Email Ginny Francis ginnyfrancis@yahoo.com or Kelley gklerwick@gmail.com for further details and location details.

We will be kicking off the 2022-2023 Camp Counselor project in November! Be watching your email, text, and Band app for additional information. To apply to be a Camp Counselor, please fill out the application and submit to the office by November 1st.

Application Link: 4-H CAMP COUNSELOR and COUNSELOR IN TRAINING (msuextension.org)

If you have any questions, please contact Shelly McPhee - ksmcphee0315@gmail.com (email), gallatincamp@gmail.com (email), or 406-595-4774 (text).

Welcome to the new 4-H year!  Our project will meet once a month, beginning in November, at the MSU Food Lab, room #120 in Herrick Hall, located on S. 7th Avenue.  You will receive a SignupGenius email before each meeting to RSVP.  Our meetings will typically be scheduled on a Tuesday night. It is important to sign up so that we can plan accordingly. We are so excited for the new year!!

Please call or email Stephanie Lively with any questions. 

406-600-7935

livelysteph76@gmail.com

Any questions please call project leaders Shawna Oostema (406) 580-7819 or Cassie Smieja (406) 539-3833.

The horse project is excited about gearing up for a new year! Please help spread the word by sending 4H enrollment info to others who might be interested in joining us and post flyers up in your community! 

A few reminders: 

1. All members (including WRH and C2M kids) need to sign up for a horsemanship level (either Western, English, or both). You must be assessed to move up a level, so most members will sign up for the level they were in last year, and then schedule an assessment if needed.   New members should register for Level 1.  Please keep in mind that Horsemanship levels and Working Ranch Horse levels are not the same! If you are confused, please call Donna Baeth (406)581-0107. In addition to signing up through zsuite, all members will be asked to sign a helmet policy acknowledgment and Policy Manual acknowledgment, which are required before members can ride! 
2. We will be hosting our Informational meeting on Saturday November 12 at the Silver Spur arena in Belgrade from 10am-12pm. We will have a vet, nutritionist and farrier speak so you will not want to miss this meeting! Members should not bring horses, except the Colt to Maturity Project members who will have their first C2M/Green horse clinic from 12-3 after the informational meeting. 
3. Much like previous years, there will be a $50 sponsorship requirement for each member. However, one fun way to meet this requirement is to work one of the MSU concessions during the month if October! Be sure and put GC horse project next to your name when you sign up! https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10c084da9a92aabfe3-fall
4. Got ideas about how to make the Gallatin County horse project even better?  Give the Horse Committee a call to share your ideas or come to a horse committee meeting and get more involved!   The next Horse Committee meeting will be at 6:30 October 24 at Sheila's house.  Sheila Smart 406-539-1806

HORSE - GALLATIN TWISTERS

Jessie Sheperd- Twister Coach 352-304-1648  jlsheperd@gmail.com

Jackie Jones- Twister Leader 406-579-9373 jackjones59714@gmail.com 

Greetings knitters and crocheters!

We will be meeting at Cafe M in Belgrade, 9:30 - 11:15 on the first and third Saturday morning (depending on what our 4-Hers want for dates to meet). Our first meeting will be a get-together, the 4-Hers should bring their past projects and ones they are currently doing, their goals -- if they have them already thought up --, this past year's record books so we can all go over the pros and cons of how best to keep them up to date, etc.  

Our first get-together will be Saturday, October 15th!

- Jeanette and Phyllis

This project and club is open to members 13 and up. Developing Leadership Excellence is one of the Teen Leadership projects and clubs for Gallatin County. We are gearing up for a retreat in early November to kick off the 2022 - 2023 4-H year.

Keep a watch for coming details! If you have any questions, please contact Shelly McPhee at ksmcphee@charter.net or 406-595-4774.

Hello everyone and welcome back to another 4-H year.

The rabbit project will meet the 3rd Thursday of October. Thus is October 21st. Meeting location will be determined as the meeting gets closer. An email will be sent the week prior to the meeting letting everyone know where we will meet. 

We will not have another meeting, due to Thanksgiving and Christmas, until the 3rd Thursday of January. We will then meet every 3rd Thursday of every month until fair. 

If you have any questions, please reach out. We are  looking forward to another great year! We hope to see you all on October 21st! 

Your rabbit committee,

Cody and Amy Brownell 406-209-4183, 406-209-2720 

Monica Samson 406-399-1866 

Shawna Oostema: 406-580-7819, fcclashawna@hotmail.com;      

Barbie Huber: 406-599-5950; barbiehuber@hotmail.com;      

Judy Brownell: onebar4@aol.com 

Judy Neiman: 406-599-0639; lneiminen@gmail.com 

Hello Sheep Families! We hope this finds you well! We won't meet until January, but wanted to touch base and share a few things with you.

• Please sign up for the project as soon as registration opens- this is so helpful for us and our planning. It also ensures that you get our emails!
• We are looking for adults to help with the project! If you are interested in becoming a leader please let us know. The commitment is relatively small, with most of the work the few weeks before fair and the week of fair. 
• Please find our ultrasound results from the fair HERE. Thank you for your patience. Congratulations 🎈  to our first and second place winners Kalyn Yung and Berklie Neal! We will be sending your prizes to you in the next few weeks. 

Please let me know if you have any questions. We are looking forward to another great year! 

Committee Members:

Craig Carr: craig.carr@montana.edu; (406) 539-4338

Ruth Carr: kennellr@gmail.com; (406) 539-4337 

Kim Flikkema: kimflikkema@gmail.com; (406)-599-1486

SHOOTING SPORTS

Hi Swine Families. It was great to see LOTS of you at the Awards Night. Congratulations to all of the award winners on A) your nomination for your book and/or your interview and B) for your hard work and extra-effort to submit your record books after the fair! We hope you enjoyed your meal and hopefully you learned something more about 4-H as a whole and possibly somebody new too! Huge shout out to the office and the teen leaders for hosting such a great event!

🥇 For those Award Recipients ( you would have received an email from the office) that couldn't attend, please go by the 4-H Office to pick up your Award and/or Record Book. 

What awards were given? The Swine Committee Awarded Pins for the Swine Project and we handed out Carcass Contest Awards! These results were from the Ultrasound that was done during the week of the fair. The cash prizes are given by the Swine Project and the Belt Buckles for Grand and Reserve Grand Champion are donated by Timberline Insulation!

Grand Champion Buckle & $120 Nolan Samson

Reserve Grand Champion Buckle & $90 Archer Wold

3rd & $80 Genevieve Oram 

4th & $80 Bekah Vidmar

5th & $80 Hadlee Kallestad

6th & $70 Adriana Kamerman

7th & $70 Peyton Wiening

8th & $70 Adriana Kamerman

9th & $70 Kaitlyn Scott

10th & 60 Ellen Dee

11th & 60 Jade Bailey

12th & 50 Seth Randall

13th & 50 Devin Pavlik

14th & 50 Natalie Samson

📂 Results from the 2022 Swine Carcass Contest: Congratulations to you all ~ the results prove that you are doing an awesome job of raising quality meat with 101 SOE's! Our county results will be combined with all of the other counties to determine the state-level awards, so keep an eye out for those on their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/montanasoe.

What does SOE mean? The data collected for each animal is scored according to the criteria described in the attached table (image file). The Symbol of Excellence program was initiated in 1984 as a joint effort between the MSU Extension Service and Montana Pork Producers Council as a means of recognizing youth and swine breeders who select and raise market hogs that meet carcass merit standards and who demonstrate a commitment to excellence in producing quality pork products. Data collected on over 1,750 head annually demonstrates the dramatic progress that has been made in the quantity and quality of pork obtained from modern hogs. The Gallatin County Swine Project is proud to incorporate the SOE program to recognize animals purchased and raised in accordance to the greater pork market standards vs the breed / show pig industry standards. We feel that both standards are important to the overall pork industry. 

💰 All of the Market Sale Checks have all been mailed to the youth that sold at the Market Livestock Sale. Please reach out if you have not received yours. Most importantly we have heard casual feedback from A LOT of buyers that have not received a Thank You from the 4-H Members. If you did not formally thank your buyers post-fair it's not too late to send a letter, postcard or drop off your photo and say thank you face-to-face. We would not have such a successful program if it wasn't for their support.

🐴 A BIG thank you to those Members and their families that donated their time at the Bozeman Stampede (and worked in the rain!). 4-H as a whole received $10,000 from this event and the Swine Project will receive some portion of this money which will help with some of the improvements we have slated for our growing project in the coming year! Please take a moment to send them a thank you message online https://bozemanstampede.com/ for their generosity! Additionally, you've all been receiving the MSU Concessions emails. This is another great opportunity for members to help earn money for their Clubs and Projects. We will have Swine Leaders at the Oct 8th & the Nov 19th Football Games. If you can help at these or any other dates, please sign up here https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C084DA9A92AABFE3-fall

🍀 Next week is National 4-H Week and we encourage all members / groups to promote 4-H throughout the week (wear your 4-H t-shirt, create a display or shoutout on social media). Enrollment for the new 4-H year also begins next week so please get signed up ASAP and registered for your clubs and projects so you don't miss anything! Also be aware that late fees are applied earlier this year. We will start a new email list based on the enrollment from the 4-H Office.

We have set up a Parent & Member Remind text group for project-related correspondence https://www.remind.com/join/834dbc. They're short and sweet but you must opt-in, we will not add you and can choose to opt-out at a later date if needed. 

-The Leaders of the Swine Squad

Travis Collins, Lindsay Herron, Kelly Pavlik, Merle Farrier, Lee Nuss, Eric Johnson, Cory Taylor, Sarah Bailey and Libbie Oram

Questions? Reach out to Monika Johnson 406-579-3211