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News from Fremont County Extension
Junior Overnight
(Posted on 2/9/2010)
FREMONT COUNTY JUNIOR OVERNIGHT: ―Road Trip- March 13-14
Meet new friends and have a blast at the Fremont-Mills School playing games and fun activities with other juniors from Fremont County. The cost is $15 per person and is open to any 4-H‘er in 4th, 5th, or 6th grade. A portion of the event fee will be donated to the Fre-mont County Sheriff's office for a new DARE Dog. All participants need to be registered by March 5. Come pick up a form at the Extension Office or download them off this link.
State Recognition and Trip Opportunities for Senior 4-H members!
(Posted on 2/2/2010)
Dear Senior 4-H’ers: You deserve to be recognized for your efforts and have some fun, too! If you are a ninth through twelfth grader, there are many opportunities available to you for recognition awards or to represent Iowa on the state and national levels.
American Farmers Grow Communities
(Posted on 2/2/2010)
Plant $2,500 in your community and watch it grow.
As a farmer, you care for our land and grow our economy. You make everyone’s lives better – locally, nationally and globally. To thank you, Monsanto wants to make a contribution in your name to your local community with the America's Farmers Grow Communities™ Project.
One nonprofit community organization in each eligible county will receive a $2,500 award. It’s up to farmers like you to help decide where it goes.
Together we can grow rural America…one community at a time. Apply now.
Ak-Sar-Ben Endowment Campaign
(Posted on 1/6/2010)
Ak-Sar-Ben is committed to the 4-H Livestock Show! They have began a $2,000,000 Endowment Campaign to ensure that future by helping to fund expenses for the livestock show.
County 4-H Councils, 4-H Families, 4-H Local Donors, and Past Exhibitors can help.
4H State Scholarship Opportunities
(Posted on 12/21/2009)
Are you planning to attend college? Consider applying for an Iowa 4-H Scholarship. State Scholarships range in value from $500 to $5000. There are even scholarships for current college students and students in the College of Veterinary Medicine.
IOWA 4-H VOLUNTEER RETREAT
(Posted on 12/21/2009)
The 2010 Iowa 4-H Volunteer Retreat will be held on February 26 - 27, 2010 in Ankeny. We are inviting staff, volunteers, and members who are Intermediate or Senior age (7th through 12th grades), who are involved in the leadership of 4-H at project, club, or county programs. The Retreat is being developed as a train-the-trainer event. We hope participants will use information from the sessions to teach 4-H members in their clubs and counties.
Triumph of Agriculture Expo
(Posted on 10/30/2009)
THE AREA'S LARGEST AGRICULTURE EXPOSITION
IS COMING TO THE QWEST CENTER-OMAHA, MARCH 3-4, 2010
One of the Midwest's premier indoor farm events, the TRIUMPH OF AGRICULTURE EXPOSITION will be held March 3 and 4, 2010 at the Qwest Center-Omaha, 10th and Capitol Avenue, just off I-480. The 44th Annual Farm and Ranch Machinery Show will once again be filled with the latest agricultural innovations, equipment and supplies with more than 900 exhibits for farmers, ranchers, and their wives to visit all on one level of over 200,000 square feet in the state-of-the-art Qwest Center-Omaha.
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