Our normally scheduled monthly 4-H meetings will resume in September, 2021!
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Junior Senior Edition: April 2021
Our normally scheduled monthly
4-H meetings will resume in
Wayne County Extension
September, 2021!
1900 Sunset Blvd.
Jesup, GA 31545
Phone: 427-5955
Fax: 427-5967
Wayne County 4-H Staff
Donna Harris
4-H Extension Associate
harris@uga.edu
Lauryn Gilmer
4-H Extension Agent
lauryn.gilmer@uga.edu
It’s time for officer elections! Complete your ballot
in person or online.
YOU MAY ONLY VOTE ONCE!
Google Form Link:
https://tinyurl.com/wc4hofficers2122
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2021 Georgia 4-H Photo Contest!
This contest is open to all 4-H'ers in 4th-12th grades and adults. Two photos may be
submitted per participant under each of the five categories:
1. 4-H Agriculture and STEM 2. 4-H Healthy Living
3. 4-H Citizenship, Leadership, and Service 4. 4-H Volunteerism
5. 4-H Camp and Environmental Education
Any photo entered into this contest must have been taken between August 1, 2020 -
July 31, 2021, by the 4-H'er or adult submitting the photo. Full guidelines for each
of these categories are
outlined on the Georgia 4-H webpage
(www.georgia4h.org/photo). Each selected photo will
earn a $25.00 prize.
All photos must be submitted by Wednesday, August
25, 2021. Photos should be submitted at the following
website: tinyurl.com/4hphoto21
2021 Watermelon Growing Contest
Kindergarten through 12th grade
CONTEST RULES AND DEADLINE
1. All 4-H’ers (Kindergarten through 12th grade) are eligible to compete.
2. All weights must be submitted by Tuesday, July 27, 2021. Your watermelon’s weight must be verified by
your local Extension Office. Speak to your local Extension Office for
assistance with submitting your watermelon.
3. Each 4-H’er may submit one watermelon for the competition.
4. Pictures are required for the top three state awards.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Cash prizes will be awarded to participants as follows:
1st Place: $100.00
2nd Place: $50.00
3rd Place: $25.00
Any variety of watermelon may be used, though Carolina Cross is highly recommended. You will need as
much time as possible for your watermelon to grow to its full size, so you may want to start your seeds
indoors and transfer outside after the last frost. Seeds are available online
(http://www.giantwatermelons.com) but may be available locally.
Additional Information: georgia4h.org/watermelon
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2021 June Dairy Month Poster Contest
Who can participate? Every Georgia 4‐H member!
Age groups:
• Cloverleaf: Grades 4 – 6 in current school year
• Junior: Grades 7 – 8 in current school year
• Senior: Grades 9 – 12 in current school year
Why? To learn more about milk and milk products
and their importance to human health.
Theme? “Dairy Potter: Real Dairy, Real Delicious”
How?
1. Poster must be on standard poster board and must be of uniform size ‐ 14” X 22” (half a poster board) ‐ other sizes are
ineligible.
2. Follow the theme: “Dairy Potter: Real Dairy, Real Delicious”
3. Posters should contain only original, hand‐drawn artwork done by the participant. Computer‐generated artwork and
text are not acceptable and will result in disqualification of the poster.
4. Do not attach items thicker than the poster board to the poster.
5. Get ideas from television, magazines, parents, and friends. Be creative! Study pictures from your grocery store, a near-
by dairy, the Dairy Alliance website (http://thedairyalliance.com), the National Dairy Council (https://
www.nationaldairycouncil.org ), or milk cooperatives for additional ideas.
6. Keep it simple and to the point.
7. Complete a contest entry form and tape/paste it on the back of your poster in the upper right corner.
8. Posters are due to your county 4-H office on: Friday, May 28th by 5:00 pm. Your county will then submit a photo of
your poster to the state for judging.
Scoring Guidelines
Originality – attracts attention, holds interest 40%
Follows theme 20%
Conveys message – easily understood, well- done design 15%
General appearance – well planned, good design; easy to read; neat; no spelling errors 15%
Accurate information – factual 10%
Prizes
County Winners: All county entries in each age group will receive Georgia 4-H Certificates from their county.
State Winners: First place ‐ $100 gift card; Second place ‐ $75 gift card; Third place ‐ $50 gift card in each age group.
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Applications for the 2021-2022
Georgia 4-H Ambassador
program are now live! The goal of
the 4-H Ambassador program is to
prepare 4-H’ers to become
knowledgeable in a specific
content area so that they can
return to their counties and share
what they’ve learned with
others.
This year, there are five ambassa-
dor tracks: Healthy Habits, Pollina-
tors, Ready-4-Life, STEM, and
Wildlife. Descriptions of each
track, an application scoring ru-
bric, and a sample application, are
available upon request. Contact
Ms. Lauryn or Mrs. Donna if
interested!
Wayne County 4-H
2021 Summer Programs
Summer activity details coming
soon! See how to stay in touch
about summer events on page 4
of the newsletter via social media
or Remind messages.
Wayne County 4-H has summer
plans in the works for trips and
activities such as bowling, Jekyll
Island beach, Savannah Bananas
Baseball, paintball/laser tag,
crocheting, homemade pet treats
and toys, a visit to Aracadeia,
fishing, and more!
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Continuing Community Service Projects: Can Tab Drive & Pennies for Pets
We will continue to collect can tabs and spare
change throughout the year to donate to our local
charities. Your new classroom 4-H clubs can still
earn points when you turn these in
next year! We donate the can tabs to
the Ronald McDonald House in Savannah to help keep the
cost of operations down for families with sick children, and
our Pennies for Pets collection goes to the Wayne County
Animal Refuge Foundation (ARF) to assist animals in need
of adoption.
Follow Wayne County You can find upcoming events
Follow Wayne County 4-H
4-H on Snapchat: posted on our Facebook page:
on Instagram: wayneco4h
waynehgeorg2019 Wayne County GA 4-H
Sign up for the 2020-2021 Remind to keep up with
announcements and upcoming events this summer!
Text 81010 and put @3keg47 as the text message.
We create a new Remind each school year and will start the new 2021-
2022 group in the fall.
All 4-H Information can also be accessed on our
Wayne County 4-H Website at:
http://www.caes.uga.edu/extension/wayne
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