November 2023 Edition

4-H Youth Development
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Country Ham Project 
It’s time to sign up for the 2024 4-H Country Ham Project. Enclosed is the registration form. This is such a great project! Participating includes three trips to Clifty Farms in Scottsville late March to early August of 2024. All meetings are held on a weeknight at 6:00 p.m. Transportation is on your own. The cost to participate is free for Simpson Co. youth thanks to the annual Ham Auction. If you choose to participate for free you keep one ham and 4-H gets one of the hams you cured. You may also pay $20 to complete the project and keep both hams you cure. Adults and Cloverbuds (must be ages 5-8) may also participate for $20 and you will receive one ham (the state only allows 4-H age youth to cure two hams) and do not attend the state fair.  
Participants ages 9-18, in addition to the three curing trips to Clifty Farms you MUST also attend the KY State Fair on August 15 and give a 3-5 minute speech on the assigned ham topic (see contract). Giving the speech is required to complete the project or you will not receive either ham cured. Transportation to the state fair is on your own but participants do receive a $50 stipend toward your state fair expenses. The contract is due to the Simpson Co. Extension Office by Monday, December 11. Contact Catherine with questions. 
Hometown Holiday Bazaar: 
Saturday, December 2 is the 12th Annual Hometown Holiday Bazaar hosted by Simpson Co. 4-H. The bazaar is held at the Franklin 1st United Methodist Church on the Square, in conjunction with the Christmas parade. For those of you who have never been, we have 25 vendors, a silent auction, and lunch. We will need volunteers to help with setup & take down, to assist throughout the day, and/or by donating food. We have created a signup genius or you can call the office to sign up:   
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E44ADAD2CABFFC07-46220083-hometown 
Please share the enclosed flyer with friends & family.  You can also find & share it from the Simpson Co. Cooperative Extension Service Facebook page.  
Attention teens working towards a John Swack Scholarship (If you have completed your clover level 3 you are eligible):  To receive a scholarship you must have given 10 hours towards fundraising for the scholarship program and working the bazaar counts! We will have Rada Cutlery the scholarship fund sells at the bazaar. See the enclosed chart then call the Extension Office to Sign up or use the link above.