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Follow up on- Backpack Buddies Food Drive
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A huge thank you to all those who helped collect food for the Hungry to Help project this year.
The food collected at the Farm City Week Banquet and from the competition between 4-H Clubs and FFA Chapters was divided between two schools in the county with a
high percentage of Free/Reduced Lunch participants and a need for additional assistance. Those were West Smithfield Elementary and Selma Middle School. Both of these schools have a 90% of Free and Reduced Lunch participants.
Other food that doesn't meet the requirements of Backpack Buddies will be taken to the Smithfield Rescue Mission and Clayton Area Ministries.
Prior to this evening 4232lbs had already been collected by 4-H and FFA groups.
This year FFA Chapters and 4-H Clubs were challenged in a contest to see how much food they could raise. The winning FFA Chapter was from South Johnston High School
FFA. This group collected 3552lbs of food for their food pantry. The food they collected goes to help youth in their school and at their feeder schools in the community. Their advisor Candace Parker and school social worker Susan Kelly help with the determination of needs.
Strickland's Crossroads was the winning 4-H Club. This club collected 205 pounds for Four Oak Middle. They had enough food for 25 boxes to be distributed by the school.
At the banquet we collected 398.56 + 4232 for a total amount collected for the 2016 Hungry to Help Program of 4630.
Prior to this year, the Hungry to Help program has collected 4887lbs of food since 2010.
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County Council Officer Nominations & Elections
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We are currently accepting
officer candidates for the 2017 year. If you are 13 older as of January 1, and would like to run for office, please see the attached questionnaire and answer those questions in a short 2 minute video. Videos will be will be posted online after the December 12th County Council Meeting and 4-H'ers will be able to vote for the candidate of their choice.
Nomination forms are due to me via email or sharing via google drive by December 9th. If you send it via google, send to
[email protected]
Elected
officers will be installed at the Achievement Program on January 13th, 2017.
Positions available are President, Vice President, Secretary, Reporter and Historian. Here is the
officer duties.
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Just wanted to remind everyone that
4-H Record Books are due at the county level for competition on Friday, December 30th by 5PM.
4-
H
record
books allow you to keep track of accomplishments for college applications, scholarships and awards. They can also earn you prizes and money if they are selected as County or District Winners.
Awards for 4-H
Record
Books will be given out at the 4-H Achievement Program on January 13th beginning at 6:30PM.
Please make sure that you have your 4-H Club Leader and your Parent/Helper sign the front of the
book.
All 4-H Horse Club Members who want to an Eligibility Card to show in
2017 must complete a Record
Book. If you have questions, please let me know.
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Sweets & Treats at Achievement Program
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Sweets and Treats C
ontest is a chance for youth to show off their favorite recipes and some culinary skills. They will Pre-Register their dish or dishes with recipe by Friday January 6th.
Bring their dish to the kitchen in the Extension office by 6:00PM for display.
Judges will be going through the categories while we are eating a light meal. Then everyone will have a chance to sample some of the food. Winners receive a small award and ribbon.
There are Cloverbud, Junior
and Senior Divisions for the following categories.
Cloverbuds are not judged, but will receive an award.
Junior
and
Senior
categories are
as
follows:
Juniors
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9 - 13,
as of January 1, 2017
Seniors -
14 - 18
as of January1, 2017
Appetizers and Non-Desserts
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Achievement Program Awards Forms & RSVP
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4-H Achievement Program Awards Forms are
below.
If you would like to fill out the Achievement Plan, JB Coats Citizenship Award, Parker Memorial Scholarship Award, 4-H Member of Distinction or Club of Distinction please do so. Forms are here:
Club Leaders, should fill out the 4-H Club of Distinction, Perfect Attendance, and Spirit Award forms. Anyone is also welcome to nominate other 4-H'ers for the above awards as well.
4-H Club of Distinction
Perfect Attendance (all 4-H'ers with perfect attendance)
Spirit Award - (1 Award per 7 youth enrolled in club)
All forms are due by December 30th. All awards will be given out at the 4-H Achievement Program on January 13th at 6:30PM.
Sweets and Treats Registration and 4-H Achievement Program RSVP's are also available
below. Please sign up to bring a dish for Sweets and Treats competition by January 6th. Or to RSVP for the Achievement program on January 13th by January 6th.
Registration Link
http://go.ncsu.edu/sweetsandtreats17
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4-H Scholarship Information
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Please let me know if you have any questions.
More forms will be sent out when they become available. In the mean time, most forms don't change much from year to year, so go ahead and begin getting your information together so you can fill in the forms when they become available.
Also, you can present your resume/accomplishments and information about the scholarship you plan to apply for to someone and they can get your letter of reference done.
You should also go ahead and request several transcripts from your guidance counselor, so you are not waiting to the last minute to secure those.
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Volunteer Leader Conference
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I am including the Registration Information for the 2017
Volunteer Leader Conference, that Laura sent out earlier today. The dates are February 3-5, 2017. The registration deadline is Friday January 6th if you plan to take advantage of the early bird full time registration. There are some good workshops being taught that you might be interested in. There workshops can be taken by anyone. Volunteers and 4-H parents both can benefit.
Please look over the information and let me know if you have any questions. I need the information on the attached registration form by the deadlines above in order to register you. It must be done by the county 4-H office. Also, checks for payment should be made out to Johnston County 4-H and we will mail 1 check from our office for all registrations.
Unfortunately there are no scholarship for attendance this year, however, club volunteers or their designee who attend for at least Saturday will be given credit for both required leader training for Club Re-charter.
Please share this opportunity with any parents or other
volunteers in your club who may not be on the
leader list and may want to take advantage of the workshop opportunities.
Here
is the registration information so you can send me the registration form. I have to register you through this office, so please send the information necessary to do that by the deadlines referenced above. There is also a list of potential workshops in the attached information.
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Upcoming Deadlines and Dates
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- County Council Meeting - December 12- 6:30PM, Johnston County Extension Office. Officer Candidates should be prepared to give a short speech about running for office.
- 4-H Record Books, Achievement Program Award Applications - Due December 30th
- Medical Release Forms and New Enrollments - Due December 30, 2016, we no longer have the capability to regenerate these forms. Everyone including leaders are asked to fill out the standard Enrollment Form.
- Sweets and Treats Registration and Achievement Program RSVP - Due January 6th
- Annual 4-H Achievement Program - January 13th, 6:30PM
- District Officer Applications Due to State 4-H Office - February 1st - Must be signed by Achievement program on January 13th, 2017.
- Winter Fling - District Teen Event, January 21st @ Johnston County Extension Office
- February 3-5, 2017 - Volunteer Leader Conference, Raleigh, NC
- County Activity Day - March 11th - Registration Deadline - March 3rd, more info coming.
- Teen Retreat - April - Dates and Location TBD
- District Activity Day - June 16th, Lenoir Community College
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