4-H Appreciation

 


We love to show how much we love our 4-H Families and volunteers.  4-H Appreciation is one of those days where we get to do it right.  

 

This year we had a PJ's and Waffles brunch in your honor and for those who came I think a good time was had by all.  Mrs Jade and Ms Shea Ann showed up in their special 4-H P.J.'s and were styling for this special day.  Lots of folks came in their PJ's and looked so good.  There were grinch slippers, 4-H socks, a bear PJ outfit (so comfy).  Our crowd was definitely trend setting for the occasion.

We had a great time making waffles in our PJ's and folks got creative.  That's good because we had a contest for the best looking waffle out of all that were made.  We will share the winners a little later in this post.

 

This year we had a more formal program with a power point of what our youth had accomplished.  We made this based on who was planning on attending and signed up for the event.  It was fun have friends, family, and volunteers see what our youth had done this year and we hope they have some ideas on what they want to do next year.  Mr. Mac Malloy, our County Extension Director said his favorite part of the event was listening to what our youth had accomplished.  He was proud of how invested they are in the program and how much they have obviously learned,  Actually we reached more than 6000 youth this past year, and although we don't recognize everyone we love being able to recognize those who were able to attend.  If you would like to check out our powerpoint we would love for you to see it by clicking this link. 

 

We also recognized our adult volunteers based on their years of service.  Did you know we have more than 70 volunteers who have served from 1 year to 42 years.  That is a lot of time and dedication to our program that we sincerely appreciate.  Leaders do everything from volunteering with programming to running clubs and helping with District and State level programs.  They are an amazing and talented group of folks. 

  Our youth and adults both received gifts.  Our youth received pocket baby lucky dragons (that look just like our 4-H mascot, Trifloium).  Our adults received their annual pocket calendars and 4-H car coasters to help market our program.   After a brief meeting with the youth present it was determined that the adults could also get a baby lucky dragon however they are also boaund by the same responsibilities that they youth are.  They will have to name them, give them attention, take them places, keep them warm in their pockets.  It is a lot to be responsible for a baby lucky dragon and we know our 4-H families are up for the challenge.   

 

Ms Jade said her favorite part of the event were the box photos.  She took photos of everyone willing to get in the box and made this wonderful collage for us to enjoy and use.  It is the Christmas tree photo at the top of this post and it is adorable!  These family and 4-H photos are adorable and we are so happy to have them to remember this by.

  For some folks the best part was being able to see what they and their friends had accomplished this year.  For the others it was eating some delicious brunch favorites like cinnamon rolls and tater tot casserole.  Mostly I think the big hits were games like candy cane fishing and of course what is starting to become an annual snowball fight.  Oh and lets not forget the waffle contest.  The winners received gifts for their efforts.  Coming in third was Tanya Underwood, Second was Thomas Underwood, and  in first place was Willie Roberson.  Way to go our incredible waffle makers!

  If you would like to see all the photos from our fun check it out here.  Make plans for next year's event we haven't decided what that quite looks like yet...maybe our baby lucky dragons can tell us.    

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