Just a reminder our May meeting is this Monday, May 19 at 7:00pm in the Sheep/Swine Arena at the fairgrounds. We hope to see you all there as we will have a lot of information to go over!! Our leadership team has put together a lot of information as well as a program about animal care and nutrition!!
THIS IS THE LAST CALL for shirts and hoodies. THERE WILL BE NO OTHER TIME TO ORDER. T-shirts are $10 and hoodies $25; shirts are gray shirts with green writing. The saying on the back is:
4-H is more than the ribbons and awards. It’s about the people, experiences, life-long skills, memories, county fair. It’s about being a role model, giving back and making the best better.
Shirts MUST be paid for Monday night. Please come prepared to order and pay if you would like a shirt or hoodie for this year. Please note: if you ordered shirts at a previous meeting and have not paid for them, you must pay for them Monday night. Shirts will not be ordered without having been paid for.
June 15 is the deadline for getting your YQCA training done. This is mandatory! You must do this every year. There are no in-person classes left, so it must be taken online. The cost is $12.
Yqcaprogram.org
Fair entry will open May 23 and will close June 25. You must do this step to enter your animals into classes for the fair. We know you just entered your animals into 4-H online, but you may start entering your animals into Fair entry; fair entry is different than what you just did in 4-H online. You must decide which member of your family is showing which animal at the time of this entry; you may switch a breed steer to crossbred or slick market animal; market heifers may also switch to slick market animal. You may not switch breeds here as that has already been decided. If you do not get your animals into this system, they will not be put in a class to show. Please also note: if you want to be put into showmanship you will also need to enter yourself into a showmanship class in fair entry.
If you would like to be our Queen representative, please let us know ASAP. At this time, we do not currently have one and would like to keep it open to any girl aged 16 and over to participate.
Thank you to all of you that allowed us to come to your homes for the Beef tour and to those who participated in the tour. It was a wonderful day of learning!
Hoof Trimming is available on June 28 from 9am until there are no animals left to trim, at the fairgrounds by the beef barn. Monte Flowers will be trimming for $35 a head. If you would like put on the list, please let Renee’ know. You will be given a time you are to come. This is on a first serve basis and you will be given the next available spot in line. The scales and arena will be open this day as well, even if you aren’t getting hooves trimmed but would like to weigh or walk in the arena you are more than welcome!
We are going to be having a new event this year at the fair! We are going to be putting on a fitting contest!!!! We are so excited to offer this! The fitting contest will be Thursday, July 24th at 1:00pm! There are going to be amazing prizes and prizes just for participating!!!!!! We will be having 3-person teams that consist of mixed age groups to compete in fitting a calf during a time limit. The age groups are: 3-5 grade, 6-8 grade, and 9-12 grade (Grade Completed). You will need one member from each age group to make up your 3-person team. We are asking that if you are interested in in participating in this even that you LET US KNOW. We need to make a sign-up sheet to help us with prizes. You may make your own team of 3 or you may add yourself to the list and we can help you get put on a team! Please let us know as soon as you can if you are interested in being a part of this fun new experience!!! A Huge Thanks to Travis Mast for getting this event all put together!!!!!!!!
Please be sure you are providing the proper care for your animals as we approach the summer heat.
You need to be working on your animals to ensure everyone is safe during fair week.
We are in need of some trophy sponsors. If you would like to sponsor a trophy, please get with Steve: 574-304-9734
One note we also would like to bring to your attention. As some of you may know there is a St. Joe County Beef, FFA, and baseball member that was tragically injured in a bus crash this week, his father was also injured. It is our hope that as a club we would be able to provide that local area beef club family with some financial assistance to assist with medical expenses or expenses to care for their animals. If you are interested in making a donation to help that family, we would like to collect those donations at the meeting so we can gift those donations to them as a sign of support from our club. Please make checks out to the Elkhart County 4-H Beef Club.
We will have a few more items to discuss at the meeting and we hope to see you all there! We are getting so close to the fair and will be having lots of information to pass on during the upcoming meetings. We strongly encourage you to try to make it to the next few meetings!
If you have any questions, please let us know!
Steve, Phil, Renee, Kayla, Brandi
If you will be new to our club this year WELCOME!!! Please let us know if you have any questions; we are happy to help and we want to get your experience in the Beef Club started out right!!!
** Here is a great video if you want to review a few clipping tips! Enjoy!**
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n7e_hK9BQY
***Check out our Facebook page! Click the Facebook icon in the upper right corner!! While you are there "Like" the page and add your friends!!***
***Send us your Beef Club related photos! We would love to put them up on the website or the Facebook page!!***
***It's not too early to send in T-Shirt designs for this year! Get them to us now so we can have a few to vote on!!***
**Please Learn the 4-H Pledge**
We will recite this before EVERY meeting along with the Pledge of Allegiance.. IT'S IMPORTANT!!
4-H Pledge
I pledge my HEAD to clearer thinking,
my HEART to greater loyalty,
my HANDS to larger service,
And my HEALTH to greater living for my
club, my community, my country, and my world!!
