UT Extension - Washington County

05/05/2026

A friendly reminder to register for either Master Small Ruminant or Wild and Wooly Bootcamp that is happening this Friday and Saturday, May 8 and 9!

05/05/2026

May 20th is the next 4-H Homeschool Meeting!
📍Location: Farm Bureau Conference Room
🍀Ages 4th-12th are welcome to attend!
📆 RSVP is required by May 15th if you plan to attend.

Have questions? Ready to RSVP?
Please Contact Sarah Ballance at
📩 [email protected] or 📱423-753-1680

05/04/2026

📅Save the Dates!

The much anticipated Canning College dates have been announced for Washington County.

Have you ever wanted to learn how to home can or brush up on your skills?
Then this is your opportunity, our FCS Agent, Elizabeth Renfro, will be offering 3 Canning Colleges July into August.

Want to be one of the first to register?
Then go to https://tiny.utk.edu/ccinterest2026 to receive notification before registration fully opens up.

‼️Spots are limited to 7 people per Canning College.

📌Registration will begin June 24, 2026.

💲Cost: $150 per person per canning college series
📝What will you learn? Water-Bath Canning, Pressure Canning, Jams, Jellies, & Pickles
🫙📖Plus you get to take home at least one home canned good from each of the evenings and a food preservation book.

05/01/2026

Join us for the Tennessee Master Forage Program Tour hosted by Washington County!

Come out for a hands-on, multi-county forage tour where producers can learn practical management strategies to improve their operations. Topics will include soil & hay testing, w**d management, grazing management, and more.

This is a great opportunity to ask questions, connect with speakers, and network with fellow producers from across the region.

May 21, 2026
5:00 – 8:00 PM ET
238 Sam Aiken Road, Telford, TN 37690

To RSVP, scan the QR code on the flyer or contact Lisa McCormick at 423-753-1680.

We hope to see you there!

04/22/2026

🧡🤍💙🤍Today is Administrative Professionals Day and our office has two of the best around! 🧡🤍💙🤍

Millie & Jeanie help keep our office running day in and day out. They both are there to help out anyone they can and are able to! They are both amazing and I know our whole office staff truly appreciates them and are blessed to have working in our office!

Thank you Millie & Jeanie for all you do!

04/21/2026

Washington County producers who have been effected by Hurricane Helene in 2024 make sure you are aware of this opportunity!

04/21/2026

04/16/2026

🍀☀️2026 4-H Jr. Camp ☀️🍀

We still have more camp spots available! APPLY NOW!

WHO: All 4th-6th graders are welcome
WHEN: June 15–19, 2026
WHERE: Clyde Austin 4-H Camp – Greeneville, TN
COST: $360 per camper
💲Scholarships are still available and due by May 1st! Email or call our office to request an application!

🚨Deadline to register & pay for camp: May 20, 2026

🚨 Required Parent Meeting:
May 21, 2026 @ 6pm (for all attending campers)

🔗 Register online here:
tiny.utk.edu/JR4H-CAMP
(Or scan the QR code on the flyer!)

Interested in Volunteering?
- Adult and teen volunteers are an extremely important aspect of camp running smoothly. If you would like to volunteer, please reach out to our office for more information at 423-753-1680!

04/15/2026

We want to send a huge congratulations to our FCS/4-H Program Assistant, Sarah Ballance, for winning the 2026 TEAFCS Paraprofessional Award for TN! TEAFCS is our state professional association for Family & Consumer Sciences (FCS).

Sarah has worked in our office for 6 years starting off as a TNCEP Program Assistant where she taught countless individuals about healthy eating and stretching their food dollars. Then last year transitioned to work with the overall FCS program and 4-H program, where she leads the 4-H Homeschool program, teaching youth cardio drumming, offering nutrition classes, and being a 4-H Shooting Sports Coach, just to name a few!

We are SUPER proud for Sarah!

04/14/2026

We concluded our Spring Season of 4-H Shooting sports with a member of each of our Archery and BB teams traveling to represent our county at the State Jamborees! We are so proud of them and are excited to see what the future holds for our shooting sports teams!
🎯Congratulations to Thomas for bringing home 4th place in Open Compound Bow at the Archery Jamboree🎯

If anyone is interested in helping these kiddos grow and learn, we are searching for adult volunteers who would be interested in coaching either of our teams. With the program growing, we need all the help we can get from 4-H volunteers to make these practices possible!
📲 If this is something you would be interested in helping with for the upcoming seasons, please call our office at 423-753-1650

04/13/2026

🍀The 4-H Upper 8 Public Speaking contest took place last Thursday! We are very proud of everyone who competed. A huge congratulations to the following 4-H members who placed in the top three for their grade:

4th Grade:
🏅2nd Place - Carolyn Holmes
🏅3rd Place - Maddison Thompson

5th Grade:
🏅2nd Place - Emma Malone

6th Grade:
🏅 1st Place - Catherine Lavelle

8th Grade:
🏅Teddy Nadelen