A How to Guide on Excitement

  A big thank you to the almost 30 volunteers who came out to our first 4 County 4-H Volunteer Training.  This is a series of trainings we have been doing for years with Cumberland, Hoke. and Moore Counties.  This topic for this training?  How to make your club meetings anything but a well kept secret.
  It was a candid conversation with our club leaders about the issues they face which include; poor attendance, lack of communication, lack of commitment from members, over scheduling of events, and much more.  As we worked through the list we found some solutions to make the meetings a little more fun, and will hopefully help them bridge some of the issues they face.
  Some of the tips discusses included making a schedule, making sure the meetings were timely, and finding a good form of communication.  We also talked about the absolutely most fun part of all meetings, the hands on activities.  For some clubs that is a no brainer, for example the horse club always works with horses, and shooting sports is always practicing for competition, but what about the other clubs?  Well our volunteers each had a magic box on their table and in it was a hands on activity that they may or may not have ever done before.  Some were games, others were science based, some were crafty, while some had an agriculture component to them.  After trying out the new activity the leaders shared what they had done, and gave tips on what they learned.  It was pretty neat.
  If you are interested in viewing the presentation from that night you can find it here.  Also if you are interested in attending one of our future trainings please check out the flyer here, with dates, times and locations.  Our next training will be held May 9th at the Cumberland County Extension Center.