Elko County, NV 4-H

11/19/2020

🍀 Nov. 19: Today we are so grateful for all of our northern Nevada sunshine! What are you thankful and grateful for?! ☀️

11/18/2020

🍀 Nov. 17 & 18: We are so very thankful for the parents and guardians of our 4-H members. We couldn’t do it without you!! What are you thankful and grateful for?! ❤️

11/16/2020

🍀Nov. 16: Today we are thankful for and salute our teachers, school administrators, and support staff. You are all doing the best job you can to support our youth and their families during these challenging times and you are SO appreciated!! 📚 🍎

What are you thankful and grateful for?!

11/15/2020

Nov. 14 & 15: Liz is thankful for a weekend spent working on house projects and slowing down. What are you thankful and grateful for?! ❤️

11/13/2020

🍀 Nov. 13: This morning Liz is thankful for beautiful sunrises like this one. What are you thankful and grateful for?! 🌅

11/12/2020

🍀 Nov. 12: Today Liz is thankful for the dogs that love her baby so much! What are you thankful and grateful for?! 🧡🐶🐾

11/11/2020

🍀🇺🇸 Nov. 11: Today, we salute our Veterans. We are so thankful for all who have served our country and all of the sacrifices they and their families have made. Here are some heroes that are close to our hearts. Please click their photo for a description of their service. 🍀🇺🇸

Not pictured: Both of Jill’s grandfathers served in World War II, and her Grandma Lucy worked for the Veterans Administration, helping WW1 & WW2 vets get the health benefits they so deserved. 🇺🇸

11/10/2020

🍀Nov. 9 & 10: We are thankful that we have a start to our snow pack! 🏔 What are you thankful and grateful for?!

11/08/2020

🍀 Nov. 8: Today Liz is thankful for a lazy snowy Sunday morning that included lots of baby snuggles and elk chili in the crockpot! What are you thankful and grateful for?! 🧡

11/07/2020

🍀 Nov. 6 & 7 (woops, forgot yesterday!): Although it wasn’t expected due to weather, we are so thankful for Joe and those shooting sports families that came to help clean up and make improvements to the Elko County Shooting Range! Thank you to Komatsu for the use of the equipment and to Joe for running it. They improved numerous safety berms, added new shooting berms, cleaned trash, and built up the archery berm so it’s bigger and better. Thank you all!! 🧡💚

11/05/2020

🍀 Nov. 5: Today and every day Candie, Jill, and I are so very thankful for the dedicated volunteers that make our program go round and give our Elko County youth so many awesome opportunities. To you, we are forever grateful 🧡🧡🧡

💚 Below are just a few of our giant-hearted volunteers that have been so dedicated to our youth 💚

What are you thankful and grateful for?!

11/04/2020

🍀 Nov. 4: Candie is thankful for having a job she loves to go to every day! 🧡 What are you thankful and grateful for?!

11/03/2020

🍀 Nov. 3: Today we are all thankful that we have the right to vote! ✅ What are YOU thankful and grateful for?!

11/02/2020

🍀 Nov. 2: This morning Liz is thankful for a warm, toasty fire on a chilly morning! 🥶 What are you thankful and grateful for?!

11/01/2020

🍀 Nov. 1: Today Liz is thankful for an extra hour of sleep! What are you thankful and grateful for? ⏰

10/28/2020

University of Nevada, Reno Extension 4-H Youth Development

Congratulations to all who participated in the 2020 Nevada State Shooting Sports Virtual Match!! 🍀💚

Results from 2020 Nevada State 4-H Shooting Sports Virtual Match

10/22/2020

🍀🧡 Yeah, Nevada 4-H!! 🧡🍀

Tonight, three of our amazing 4-H Professionals were recognized by the National Association of Extension 4-H Youth Development Professionals for their years of service! Sarah Chvilicek, Northern Area and Washoe County 4-H Program Manager received the Meritorous Service Award and the 25-Year award, Jill Tingey, Elko County Extension Educator received the 25-year award and Carrie Stark, State 4-H Director, received the 25 year award and National Educational Technology Award. Nevada has 10 professionals attend this virtual conference throughout the week and Lindsay Chichester, Douglas County Extension Educator had a poster presentation! Great job everyone!!

10/10/2020

University of Nevada, Reno

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Laura Wells and her daughters, Faith, Emma and Hannah, sewed masks for rural Nevada as part of a 4-H mask-making project. They encourage everyone to get involved and give back to their community. #SilverLinings #StaySafetoStayOpen

10/10/2020

University of Nevada, Reno

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Laura Wells and her daughters, Faith, Emma and Hannah, sewed masks for rural Nevada as part of a 4-H mask-making project. They encourage everyone to get involved and give back to their community. #SilverLinings #StaySafetoStayOpen

10/09/2020

🍀 Welcome to National 4-H Week Activity #5!🍀

🍀 Today’s activity is our Jokes Zoom at 3:30 p.m. We have County Officers and a number of 4-H members joining us to share some jokes and silly stories to start our weekend off on the right foot! Please email Liz for the Zoom link to join us for a great time!!

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10/08/2020

🍀 Welcome to National 4-H Week Challenge #4!🍀

🥗 Today is the Healthy Habits Challenge!

🥗To promote healthy living, we are challenging members and families to post (or email) as many pictures of them participating in healthy activities (ex. eating a healthy snack, walking the dog or walking as a family, gardening, washing hands, etc.) throughout the day as they can! Pictures may be submitted as comments on this Facebook post or sent to Candie or Liz via email.

🥗Let’s see you all practicing your healthy habits!! 🥗

10/07/2020

Liz’s 4-H story!

🍀🧡 I was involved in Elko County 4-H for 5 years as a youth. I participated in sheep, rabbits, poultry, dog, and Fashion R***e. Joining 4-H allowed me to find a voice I never knew I had and make friends that I never would have met otherwise. My 4-H experience inspired me to make many of the decisions I made later in life, throughout my career, and I am so honored to have the opportunity to work with our awesome Elko County 4-H youth!! 🧡🍀

🍀Share your 4-H story below in the comments! 🍀

10/07/2020

🍀 It’s 4-H Spirit Day, make sure you’re sporting your 4-H gear today!!🍀

#Opportunity4All #National4HWeek #Nevada4H

10/07/2020

🍀🧡 Today is 4-H Spirit Day so be sure to wear your 4-H attire!!🧡🍀

🤖🍀 Junk Drawer STEM Challenge🍀🤖:
Members and/or families are to use up to 10 items from their “junk drawer” to create an object, then post a picture or video of their creation in the comments of our Facebook post or submit them to Candie or I via email. Participants will receive extra points if their creation moves and/or lights up. Members and/or families have until 8:00 p.m. tonight to submit their entries.

🤖🍀 Happy creating!!🍀🤖

10/06/2020

🍀 Tomorrow is 4-H Spirit Day!! Wear your 4-H clothing to show your love for 4-H! 🍀

10/06/2020

🍀 Welcome to National 4-H Week Day #2!🍀

Here is the challenge for today:

We want to know what the 4-H pledge means to you! Families and/or members may comment their responses on this post, just be sure to tell us if you are participating as a family or individual. All responses will be entered for prizes!

🍀 I pledge
My Head to clearer thinking,
My Heart to greater loyalty,
My Hands to larger service,
And my Health to better living
For my club, my community, my country, and my world.

10/05/2020

🍀 Happy National 4-H Week! 🍀

Here is your first challenge of the week:

4-H Scavenger Hunt Challenge:
Your goal is to find and take pictures of as many of the items listed below as you can, as fast as you can! You will submit your pictures by either adding them into the comments of this post or by emailing them to myself ([email protected]) or Candie ([email protected]). Members will have until 8:00 p.m. tonight to complete the scavenger hunt. The goal is to be the first to complete the scavenger hunt by submitting photos of all the items on the list. Please remember to let us know if you are participating as a family or as an individual so we can determine prizes accordingly!

🍀 1 picture of one of your 4-H projects
🍀 4-H bag
🍀 4-H water bottle
🍀 4-H t-shirt (or other clothing item)
🍀 4-H tie
🍀 4-H bracelet
🍀 4-H club meeting agenda
🍀 4-H ribbon
🍀 4-H Record Book cover
🍀 4-H pen or pencil
🍀 4-H alumni (past adult 4-H member)
🍀 Something green

🍀🧡 Happy scavenging! 🧡🍀

10/01/2020

Nevada celebrates National 4-H week October 4-10 | University of Nevada, Reno

#Nevada4H #National4HWeek #Opportunity4All

Extension working to reach underserved youth with educational and civic programs

09/28/2020

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National 4-H Week is coming up October 4-10 and we have some fun activities planned to celebrate our awesome Elko County 4-H Program!

🍀Monday, October 5: 4-H Scavenger Hunt

🍀Tuesday, October 6: What does the 4-H pledge mean to you?

🍀Wednesday, October 7: Junk Drawer STEM Challenge

🍀Thursday, October 8: Healthy Habits Challenge

🍀Friday, October 9: Zoom Laugh Off!

Watch this page or look for emails from your General Leader each of these days for instructions on how to complete each challenge.

‼️ There will be prizes awarded!!!‼️

If more than one 4-H youth in your household wants to participate in these activities, please participate together as a family. If only one youth wants to participate, they may participate as an individual! Please just be sure to let us know on your Facebook responses or emails if you are participating as a family or an individual because there will be prizes for both.

🍀🍀We can’t wait for National 4-H Week!🍀🍀

09/21/2020

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09/17/2020

🎉🍀💚 It’s almost National 4-H Week! Let’s get ready to celebrate!! 💚🍀🎉

09/17/2020

Elko County, NV 4-H

08/28/2020

2020 Agriculture: Living Beyond a Pandemic

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08/07/2020

University of Nevada, Reno Extension 4-H Youth Development

Calling all Nevada 4-H'ers!

We need your help with a promotional video that is being created to highlight our amazing youth! We are asking families to grab their camper or cell phone and capture a 20 to 30 second video of your 4-H'er doing an activity that they might want to do in the future. Our theme is "What does your 4-H'er want to do for Nevada?" Examples of things that youth can be doing are: building a future building out of blocks, standing with tools next to her's dads truck that needs fixing, using a computer to fix the next problem, grooming a horse, weeding the garden to help grow future crops, etc.

We would like to have the youth in some type of 4-H attire (shirt, hat, scarf, etc.) so that the 4-H Clover is visible in the video and we want to see their face!

An email was sent out to all families tonight (August 6th) but there was an error on the due date-they are due by August 12th. Videos can be uploaded to the following link:

https://nevada.app.box.com/f/d20eddbc6f4f4490a71bd674abdaf1b2

If you have questions, please email [email protected].

08/05/2020

University of Nevada, Reno Extension 4-H Youth Development

🍀😘You are not alone when it comes to your mental health! 🍀

Mental health is defined as a state of well-being when someone reached their own potential, can cope with the everyday stresses in life, can focus on their own work and get it done, and can make a contribution to their community.

Mental health can be visualized as a continuum where some days are better than others! Just like physical health, it is important to check in with yourself or with a professional from time-to-time, the same way you would see a doctor for a cough or backache!

Photo: 7 out of 10 teens are struggling with mental health; 81% of teens say mental health is a significant issue for young people in the U.S.; 65% of teens say uncertainty about the future makes them feel anxious or depressed. You are not alone!
#Nevada4h #MentalHealth