Horsin' Around is a Project

The Horsin' Around 4-H Horse Club met in January for a business meeting and to start a new project. Really new project, their project records for 2011. The group met and held their regular business meeting. They talked about our upcoming entertains and artastic events and summer projects with the club. Then they dove head first into their project records devising their plans and goals for this year.

It looks like this club is ready to rear back and have a good time learning!

Leading Our Way into the New Year

As the New Year comes in we aren't wasting anytime. Our first 4-H County Council and Volunteer Leaders' Association Meeting took place at the O. P. Owens Agriculture Center. Just over 50 people attended our first meeting of the year and had a chance to hear about some of the changes the officers are making.

The meeting started at 6 with Ice Breakers and team working games that youth could take back to their clubs. At 6:30 Kenneth Bethea, Volunteer Leaders' Association President hit the gavel and called the meeting to order. Aljaquan Nixon, President of the County Council, told the group that club roll call would only involve 4-H members (not parents and volunteers) and would be based on the percentage of club members present at the time of roll call in relation to the updated club forms that should be turned in a the beginning of the club year. This meeting Young Leaders 4-H Club won the prize for highest attendance.

The County Council also announced their plans to organize a Cloverbud retreat. Anyone who is interested in serving on their organizing committee should contact the 4-H office. The officers also talked about previous programs, upcoming events and welcomed our new County Extension Director Dr. Cathy Graham.

The 4-H staff encouraged everyone to look at the 4-H blog and keep an eye on the Google calendar at the bottom of the blog to stay up to date on upcoming events. You can also get reminders sent directly to your e-mail or cell phone by following us on Twitter. The next 4-H County Council and Volunteer Leaders' Association meeting will be held March 1, 2011 at the 4-H office beginning at 6:00 pm.