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Monday 8am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8am - 4:30pm Wednesday 8am - 4:30pm Thursday 8am - 4:30pm Friday 8am - 4:30pm

DeKalb County Tennessee 4-H

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DeKalb County Tennessee 4-H

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https://bigorangegive.utk.edu/extension/ University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture and county governments cooperating.

4-H teaches youth leadership, citizenship, and life skills through agriculture, science and technology, and family and consumer science programs. Programs in agriculture and natural resources, 4-H youth development, family and consumer sciences, and resource development. UT Extension provides equal opportunities in programs and employment.

11/02/2026

We would like to welcome Briona Agee to our UT - TSU Extension- DeKalb County office! We are so thankful and excited to have her in our office! We are working to get all clubs scheduled soon!! 😊 Help us welcome Briona to our office!!

Welcome Briona to UT - TSU Extension- DeKalb County !

10/31/2026

Some of our 4-Hers and their families had a great time tonight at Halloween Hollow Haunted House in Silver Point! Thank you to all who came tonight! 🥳 Happy Halloween! 🎃👻

10/30/2026

Make sure to stop by the UT/TSU Extension office TODAY (Friday, Oct. 30th) from 2pm-5pm for the Boo Bash to get some sweet (or salty 🤔🧂) treats! 🥳 We are located in the middle of the County Complex!

10/05/2026

It’s your chance to give back to DeKalb County 4-H by giving on Giving Tuesday (OCTOBER 6th) ! Whether it’s $10 or $1,000...
YOUR DONATION MATTERS !

Donations to DeKalb County 4-H will be matched
DOUBLE every dollar on giving day!

To donate:
go to: tn4hgive.org

Type in your donation amount
Determine the frequency of your gift
Under Direct my gift to: Choose “A Specific Fund (I’d like to choose)”
Choose Specific County
Select DeKalb County
Fill out billing information

GIVE! 🥳🍀

10/02/2026

Congratulations to all of our participants of the 2026 DeKalb County 4-H Chick Chain show tonight! We had a great turn out and some great chickens!! A huge thank you to everyone who bought chickens tonight as well!! All of the money raised tonight goes straight back to the 4-Hers and their projects!

A big thank you to Clark Adcock and Adcock Auctions for running our auction tonight!

The placings for our Chick Chain Show are as follows:

Black Australorp:
-Grand Champion: Ripley Barnes
-Reserve Champion: Gracelynn Ponder
-Second Reserve Champion: Lydia Slager
-Third Reserve Champion: Korbin Brooks
-Fourth Reserve Champion: Autumn Crook

Brown Star:
-Grand Champion: Grant Slager
-Reserve Champion: Leia Leichtfuss
-Second Reserve Champion: Mason Corkrum
-Third Reserve Champion: Gracelynn Ponder
-Fourth Reserve Champion: Davis Barnes

09/28/2026

DON’T FORGET!

Our annual Chick Chain Poultry Show and Sale will be this Thursday, October 1st, 2026!

This is the final part of our Annual 4-H Chick Chain Program! These 4-H members have been working hard all summer raising high quality laying hens to show and auction off!

If you’re in the market for some nice laying hens we will have Black Australorp and Brown Star hens available to purchase.

The poultry show will start at 5:30 and auction begins at 6pm at the Smithville Farmer’s Market.

Questions? Call us at (615)597-4945

09/20/2026

Congratulations to our DeKalb 4-H Grilling team!

They competed in the 4-H Grillmaster Challenge at the Nashville Fair this past Thursday!

Results are as follows:

Junior high team individual placings:

🐖Pork: Addi Moore 4th place

🐄Beef: Riley Martin 9th place

🐑Lamb: Bryson Keith 6th place

🐓Chicken: Levi Reynolds 10th place
Mary Alice Moore 7th place

Senior High team individual placings:

🐖Pork: Sloam Ramirez 9th place
Sam Arnold 6th place

🐑Lamb: Carson Miller 2nd place

🐄Beef: Persephone Hockert 7th place
Grant Slager 6th place
Kaine Salas 3rd place

🐓Chicken: Carter Moore 10th place
Lennon Salas 5th place

Senior high team A scored 3rd place in the Central Region and will be competing at the TN 4-H Grilling contest in October! This team includes Carson Miller, Persephone Hockert, Sam Arnold and Lennon Salas.

09/19/2026

Our first Homeschool 4-H club meeting will be this coming Monday, September 21st at 10am at the DeKalb County UT/TSU Extension Office!

This is open to all homeschool students in Dekalb county in 4th-12th grade!

Come join us and see what 4-H is all about🍀

08/17/2026

A huge CONGRATULATIONS to our very own Mary Moore who competed in 4-H Fun with Fashion today at the Tennessee State Fair! Mary competed in the Athleisure, Casual, and Best Wear categories; placing 1st in Athleisure and 3rd in Best Wear! 🥳 We are so incredibly proud of Mary!! 🥳

08/03/2026

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If you have registered for the DeKalb FCS Amazing Family Race 2026, the race begins TODAY!! 🥳🥳 Be sure to reference your text or email for submission information! 🥳

Reminder that the family with the most points at the end of the week will win a prize!! 🏆

Haven’t signed up yet?? There’s still time! Sign up using the link below!
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2RNYUX1x3UWeypqhnAnW-SGb1uAuH8tLsyqP5EXo_7dUQk9FSVRMME5XQUFYTzRBUVBTSjZBWUhESy4u

Address

722 S Congress Boulevard
Smithville, TN
37166

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8am - 4:30pm
Friday	8am - 4:30pm

Website

http://extension.tennessee.edu/Dekalb/Pages/default.aspx

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