Taking Aim at Leadership

District Teen Retreat had a little different spin on it this year. You could say they threw it out there and took a shot at something different this year, literally. This year the annual event was held at Millstone 4-H camp in Richmond County, just outside of Ellerbe. Dillon McCartney of the Dirty Rascals Junior Master Gardener 4-H club and Dirty Dozen 4-H Shooting sports club and T'Asha Shelby of the Young Leaders 4-H club attended this year's event. This was a first time for both and reports say they enjoyed their time.
Teen Retreat actually started on Friday evening with registration and a dance followed by a camp fire. After all, its just not camp without a campfire and s'mores. On Saturday they got down to business with meetings and workshops. The workshops this year included; Hungry 2 Help bracelets made with can tabs. Building a Camfire and Camping workshop. One of the more popular workshops was Skeet Shooting. Then the Operation Military Kids staff taught a workshop on Internet safety which included how not to be a cyber bully. Of course there were the traditional activities like district meeting with county reports. The spirit stick compeitition, and district officer elections.
Special thanks to Michelle Stumbo, 4-H Agent in Richmond County, for loaning her photos of the event to us. If you have any questions about this event ask Dillon and T'Asha, I have a feeling they might be happy to share some of their stories.