#4HGrowsHere

During National 4-H Week, 4-H members and volunteers from all 50 states celebrate how awesome 4-H is. Did you know St. Martin Parish has had a 4-H program for 77 years? This year’s theme is “4-H Grows Here”. Show how much you love 4-H by posting a picture of you with a sign saying “4-H Grows Here” on any social media site. Use the hashtag #4HGrowsHere when posting. National 4-H Week is October 4-10, 2015.

Here’s A Message From Cloverbuddy

CloverBud Gazette October 2015 ~ 3rd Grade Edition

The Cloverbud Gazette is a monthly publication about the St. Martin Parish 4-H Program.

CloverBud Events Calendar October 4-10, 2015 National 4-H Week November 7, 2015 Fall Fest Contest Day (4-H Office) November 24, 2015 4-H Fun Day (St. Bernard School Gym)

Dear Cloverbud Member, Happy October! Please join us at Fall Fest on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the 4-H Office in Breaux Bridge. At Fall Fest, you can enter the Pet Show and the Pumpkin Decorating Contest. The rules can be found on the St. Martin Parish 4-H Facebook page, and will be given out at your club meeting. I hope that you will be able to attend! Sincerely, Cloverbuddy

Need Assistance? Have Questions? Contact your 4-H Agent: Hope Guidry 114 Courthouse Street Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 hguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu 337-332-2181 Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, & Pinterest: Search “St. Martin 4-H” The LSU Agricultural Center, a statewide campus of the LSU System, and Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension Center, a statewide campus of the Southern University System, provide equal opportunities in programs and employment. Louisiana State University and A&M College, Southern University and A&M College, Louisiana parish governing bodies, and United States Department of Agriculture cooperating.

Save the Date - 4-H Fun Day Our annual 4-H Fun Day will be held on Tuesday, November 24, 2015 from 9:00am-11:00am. 4-H Fun Day is for 3rd-6th grade 4-H members who want to learn about more food & fitness! Make plans to attend this fun day led by our older Junior Leader 4-H members! More information will be available in the November Cloverbud Gazette newsletter. Tentative Agenda: • 8:45 am-9:00am - Registration • 9:00am-9:15am - Welcome • 9:15am-10:30am -Sessions (rotate through 5 sessions)

• 10:30am-11:00am - Closing Party • 11:00am-Adjourn (Parent’s Pick Youth Up)

Fall Fest Contest Day

All 4-H members are invited to join us at the first contest day of the year, 2015 4-H Fall Fest! Fall Fest will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2015 at the 4-H Office (114 Courthouse Street, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517). At Fall Fest, you can enter the Pet Show and the Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Rules can be found on our Facebook page (St. Martin Parish 4-H) or by scanning the QR codes below. Check our Pinterest page for pumpkin ideas too. Pet Show Rules: Pumpkin Rules: Pinterest Pumpkin Ideas:

How To Stay Connected? St. Martin Parish 4-H offers lots of opportunities throughout the year. How can you keep up with all of the events? Stay connected! We publish a monthly newsletter that will be given to the 4-H member at their monthly club meetings. (If you are absent on the day of the 4-H club meeting-ask your school club leader for a newsletter when you return to school.) We also have a St. Martin Parish 4-H website where we post newsletters, calendars, contest rules, and much more! Check it often. The parish program is also connected through social media. We are on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. Join our pages today to stay connected and be active in 4-H this year! Mrs. Hope Guidry, 4-H Agent, is also available at the 4-H Office from 8:00 am-4:30 pm on Monday-Friday at 337-332-2181. She can also be reached by email at: hguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu

Ms. Laura

Says Goodbye

Dear 4-H members, parents, volunteers, and community members: I have truly enjoyed revolutionizing the St. Martin Parish 4-H program into one of the best in the state. I was able to use my creativity to produce engaging programs for not only 4-H members, but the community as a whole. I'm very proud of the work I have done while working in St. Martin Parish. I have accepted a position in Mississippi where I will focus on my passions of healthy living, consumer science, and child development. Good luck to all of the youth in the program. Remember you get what you put into your 4-H experience. Make the best better! Ms. Laura

Shooting Sports News Did you enroll in the Shooting Sports project?

If so, you will be placed on our mailing list and will receive important information through the mail about registering for the shooting sports program. This packet will also include the 2015-2016 calendar with the practice schedules and match dates. Please note that the registration forms that you receive through the mail will be due to the 4-H Office by October 16th along with your non-refundable fees. You will receive your shooting sports project book at the mandatory first practice / safety meeting. If you are enrolled in Archery or BB, you will meet on: November 1, 2015 at the Breaux Bridge High School Livestock Barn in Breaux Bridge, LA from 1:00pm-4:00pm. An adult must attend the meeting with the 4-H member. NOTE: Participants who do not attend the mandatory first practice / safety meeting will not be allowed to continue in the shooting sports program. Only students who are nine years old or older prior to January 1, 2016, are allowed to participate in the shooting sports program.

Cloverbuddy recommends that you connect the dots to reveal a 4-H clover.

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Family Fitness Pit Stop

Livestock News Livestock project activities are starting as exhibitors purchase animals and begin to prepare for show season! Below are many important dates for livestock exhibitors and their families. Good luck with your projects! If you need assistance or have questions, please contact Mrs. Hope Guidry at 337-332-2181 or hguidry@agcenter.lsu.edu Livestock participants will be receiving important information in the mail in the near future about the new validation procedures and completing the required LSU AgCenter’s Quality Assurance and Ethics Certification program. Important Dates for Livestock Exhibitors: Possession Dates: July 18, 2015: Possession Date for Market Steers November 1, 2015: Possession Date for Exhibition Poultry November 7, 2015: Possession Date for all Beef, Sheep, Goat, and Dairy animals December 5, 2015: Possession Date for all Swine Livestock Validation Deadlines: Validation will consist of ear tagging the animal and pulling a hair sample. July 18, 2015: All Market Steers must be validated by attending the Steer Educational Program and Validation at the Dewitt Livestock Facility in Alexandria November 6, 2015: All Commercial Beef Heifers, Commercial Dairy Heifers, Commercial Ewes, Commercial Does, Market Lambs, and Market Goats must be validated by the exhibitor and the properly identified validation envelope including the hair sample must be submitted to the 4-H Office December 4, 2015: All Market Hogs and Commercial Gilts must be validated by the exhibitor and the properly identified validation envelope including the hair sample must be submitted to the 4-H Office Livestock Show Dates (Tentative): St. Martin Parish Livestock Show: January 15-16, 2016 (BBHS Barn) Acadiana District Livestock Show: January 27-30, 2016 (Blackham Coliseum in Lafayette) LSU State Livestock Show: February 13-20, 2016 (Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales) Anyone not raising their animals on their property (home or farm) MUST contact the 4-H Office to request a possession hardship application. Completed hardship forms must be turned into the 4-H Office by the animal’s possession date.

4-H Broiler Chick Orders

Due November 2, 2015 It’s time again to place your order for broiler chicks!

The broiler project is open to 4-H members who are 9 years old or older by January 1, 2016. In this project, you purchase broiler chicks from the 4-H Office and raise them to show at parish and state shows. To order your chicks, send in the completed order form and a payment of 50 cents ($.50) per chick to the 4-H Office by November 2, 2015. You should order at least 15 chicks because you will select your best 3 for the parish show in February 2016. Your chicks will be available for pick-up in early January. More information will be mailed to those who order broiler chicks once we receive the order forms. NOTE: Tentative delivery date – Thursday, January 7, 2016

St. Martin 4-H BROILER ORDER FORM

(due 11/02/15)

Name ________________________________________

Address ________________________________________

City, state, Zip___________________________________

Phone _________________________________________

Email Address____________________________________

School __________________________ Grade _______

____ # Chicks x .50¢ = $________TOTAL DUE

Payment of 50¢ per chick must accompany order form.

Make check payable to: St. Martin Parish 4-H

Return form with fees to:

Broiler Chick Order

c/o St. Martin Parish 4-H

114 Courthouse Street

Breaux Bridge, LA 70517

Flavor & Fun Road Trip! Get Ready, Get Set, Let’s GEAUX!!!!! This year at club meetings, the 4-H agents will present hands-on workshops that will focus on eating fruits & vegetables with our friends the Garden Heroes. You will learn how important a healthy life is and some fun ways to do healthy activities with your family. We will get you moving and eating healthy foods!

Meet … Olivia Orange In Florida, Olivia Orange grows on evergreen trees. Oranges can be grown anywhere that is warm. Florida produces the most oranges in the United States. How did oranges get to our country? Christopher Columbus brought the first orange seeds to the New World in 1493. Oranges grow on evergreen trees. It takes 5-7 years for the trees to grow edible fruit to enjoy. The trees mature in 27-30 years. Seeds need certain things to grow. Let’s learn about the seed life cycle to understand the process of oranges growing. Germination is the process where seeds begin to sprout or grow. There are four things that seeds need to germinate: Air, Soil, Water, and Sunlight. When oranges get these four things, we can enjoy the fruit. Oranges are an excellent source of vitamin C, which helps fight infections and heal cuts, bruises, and scrapes. From: Garden Heroes Activities, LearningZoneXpress

“It is the policy of the Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service that no person be subjected to discrimination on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability. “

Congratulations to the September 2015 Flavor & Fun Trivia Contest Winners! Catahoula: Claire Shaffett Parks: Jenna Usie, Laya Goulas, Madison Broussard, Chloe Delahoussaye, and Gracie Pago St. Martinville: Kiasley Hills St. Bernard: Brooklyn Blanchard, Shayna Guidry, Malena LeBlanc, Ali Edgar, Abby Poche, and Ethan Comb

Flavor & Fun Trivia Question Each month, we will have a trivia question in the Cloverbud Gazette newsletter. If you email the correct answer to us, along with your full name, school you attend and your grade level, you will receive a prize at your next club meeting. Remember, your answer must be correct! October 4-H Cloverbud (3rd Grade) Trivia Question: Use this page of the newsletter to find the answer to this month’s trivia question. QUESTION: What are the four things that seeds need to germinate? Email the answer, along with your full name, the school you attend, and your grade level by Monday, October 26, 2015 to: stmartin4h@yahoo.com in the body of the email.

St. Martin Parish Cooperative Extension 114 Courthouse Street

Breaux Bridge, LA 70517 337-332-2181 Fax: 337-332-2870

Office Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday Website: www.louisiana4h.org/stmartin

Facebook: St. Martin Parish 4-H Page (Hit “LIKE”) Twitter: St. Martin Parish 4-H (Hit “Follow”)

Pinterest: St. Martin Parish 4-H

Try it at Home

Orange Creamsicle Smoothies Ingredients: 1 cup Almond Milk 1 med. Orange (peeled, sliced, and seeds removed) 6 Ice Cubes Directions: (Ask for an adult’s help) Combine all ingredients in a blender and process until smooth. Then pour into cups to enjoy.

Flavor & Fun Taste Adventure . . .

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