LSU AGCENTER CAMERON PARISH CALENDAR October 3 South Cameron 3 Junior Leader Meeting @ Office 5 Hackberry Meeting 5 National Youth Science Day Grand Lake 8 Cameron Cooks Up A Storm Grand Lake 9 Shooting Sports Practice 2:00 PM 4-10 National 4-H Week 14-18 Cal Cam Fair Sulphur 23 Shooting Sports Practice 2:00 PM 22-Nov 8 November State Fair of Louisiana Shreveport South Cameron OCTOBER 2016 Fall 4-H Foundation Fundraiser: Sweet! Cameron Parish 4-H is having a sweet potato sale again this year. This sale begins October 1 and will continue through November 6th. Those of you who would like to help sell tickets can pick them up at the 4-H Office, or call the office at 337-905-1318, and we will mail you a book of tickets. They will also be available at October Club meetings. Remember if you take a book to turn it back into us, whether you have sold all the tickets or not. We want to make sure we don t miss anyone s order. Please contact the 4-H office with any questions! Livestock Judging Clinic Burton Hackberry and Johnson Bayou Grand Lake 13 Shooting Sports Practice 1:00 PM 16-18 Challenge Camp 4-H Night with the Tigers Livestock Showmanship Clinic Burton 27 Shooting Sports Practice 1:00 PM Fashion Club- Join us for our first meeting on November 10 at 5:30 at the 4-H Office! Open to grades 4-7! September meeting was cancelled due to a conflict with a football game! Nov 10 Jan 26 Feb 23 March 23 April 27
THE 4-H FOCUS OCTOBER 2016 Page 2 Beach Sweep 2016 The weather held out and we had a great turnout at the Cameron Parish Beach Sweep at Rutherford Beach! 71 participants showed up to help clean up the beach. We had a great turnout and are looking forward to next year!
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Page 5 Southwest Region Challenge Camp November 16-18, 2016 Camp Grant Walker Pollock, LA 4-H Youth will actively participate in: - Outdoor Challenge Activities - Indoor Challenge Activities - Teambuilding Activities - Group Challenges AND MUCH MORE.. Are you Ready for the Challenge? Sign-Up!! Only 13 spots available!! Name Boy Girl T-Shirt Size School Grade 7th Phone Number Email Address Parents Return this cutout with the $25 deposit by October 7 to be eligible to attend. Total cost for the first 13 campers will be $50. If we have any additional spots, they will be $65. Please make checks payable to Cameron 4-H. LSU AgCenter Cameron Parish 10098 Gulf Highway Grand Lake, LA 70607
Page 6 State Fair of Louisiana starts October 25 th.! Livestock exhibitors, please turn in your Exhibitor Information Form by October 7th. Possession Dates for Spring Livestock Shows: Broiler Chicks must be ordered by October 7 th Meat Rabbits, does must be owned and bred by October 11 th through the 15 th Breeding Rabbits, November 1 st November 7 th Beef Breeding and Commercial November 7 th Dairy Breeding and Commercial November 7 th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Sheep November 7 th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Goats December 5 th Market, Commercial, and Breeding Swine Parish Show: January 18-21 District Show: February 1-4 State Show: February 11-18 State Rabbit Show: March 4 Mark your calendars for Cameron Cooks this year, which will be held at Grand Lake High School on October 8!! This will be our first parish contest so come out and participate! Winners will move on to the Regional Competition in April held in Crowley!! Visit our website www.lsuagcenter.com/cameron for rules, category list, and a recipe form you can type on!
LSU AgCenter Cameron Parish 10098 Gulf Highway Grand Lake, LA 70607 Phone: (337) 905-1318 Fax: (337) 905-1320 www.lsuagcenter.com/cameron Scan this QR code for the website! Page 7 Cameron 4-H Agents: Brittany Bourg bbourg@agcenter.lsu.edu Bradley Pousson, bpousson@agcenter.lsu.edu Scan this QR code for the Facebook page! https://www.facebook.com/ pages/cameron-parish-4- H/620338061380699 Horse Enthusiasts!!! The Cal Cam Horse Club will kick off the year on Tuesday October 11th at the Burton Coliseum Outdoor Arena with an overview and registration meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. Demonstrations will be presented by veteran members on safety and what you can learn in the Horse Club. We ask that you do NOT bring your horses to the first arena meeting. The office meeting will be held on Tuesday October 25th at 6:00 p.m. Registration packets will be given out at the meeting with instructions. Hope to see you there! Project Clubs Spotlight: Horse Club and Shooting Sports! Shooters!! Our first practice will be held on Sunday October 9th at the Front Ridge Shooting Range. This will be a shotgun ONLY practice. Air Rifle and Archery practice will be held on Friday October 14th at 4:30 at the 4-H office in Grand Lake. If you have any questions please contact Mr. Bradley. We are trying different things with the Shooting Sports program this year and would like to know what we can do differently. If you have a disability which requires special assistance for your participation in any of our 4-H activities, please contact the 4-H Office so that preparations can be made. Any adult interested in volunteering with 4-H contests/ activities give the 4-H Office a call and we will add your name
Page 8 October 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 Grand Lake Fall Fest 2 National 4-H Week >>>>> 3 South Cameron Club Junior Leader Meeting 6:30 at 4-H Office 4 5 Hackberry and Johnson Bayou Club 6 Grand Lake Club 7 8 Cameron Cooks Up A Storm Grand Lake Cafeteria 9 Shooting Sports Practice- 2:00 10 11 Horse Club Meeting Arena 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Shooting Sports Practice- 2:00 Horse Club Meeting Office State Fair of Louisiana Begins >>>> 30 31