Online 4-H Volunteer Option
If you can't make the in-person trainings, you may take the
online version and the online quiz. Here are the instructions:
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Log on to
http://blackboard.missouri.edu
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Select [Login]
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Enter username: _kids
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Enter password: volunteer
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Select [Yes] when the security message appears
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Select [Online 4-H Volunteer Orientation]
Other Options....
If the online or in-person orientation won't work, then the
extension office has a CD or print versions. Please let us know how we can
help you fulfill the 4-H Orientation Requirements!
*STATE FAIR ANIMAL OWNERSHIP
DATE CHANGES*
Dates are changing to:
Steers: 3/15
Market Hogs: 5/15
Market Lambs: 6/15
Meat Goats: 6/15
- December 5th -
Building Our
Communities Grant (BOAC) due! The Department of Agriculture
program provides $18,000 annually to Missouri 4-H Clubs & FFA Chapters for
projects aimed at developing and advancing Missouri's rural communities.
- December 10th -
Host: Kari Stock, Youth Program Associate and Presenter Heather
Benedict, Agronomist, will be presenting a program on "Ergot" on Thursday,
December 10th at 6:30 PM in the Harrison County Extension Office, 1505 Main
St. Courthouse Basement, Bethany MO. Ergot is a disease in cereal
crops and grasses. It can reduce yield and can be life threatening to
livestock, especially cattle. Come and learn about Ergot's life cycle,
identification, signs, symptoms, treatment and prevention. Bring a hay
sample to test for the presence of Ergot. Cost is $2.00 when you
preregister or $4.00 at the door. Preregister by 12/3/09 to receive
admission discount by calling 660-425-6434.
- March 17th-20th -
2010 Kansas City 4-H
Global Conference. Visit online at
http://www.4h.missouri.edu/events/globalconf/ for registration forms.
The registration cost is $270 for youth and $355 for adults. 4-H
opportunities and trips qualify for excused school absence as evidenced in
Missouri State Statute. Each youth that registers receives a "school
absence" letter from the State 4-H office that references the statue.
The conference provides opportunities for youth to explore careers,
technology, environment and cultural diversity in a global society.
