05/14/21 4-H Email Blast: Recordbook Reminders (Due 06/02/21)

 

05/14/21 RECORDBOOK REMINDERS Hey all! We wanted to send out a few reminders for recordbooks, since their due date is coming up here pretty quickly.  Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help with them!!

IMPORTANT DATES: COUNTY: June 2, 2021: Recordbooks are due to the County Extension Office by 12:00 Noon June 7-10, 2021: Recordbooks will be judged June 14, 2021: Recordbooks advancing to District may be picked up from the County Extension Office to make corrections (all others will be returned at banquet) DISTRICT: June 30, 2021: Recordbooks are due to the County Extension Office by 12:00 Noon July 8, 2021: Recordbooks will be judged (Recordbooks advancing to State may be checked out from the District Office for corrections) July 29/30, 2021: All Recordbooks will be returned at Banquet  STATE: Senior (9-12 grade) aged 4-H members who place 1st in their category at District 10 judging will advance to State Date for returning corrected recordbooks to State is TBA State Judging typically takes place during the first week of August   VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR JUDGING: To help our kiddos out, we need a few people (adults and senior aged 4-H members) to help us judge recordbooks at the County and District Levels  Judging recordbooks is a great way to learn more about the project areas, get some cool ideas for formatting your recordbook, and some cool ideas for us to do for our 4-H members here in our own county!   Check out the 2 opportunities below! COUNTY JUDGING: June 7-10, 2021: We are going to switch recordbooks for 1 week with Travis County 4-H Judging will take place at the Bastrop County Extension Office over a 4 day period, so you can come and go as needed and have a few options for participating!  The big thing that we ask is that you help finish the category that you start judging.  There are usually 3-5 books for each category at the county level and will take about 1-2 hours to complete.  You can help with as few or as many as you are able! Senior Aged 4-H Members (9-12 grades) are allowed to sign up to judge the Junior age categories! Lunch will be provided for volunteers that are planning on staying over the lunch period. CLICK HERE to sign up on the County Judging Tab! DISTRICT JUDGING: July 8, 2021: All 21 counties in the District are going to meet at the Gillespie County Extension Office in Fredericksburg, Texas to judge from about 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM-ish This event will take place in one day; volunteers will be assigned in groups of 2-3 to 1 category in 1 age group.  There will typically be between 10 and 20 recordbooks to judge during this day.  Most categories are finished with judging by about 2:00 PM. Senior Aged 4-H Members (9-12 grades) are allowed to sign up to judge the Junior age categories! Lunch will be provided for volunteers participating in this event The District has asked for us to provide at least 3 volunteers. CLICK HERE to sign up on the District Judging Tab!   HELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES: 2020-2021 Recorded Video Training - Bastrop County 4-H Session (03/25/21) - NOTE: this training has some good questions towards the end about how to address how COVID impacted your 4-H story and experiences this year 2020-2021 Recorded Video Training - Comal County 4-H Session (05/13/21) - NOTE: this training has better examples for the 4-H project, leadership, and community service sections in the presentation but has the judging dates for Comal County on the recording 2020-2021 Recordbook Overview PowerPoint  - NOTE: this is the updated copy with the better examples, BUT has Comal County's judging dates on them Texas 4-H Recordbook Page Texas 4-H Project Pages Link Texas 4-H Roundup Link (has links to lots of project resources) I'm working on getting the individual section recordings posted as soon as possible   ADDITIONAL HELP OR REVIEWS: If you need any help with your recordbook sections or would like us to review what you have, we're happy to help do so!  You can share sections via Email, Google Docs, or however is most convenient for you! Please email anything you would like looked over to Mellanie at MLMickelson@ag.tamu.edu.  We'll do our best to get you feedback, just a heads up that we may have a hard time providing feedback in a timely fashion the last 3 days before the deadline.    OTHER OPPORTUNITIES: Other opportunities can be found on the County Calendar – registration information should be included for each post. Other Contest related opportunities can be found on the Judging Card Calendar – to sign up for these opportunities, please contact Mellanie at MLMickelson@ag.tamu.edu or at 512-581-7186 That's all for now!  Have a great week and let us know if you have any questions! M Mellanie L. Mickelson Bastrop County Extension Agent – 4-H & Youth Development Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Services P.O. Box 650 | 901 Pecan Street | Bastrop, TX 78602 p: (512) 581-7186 | c: (512) 522-9174 | f: (512) 581-7187 MLMickelson@ag.tamu.edu Website – https://bastrop.agrilife.org Blog – www.bastrop4h.blogspot.com Facebook – www.facebook.com/BastropCounty4H