Jefferson County IL 4H

🐄 Lead Rope Legends 🐖
Calling all 4-H alumni, parents, and supporters—get ready to step back into the ring!
Join us on July 20 at 7:00 PM at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds for a fun 4-H Alumni/Parent Costume Showmanship Contest. Dress up yourself, your animal, or both and show off your creativity!
🏆 Showmanship Award
🎉 Crowd Favorite Award
Bring your best ideas and sense of humor—this is one you won’t want to miss!
👉 Sign up here: https://4h.zsuite.org/external-event-registration/49570

Summer Healthy Living Challenge!

Beat the heat with the Illinois 4-H Summer Healthy Living Challenge: Cool Summer Treats!

From smoothie bowls and yogurt parfaits to frozen banana snacks and homemade fruit popsicles, youth and families are invited to create a cool, healthy summer treat that requires little or no baking. Participants can adapt a favorite recipe or invent something completely new.

Competition divisions include:

• Family Division (ages 5 and up)
• Individual Division: ages 8–11
• Individual Division: ages 12–18
Two winners in each division will receive fun summer-themed prizes.

To enter, submit:
• Your recipe name and short description
• Photos of you and your creation

Entries are due by July 15 at https://go.illinois.edu/4HHealthyLivingChallenge.

Rules:
• At least one participant must be a current 4-H member
• One entry per family/youth
• Recipes must require little or no baking
Challenge runs June 15–July 15. Get creative and show us your coolest summer snack creations!

If you need reasonable accommodation to participate, please contact the State 4-H Office.

Jefferson County youth recently wrapped up a fun and educational 3-day 4-H Cooking 101 Workshop! Throughout the program, participants learned essential kitchen skills including properly measuring liquid and dry ingredients, practicing mixing techniques, understanding cooking terminology, safely cracking eggs, and using knives correctly.

The young chefs put their new skills to work by preparing a variety of delicious recipes, including Cereal Bars, Magic Fruit Salad, Coffee Cake with Topping, Easy Vegetable Pizza, Jackpot Drop Cookies, and Spaghetti with Meat Sauce.

In addition to cooking, participants learned proper handwashing techniques and took responsibility for washing their own dishes, helping build confidence, independence, and good kitchen habits.

To celebrate their accomplishments, each participant received a Chef Certificate for successfully completing 4-H Cooking School 101! 🎓👩‍🍳

We are proud of these young cooks for their hard work, enthusiasm, and willingness to try new things.

📣 Fair Entry Reminder!
It’s time to get your show entries submitted in FairEntry! ✅
https://fairentry.com/Fair/SignIn/23024
Don’t forget to submit your entries for approval!
Let’s make this year’s show the best one yet! 🌟

We had such a magical time at our 4-H Cloverbuds Fairy Garden Workshop!✨
Our Cloverbuds let their imaginations bloom as they designed their own miniature fairy gardens while learning how plants grow and what they need to thrive. Through storytelling, exploration, and hands-on fun, youth discovered how to gently care for living things—and took home their very own fairy garden creations! Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this event so special!

4-H Day with the Thrillbillies!

The June newsletter is out and ready to read! 🎉📬 Be sure to check it out for important updates and all the fun events coming up—you won’t want to miss what’s ahead!
https://emails.illinois.edu/newsletter/67/1140074467.html

Cat, Dog, and Small Pet Show. This evening at 6:00!