WILLACY COUNTY
Courthouse Annex
170 North 3^rd Street
Raymondville, Texas 78580
Tel. (956)689-2412 Fax (956)689-2031

4-H & Youth Development
Willacy County, Texas

Below is a listing of links to information on 4-H & Youth Development including such information as 4-H Enrollment, School Curriculum Enrichment, 4-H Activities, 4-H Calendar and other youth development information including such information as follows:

4-H & Youth Development
4-H Enrollment	4-H Curriculum Enrichment	4-H Projects & Youth Activities	4-H Calendar of Events	Other 4-H & Youth Links

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Please Come Back & Visit!!!!

If you are between the ages of 5 and 8 (Clover Kids) or 9 and 19 (4-H), take a look at us now and you will see more than young people getting ready for the future. 4-H'ers find that learning can be fun! They work with other kids on projects in a 4-H club, in their school, or with another organization. In addition to completing projects, 4-H members can go to camp, show their work at fairs, travel, host youth from other countries, and attend meetings and events with other young people and more.

4-H Curriculum Enrichment Wildlife Success Stories
& Endangered Species
Something's Fishy
Plant Pals
4-H After
Talking With TJ
Blue Skies Below My Feet
County Government
Electric Energy
From Egg to Chick
It's Up To Me
Mini Gardens
Snackin' Healthy
Africanized Honey Bees
Toothfully Speaking
Texas Water Conservation
Fire Prevention & Safety
Health Careers
Pace Setters
4-H Composting Series
High School Financial Planning
Animal Adventures
On Your Own
Three R's of Trash

4-H Projects Aquatic Sciences
Automotive
Beef
Bicycle
Career
Citizenship
Clothing & Textiles
Computer Science
Consumer Life Skills
Dairy Cattle
Dairy Goats
Dog
Electric
Engineering
Entomology
Exploring 4-H
Family Life Education
Food & Nutrition
Forestry
Health
Horse
Horticulture
Housing
Leadership
Meat Science
Outdoor Education
Photography
Poultry
Public Speaking
Rabbits
Range Science
Recreation
Safety
Sheep and Goats
Shooting Sports
Small Animals
Small Engines
Swine
Veterinary Medicine
Wildlife
Wood Science
and much, much, more..... 4-H Youth Activities

4-H Activities are available on the local, county, district, and state levels where 4-H'ers can engage in friendly yet formidable competition with other 4-H'ers. Activities also provide a forum for friendship, leadership development, and experiential learning. 4-H Food Show
4-H Fashion Show
4-H Method Demonstrations
4-H Consumer Decision-Making Contest
4-H Shooting Sports Contest
4-H Horse Show
4-H Entomology Contest
4-H Roundup
4-H Leadership Lab

1997-98 Willacy County 4-H Calendar of Events
(County, District, State)

1997 Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug 1998

SEPTEMBER, 1997

SEP 1..........................Texas 4-H Year Begins
SEP 23-25..................Aerospace Training (Johnson Space Center)
SEP 26-OCT 19.........State Fair of Texas (Dallas)
SEP 27........................State Fair of Texas Honor Awards Banquet
SEP 27........................Record Book Recognition Banquet (Dallas)
SEP 28........................Willacy County 4-H Officer Retreat
SEP-OCT....................Light Rifle Postal League
TBA.............................Fall 4-H Sports Fishing Workshop

OCTOBER, 1997

OCT 2-5.......................So. Region 4-H Leader Forum (4-H Center, Georgia)
OCT 5..........................Texas 4-H Sunday
OCT 5-11.....................National 4-H Week
OCT 18.........................D12 Gold Star Award Banquet (Kingsville)
OCT 26-29...................Nat'l Safety Council Congress & Exposition (Chicago, IL)
OCT 27.........................Willacy County Lamb Validation

NOVEMBER, 1997

NOV 7-9......................Eastern National 4-H Horse Roundup (Louisville, KY)
NOV 12-14..................4-H Livestock Judging Contest (Louisville, KY)
NOV 13-14..................4-H Meats Judging & Identification (Manhattan, KS)
NOV 14-16..................4-H Ambassador Workshop (Texas 4-H Center)
NOV 22.......................Willacy County 4-H Food Show
NOV 28-DEC 2...........National 4-H Congress (Memphis, TN)
NOV-APR...................Smallbore BB Gun, Air Pistol and Air Rifle Postal League

DECEMBER, 1997

DEC 6...........................D12 Food Show (Falfurrias)
DEC 6...........................State 4-H Rabbit Show (Killeen)
DEC-APR.................... Air Rifle, Air Pistol, Archery and BB Gun Postal League
DEC-APR.....................Smallbore 3-Position and Sporter Air Rifle Postal League

JANUARY, 1998

JAN 8...........................Willacy/Cameron Record Book Scholarship Training
JAN 9-11.....................4-H Teen Retreat (Texas 4-H Center)
JAN 9-11.....................Texas 4-H Council Meeting (Texas 4-H Center)
JAN 9-11.....................Volunteer Leaders' Association Meeting (TX 4-H Center)
JAN 10.........................D12 Winter Council & VALA Meeting (Alice)
JAN 23-FEB 8.............Southwestern Exposition & Livestock Show (Fort Worth)
TBA.............................Winter Shooting Sports Leader/Coach Workshop
TBA.............................State Teen Retreat II (Texas 4-H Center)

FEBRUARY, 1998

FEB 7-22.....................San Antonio Livestock Exposition
FEB 13........................Rural Youth Honor Banquet (San Antonio)
FEB 14........................4-H Day (San Antonio Livestock Exposition & Rodeo)
FEB 11-13...................Aerospace Training (Johnson Space Center)
FEB 20-MAR 8..........Houston Livestock Show

MARCH, 1998

MAR 7.........................Willacy County 4-H Fashion Show
MAR 6-8......................Recreation Team Training (Texas 4-H Center)
MAR 13-15..................Spring 4-H Shooting Sports Workshop (Texas 4-H Center)
MAR 30-APR 1...........Preliminary Scholarship Judging

APRIL, 1998

APR 4...........................D12 Fashion Show (Laredo)
APR 6-10.....................Spring Fling I (Texas 4-H Center)
APR 14-17...................Spring Fling II (Texas 4-H Center)
APR 16........................Willacy County 4-H Roundup
APR 24-26...................S/S Extravaganza (Texas 4-H Center)
APR 25........................D12 Roundup (Kingsville)
APR 26........................Shooting Sports Mgmt Cmte Annual Mtg (Texas 4-H Center)
TBA.............................Preliminary Scholarship Judging(College Station)

MAY, 1998

MAY 1-3......................Texas Youth Hunter Education Challenge
MAY 3-8......................National Shooting Sports Workshop (West Virginia)
MAY 10-16..................National Sports Fishing Workshop (Texas 4-H Center)
MAY 16........................D12 4-H Habitat for Humanity Work Day
MAY 12-14..................D12 4-H Faculty Conference and Training (Location TBA)
TBA.............................Trap and Skeet Postal League
MAY 29-JUN 2............4-H Scholarship Interviews & Awards Assembly

JUNE, 1998

JUN 1-5.......................Texas 4-H Roundup (College Station)
JUN 1-5.......................Texas 4-H Rifle Contest (College Station)
JUN 2...........................Volunteer Leaders' Association of Texas State Meeting (College Station)
JUN 10-13....................D12 Leadership Lab
JUN 20.........................D12 Horse Show (Freer)
JUN 21-24....................4-H Sea Safari Agent & Leader Training (Palacios)
JUN 21-25....................4-H Roping School (Location TBA)???
JUN 22-25....................Cyber Camp (Monahans)
JUN 29-JUL.................Summer Programs for Counties I (Texas 4-H Center)
JUN 29-JUL.................Trans-Pecos 4-H Wildlife Camp (Sul Ross State University)
TBA..............................Youth Range Workshop
TBA..............................Wildlife Habitat Judging Contest
TBA..............................Silhouette Postal League
TBA..............................4-H Archery

JULY, 1998

TBA...............................D12 Mini-Convention
JUL 2............................Willacy County 4-H Record Book Judging (Tentative)
JUL 8............................D12 Council Elections Mini Convention (NAS, Kingsville)
JUL 11..........................Texas 4-H Silhouette Matches (Brady)
JUL 13-16.....................Texas 4-H Congress
JUL 15-18.....................Prime Time I (Texas 4-H Center) Ages 9-11
JUL 16..........................D12 Record Book Judging (Freer)
JUL 17-19.....................Texas 4-H Five Star Matches (Austin)
JUL 19-22.....................Prime Time II (Texas 4-H Center) Ages9-11
JUL 19-25.....................Texas 4-H Horse Show
JUL 22-25.....................Prime Time III (Texas 4-H Center)Ages9-11
JUL 23-25.....................Texas Trap, Skeet, and Sporting Clay Shoot (San Antonio)
JUL 25-AUG 1.............Host Japanese LABO Exchanges
JUL26-30......................Texas 4-H Council Workshop (Trinidad)
JUL26-31......................SpecTra '98 (Texas 4-H Center)
TBA..............................Southern Region Horse Show
TBA..............................4-H Habitat Evaluation Invitational (Sun Valley, ID)
TBA..............................State 4-H Dog Show (Galveston)

AUGUST, 1998

AUG 5...........................State Beef Ambassador Competition
AUG 5-7.......................TAE4-HA (El Paso)
AUG 10-12...................Texas 4-H Record Book Judging (College Station)
AUG 15.........................D12 Fall Council & VALA Meeting (Alice)

Other GREAT 4-H & Youth Links!!!

* National 4-H Council

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