Pontotoc County 4-H

🍀 Buckle Up! It's Time! Fair Time!
Now is the time to be working on 4-H exhibits for the county fair! Hopefully you already have some completed from other 4-H events and activities for 2024-25. The Fair is the end of the 4-H year. A time to showcase what you have learned this past year. Most people get that confused since school is starting and the Fair is in August. Enter your grade/age category for grade/age you were August 1, 2024. Don't jump ahead before it's time. Five entries will get you a Fair T-Shirt! Can I enter if I will be new to 4-H in 2025-26? You sure can! Just get enrolled in 4-H starting August 1 and let's get started.

The online entry opens July 14-August 8. All entries must be done online during this time. No online entries will be done on exhibit entry days. Please reach out if you need assistance. https://pontotocfairada.fairentry.com/Fair/SignIn/21991

You can find all the 4-H Sections 300-325 classes at this link. This is the state fair book so no premiums listed there apply to the county fair, just the classes and guidelines only.

https://4h.okstate.edu/events/okc-tulsa-state-fair/site-files/docs/okc-fair/2025okc_state_fair_without_markups-a.pdf

🍀 Recruiting a 4-H club leader involves finding someone passionate about youth development, leadership, and hands-on learning. 4-H can touch the lives of youth and families in every community in the county. The local clubs are most important to 4-H members as they provide a home base and propel them to seek out additional 4-H opportunities guided by dedicated adult 4-H volunteers. 4-H doesn’t happen without volunteers. 4-H club leaders work alongside 4-H families. It takes everyone to have a successful program, not just one person doing the work.

Please contact Becky Walker, 4-H Youth Development Educator, at the OSU Extension Office to talk about these important volunteer positions. 4-H requires a background check, volunteer orientation and continuing education.

OSU Extension and 4-H Youth Development programs are committed to helping 4-H volunteers be successful as they guide the local 4-H programs. Ideally we need volunteers in place when the school year and 2025-26 4-H year starts August 1.

🍀 SE Leadership LEAP in Ada today! Paisley, Parker, Makayla, Clayton

🍀 Day 3 of the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships - Check out the placing for the Oklahoma Team! 1st Place Trap Team Congratulations Pontotoc County and Vanoss 4-H member Caston Lackey!

🍀 Pontotoc County 4-H is hopping this week around the country!

Caston Lackey (Shotgun), Kyle Wood (Air Pistol) and Cooper Davis (Air Pistol) are competing at the National Shooting Sports Championships in Grand Island, NE. The Air Pistol Team is coached by our own Mr. Pete Johnston. Wishing them the best of luck in competition and hope they make some new friends!

🍀 Andy Jolly is attending 4-H Citizenship Washington Focus this week. Can you find him in the pic? You have to look really close. 👀

🍀 4-H Day Camp #2 Entertaining With Food!
OSU Intern Alysa led the group in making butter and then flavoring it with their choices of Strawberry Jam, Everything Bagel Seasoning, Cinnamon Sugar and Garlic & Herbs. Who knew OSU has a student organization for butter churning. We made a Ladybug Light used as a table decoration and made Strawberry Slushy, Ham & Cheese Pinwheels and Strawberry, Marshmallow, Brownie desserts on a stick.

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Beta Tau Rho - Butter Churning Club

Pontotoc County has 4 youth participating in the MyPI Teen Camp. Amanda, Matthew, Makayla, Parker

🍀 SE District 4-H Exploration Day
Learning about a sampling of 4-H projects today! STEM, Art, Dog Training and Pollinators.
Lexi, Sarah, Scout and Paisley representing Pontotoc County and a Pontotoc County 4-H alumna Laura Rose is teaching the art class. She is the art teacher at Lone Grove schools. Welcome back!

🍀 We have a few open spots for June 23 Day Camp Entertaining With Food! Sign up by Thursday, June 19!

🍀 Summer Day Camp Sign Up! Spaces Are Limited! For Completed Grades 3-7! Registration will close early when day camps are full.

Day Camp #1 June 9 STEM Is Fun! 8:30a-Noon
Register By June 5: https://forms.office.com/r/cWRAumKBvZ

Day Camp #2 June 23 Entertaining With Food! 8:30a-Noon (This day camp is half full!)
Register By June 19: https://forms.office.com/r/jKKkF549dT

🍀SE District 4-H S***t Championships
Int
1st Jayden McElhannon
4th Brenton Harper
5th Joe Price
8th Brantley Scheets
10th Kade Langwell
Sr
1st Cooper Davis
3rd Brody McElhannon
4th Caston Lackey
6th Kyle Wood
7th Gavin Harbin

Int Team
1st J McElhannon, Harper, Price, Scheets

Sr Team
1st B McElhannon, Lackey, Wood

🍀 Good luck Leyton!
State 4-H Swine Project Finalist

Good luck to all our Oklahoma 4-H finalists participating in state record book interviews! 📚🍀