Fashion Forward! Join the Ascension Parish 4-H Fashion Board.

The SET Club is a new after-school 4-H Club for seventh- through 12th-graders. We meet the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Vendor rooms at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, La.

The Ascension Parish Junior Leader club will be hosting an open house for all returning junior leaders and those Ascension Parish 4-H'ers interested in joining the club.

Arielle Sutton, an eight-year member of the 4-H program in Ascension Parish was elected on the first ballot as state 4-H Club reporter at the annual 4-H University this summer.

Topics covered in this Ascension Parish 4-H newsletter include: calendar of events, 4-H shooting sports, junior leaders, SET club, fashion camp, livestock validation, National 4-H Week, science day, cookeries and contests.

Selecting a 4-H project is an important first step when becoming a club member. Your project should reflect your interests and goals. There are many 4-H projects to choose from. Please print a copy and choose the project you want. If you have difficulty selecting your project interest, complete the Pick-A-Project activity at the back.

(Distributed 08/18/08) Louisiana’s oldest living 4-H’er, Elaine Marchand Edmonston, and the Louisiana 4-H organization have some notable things in common.

The HOPE Youth Development group will be hosting a Bike-A-Thon fundraiser September 6, 2008.

On Saturday, August 2nd, we are having a recycling drop off day at the WalMart on Airline in Prairieville! So start saving up your paper, plastic, metal and glass recyclables.

As Kate Frederic, 17, a member of Holy Rosary Church, St. Amant, was announced as the youth individual division winner at the Volunteer Ascension’s Volunteer of the Year Award Banquet in May, the contest judges commented, “Wow, you do all that?”