Dairy Judging Clinics

I just wanted to bring this to your attention in case any of our club kids wanted to attend these clinics.  If you do, please let me know by Monday, as I have to RSVP how many kids we will be bringing.  I have room in my car for 5, if more people want to go we can caravan.  Respond to this email if you would like to go please. 

Coming up we have two MA Dairy field trips, both dairy judging events.  
Close by at Peter Hawkes' Jersey Farm there will be a dairy judging
event on Saturday April 19 at 2PM. Address is 51 Pleasant St Mendon, MA.

A second judging event will be on Tuesday April 22 (during school vacation week) at 12:30 at Arethusa Farm in Connecticut. Which if you haven't been ~ it is so worth the trip. http://www.arethusafarm.com/

Maryellen Lee
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Scholarship Opportunity

Message from Joanna Samuelson Lidback:

 

Hello Mass 4H Dairy kids! Wanted to share with you a scholarship opportunity by my employer. We look for kids (and adults too!) who are pursuing a career in agriculture, forestry or commercial fishing. It can be for any post-high school education: 2-year, 4-year or graduate degree programs as well as technical schools. You also have to have a permanent home address in our region - which includes Massachusetts!

The deadline is 5:00 pm Friday April 11. Good luck!
https://www.farmcrediteast.com/Industry-Support/Scholarship.aspx

 

 

Carrie Chickering-Sears

Director of Community Education in Animal Agriculture

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA 01002

Phone 413-549-3257      Fax 413-577-0760

 

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A 4H Thank you

Dear 4-H Clubs:

 

Our raffle, held at the annual Mass Blue Ribbon Calf Sale went smoothly and was a huge success because of the support of so many 4-H clubs, youth & adults, volunteering their time putting together such nice baskets, and soliciting area businesses for donations to our annual raffle. Through your efforts we have again surpassed our record for the raffle table, netting $1850 at this years raffle. This money supports your 4-H dairy activities through out the year. Great job everyone!

 

Sincerely,

Chris & Cheryl

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4H Survey

From: 4-H <donotreply@email.4-h.org>
Date: March 6, 2014, 1:30:57 PM EST
To: James Nielsen <jimscst@aol.com>
Subject: Reminder
Reply-To: paulab@umext.umass.edu

To MA 4-H parents,

Thank you to the 8% of parents who have already completed the 4-H Marketing survey.  

We would greatly appreciate you taking the time to complete the marketing survey.  Your ideas and opinions are important part of this planning process.  The deadline is March 12.  The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Z259M9R

Thank you,
Sherrie Guyott

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