Jefferson County 4-H

State fair static exhibits and County Fair Awards are available to pick-up at the Extension Office. We need to clear out our meeting room, so items need to be picked up ASAP!

• Owen Diller
• Sage Holtmeier
• Izzy Ausk
• Logan & Wyatt Deike

We are in the process of setting up a new way to communicate and send notifications with our 4-H families and leaders. Please look for the information in the November 2025 4-H newsletter!

It's time again to submit your 4-H Achievement Applications as the 4-H year nears completion.

The Achievement Application will be used at the state level to selection winners for 4-H Congress, Conference, scholarships, and other leadership opportunities that arise statewide. By having one single form that more closely resembles the kinds of questions being asked on college applications and in resumes, 4-H’ers will be better prepared to be college and job ready while keeping a record of the achievements.

The Nebraska 4-H Achievement Application can be found at: https://4h.unl.edu/achievement-application.

All Achievement Applications are due in the office by Friday, November 14th! Let us know as you have questions.

Don’t forget that 4-H Council Senior Scholarships and Diamond Clover forms are all due in the office by Friday, November 14th. You must turn in an achievement application to be eligible for the 4-H Council Senior scholarship. The scholarship application form is attached here. If you need a copy of your Diamond Clover form that was submitted in April, please call the office and we can send it to you. Also, if you would like to have a copy of the application forms mailed to you please contact the office.

Happy Rock 4-H Club invites everyone to help celebrate its 70th anniversary as a 4-H Club on Sunday, Oct. 26, with an open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the 4-H building on the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.

“Happy Rock has a long history in Jefferson County of helping young people learn by doing and make the best better,” said current organizational leader Lana Likens. “The club also has a long history of adults giving of their time and energy as volunteers.”

The open house will include a display of scrapbooks and memorabilia, as well as games, activities and treats. Additional items of memorabilia are welcome. Anyone with memorabilia to share should contact Likens at 402-587-0432.

At 3 p.m. there will be a brief program including some memories and history, and an opportunity for anyone interested to share memories.

Happy Rock currently has about 55 members, ages 5-18 (including Clover Kids.) The club meets monthly from January through May. Club meetings include learning about conducting meetings and parliamentary procedure; information about 4-H events, projects and activities; demonstrations by club members; and hands-on projects and activities (which are often either items which can be shown at the fair or ideas for the members to do on their own to exhibit at the fair.)

For more information, please contact Likens at 402-587-0432, or the Jefferson County Extension office at 402-729-3487.

We have a YouTube channel for all of our Jefferson County 4-H videos from events and projects that you can check out anytime! Our channel is named Jefferson County Nebraska 4-H Youth Development and can be found at this link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMY3WfF8GnGUrEBvVKEsgeA/. Make sure to check it out and subscribe to our channel!

Join Nebraska 4-H as we go on-site to learn more about science, agriculture, technology, and more! Virtual Field Trips offer facility tours, educational experiences, and additional resources for teachers. Virtual Field Trips are perfect for youth in 7th-12th grades. Each session will be recorded and made available for on-demand viewing. Youth do not need to be 4-H members to participate.

There are also numerous field trips that have been archived to view at your convenience. Check them out. See the link below to view of all the tours available.

https://4h.unl.edu/virtual-field-trips

We are looking for ideas for workshops in 2025-2026. We would like to hear ideas of what you would be willing to attend. We would also like to hear from you regarding what times would work best for most people, after school, 1⁄2 days when school is out, etc. Please contact the Extension Office 402-729-3487 and let us know what YOU are interested in.

Just as a reminder, check out our Facebook page! The page name is "Jefferson County Extension & 4-H Youth Development". Along with our newsletter, we will be using this page to update our members about upcoming events, activities, and deadlines. We also hope to use this page to provide information about community outreach opportunities, scholarships, and research that is important to our followers. The staff will do our best to keep this updated and inform you all of what is going on at the office, Jefferson County, and in Nebraska.

October

13 - Office Closed for Columbus/Indigenous People Day

16 - Office Closed for Mandatory Extension Event

26 - Happy Rock Open House, Fairgrounds

November

14 - Achievement Applications, Senior Scholarships & Diamond Clover Forms due

December

YQCA Training

Email: darci.pesek@unl.edu
Website: jefferson.unl.edu
Location: 517 F Street, Fairbury, NE, United States
Phone: 402-729-3487
Facebook: www.facebook.com/jeffersoncountyext

Nebraska Extension is a Division of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln cooperating with the Counties and the United Sates Department of Agriculture.

Nebraska Extension educational programs abide with the nondiscrimination policies of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and the United States Department of Agriculture.

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