Happy Burt County 4-H Week

The Burt County 4-H Council decided to embrace social media as a way to empower 4-H members to promote and share 4-H information during Burt County 4-H Week. They are doing this through the Burt County 4-H Week Social Media Contest.

The contest will run through Burt County 4-H Week, February 22-28. Twitter and Instagram users are encouraged to follow @BurtCountyNE4H.

The Contest Guidelines are as follows:

– Begins 12:00 A.M. February 22, 2015

– Ends 11:59 P.M. February 28, 2015

– Facebook, Instagram, Twitter

– Posts, tweets & pics MUST BE ABOUT BURT COUNTY 4-H!

– Tweet/Post about joining 4-H!  – Mention fun activities, experiences, etc.

– Mention following @BurtCountyNE4H on Twitter or Instagram

– Mention “LIKE Us on Facebook” at Burt County 4-H, UNL Extension

– Use “#burtco4hweek” when promoting Burt County during 4-H Week

– Any pictures posted MUST be appropriate for social media and

  MAY NOT contain specific names of people or locations

$25 Award in each Prize category:

1. Most Persuasive Post, Pic, or Tweet
2. Most Entertaining Post, Pic, or Tweet
3. Most LIKES earned on Facebook page (please ask people you direct to the page to LIKE it and to post and credit you for the LIKE)
4. Best ALL around Posts, Pics, or Tweets

If you have any questions about this contest please contact Carroll Welte at (402) 374-2954 or cwelte1@unl.edu or tweet @carrollWelte.

Of course, the more “traditional” 4-H promotions are always a hit too including taking special treats to your class at school and talking about 4-H, decorating a store window, or creating a 4-H Snow/Snowless Sculpture. Or you can make a poster, do a community service project or take a club picture and send it to the newspaper. Just come up with creative ideas to show how 4-H helps you learn, make new friends and make friends.

Send me a list of activities you and/or your club did to promote 4-H not only during 4-H Week, but throughout the year so your club can compete for cash awards in the Clover Crazy Club of the Year Contest.

4-H On-line Enrollment – Don’t Put It OFF!

The Nebraska 4-H program has gone to on-line enrollment for all 4-H members. This will make things better for some and worse for others. It is not a complicated process, but it does take a computer with internet service. A step by step instruction sheet is available on the www.burt.unl.edu website under the “Burt County 4-H” header and click on: Online Enrollment. A 4-H project list is also there to help you plan your project enrollment.

If computer skills and/or internet availability are a problem we welcome any 4-H members and their families to come in the extension office and use our computers to get this job done. Just call Nebraska Extension in Burt County at 402-374-2929 if you want to come in and enroll. I’m sure most of our 4-H members will find this a breeze. If you have problems, please call for help.

The initial enrollment deadline is May 1, 2015; however, changes to your enrollment account may be made until June 1^st.  After June 1^st, ne.4honline.com WILL NOT accept changes to project lists, family info, etc.  If you have questions please contact the Burt County Extension Office at 402-374-2929 or email: swimer2@unl.edu, or nick.bohannon1@gmail.com.

Mary Loftis