Robeson County 4-H

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I realize it is a little chilly outside still but that is no reason not to think ahead to the warmth and incredible opportunities of Summer.  I say all of this to let you know that the 4-H Summer Fun Brochure is available.  You can click on the link in the previous section or you can locate it on our website at robeson.ces.ncsu.edu .  We have a lot of great opportunities available, some of which are highlighted below. New this year is a teen tour camp for our 14-18 year olds.  This camp is going to be quite an adventure.  Youth will meet at the office on Monday and go through expectations and more.  We will leave early Tuesday morning to travel to Raleigh to tour NCSU's campus and have lunch.  Then we will travel to Greenville and do a quick tour of ECU.  We will get back in the van and head to Williamsburg VA where we will spend the next few night.  Wednesday will be spent at Colonial Williamsburg and a tour at William and Mary College....

  The newest 4-H Club Explore NC Together met Tuesday, February 9 th . We conducted out business meeting and officers were elected. Our new first club officers will be: Laci Rozier - President Nyasia Gerald – Vice President Brooke Canady – Secretary/Reporter Taylor Stone – Treasure The club learned some interesting facts about Valentine’s Day. We made Valentine’s Day crafts that the club will deliver on Friday to a local nursing home. The club will meet again on Thursday, March 3, 2016 to work on County Activity Day speeches and presentations. Respectfully submitted, Brooke Canady

  You might think February is a little early to start planning that garden, but for our  Dirty Rascal Jr. Master Gardeners (JMG) it was a plan that is just in the nick of time .  This month the group worked on planning what will go in their raised bed garden and where it will go.  The Master Gardeners have agreed to help out with this project, and a new raised bed will be constructed at the Extension office for the JMGs to plant and help tend to.  The bed will be four foot by eight foot (or 32 square feet, as they learned to calculate last night), so the youth had to decide what to plant, where to plant it, and in some cases get creative on how it would be arranged.   To help make the plan we created a two dimensional garden that is the exact size our raised bed garden will be.  Using the information from seed catalogs, a seasonal growing chart and the information on the seed packets our youth determined what and where to plant their items.  On...

This article was written by our own Wendy Maynor for publication in the Robesonian and Robeson Journal. If you think about it, we have many commitments in our lives.  Some are more pleasant than others.  For example, hopefully, marriage is more pleasant than taxes; both are commitments we work hard to follow through on.  Where did we learn to follow through on our commitments?  Probably at an early age, with our parents teaching us to put our toys away or following through on an extra curricular activity we may not have liked.  Many youth learn life skills from informal learning methods like extracurricular activities. These are commitments that are not mandatory but require the responsibility and maturity level to abide by the commitment of joining. Have you noticed that it seems we stretch ourselves so thin that we cannot meet the necessary obligations required? I was having a conversation with one of our volunteers, and she brought up a good point....

  That was the theme for this year's NC 4-H Volunteer Leaders' Conference .  Our Robeson County delegation to advantage of all the opportunities offered.  This year in attendance were Katherine, Kenneth, and Laura Bethea; Emma Hill, Marilyn Merritt, Aggie Rogers, Larry Russ and our own 4-H Agent, Shea Ann DeJarnette.  Volunteers had the opportunity to attend workshops that includes camps, electric projects, horse programs, legos, leather crafting, Health Rocks!, Parliamentary Procedure, Plant propagation and sooooo much more!  In between all the workshops and learning fun were meetings, fellowship, making new friends, shopping, fundraising and so much more packed into two fun filled days.   So many people ask, "Why go to a 2 day conference in Raleigh?  What could be so special?"  Well really it's all about the people who are there.  Everyone in attendance is connected to 4-H as a staff member or volunteer.  That means you have the ...

  Actually it was the February meeting of the All Around All Stars 4-H Arts and Crafts Club , and they folded everything up into a neat little package. Their hearts were in their hands, on the tables, and then given to someone else.  Sounds like the plot to a romance novel or romantic comedy movie doesn't it?   Led by club member Alex Evans the club learned how to make origami hearts, just in time for Valentine's Day.  A few of our staff members were even fortunate enough to receive some of their  hard work, which now adorns our offices.  If you would like to try your hand at making an origami heart just click this link and it will take you to directions for this perfect February craft.   The next meeting of the All Around All Stars 4-H Arts and Crafts Club will be March 3, beginning at 5:30 pm.  The club meets at the O. P. Owens Agricultural Center in Lumberton.  For more information about this or any Robeson County 4-H Club please contac...

This article was written by our own Shea Ann DeJarnette for an upcoming edition of Robeson Living Magazine. When I was a child, I remember cutting strips of newspaper to soak in a chunky flour, water, and glue mixture that I never quite understood.   I would end up making a mess and had no idea what it was I was making.   To top it off, if it made it home intact from the journey on the school bus, my parents always found a “special place” for it that made sure no one ever had to see it again. Today, we have a ton of options for things we can make.   Back in the day, one of the purposes of utilizing old newspaper in crafts was that it was cheap, available, and repurposed something we were throwing away.   That still holds true today.   Now we can actually have a little fun and make something that will benefit the earth while giving our children an education in environmental sciences they will be interested in.   Sound to good to be true?   Well, h...

This article was written by Mack Johnson, Horticulture Extension Agent, for an upcoming edition of Robeson Living Magazine. I was taught from early childhood not to waste, to make good use of my resources, and to not just flippantly discard refuse. Not realizing until years later these early principles would influence me in ways that now resemble earth friendly practices.  As a result, I now appreciate events that help raise awareness of the state of this home called earth. I know we are purposed to be good stewards of what we have been entrusted.   The first Earth Day was the result of ongoing discussion for several years prior to actually declaring an Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin is accredited for the first Earth Day held in 1970.  The event was planned on a Wednesday, which happened to be April 22.  They wanted a day where most people would be at work, so it would be more impactful.  The current estimate is that nearly 20 million peop...