VCE Loudoun 4-H

Our Canterlopes Horse Club members had a stellar showing at the State 4-H Horse Show last month in Lexington. Congratulations to all of our hard-working 4-Hers and their four-legged friends! 🍀🐎

Brinn M. & Socks
Reserve Champion Jr. Hunter Pleasure Small Horse
2nd Hunter Sidesaddle
1st Jr. Equitation Small Horse
4th Equitation Horse Classic
4th Pleasure Horse Classic
1st & 4th Jr. Hunter Pleasure Small Horse
2nd Junior Hunter Showmanship

Zoe S. & Alley
4th Jr. Pony Cloverleaf Barrel
5th Jr. Pony Pole Bending
5th Jr. Pony Stakes Race

Mikayla S. & Doc
9th Jr. Large Pony Pleasure

Alisa H. & Aya
2nd Sr. Dressage Showmanship

Morgan K. & Moonkat
6th Sr. Pony Cloverleaf Barrel
5th Sr. Pony Pole Bending

Morgan K. & Poppy
8th Equitation Large Pony Sr.
8th & 9th Large Pony Hunter Pleasure
7th Sr. Hunter Showmanship

Alexis M. & Sunny D
Reserve Champion Ranch Sr.
1st Ranch Horse Classic
2nd Sr. Ranch Ground Handling
5th Sr. Ranch Horsemanship
2nd Sr. Ranch Riding
1st Sr. Ranch Reining
1st Sr. Ranch Trail
1st Sr. Ranch Roping
4th Dressage Training T1 Sr.

Aby F. & Scarlet
1st Jumpers
2nd Equitation Large Pony Sr.
2nd, 3rd, & 8th Large Pony Hunter
3rd & 3rd Large Pony Hunter Pleasure

Volunteer 4-Her Extraordinaire - Sam M.

Hippology
Senior 4-Hers:
1st Morgan K.
2nd Alexis M.
3rd Alisa H.

Junior 4-Hers:
5th Brinn M.

Horse Judging
Senior 4-Hers:
4th Morgan K.
6th Alexis M.

Here's a wonderful volunteer opportunity for teen girls! Ketterman's Jewelers and the Ketterman Family have been huge supporters of Loudoun County 4-H for many, many years! 🍀💚

See below for more information.

Charm girl season is here! Interviews happening now through October 8th ♥️

Be blessed, always…

Sending positive vibes to our 10 Loudoun 4-Hers that are headed down to compete in the State Fair livestock shows! 🐖🐐🐑🐂🍀🎡

Safe travels to all of our Virginia Youth Livestock families as they make last minute preparations for the 2022 Sate Fair of Virginia - 360 amazing kids, too many parents and supporters to count, nearly 1200 head of livestock, and a team of Agents, Ag Teachers, and volunteers that are second to none!

As we gather for our biggest event of the year - choose kindness, find grace, give the gift of patience, make a new friend, and stop to help someone who needs your expertise or knowledge. You may be competitors for these few days, but you can be friends for a lifetime.

See everyone soon!

The new 4-H year kicks off on October 1st! Check out VCE Loudoun 4-H Clubs at loudoun4h.weebly.com.

The new 4-H year kicks off on October 1st! If you’re interested in learning more about joining a VCE Loudoun 4-H Club, visit our website at loudoun4h.weebly.com, or contact 4-H Extension Agent Carly Wright at [email protected].

We're Baaaack! Temple Hall 4H Club - Non-Ownership Sheep has some openings for new members, as our NEW season starts in October! Check out this enrichment opportunity for youth and teenagers ages 9-18.

Support the Virginia 4-H program with a donation of $20.00 or more and receive a free limited edition 4-H scarf! Hurry before they're all gone! 🍀🍂

We believe in the power of our youth. Help us create more opportunities for all youth with a donation of $20, and you’ll receive a scarf to keep you warm — and show your spirit! 🍀

Supplies are limited, so order yours today! https://crowdfund.vt.edu/4Hscarf "

A great opportunity for 4-Hers and community members interested in agriculture technology!

SAVE THE DATE!
Loudoun-Fauquier
4-H Junior Camp: June 11-15, 2023 🍀 🏕

Congratulations to the VA 4-H Hippology Teams! They did a phenomenal job at Southern Regionals! Special shout-out to Loudoun 4-H's Alexis Musselman! We're so proud of you! 🐴🍀

Congratulations to Clay Grisius on being tapped as a 2022 Virginia 4-H All Star! Clay was selected for Governor’s School this summer, so he was unable to attend the tapping ceremony at State 4-H Congress. Instead, he came down for the 100th VA 4-H All Star Conference this past weekend and was tapped alongside nine other Virginia 4-H youth members.

Congratulations, Clay! 🍀⭐️

Huge thanks to Chair Phyllis Randall for supporting VCE Loudoun 4-H and the Loudoun County Fair!

VCE Loudoun 4-H kicked off the Loudoun-Fauquier 4-H Junior Camp last week! We are thrilled that 235 campers and 58 teen counselors joined us to try new things, swim, sing by the campfire, and enjoy the great outdoors. Look at those smiling faces!

We had a spectacular time at the 100th State 4-H Congress last week on the campus of Virginia Tech! Delegates enjoyed interactive workshops, competitions, outstanding entertainment, social events, and even fireworks on the drillfield! 🎆

Congratulations are in order for the following Loudoun County 4-Hers:

Mandy Bramhall - 4-H All Star Inductee
Eleni Kasianides - Extemporaneous Speaking Competition State Winner and 2022 Youth in Action Healthy Living Pillar Award Winner
Mary Grace Menuey - Presentations: Citizenship & Leadership Competition State Winner and Elected Northeast District Ambassador to the State 4-H Cabinet
Stella Pettit - 4-H All Star Inductee and Elected Northeast District Ambassador to the State 4-H Cabinet
Kashvi Ramani - 4-H All Star Inductee
Oishee Sinha - Elected Northeast District Ambassador to the State 4-H Cabinet

We’re so proud of all of you! 🍀⭐️🏆

Congratulations to the newest Virginia 4-H All-Stars from Loudoun County! Eleni Kasianides was tapped and accepted in 2020 and Mandy Bramhall, Kashvi Ramani and Stella Pettit were tapped in 2022!! We are so proud of all these hardworking and giving 4-H’ers!!

Great volunteer opportunity for interested teens!

📢 Calling all Virginia 4-H alumni! Come join fellow 4-Hers during the 100th anniversary of State 4-H Congress! 🍀

Registration information is below.

P.S. There will be cupcakes...🧁

Join us for the Alumni Social on Thursday, June 23rd from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Moss Arts Center, Virginia Tech.

Register here! 👉 aimsbbis.vt.edu/va4halumni

After the social, please join us in Burruss Hall for the CloverFest Celebration followed by dessert and special seating on the Drillfield for the fireworks celebration.

Enjoy heavy appetizers, a cash bar, and a special 4-H gift. The cost is $15 to attend. ($5 of each registration will go to support the Virginia 4-H Annual Fund.) 🍀

Last night we hosted a Youth for the Quality Care of Animals (YQCA) certification training for our local 4-H youth. We had over 65 participants ranging in age from 8-19 years old. 🍀

A HUGE thank you to Extension Agent, Corey Childs for presenting the slide deck and to 4-H volunteers Cindy Huddleston and Rodney Monroe for leading stations!

🐖🐄🐑🐓🐇🐐🐂

We could not be more proud of these amazing young ladies!!! 🍀🎉

Last night, members of the 4-H Honor Council spent a portion of their monthly meeting sorting through all of the books received through their book drive. 📚🍀

Over 160 books were donated! The books are all packaged up now and will be delivered to Loudoun Literacy Council later this week.

Thank you to all who donated to such a wonderful cause! 💚

Photo Gallery: A Weekend for Springtime and Farms in Western Loudoun - Loudoun Now

VCE Loudoun 4-H Programs provide engaging opportunities for youth to develop life skills. We were excited to see the Loudoun 4-H Alpaca and Llama Club, alongside host farm Double 8 Alpaca Ranch, featured in Loudoun Now’s review of this weekend’s Loudoun Spring Farm Tour. 🦙🍀

Photo Gallery: A Weekend for Springtime and Farms in Western Loudoun - Loudoun Now It was a warm weekend for touring western Loudoun—and visitors had plenty of things to see and do. Loudoun’s Spring

VCE Loudoun 4-H, with support from the Loudoun County Public Schools Science Department, organized the 4-H Beginning of Life Embryology Program; a fun and engaging way for youth to learn about biology and life sciences. This year, 4-H staff worked with teachers across 57 LCPS schools and provided over 1,200 eggs so students could watch chicks hatch and learn first-hand about life. Learn more about this partnership: https://bit.ly/VCE220519

Virginia 4-H

Loudoun County Public Schools have been diligently serving as Mother Hens for all the eggs in the 4-H Beginning of Life Embryology program! We are so excited that chicks are hatching and healthy! This year we have partnered once again with LCPS in 45 elementary schools, 9 middle schools and 3 high schools in this project! Thanks to everyone who is participating and huge shout out to Dorothy Butler-Landes for organizing and finding homes for these cuties when they return! You're a Rockstar! - Odette Scovel & Darielle Timothy, LCPS Science

We are looking forward to having a splashing good time at 4-H Camp! 🍀 While we just maxed out our spots for boys, we are still accepting applications for girl campers. Registration forms and other camp information can be found on our website here: bit.ly/VCEJunior4-HCamp. For questions or more information, contact [email protected].

Loudoun County 4-H Honor Council is hosting a book drive from May 2nd - 13th to benefit the Loudoun Literacy Council. Books are being accepted at VCE Loudoun's Office: 750 Miller Dr. SE, Leesburg, VA, 20175. Here's how you can help! https://bit.ly/VCE220513

DEADLINE EXTENSION: Registration will now be left open until May 6th!

📆 Mark your calendars: The Virginia 4-H Teen Summit is coming up!

Registration for Teen Summit is now open: http://v2.4honline.com/

Any Tractor Supply customers can purchase a paper clover at the register at our store here in Leesburg, and Loudoun 4-H will receive a portion of that money to support camp and leadership scholarships!

Starting today, you can support Virginia 4-H programs at Tractor Supply Co. by purchasing a Paper Clover in-store or by adding a donation at checkout at tractorsupply.com.

On Sunday, our 4-H members joined together for a ‘Day of Service’ at the Loudoun Fairgrounds! Thanks to Loudoun Fair & Associates for their support of Loudoun County 4-H Programs.

As part of a local community service project, Loudoun County 4-H members recently donated supplies to create 65 Easter baskets for the residents of Spring Arbor Nursing Home. Project Leader and Virginia 4-H Youth in Action Pillar Winner Eleni Kasianides delivered the baskets on April 15th. The residents were all excited and grateful to receive their baskets! Now that Spring Arbor is beginning to open back up for programming, 4-H members will hopefully be able to visit again soon. 🍀🐣🌸

This week, VCE Loudoun’s 4-H kicked off our embryology program with LCPS! 17,913 students are incubating 1,840 eggs! 🥚🐣 We’re happy to see kids get eggs-cited about learning as they relate their studies to real life!

CONGRATULATIONS to members of our Canterlopes 4-H Horse Club for dominating at Virginia 4-H EquiSmartz a few weeks ago! 🐴

1st Place Senior Team Overall
2nd Place Junior Team Overall
7th Place Junior Team Overall
...and a ton of individual wins & accomplishments! Way to go! 🍀

Virginia Grain Producers Association :: VGPA Scholarship

Looking for college scholarships? Check this one out from the Virginia Grain Producers Association. Preference will be given to those with a close relationship to VGPA and those seeking a career in agriculture! Deadline to apply is April 30th.

Virginia Grain Producers Association :: VGPA Scholarship VGPA is awarding our annual $1,000.00 scholarship for a current or future full-time student (as of Fall 2022) at a Virginia institution of higher education. Preference will be given to agriculture students and applicants with a close relationship to the Virginia Grain Producers Association (VGPA), i...

CONGRATULATIONS to our Loudoun County 4-H teens who competed at the Northern District 4-H Contests this weekend! Look at all those blue and purple ribbons! 🤩🍀

Wishing the best of luck to all of our Loudoun County 4-Hers competing at Glenwood, EquiSmartz, and the Northern District 4-H Contests this weekend! 🍀

📆 Mark your calendars: The Virginia 4-H Teen Summit is coming up!

Registration for Teen Summit is now open: http://v2.4honline.com/

A great opportunity for all K-12 students in Loudoun! 🌎

K-12 students of Loudoun! Come express your environmental connection at the 2022 Loudoun Student Environmental Action Showcase happening at Trailside MS on April 26th from 5 - 8pm. Showcase your work reducing waste, conserving energy, improving water quality, preserving natural habitat, being a citizen scientist or engaging in other sustainability-minded projects. Display your project highlights, artwork, photography, eco-poetry and
any other environmental expression to share. Registrations are NOW being accepted. Deadline is April 5th. Visit https://loudounnature.org/events/loudoun-seas.

2022 4-H Camp

TODAY IS THE DAY! Camper registration for Loudoun-Fauquier 4-H Junior Camp is OPEN! 🍀

Get your online registration and deposit in ASAP. Spots have been steadily filling up ever since the form went live at 6:30am! 🕡

Click the link below to learn more about camp and to get registered! ⤵️⤵️⤵️

We can't wait to see you THIS SUMMER! ☀️

2022 4-H Camp July 3 - 7, 2022 Northern Virginia 4-H Center - Front Royal, Virginia

A round of applause for Grayson Weber on a stellar showing! ⭐🐴

1st Pony Pleasure Class
6th Pony Pleasure Class
3rd Equitation on the Flat

Congratulations to senior 4-Her, Steph Cordell on a phenomenal showing! ⭐🐴

1st Senior Training Level Test 3 - Dressage
1st Senior First Level Test 1 - Dressage
2nd Hunter Side Saddle
5th Senior Dressage Showmanship
2nd Senior Dressage Equitation
Champion Dressage Equitation Classic
3rd Jumpers

The Loudoun County 4-H Canterlopes Horse Club had an outstanding showing at the 2021 State Horse Show in Lexington, VA this past weekend! Stay tuned for some results and photos...🍀🐴

Way to go, Kashvi! ⭐️🍀

Our 4-Hers are doing some pretty amazing things! 🥰

Loudoun County, VA 4-Her Kashvi Ramani wanted to inspire younger kids to follow their dreams, so she wrote a book. 🍀 Based on her personal experiences, "Kofi Chronicles" is about a high-achieving tween who unexpectedly falls in love with acting and has to figure out how to follow her dreams and overcome insecurities along the way.

Learn more about Kashvi and her book 👉 bit.ly/KofiChron4H

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