Horse Program-New Opportunity

 The NC 4-H Horse Program is excited to offer a new opportunity for senior 4-H horse program members. We will be selecting four senior 4-H ambassadors to receive scholarships to attend the American Youth Horse Council Symposium in Tucson, Arizona in April. Please see the below information and share with those who may be interested in applying. If you click on the "application" link there is also a page detailing this experience/FAQs/etc. Application deadline is March 5th.

Alaina

NC 4-H Horse Program & The Dale Earnhardt Foundation: Continuing the Legacy

Four NC 4-H Members to Attend National Symposium as Ambassadors and Scholarship Recipients

The NC 4-H Horse Program is grateful and excited to partner with The Dale Earnhardt Foundation once again! Their mission is to "Continue the Legacy" of Dale through charitable programs and grants that sustain his lifelong commitment to children, education, and environmental and wildlife preservation. Through their support, we are excited to offer a new opportunity. Four senior 4-H horse program members will receive scholarships to attend the 2025 American Youth Horse Council Symposium in Tucson, Arizona to act as Ambassadors of the NC 4-H Horse Program. Applications are due soon on March 5th. Check out the application for more information!

Application

Project Record Judges Needed

The deadline for 4-H Record Books and Portfolios is fast approaching, and the state 4-H program is seeking dedicated people to serve as judges. Your participation is essential to the success of this process, and we invite you to be a part of it.

If you are interested in this rewarding opportunity, please review the details below.  Volunteers, this is an excellent chance to gain valuable experience while supporting 4-H members in completing their record books. Make a meaningful impact—sign up to judge today!

The dates for judging are: Project Record Judging – April 25-27 and Portfolio - April 28-30, 2025. Our judges are one of the reasons that our 4-H youth can excel and the judge’s constructive comments help to improve our 4-H’ers record keeping skills. This is why we are asking for your help. We need 30 judges for each day of project record judging and 10 judges for Portfolio judging.  Judges will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and all registrations for judging must be entered online no later than March 10, 2025.  Judges must be registered/approved 4-H Volunteers.  

I anticipate we will be able to complete all of our judging during the allotted time so please come ready to work.   We will provide lodging and lunch for you.  If you sign up to judge and find out that you can no longer judge, please let us know.  If you do not give this notice, you will be invoiced for the charges (lodging, meals, snacks etc.) that are incurred during the time for which you registered to help. Please understand that we are not trying to discourage anyone from judging, we just need a firm commitment, to ensure we have enough judges and that we are good stewards of our resources. We understand emergencies that come up. Just communicate with me and let me know.

 

4-H Volunteers who are judging:  Also – to judge we need to have all of our judges registered in 4-HOnline.  I anticipate most of you are however if you are not, please work with your 4-H Agent to register or go here: https://v2.4honline.com/#/user/sign-in

If you are already registered then you are all set. Go to the link below to register for judging. Please note that registering in 4-HOnline using the above link does NOT register you to judge – see link below for that.  Google Registration is required.

 

If you are available to help, please mark the dates for judging on your calendar.  Your participation in this process will benefit the 4-H'ers as well as yourself. 

 

Below is a schedule so that you can check your calendar. For those who can stay for more than one day, we will provide lodging. You will also have some meals on your own.  If you can only help judge one day, we suggest Saturday for Projects, but we welcome help on any of the date selections below! We will do an orientation on the first day.  

PROJECT RECORD JUDGING: April 25-27, 2025

PORTFOLIO JUDGING: April 28-30, 2025

Judging - 4101 Beryl Road, Raleigh NC (former 512 Brickhaven Drive). Conference room 203.

LODGING LOCATION:          

Holiday Inn Express and Suites Raleigh SW near NC State University

3741 Thistledown Drive, Raleigh, NC 27606

www.hiexpress.com/raleighnc 

If you can volunteer to help judge please complete the ONLINE google form.  Below is the information that is needed.  (Volunteers, If you do not have access to the internet, please work with your 4-H Agent to register you. ) The deadline is March 10, 2025

The google form link is: 

Register online at:  https://go.ncsu.edu/recordjudging

Thank you for considering this opportunity and we hope that we will see you. 

Opportunity for Volunteers

 

We are seeking dedicated 4-H staff and volunteers to serve as judges for our 4-H scholarship resume evaluations. If you are passionate about 4-H, have experience reviewing resumes, and are committed to providing thoughtful and constructive feedback, we would greatly appreciate your support.

This is a flexible volunteer opportunity that allows you to evaluate submissions online at your convenience. Your expertise and insights will play a crucial role in recognizing and supporting the achievements of our 4-H youth.

Requirements:

• Volunteers must be 21 years or older.

• Familiarity with Google Sheets and access to Google Drive are required, as these will be the primary platforms used for the judging process.

• Judges should not be related to an applicant

• Somewhat familiar with 4-H

Judging Details:

• Judging will take place between February 24 and March 17.

• Volunteers will be assigned a maximum of 20 resumes to review.

Sign up today to help us select deserving scholarship recipients!

Please use the google form linked below to sign up to judge scholarship resumes.

2025 4-H Scholarship Resume Google Registration Form

Thank you! 

Shannon McCollum

Livestock Camp at NCSU

 

The 2025 Livestock Science Camp is now accepting applications from youth 15-17 who want an immersive, week-long animal science experience on campus. This camp is a great opportunity for youth with and without livestock experience to gain new hands-on skills, prepare for skill-a-thon competitions, build their network, and experience life as an NC State student. 

Applications and more information are available at: https://cals.ncsu.edu/animal-science/extension/livestock-science-camp/. 

Family Food Science Night

We are excited to offer our first ever Family Night Event in partnership with ETI and X8 Labs.  Come out to The Hub in Pembroke and enjoy an evening with hands on food science activities for the youth while the adults get the chance to learn about quick, affordable, healthy snack recipes that they can teach their children how to make.  The event is free and includes dinner for the family.  All we ask is that your register by clicking this link so we will know how much food to have ready.  So come on out on Thursday, March 20, at 6 pm and see what all the fun and learning is about!

4-H Summer Camp Scholarships Availble through SECU

Summer Camp Awards Are Back! Entry Deadline: Feb 28 FAT CAT® and Zard® members1 can enter for a chance to win $500 toward summer camp registration fees. Here’s how: Complete this application form. Submissions are limited to one per child. Have your child share their dream summer camp experience by submitting an original drawing or an essay, 250 words or less. Applications with a drawing or essay must be submitted by February 28, 2025. Entrants must be enrolled2 in a summer camp or enrichment program for Summer 2025. Click here to view the Official Contest Rules. Apply now 1Child must have an active SECU FAT CAT or Zard account.  Children of officers, directors, employees, representatives, volunteers, and agents of SECU are not eligible. 2Proof of camp enrollment required.   This is a marketing message. You received this email as a valued SECU member. Please do not reply to this message, as this email inbox is not monitored. To contact us please visit State Employees' Credit Union - Contact Us (ncsecu.org).   Copyright © 2025 State Employees' Credit Union www.ncsecu.org     NMLS#430055   Federally Insured by NCUA Our mailing address is: SECU Marketing Department - PO Box 27948 - Raleigh, NC 27611 For immediate assistance, or for questions and/or concerns, please contact your local branch office.                 Click this link to unsubscribe or set your email preferences for receiving SECU newsletters and marketing emails.

  

4-H Summer Camp Positions Available

 The State Camping Team wanted to reach out to each of you in hopes you could help us spread the word regarding many summer staff positions we are actively recruiting for.  We would ask that you would kindly share this information with former campers, LIT's and others in the 4-H community that may be interested in being a part of an amazing camp experience for our youth.  

Many of you have seen the impact these incredible staff have on our campers firsthand but I'd also like to emphasize the impact this experience creates for these staff as they begin to lay their own foundation for success professionally.  If you know of youth aged 18 and older that are interested in strengthening their skill set in areas such as leadership, critical thinking, problem solving, teambuilding and more, then please consider sharing these opportunity with them.  

I have included links to each camp's hiring page:

Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center: 

Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Summer Camp Staff

Eastern 4-H Center: 

Eastern Center Summer Camp Staff

Millstone: 

• Millstone 4-H Summer Camp Staff