4-H Top 4!

 

 Happy back to school to all of our 4-H Members and Families!  For some of you you are a few weeks into the new school year and some are starting back today.  Please know we are excited about the opportunities that await you this year and hope that this school year is a fun, safe, and awesome learning adventure.

  That being said let's move forward with our 4-H Top 4 for the week of August 29, 2022.  For those of you not familiar with the Top 4 this is where you can see the next upcoming activities, sign up for things (either here or on our app) and stay in touch with all things 4-H.  

-Cumberland County Fair.  If you have items you would like to submit into the Cumberland County Fair Home Exhibits competition you can drop them by our office with your name, birthdate, address, email, phone number, and category.  Drop off deadline is 10 am on August 30.  Please drop off items at our office.  We will pick items up and return them to our office for pickup September 12.  For more information on their categories you can go to their website at http://www.crowncomplexnc.com/events/cumberlandcountyfair

-Artastic is our Robeson County 4-H Visual Arts Competition.  If you have someone who is crafty, artistic, can sew, etc., this is their competition.  Entries can be registered online between now and September 12.  All items must be dropped off for judging by the close of business on Monday, September 12.  To register you can go to programs on the app or click on this link:  https://forms.gle/qBRTfBmfnF8zaWKH8  For more information about this program please contact Wendy Maynor, 4-H Program Associate at wrmaynor@ncsu.edu

-Fair-The Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair is right around the corner, September 30-October 8.  Booth set up will take place the Wednesday and Thursday prior to the fair opening.  This year we will be doing one big county wide 4-H booth and we need your help.  Our theme this year is, "You Belong in 4-H".  We would like to set up cutout photos of your child with a QR next to it.  The QR codes will go to a video of your child explaining what their favorite "H" (head, heart, hands, or health) is and why.  We hope that they will share a favorite 4-H story, maybe what 4-H has done for them, maybe their most valuable something learned...the sky is the limit.  All we need you to do is shoot the video of your child telling us about their 4-H experience (landscape works best), and send a photo.  You can email them to Shea Ann DeJarnette at sadejarn@ncsu.edu, and we will take it from there.  If you would like to help set up the booth we will send that information out next week with times and dates that we plan to be there and you and your children can come on by and help out.  Deadline to get your videos and photos to us will be Friday September 23, by 5 pm.

-Family 4-H Clubs-We have been listening to our SPIN Club parents and we would like to get everyone's opinion.  We are looking at starting three 4-H Family SPIN Clubs.  These are clubs that would meet for a total of at least 6 hours (either three two-hour sessions, or two three-hour sessions).  The first three clubs would be a Seed Club, Christmas Craft Club, and a Cooking Club.  Parents and youth would learn together and then we would spilt into adjoining rooms for our activities.  We are looking at timing all three clubs to center on big events happening at the Robeson County Farmer's Market (Seed club/Seed Swap, Christmas Crafts/Very Local Holiday Festival, Cooking Club/Summer Extravaganza).  We are looking for your thoughts, and your thoughts about participating.  At this time there would be no cost for any of these club experiences.  We would appreciate it if you could please take a moment and give us your feedback via an anonymous google form that can be found here:  https://forms.gle/xoMqPbCb838T2G647  There is also a similar survey on our app under the survey button in the lower left corner.