014.

No camp refunds after November 14. (Make sure you can attend before registering.)

January 24-25, 2015—Saturday 9 am-Sunday 11 am—Ages 10-13 year olds Eligible

This weekend camp is planned and produced by the State 4-H Fashion board. It is filled with fun projects to learn basic sewing skills. Space is limited—Register early! If you would like to register

for this camp complete the section below and return it to our office with the $80.00 camp fee by December 5, 2014. We are allowed a maximum of two campers. If we have campers attend, we must

have one adult leader attend with them. No camp refunds after December 8.

Are you ready for a challenge? This month’s Club Meeting goal was to build the

tallest telecommunications tower with some basic

materials.

Did you succeed?

Did you get to share

your ideas with

the other members

of the team?

Did everyone get a

leadership role?

What was yours?

What did you get out

of this activity?

4-H has a wide variety of Project Books available. Project books cover areas from Science, Engineering and Technology to Livestock, Healthy Living, Acting to Fashion. If you are interested in ordering 4-H project books request order form can be obtained from your 4-H Agents or from our St. Mary 4-H Face Book Page. Order forms are to be returned with the book fees to your 4-H Leader at school. (see order sheet for details)

All Project Books are $3.00 each. Book fees must be paid before books will be distributed; books will be distributed

at 4-H Club Meetings. Make checks payable to: St. Mary Parish 4-H Foundation.

October celebrates Apples & Cranberries!!

Did you know that there are around 100 varieties of apples

grown commercially in the United States?

Only 15 varieties of apples make up the majority of apple

productions. Apples may help decrease the risk of heart

disease and certain cancers.

An apple has only 50-80 calories and has no sodium or fat;

this makes apples a great snack!!

Did you know that cranberries, along with blueberries and

Concord grapes, are one of North America’s three native

fruits that are commercially grown. Cranberries may help

prevent urinary tract infections.

They also contain powerful

antioxidants that may reduce the

risk of heart disease and cancer.

Available in many forms, from

fresh and dried to juices and

sauces, cranberries can be added

to many recipes. Try dry

cranberries in your salad!!