4-H Weekly Blast
All events are on the 4-H Website! Add them to your calendar by clicking HERE
November 11: Rockdale Fair Thank you Notes drop off, 4-6pm, RFA Livestock Office or postmarked by November 13th.*
November 11: MCJLS Turkeys will be delivered, later than 6pm, YEB
November 13-15: Spark Camp
November 15: Photography Project Meeting- CANCELED!!!
November 16: Holiday Gift Idea Exchange Entries Due, Online
November 17: Bake Sale for Bea's Kitchen- 4-H Service project
November 19: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
November 21: Invitational Consumer and Ag ID Contest, Gatesville'
November 23: Holiday Gift Idea Exchange, 6pm, Cameron FMC
November 30: MCJLS Swine, Lambs, and Goats, 3:30-6pm (subject to change)- Major Show Tags accepted, YEB
December 8/9: Rockdale Fair Picture and Delivery Confirmation card pick up, 4-6pm, RFA Livestock Office*
December 14: MCJLS Broiler Orders Due, 5-7pm, YEB
December 19: Photography Service Project, 9am, Milam Co Courthouse Ben Milam Statue
December 20: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
January 7: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
January 10: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
January 11: Rockdale Fair Picture Confirmation card and picture delivery deadline*
January 11: 4-H Clothing and Textiles Project Orientation Meeting, 6pm, Extension Office*
January 14: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
January 17: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
January 17: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
January 21: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
January 24: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
January 28: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
February 1: MCJLS LAST DAY TO ENTER!!!!
February 4: County Consumer Contest, 4-7pm, Extension Office
February 7: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
February 11: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
February 20: San Antonio Consumer Contest, San Antonio
February 21: San Antonio Ag Product ID Contest, San Antonio
February 25: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
February 27: MCJLS Bunnies Tattooed, 8am-10am, (subject to change), YEB
February 28: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
February 28: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
March 4: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
March 7: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
March 11: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
March 15: MCJLS Baked Foods Containers Pick Up, 5-8pm, YEB
March 20: MCJLS Baked Food Show (K-12th grades)
March 21: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
March 31: MCJLS Horticulture and Floral Design Show
April 1: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
April 1: MCJLS AG Mech Show (3-12th grades)
April 4: Ag Product ID Practice, 2pm, Extension Office*
April 8: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
April 15: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
April 18: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
April 22: Consumer Practice, 6pm, Extension Office
April 24: District Consumer Contest
April 24: District Roundup
May 3: MCJLS THANK YOU NOTES DUE NO LATER THAN THIS DATE!
May 16: Photography Project Meeting, 6-7:30pm, Extension Office*
Cloverbud Friendly*: This means that cloverbuds are welcome to come and participate in this activity. To learn more about the projects in the calendar, find the information below about the event.
Important Addresses:
- County Extension Office: 908 N Crockett Avenue, Cameron TX
- YEB (Youth Exposition Building): 301 S Houston Ave, Cameron, TX 76520
- "Annex"/Extension Office Conference: Meeting Room inside Milam County Annex (OLD BUILDING-where the Office used to be)
- "Annex"/Bea’s Kitchen (Senior Center inside of Milam County Annex): 806 N Crockett Avenue, Cameron TX
- WIC Kitchen- Meeting room in Extension Office Building (down the hallway from Extension Office door)
- Cameron 4-H Club: 1st Tuesdays, 6pm, Yoe High School Cafeteria
- Gause 4-H Club: 2nd Mondays, 6:30pm, Gause VFD (NEW LOCATION)
- Rockdale 4-H Club: 2nd Mondays, 6:30pm, Peace Lutheran
- Thorndale 4-H Club: 1st Mondays, 6pm, Thorndale NEW High School Cafeteria (NEXT MEETING: November 2nd) *No meeting in January*
- Shooting Sports 4-H Project Club: 3rd Mondays, 5pm, American Legion Rockdale, 2534 N Hwy 487 Rockdale, TX 76567
🍀🎉 Milam County 4-H Fundraiser! 🎉🍀
📅 Drawing: Monday, November 23, during the Holiday Gift Idea Exchange.
Together, we can continue providing amazing opportunities for every Milam County 4-H member. Thank you for helping make Milam County 4-H AWESOME! 💚🍀
Holiday Gift Idea Exchange
November 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Cameron First Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
Youth participating in the craft demonstration should arrive by 5:30 p.m.
All Milam County 4-H members in grades K–12 and Cameron First Methodist Church youth are invited to participate individually or with a friend or family member!
Participants will create a holiday-themed food item or craft and demonstrate to the audience how to make it. Each participant or group will need to:
Bring all supplies needed for the demonstration.
Bring one completed item to display as an example.
Donate one finished item to be given away as a door prize.
Registration and Instructions Deadline: November 16
NEW THIS YEAR: Instructions are limited to ONE PAGE per item!
All participants must complete the sign-up form by November 16. You can also upload your instructions directly through the sign-up form!
CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP AND UPLOAD YOUR INSTRUCTIONS
Each submission must include:
Instructions explaining how to make the food item or craft.
A picture of the finished item.
The 4-H member’s name and 4-H club, or the participant’s name and Cameron FMC Youth designation.
Important Instructions: All instructions must fit on one page total. This means one page, not front and back! Submissions exceeding one page will not be accepted. We are limiting the number of pages needed to print the instruction books, so please ensure your instructions and picture fit on a single page before uploading.
We look forward to seeing all the creative holiday ideas and handmade gifts our youth bring to share!
We also need 4-H FCH Coalition, County Council Officers, and participants to bring snacks and goodies!!! Please sign up HERE!!!!
Eligibility Forms
THANK YOU FOR DOING AWESOME AND GETTING ALL YOUR FORMS COMPLETED BY THE DEADLINE FOR ROCKDALE FAIR!!!!!!
Fall Shows and Contests are ABOUT TO BEGIN!!!!!! Make sure you have turned in all Eligibility Forms to Kimberly at the Extension Office. Here is the LINK to the Fillable Form. Please call 254-697-7045 if you have any questions. It's never too early to turn in forms. If you know your 4-H'er is going to be attending an event, send in the form!
YOU MUST BE AN ENROLLED 4-H MEMBER IN ORDER TO FILL OUT AN ELIGIBILITY FORM!!!!
We have updated the form to better help you with filling out the eligibility forms! PLEASE USE THE NEW ONE!
For the 2026-2027 Fillable Eligibility Form Click Here
All Contests and Livestock Shows (any competitive event) requires an Eligibility Form to be completed AT LEAST 2 weeks OR BEFORE the contest/show. Please print and complete this form and turn it in to the County Extension Office, 908 N Crockett Avenue, Suite B, Cameron, TX 76520. We do have a drop box for after hours. For questions, please call the Extension Office.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO TURN IN ALL ELIG. FORMS FOR THE YEAR NOW!!!
All forms will be emailed to: mailto:kimberly.mcelwrath@ag.tamu.edu
Forms can be found by going to: https://milam.4h.agrilife.org/4-h-enrollmentguidelines/eligibility-form/
DO NOT SEND TO SCHOOLS!!!!!
REMINDER: YOU MUST BE ENROLLED ON 4-H ONLINE BEFORE COMPLETING AN ELIGIBILITY FORM!
SEE PICTURE FOR INSTRUCTIONS!!!!!
🧵 4-H CLOTHING & TEXTILES PROJECT! 🧵
Do you enjoy sewing, fashion, designing, styling, or working with clothing and textiles? Or maybe you’ve never sewn before but would like to learn?
We are looking at starting a 4-H Clothing & Textiles Project and want to find out who is interested and what YOU would like to learn!
This project can include learning to sew, clothing construction, fashion design, putting outfits together, learning about textiles, designing clothing, and even learning how to make smart choices when buying clothing. There are opportunities for beginners, intermediate, and advanced participants, so you don't have to be an experienced sewer to participate!
📅 Project Orientation Meeting: January 11
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Extension Office
ATTENTION!!!!! We need to MAKE SURE THERE is INTEREST in the project!!! Please fill out so we know if we need to get things planned!!!!!
Before we get started, please take a few minutes to complete our interest survey. Your answers will help us plan the project around what YOU want to learn and explore!
Take the Interest Survey:
https://forms.gle/6yF6oE8ZQvVeojDk9
Join the 4-H Clothing GroupMe for updates, news, and fun polls leading up to the meeting in January!! https://groupme.com/join_group/117551686/jWWftCju
Whether you want to sew it, design it, style it, or shop for it, there’s a place for you in 4-H Clothing & Textiles!
Create • Sew • Design • Learn! 🧵✂️
4-H Facebook & Instagram:
Do not forget we have a 4-H Facebook and Instagram page! We post 4-H Blasts, 4-H contest results and neat opportunities to do in 4-H! Make sure that you “see us first” in your settings. Step 1: Like the Page, Step 2: Click on 3 dots by search and like and then click Follow Settings, Step 3: set as favorite, Step 4: Click on Posts and choose STANDARD, then you will see all 4-H posts when they arrive!
Facebook: Milam County 4-H and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Instagram: milam4h
WEBSITE UPDATED!
We are working on updating the website so it has all the current activities and dates! We also now have a calendar of events on the website! Take a look! Missed 4-H Open House?? No worries! We have majority of the flyers on the website!