Upcoming Events
Morris County 4-H Events and More:
Feasts and Fitness!
November 29, 6:30pm
An interactive and exciting way to enjoy the perks of fitness from your own home on Zoom! The students of Stockton University want to bring the fun to you and the family. Grab those you love and those who’ve had a bit too much pumpkin pie at the feast of Thanksgiving and let’s get the fitness going.
Mondays in November through December
Join us for Globe Tasters 4-H Cultural Cuisine S.T.E.P. Club—Session 8. You can cook right along with us or watch and make later. This program is for youth in grades 4–12. Cold weather calls for warm ovens. Learn easy tips while baking beautiful breads and cookies. Sessions will run on Mondays, 4:30–6:00pm starting November 1st thru December.
Calling all 4-H leaders and parents with international background
4-H is looking for leaders or parents that have moved here to the US that would be interested in sharing their culture with 4-H'ers and families. It’s called: "An Evening Abroad" and it would be on Zoom once a month for maybe an hour. Perhaps we will travel to England for an evening one month, then jet to Jamaica the next. Perhaps Japan awaits us before we stop over to India. There’s a world of culture right here in NJ 4-H and we want to show it all the love! We would ask that they perhaps share pictures and tell some fairy tales/legends/stories or make a simple dish we can all prepare in our kitchens together, or even music and dance to inspire us to get moving; we want to travel the world together to appreciate and learn about different cultures. Will we kiss the Blarney Stone, or visit the Wailing Wall? Perhaps we’ll traverse the Great Wall or go Down Under…. We can’t wait to see where NJ 4-H takes us!
December 4 @ 11-3, Roxbury Library
Visit the 4-H table inside the Roxbury Library on December 4th between 11am and 3pm at "Home for the Holidays". This event will offer lots of fun for the entire family. Activities will be inside the library as well as the two churches next door. For more and updated details check here.
December 5 @ 1pm
It's FOOTBALL SEASON!! The State 4‑H Association invites all 4‑H families and their friends to attend the New Jersey 4‑H Day at the New York JETS against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday, December 5, 1:00 PM at MetLife Stadium located in East Rutherford. Tickets can be purchased at this link.
December 10 @ 7-9pm
4-H and NJCEE are happy to provide you with resources and support so you can learn about interesting financial literacy concepts successfully.
For this evening event, Teens and Tweens are encouraged to learn about topics ranging from setting priorities and goals to career pathways and making good financial decisions. We’ll wrap up with a Kahoot that will test your knowledge about financial literacy and offer prizes to the top three youth with the most points!
Plus, post-event survey responders will receive a bronze “Money Management” pin and a personalized certificate of participation.
December 15 @ 7pm
Monmouth County 4-H Teen Council invites all 4-H teens to join them in their Magic of Mindfulness program on Wednesday, December 15 at 7pm on Zoom. This special 4-H from Home webinar will be with Laura Eppinger and cover breathing exercises and chair yoga positions to help us focus and relax.
Here is the link to register.
Next: December 16, 8pm
Bridge to 4-H is a monthly virtual 4-H club for youth in grades 6 and up, exploring leadership, healthy living, and life skills. From the 4-H From Home website: "Join us as we learn about how to make a menu of food we like while keeping a budget, adopting healthier habits, and caring for ourselves inside and out. Make friends across the state of NJ! We meet on the third Thursday of every month over Zoom." Click here to register.
Teens are tomorrow’s leaders, but have the potential for leading TODAY. Join us on a free journey to Russia! We’ll be meeting teens from Russia who have the same concerns about the world as you. This program gives teens the chance to partner with each other to teach younger youth environmental stewardship practices that will affect both sides of the planet! This program is 100% virtual and runs from October 2021 – February 2022 for teens 16–19. Teens will receive a certificate upon completion and a T.R.A.I.L t-shirt. The first meeting is Sunday, October 3 at 1 p.m. EDT.
January 22 (Snow Date: Sunday, Jan. 23)
The first State 4-H Horse event for 2022 will be the Model Horse Show. Held at the Somerset County 4-H Center will be held on Saturday January 22. This is open to 4-H members in good standing. Juniors are in 4th to 7th grade. Seniors are in 8th to 13th grade as of September 2021.
Never shown a model horse before? Here is what you need to know: How-to-Show-Model-Horses.pdf Or enjoy the event without entering any model horses.
Check out all event information and forms to participate in the 2022 NJ 4-H Model Horse Show.
Save the date: Saturday, March 26, 2022, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., for the Junior Breeder Livestock Symposium -- details such as event location and workshop descriptions will be available soon. This event is sponsored by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture Junior Breeder program in cooperation with Rutgers Cooperative Extension faculty and staff. Hands-on workshops are presented in the following tracks: Equine, Dairy, Small Ruminant (Goats and Sheep), and often rabbits as well.