4-H Newsletter and Calendar

1 - Officed Closed for Holiday

19 - Office Closed for Holiday

31 - Deadline to sign up for Lottery Pigs - 11:59 PM cut-off time

 TBD - Deadline to apply for 2025 Summer Camp Scholarship - 4:30 PM cut-off time

16 - Office Closed for Holiday

6 - 4-H Council Senior Scholarship Application Due by 4:30 PM

14 - 2026 Nebraska State 4-H BB Gun Championships; 8:00AM-6:00PM (The state 4-H match is open to any 4-H youth (8 to 15 years old, 4-H age) enrolled in the BB Gun project.)

1 - 2026 Diamond Clover Goal Sheets Due to Ext. Office by 4:30 PM

7 - County Fair Broiler Chick Orders Due by 4:30 pm

24 - Office Closed for Holiday

1 - Camp Counselor Applications Due for Camp Renegade 

2 - County Fair 4-H & FFA Show Shirt Orders Due by 4:30 PM

18 - Camp Renegade Applications Due by 4:30 PM

25 - Office Closed for Holiday

27 - Camp Counselor Training, 6:30 pm - 4-H Bldg., Jefferson Co. Fairgrounds, Fairbury

27-29 - Premier Animal Science Event, UNL East Campus 

9-10 - 4-H Camp Renegade, Fairbury 

12 - Beef, Goat, Horse, Rabbit, Sheep, and Swine ID forms due for county fair

12 - County fair static and animal entries due online (midnight deadline)

12 - Horse Advancement Level Testing complete for county fair participation - 4:30 PM deadline

12 - Premise ID Forms Due

15 - DNA envelopes due for all breeding and market animals & feeder calves for state fair. (PLEASE NOTE DNA CHANGES FOR 2026)

15 - www.showstockmgr.com nominations due for state fair animals.

15 - YQCA Completion certificates must be at the Extension Office by 4:30 PM

16-17 - Premier Communications Event, UNL East Campus Union

19 - BLAST Camp (tentative)

19 - Office Closed for Holiday

1 - Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show nominations due - see Ak-Sar-Ben website

3 - Office Closed for Holiday

7 - Pre-fair Clean Up at 6 PM

11-15 - Fonner Park State 4-H Hose Expo

14-19 - Saline County Fair

20 - Post-fair Clean Up 9 AM

 - All 4-H & FFA Animal and Contest entries due online for the 2025 Nebraska State Fair

 - Nebraska State Fair

7 - Office Closed - Labor Day

21-24 - Earth Festival (School Enrichment)

24-27 - Ak-Sar-Ben Stock Show

1 - ALL 4-H record books (including Clover Kid), scholarships, and award applications due

 - National 4-H Week

12 - Office Closed for Holiday

11 - Office Closed - Veteran's Day

26-27 - Office Closed - Thanksgiving

24 - Office Open 8:00 - Noon - Christmas Eve

25 - Office Closed - Christmas Day