Alberta Beef Producers' Young Guns contest!

4-H Alberta members involved in a beef project, or who are involved in beef production or junior cattle shows are eligible to win the Alberta Beef Producers’ Young Guns contest! Just tell them what you think is the biggest myth about beef production and the truth behind it and you could win one of 3 cash prizes! Entries are due June 3^rd, 2016, and the entry form and details can be found here: http://www.albertabeef.org/uploads/YoungGunsEntryForm2016pdf-527.pdf

2015 Calgary Stampede Youth & Agriculture in Action Showcase. Get Signed up Now!

Hey 4-H Alberta clubs! Put on your creative thinking hats! We’re asking for your creativity and engagement for the 2015 Youth & Agriculture in Action Showcase, July 7 - 10, 2015. This year the Showcase will include a competitive aspect, as clubs will be judged daily by the public for the “Best Display of the Day”.

Awesome daily prizes will include: 

• Chuckwagon Barn Tour 
• Rodeo Tour 
• VIP access to the Corral or Super Dogs Show, or 
• VIP Stagecoach ride with the Express Hitch in front of the Grandstand!

Club members are encouraged to create interactive, hands-on and engaging displays for Stampede guests, while members have the opportunity to practice public speaking skills, show off their projects to 100,000+ guests per day,as well as have access to Stampede Park for two days. Some examples of interactive and engaging displays may include: dog agility courses by Canine clubs, Rodeo obstacle course (i.e. with a hobby horse) by a Rodeo Club, a guest engaging improv. performance by a Performing Arts club, a camera explanation or photo taking & sharing activity by a Life Skills club, or a Multi or Livestock club could provide demos on how to fit cattle for a show or how to show or set-up their show animals. Animals for display are also encouraged! We challenge you to be creative and unique!

Please fill out the application form, as well as a detailed explanation of your display area. We will review all proposed ideas and choose the best applications for the two 2-day blocks (based on requested space). All selected clubs will be notified by May 10 and then asked to provide additional event requirements, such as parking, camping and accreditation needs.

Camping will be available at Cobb’s Corn Maze – 20 minutes east of Calgary on Hwy 1 past Stoney Trail. There will be no power hook-ups, but a water and sewer truck will be available. Parking passes will be provided to clubs for day parking at Stampede Park, so clubs are encouraged to car pool. More details to follow.

Applications are due May 1, 2015 by sending to Kristin Dennett | kdennett@calgarystampede.com 

or Fax or Mail to: Office Fax: 403-262-3067

Mailing Address: Box 1060 Station M, Calgary AB, T2P 2K8

For additional information call: 403-261-9316 or E-mail: kdennett@calgarystampede.com

                         

Wanna ride on the Zamboni during the 4-H Night at the Flames Game next month?

Just a reminder that 4-H night at the Flames game is taking place Friday February 20th and tickets are selling fast!

 $40 a ticket includes a food and beverage voucher, a chance to win Flames merchandise, a spotlight on the Jumbotron and if we can sell 400 tickets a post game photo on the ice!...

As a small incentive we would like to award 2 4-H members the chance to represent 4-H Alberta between the first and second period on the Zamboni!

How can I get on the Zamboni you ask?

The Calgary Flames have been keeping track of where each ticket sold has come from. The top 2 clubs who have sold the most tickets by Wednesday February 18th will be put in a draw and a 4-H member will be chosen to ride on zamboni.

How do I ensure are club gets credit for each ticket sold?

Each time someone calls in to order tickets, they are asked which club they are associated with, remind all your friends and family to say your club’s name.

This contest has already started and the top 5 clubs as of right now are as follows:

West Carstairs Beef Club – 41 tickets
Rockyford Beef Club – 39 tickets
Lomond 4-H Club – 33 tickets
Jenner 4-H Club – 21 tickets
Wardner 4-H Club – 20 tickets

To purchase tickets please contact:
Matt Ostash- 403-777-5321or by email- mostash@calgaryflames.com

GO FLAMES GO!!

Caring for our Watersheds Contest is Back!

Peavey Mart's Winners of the 2014 Heaviest Veggie Contest!

UFA Announces First Winner of the UFA Get 'N' Give Contest

UFA has announced La Crete Community Initiatives as the first $50,000 winner of the UFA Get 'N' Give Contest. 

 

The contest enables each winning group to choose the next deserving project, in the ultimate rural act of kindness. 

La Create Community Initiative was chosen by the Marwayne Fire & Rescure as the first-round winner. They submitted a combined application for three projects. The projects are a riding arean, commemorative park - Jubilee Park - and the Fall Fair.  To view the winning application visit here.

 

The second edition of Get 'n' Give began Sept. 1, 2014 and runs until April 5, 2015. The next round of entries closes Nov. 16, 2014. Entries are accepted throughout the contest period and remain eligible until the final winner is chosen.

Communities that have a project that needs a boost are encouraged to enter.  A total of 5 - $50,000 prizes will be awarded. 

  

Rural community groups, societies, schools and clubs located within 200 km of a UFA Farm & Ranch Supply store or Petroleum agency are invited to enter.

 

Creativity is important, so applicants are encouraged to use video, photo collages, original songs and compelling stories to highlight how $50,000 would benefit their community project.

Full contest details are available at UFA.com/GetnGive.

Check out the "Faces of Agriculture" display at the new Agrium Western Event Centre July 4 - 13, 2014!

 

Agrium’s Daily Program – Calgary Stampede Grounds
All-Day	Scavenger Hunt Participate in a Scavenger Hunt taking you around the Agrium Western Event Centre. Answer questions correctly and be entered into a draw to win PlayStation 4 or Beats Headset.
2 pm	Presentation on Careers in Agriculture Fun and family-friendly demonstrations showcasing a wide variety of career paths available in Agriculture – from farming and science to research and cooking! Participants have the chance to enter into a draw to win an iPad Air.
3 pm	Wheel of Agriculture Spin the Wheel of Agriculture and answer trivia questions to be eligible to win a prize.

 

Agrium is proud to partner with the charity Breakfast for Learning, which is committed to ensuring young students are well-nourished and ready to learn every day. Agrium will donate $1 per biodegradable wildflower seed card which will be given away at the Faces of Agriculture display. Visitors to the booth will also have the opportunity to participate in draw to win bags of top-rated Crop Production Services fertilizer.

 

Come check out the Agrium display and learn why achieving their vision to help feed the world responsibly means not only helping to grow more food, but to do it in ways that protect the environment, support economic vitality, and enhance communities.

 

For more information:

 

Agrium Corporate Relations

corporate.relations@agrium.com

 

 

 

 

 

Win a Pizza Party for your 4-H Club!

http://www.ufa.com/PDFFiles/Pizza_Party_Promotion.pdf

Alberta Beef Producers Young Gun Contest is Now Open!

If you are between the ages of eight and 21, and are involved in Beef 4-H, junior cattle shows or beef production – this is your opportunity to win one of three prizes in the Young Guns Contest. Show us how you advocate on behalf of the beef industry. We want to know what you see as the biggest challenge going forward for beef producers in Alberta and how to overcome it as an industry. An entry may be submitted as an essay, YouTube video, radio advertisement, social media campaign, poster, cartoon, press release or any other form of communication tool.

Be creative. Three prizes are available:

• 1st Place - $1,000
• 2nd Place - $500
• 3rd Place - $250

Send your entry form (www.albertabeef.org/uploads/youngguns-218.pdf) and contest submission to:

Katelyn Laverdure
Communications Manager
Alberta Beef Producers
165, 6815 8 Street, NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7H7
E-mail: katelynl@albertabeef.org

We must receive your entry by midnight, May 30, 2014 to be eligible to win. The winners will be determined by a panel of judges at the ABP Semi Annual Meeting on June 11, 2014 and will be contacted on or before June 20, 2014.

The over 20,000 beef producers in this province have an organization which represents their collective interests – the Alberta Beef Producers. Run by producers for producers, ABP is dedicated to supporting a truly sustainable, competitive and profitable cattle and beef industry for the benefit of all Albertans.

Caring For Our Watersheds - Update

Do you know an Alberta student in grades 7 to 12? Encourage them to enter Agrium's Caring for our Watersheds environmental contest.

Students are asked to answer the questions, "What can you do to improve your local watershed?". Either individually or as a team they must research their local watershed, identify an environmental concern and come up with a realistic solution. participants submit a proposal for community judges to review and the top ten entries compete in a verbal competition to win prizes for themselves and their school or club. Classroom presentations and mentorship is provided.

There are two contests in ablerta with over $50,000 in prize money and implementation funding. First place prize in each contest is $1,000 for the team AND a $1,000 for their school/club!

Southern Alberta (South of and including Calgary)

• Contest Deadline: March 18, 2014
• Program Coordinator: City of Calgary Ralph Klein Park - Laura Ewtushik, Ph: 403.476.4356

Central Alberta (North of Calgary)

• Contest Deadline: April 3, 2014
• Program Coordinator: Battle River Watershed Alliance - Nathalie Stanley, Ph: 780.672.0276

Learn More: What is a Watershed Video, Why Care About Watersheds Video, Contest Video, Southern Alberta Watershed Video, Central Alberta Watershed Video

UFA will award $250,000 in total prizes during GetNGive Contest!

Between September 10, 2013 and April 15, 2014 UFA Co-operative Limited will be awarding five $50,000 prizes to organizations that champion rural sustainability! Over that time frame the total amount awarded will total $250,000.

 

UFA will be choosing the first winner on October 10, 2013.  Each winner will then select the subsequent winners.  It is the ultimate act of rural kindness!

 

Full details and rules and regulations can be found at www.UFA.com/GetnGive.

 

Who can enter?

 

Any group that resides within 200 km of a UFA location in Alberta, Saskatchewan or British Columbia, and has a project that will support or enrich their rural community and have a lasting impact.

 

What kind of project would be eligible?

 

Any project that supports and enriches rural communities. It could be everything from a new piece of equipment to the foundation for a new riding arena, or even the development to an existing structure in your community. 

 

 

How are the winners chosen?

 

UFA judging is involved to choose the first winner.  For the remaining four (4) winners, the judges will assess all entries based on the same criteria and will submit five (5) semi-finalists to the winning group.  They will then choose the next project to win based on the same criteria as the UFA judges.