Black Hawk County Extension & Outreach, Waterloo, IA Videos

Today, we celebrate service, sacrifice, and selflessness. May the spirit of today remind us of the price of freedom and inspire us to live with gratitude and compassion.

Join us at the Waterloo Public Library & Cedar Falls Public Library for free gardening classes! Doors open at 6, and classes start at 6:30. No pre-registration is required. #waterlooiowa #gardeningtips #cedarfallsiowa #gardening #mastergardener

These chicks are ready for a new home!

Extension Week Winners!
Fine out who has won in this weeks activities!

Have you got your bids in for the Silent Auction? Only an hour and half left!

Right This Very Minute by Lisl Detlefsen
Join us for Read Across Iowa 2022 by listening to our real-along of 'Right This Very Minute' by Lisl Detlefsen. Permission to read this book aloud was granted by the publisher, Feeding Minds Press. #ReadAcrossIowa #Iowa4H

Read Across Iowa - Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table
Join the Read Across Iowa celebration throughout March while we read 'Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table', written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin and illustrated be Eric-Shabazz Larkin. Reading is done with permission from Readers To Eaters

Read Across Iowa - My Family's Beef Farm by Katie Olthoff
Listen to the book 'My Family's Beef Farm' by Katie Olthoff on our second 2022 Read Across Iowa Facebook live!

Read Across Iowa: Sylvia's Spinach
Kicking off Read Across Iowa in 2022 Black Hawk County Youth Nutrition & 4-H Outreach Coordinator Sarah Tanis will be reading 'Sylvia's Spinach' by Katherine Pryor, illustrated by Anna Raff. Special thanks to Readers To Eaters to allow us to read to you all virtually! #ReadAcrossIowa #Iowa4H #FarmToTable

4-H Shooting Sports and Archery will be Saturday, January 8th at Hawkeye College, Chickasaw Hall. 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, (4th Grade or older) but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com Questions contact Diane, at 319-234-6811 or email: [email protected]

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY At Chickasaw Hall, Hawkeye College 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY At Chickasaw Hall, Hawkeye College 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY At Chickasaw Hall, Hawkeye College 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY At Chickasaw Hall, Hawkeye College 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

This Saturday, December 4th! Beginners Welcome! 9:00-10:45am - Shooting Sports 10:45 - 11:30am - ARCHERY At Chickasaw Hall, Hawkeye College 4-Her's, you can bring a friend, but if they are not enrolled in 4-H, they must do so by going to: v2.4honline.com.... enter as a new family and for the club choose Shooting Sports. Call 319-234-6811 for questions. Cost to join 4-H is $15 per year paid to Black Hawk County Extension. No additional cost for shooting range. Must be in 4th Grade or older. https://www.extension.iastate.edu/blackhawk/news/shooting-sports-back

Still time to sign up! FREE Class is tonight at 5:30 at the Extension Office! Meet and talk to our guest expert—a professional dog groomer! Learn… • how to become a groomer and what to do with your knowledge •why grooming dogs is important •types of cuts for different dogs •strategies for bathing and grooming at home (reluctant pups, protecting ears and eyes, cleaning ears, etc.) You will get hands on practice with grooming equipment and techniques, and nail trimming! We will not be practicing on dogs, so dogs get to hang out at home if you have one :) Please sign up here! https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4IyuMy6qKE8fRYO

Still time to sign up! FREE 4-H Class is tonight at 5:30 at the Extension Office! Meet and talk to our guest expert—a professional dog groomer! Learn… • how to become a groomer and what to do with your knowledge •why grooming dogs is important •types of cuts for different dogs •strategies for bathing and grooming at home (reluctant pups, protecting ears and eyes, cleaning ears, etc.) You will get hands on practice with grooming equipment and techniques, and nail trimming! We will not be practicing on dogs, so dogs get to hang out at home if you have one :) Please sign up here! https://iastate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4IyuMy6qKE8fRYO