Celebrate National 4-H Week!!!
This week marks the annual National 4-H Week with this year's theme of Find Your Spark! Intuitively, you may understand what a "spark" is - something that ignites interest and drives passion - but how is it defined with 4-H? A youth spark is an essential ingredient of thriving. Sparks give young people a sense of direction and encourage goal setting. They go beyond leisure activities, as sparks:
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Create actions that not only contribute to the young person and society at large;
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Provide the self-motivation or drive for a young person’s growth in knowledge and skill;
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Enhance a young person’s fellowship with others that have similar interests, particularly caring adult experts who can help the young person learn and grow.
As an added benefit, research suggests that sparks serve as a protective factor for young people, keeping them out of trouble. How many times did something you cared about keep you out of trouble when you were young?! Overall, sparks help set youth on a trajectory to thrive by pulling them to succeed in many areas of their lives, such as personal, social, and academic.
4-H plays an important role in helping young people discover and pursue their sparks. In some cases, it is a matter of youth recognizing their spark or simply developing it when the spark has already found them! What is your spark? Even as adults, something feeds our passion and drives us in our daily lives. Consider how we can share our gifts, talents, and expertise with the next generation.
We are kicking off a new 4-H club year for 2021-2022 and 4HOnline enrollment is open for youth and adult volunteers. Great things are happening this year with in-person and distance-learning 4-H programs. Take advantage of this important week to reengage with 4-H and highlight the remarkable youth in your communities and showcase the incredible experiences that 4‑H provides. Share your spark on our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram) or with our alumni and supporters! Show your 4-H pride by wearing your 4-H membership shirt this week. Not a member of or volunteer with 4-H yet? Enroll online today!
This e-newsletter communicates many statewide programs. To find out what is happening in your local community, reach out to your local 4-H agent.
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Each month, this e-newsletter gives you a monthly activity idea that you can try with youth in your club/community. Special attention has been given to identify activities that can be easily conducted on a budget, during a distance-learning or in-person 4-H club setting, and adaptable for multiple age groups. This month's activity comes from 4-H at Home and is entitled, "Make a Moo-del of a Cow's Stomach".
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National 4-H Week
National 4‑H Week is October 3-9: Find Your Spark! Take advantage of this important week to highlight the remarkable 4‑H youth in your communities and showcase the incredible experiences that 4‑H offers young people. Share your story on our social media channels ( Facebook, Instagram) or with our alumni and supporters! Show your 4-H pride by wearing your 4-H membership shirt during the week. Not a member of 4-H yet? Enroll online today! |
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4-H Day at the SC State Fair
Join 4-H members and volunteers from across the state for 4-H Day at the South Carolina State Fair on Saturday, October 23rd. Show your 4-H membership/volunteer card to gain free admittance to the fair. Be sure to wear your favorite 4-H shirt and meet us at the Nutt Cattle Arena at noon for the 4-H Day Ceremony hosted by SC 4-H State Teen Council.
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4-H STEM Challenge
Designed by Clemson University, the 2021 national 4‑H STEM Challenge, Galactic Quest, focuses on the mysteries and adventures of space exploration. Activities can be done all at once or individually, making it great for classrooms, afterschool programs, clubs, parents, and more. Contact your local 4-H agent to see what events and activities are happening in your area during October which is 4-H STEM Month. In addition, you can purchase your own kit from SHOP 4-H. |
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4-H Paper Clover Campaign
It’s #4HPaperClover time! And this year there are even more ways to donate, buy a paper clover and round up your purchase. Make your way to Tractor Supply Co. before October 17th! Since 2010, Tractor Supply has partnered with 4-H to help create #Opportunity4All and raise more than $14 million through the Paper Clover campaign.
- 100 percent of funds raised through the bi-annual Paper Clover campaign directly benefit 4-H youth.
- 90 percent of donations directly support 4-H youth in the state where the funds were raised, and the remaining 10 percent supports the overall mission and growth of 4-H nationally.
Visit a Tractor Supply store near you and donate $1 at checkout for kids in South Carolina to camp or experience other 4-H leadership programs.
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Trivia with ABC's Black-ish Star
The Galactic Quest adventure will conclude with a space-themed trivia game show on Facebook Live hosted by Black -ish actor & youth cause advocate Marcus Scribner. The first and second place winners will win cash prizes of $1,000 and $500 as well as an exclusive mentorship call from a USSF Guardian and a behind-the-scenes look at the Air Force Academy. The Facebook Live event is free and open to the public. Kids and adults alike are invited to tune in on 4-H's Facebook page on Wednesday, October 27 at 8:00 p.m. EST and play along by sharing answers in the comment section.
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4-H Pinckney program provides back-to-school resources to rural communities
October 7, 2021 - With rural areas perhaps being hit hardest during the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s where the 4-H Pinckney Leadership Program focused its efforts to ensure students in those communities went back to school with the supplies they needed...FULL ARTICLE
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2021 4-H STEM Challenge Presents "Galactic Quest" in Partnership with U.S. Space Force, Facebook, and Bayer
October 1, 2021 - Throughout the month of October, young people across the country will let their creativity guide them on a STEM learning journey to space as part of the 14th annual 4-H STEM Challenge, Galactic Quest, which will conclude with space-themed trivia...FULL ARTICLE
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SC 4-H’ers take top honors at National WHEP Contest
August 11, 2021 - Showing up at school on Saturday and Sunday isn’t most young people’s idea of a good time, but a group of South Carolina high school students turned it into a national championship weekend. The team of Kaden Cooley, Emma Garrett, Stacey Martin and Khloey Moore from Laurens High represented the South Carolina 4-H team and won first place in their division...FULL ARTICLE
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Youth find ‘courage to lead’ at S.C. 4-H State Congress
July 30, 2021 - The theme of this year’s S.C. 4-H State Congress was “The Courage to Lead in a Jungle of the Unknown,” and many of the speakers at the event’s banquet and others in attendance had their own stories about learning to do just that. For State Teen Council President Cassidy Hurst, finding the courage to lead came not just via being exposed to leadership opportunities....FULL ARTICLE
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