Hoping everyone had the opportunity to enjoy a long weekend and celebrate Labor Day. We are excited about the opportunities coming up. For the fast breaking information please make sure to download the 4-H App. You will find it in your app store under 4-H Now! When you open it Robeson County 4-H should pop up or you can search for it and click on it. In our app we have breaking news, our blog, social media, survey's, and more. It makes 4-H communication easy and handy.
-4-H Volunteer Conference of Southern States will take place October 6-9 at Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton Georgia. There will be both in person and virtual opportunities making this a truly hybrid conference. For those volunteers who have attended in the past they have told me it was a remarkable training opportunity. Other than that all they will say is, 'what happens at Rock Eagle stays at Rock Eagle." If you are interested in learning more about this conference please check out their website at: http://www.4hvcoss.com/ Registration is available on the app and on their website.
-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/r8JtxX9J9RSzMG4A9 There is also a similar survey on our app under the survey button in the lower left corner.
That is all for this week. Also stay tuned for information concerning a scavenger hunt at the fair via our 4-H App! It should be all sorts of fun.
Wendy, Dominque, Christy, and Shea Ann
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