Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H

11/03/2025

Training opportunity for new and experienced 4-H leaders alike!

🍀Join Alaska 4-H Program Lead Marla Lowder and crew for an online leader training for new and seasons 4-H volunteers on Monday, November 10 at 6:30 pm!

🍀As the new 4-H year is underway, this is a great time to learn more about becoming a 4-H volunteer, to brush up on your leader skills, or just to connect with other 4-H volunteers across the state!

🍀Registration can be found on Z-Suites under "Events", or by contacting Cassandra Rankin at crankin4@alaska.edu.

🍀See you November 10th!

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This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture

09/29/2025

🍀Did you know that the 2024 Alaska 4-H Day sticker was designed by eleven-year-old Autumn S. of Funny River Lynx 4-H Club in the Kenai Peninsula District?

🍀Did you know that her artwork was made into HUNDREDS of stickers that were shared all over Alaska and the United States?

🍀Did you know they were the perfect keepsake gifts for volunteers, alumni, visitors to 4-H offices across Alaska, and that they were shared with 4-H'ers from across the nation at national events as well as with our own very own AK Legislature in Juneau?

🍀Let's keep this fun thing going!

🍀Submit your design by 10/1 to be included in the vote for this year's Alaska 4-H Day sticker!

We can't WAIT to see your artwork!

📝This year's theme: "Growing with Alaska 4-H"

📝Submit to: aamartin6@alaska.edu

📝Deadline: October 1st

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The University of Alaska (http://www.alaska.edu/alaska) is an equal opportunity/equal access employer and educational institution. The university is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination (http://www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination) against individuals on the basis of any legally protected status.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

09/29/2025

Enrollment for Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H Club for the 2025-26 year opens Wednesday, October 1 for all youth ages 5-18. An open house will be held at Blatchley Middle School MPR that evening from 5 - 7 pm. Staff will be available to assist in enrolling youth and provide information about exciting hands-on learning experiences for this upcoming year.

And in honor of Alaska 4-H Day, enrolled families are invited to skate. Snacks and skates provided.

For more information contact Jasmine Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu or call 747-9440.

04/23/2025

Giving some love to our 4-H volunteers who make it all happen! 💚🍀

Thank you, incredible Alaska 4-H volunteers!

11/28/2024

Have a skill to share with 4-Hers or interested in getting involved? Join us next week for our volunteer potluck – you need not be a current volunteer to join.

Sitka 4-H is hosting a potluck for volunteers and those interested in volunteering on Wednesday, December 4th from 6pm to 8pm at the Pioneer's Manager Home dining room( below Braveheart). Learn about upcoming 4-H programming and how you can get involved, visit with other volunteers, and get assistance on 4-H volunteer onboarding. We are always looking for community members to share their skills and expertise with 4-Hers to connect them with their community and environment. Anyone interested in learning more about volunteering with 4-H are invited - you do not need to be a current volunteer. Contact Jasmine Shaw at jdshaw2@alaska.edu for more information.

4-H is made possible by many local adult volunteers who are committed to positive youth development and community service – we are so grateful to all the volunteers who help make these programs possible!

10/10/2024

4-H Family Skate Night was so fun!

For more skating, and if you missed our open house last week, come check out our table at the Lights On Afterschool event, happening Friday, October 11 from 4 - 7 pm at Blatchley Middle School.

Information on after school opportunities from a variety of different organizations, free open gym and skate, raffle prizes, art activities, and more are offered. And we can help register you for 4-H on the spot! :)

09/27/2024

Join Sitka Spruce Tips 4-H in celebration of National 4-H Day for a Family Skate Day on Wed., Oct. 2nd! Open to all registered members / 4-H families. Email jdshaw2@alaska.edu for more information.

07/24/2024

PHOTO COURTESY OF SITKA LOCAL FOODS NETWORK
TABLE OF THE DAY -- Sitka Farmers Market manager Debe Brincefield, back row, second from left, presents the Table of the Day Award for the July 13 Sitka Farmers Market to the Sitka Spruce Tips/Alaska Way Of Life 4-H Club, including club advisor Jasmine Shaw (back row, left), Logan Miller, Aven Powell, Madeline Filipek, and AmeriCorps volunteer Romy Bekeris (not pictured is Noah Apathy). The club members, who sold arts and crafts, baked goods, and homemade preserves, was participating in the Sitka Farmers Market youth vendor program for those younger than 14. They received a certificate, a tote bag, a selection of Alaska Flour Company products, a bag of salad greens, some rhubarb, assorted stickers, and several Sitka Farmers Market special label chocolate bars. The next Sitka Farmers Market is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street). Vendors can register online (by Thursday) at https://sitkafarmersmarket.eventsmart.com. More details about the Sitka Local Foods Network and Sitka Farmers Market can be found at http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org.

07/11/2024

Thank you everyone for an awesome hiking camp!