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Youth Engagement Opportunities

Nov, 2026

Hello everyone, I hope you are doing well. As I prepare to open applications for 2027, I am reaching out to ask for your support in expanding our outreach to students across all 100 counties. Historically, applications fill up extremely fast—particularly with Wake County students due to proximity and local school staffing capacity. Smaller or under-resourced districts often lack dedicated counseling staff to pass along these opportunities before spots fill up. To help ensure equitable access statewide, I want to drive early interest so students in every county can sign up on our website for a notification once the applications open As the sole staff member managing the program, external partnerships are essential to reaching these outlying areas effectively before the application window opens. Thank you for your partnership and support in leveling the playing field for students across North Carolina! Also please be on the lookout as I have recieved some other opportunities I will be sending in the next week!

Youth Leadership Opportunity

 

Dear 4‑H Professionals, We're excited to share a national opportunity for 4‑H members! The Youth Leadership Program will be held at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention on Sunday, January 10, 2027, in Charlotte, NC. This FREE program for 4‑H members gives youth the chance to:  Connect with farmers, ranchers, and industry leaders nationwide  Network with other youth leaders and build leadership skills  Attend the Empowering Young Leaders reception with AFBF President Zippy Duvall Please share this opportunity with your 4‑H families—or consider making it a multi‑day leadership experience for your teens. Reach out to your local Farm Bureau for possible support while also strengthening this important relationship. There may also be opportunities for your 4‑H'ers to help staff the 4‑H booth on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday during the convention. Contact Beth Hecht at bhecht@4‑H.org if your registered delegation wishes to volunteer.

Save the Date:  Sunday, January 10, 2027  Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC  Encourage your 4‑H youth to register at the American Farm Bureau Convention landing page.

REGISTER TODAY

December Dirty Rascals JMG Meeting

 

Folks we are excited to announce the December registration for the Dirty Rascals 4-H JMG meeting.  This will be the end of the year celebration for all your hard work.  You have done a great job and deserve to celebrate.  To register for this event please go to:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dirty-rascals-jmg-december-meeting-tickets-2004031873280?aff=oddtdtcreator

Dirty Dozen Meeting

Hey folks.  Happy to announce that the Dirty Dozen Shooting Sports club will be meeting November 21 at 9:30 am at the range.  If you need directions or someone to lead you in please contact Jade at the 4-H office by the Friday before so we can make that happen.  Looking forward to seeing our club members at their meeting.  For more information about this or any other Robeson County 4-H Club please contact Jade McNeill at (910) 671-3276 or jade_mcneill@ncsu.edu.

New Opportunity for Biology Teachers

 

Applications are open for the Farm to Classroom: Mountains to Sea Immersive Educator Professional Development Experience! North Carolina high school Biology Educators are invited to take learning beyond the classroom with Farm to Classroom, an immersive professional development experience connecting science, agriculture and real-world learning. 

Participants will explore North Carolina agriculture, connect with NC State researchers and industry professionals and gain hands-on experience and resources that they can bring back to their students to increase agricultural literacy in STEM.

Applications are live and are due by January 3, 2027.

Help us spread the word by sharing this opportunity with biology educators!

Farm to Classroom Website and Application

Thanks!

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A message about 4-H Volunteer Leaders Association Officer Nomination

 

Hello NC 4-H! 

I am writing to share a quick update on the District and State VLA nomination process for the upcoming year. This past year has brought new needs, conversations, and opportunities within our District and State 4-H Volunteer Leaders Associations. With that in mind, I want to highlight a few things coming up as we move toward our Volunteer Leaders Conference in February (Feb 5-7 in Greensboro).

Officer Nominations

• In the fall, districts normally build their slate of officers for the upcoming VLA year. Dr. McCollum and I are working with our District Advisors to have some District VLA conversations to map out some new possibilities for our District VLAs. This means we are pausing District nominations until January 1st to gather information from our district volunteers. I know this is out of the norm, but these conversations are crucial before we move forward with our current VLA structure.
  
  

• State Officer nominations will continue as we have previously done in the past. The State VLA nomination form is available here: 2027-2028 State VLA Officer Nomination Form and on the NC 4-H VLA Leadership website.

District Conversations

• As I mentioned before, Dr. McCollum and I are working to get some focused volunteer leader conversations within our districts in December. Once I can gather a little more input from our District VLA Advisors, I will send dates and times to you all in the counties to share with your volunteers. Be on the lookout for these SOON!
  
  

• We would also like feedback from county agents and staff about working with and developing 4-H volunteers at all levels; we will plan to schedule these as well at the start of 2027.
  
  

• If you have any specific questions or concerns you would like us to consider in these focus conversations, please feel free to email me and include VLA in the subject line. 

Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your 4-H volunteers! We know our programs would not be as successful without the assistance of volunteers within our county, district, and state programs!

Making the Best Better,
Daniel

Fair Entry is Up and Working!!!!

   

We are thrilled to announce that Fair Entry is Online and working!  Please read below to make sure you you can enter easily and quickly.

Logging In:  You can use 4-H Online login to register if your county has approved it.  Currently these are the counties that have allowed the cross registration: Anson, Bladen, Chatham, Cumberland, Montgomery, Moore, Randolph, and Robeson.  If you are not from one of these counties then you will need to create a Fair Entry login, or if you currently have one you can just use that.

Fair Search:  When you sign in you are looking for the 2026 Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair.

Home Exhibits-Youth in 4-H Artastic have already been registered in the fair.  You don't need to do anything else.  If you have other items you are entering in the fair please feel free to do so.  All youth home exhibits are listed under section I-Youth except for open art which is section T.  Adults feel free to enter and bring in your items as well.

Livestock Shows- When you get in please look for the animal your child is showing.  K-Cattle, M-Meat Goats, and Q-Sheep.  Please sign your child up for the 4-H Showmanship Show in that category.  Then sign them up for the 4-H Market show in that category.  If youth would like to take part in our Adult/Youth Breeding Goat Show after the market show we would love for them to do that.  Parents if you are bringing a lot of goats you can also sign up to show in the ring if you like.

If you run into any problems registering please call our office at (910) 671-3276 and ask for Shea Ann, Taylor, or Jade.

The link to our Fair Entry is:  http://robesoncountyfair.fairentry.com/

Thank you for your paitence and we can't wait to see you at the fair.