Chatham County 4-H News

April, 2000

Fashion Revue and Public Speaking

The Chatham County 4-H Fashion Revue and Public Speaking Contest " Celebrating the New Millennium" will be held Thursday, April 6, 2000 in the auditorium of the county agriculture building in Pittsboro at 6:30 p.m. You should have received information in the mail with forms and rules. Anyone wishing to register for this event should contact the 4- H office if you did not receive this information and you are interested. The deadline for registering is Monday, April 3, 2000.

This event is always enjoyed by all who participate and by all who come to enjoy the program.

Junior 4-H Camp

Below is url for application for Residential Junior 4-H Camp for 2000. Chatham County 4-H will be attending Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center at Reidsville on July 9 - 14, 2000. The cost is $210.00 per camper which will include cost of camp, insurance, transportation, lunch on way to camp, store money and a t-shirt from camp. Registration is on a first come first serve basis until quota is filled.

Application to attend Betsy - Jeff Penn 4-H Camp with Chatham County group

Jordan Lake 4-H Adventure Day Camp

Jordan Lake 4-H Adventure Day Camps will be held June 12 - 16; June 19 - 23; and June 26 - 30, 2000. These are three individual weeks of camp that you may sign up for one week or more. The fee is $60.00 per camper per week if paid before April 1. After April 1, 2000 the fee will be $75.00 per camper, per week. There is a limit of 60 campers per week. and applications will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis.

2000 Jordan Lake 4-H Day Camp Application

South Central 4-H District Teen Retreat

We have a total of twelve teens and three adults registered for the Teen Retreat to be held at Southern Pines on March 17-19. We are excited about this number participating and look forward to hearing reports when they return.

Project Selection Sheets

It's that time of year again! Even though it seems like we have just had Achievement Night, now it is time to start looking towards this year.

Project selection sheets are in the 4-H office. Let us know what you need. We will be happy to get them to you.

South Central District Council Meeting

Julia Austin and Stephanie Jeremiah attended the Winter Enrichment Meeting held at the Montgomery Community College in Troy on January 22.

State 4-H Leaders Meeting

The State 4-H Leaders Association meeting was held February 4 - 6, 2000 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel, Research Triangle Park. Attending from Chatham County were: Gwen Johnson, Julia Austin, Paulette Thomas,Thelma Turner, Jewell Cross, Susan Mulder, Diana Munn, and Bernice Hinshaw. This meeting is always very informative and interesting. This year the workshops were the best ever and everyone enjoyed networking with other leaders for new ideas for the year. Julia Austin was chairperson for the Country Store and Auction. She and all who helped her from the South Central District did a wonderful job of fund raising for the State 4-H Leaders Association.

State 4-H Equine Leaders Training Conference

The State 4-H Equine Leaders Training Conference was attended by: John Allen, Janet Allen, Fern Jeremiah and Dedrah Earles. They returned excited about the years events and all they had learned in the workshops.

Clover Courtyard

The Eastern 4-H Environmental Education Center is now being constructed in Northeastern North Carolina nestled amid wetlands and forests on 242 acres on beautiful Bull's Bay in Tyrrell County. This center is being built as a working example of ecologically sensitive construction systems.

At the heart of this special place for growing is our Clover Courtyard and Walkway, designed to be a special place itself.
....a special place where 4-H clubs can honor their leaders, where parents can honor their 4-H'ers, where 4-H'ers can honor their parents, where alumni can honor 4-H friends, where counties can honor their agents.
...a special place where friends and family can honor the memory of parent, child, or a 4-H friend.

This special place will be build one brick at the time. Together, we can build the Clover Courtyard and Walkway! While gifts of all sizes are important, a gift of $100 or more to the Clover Courtyard and Walkway entitles you to sponsor an engraved brick. Please contact us if you would like to sponsor a brick. We hope to have at least 10 bricks from Chatham County. We currently have two spoken for. We hope to attend the dedication ceremony and see the bricks we have donated.

4-H Presentations and Talent Contest

The 4-H Presentations and Talent Contest will be held Thursday, May 18, 2000. Anyone wishing to participate, please call the 4-H office for rules, regulations and form to enter.

4-H Specialty Summer Camps

The tabloid "Discover The World through 4-H Centers" is available at the 4-H office. This publication will tell you of all 4-H specialty summer camps in the state and registration forms.

For more information or to register for any of the programs mentioned, please call your local Cooperative Extension Service. I can be reached at (919) 542-8202.
Thank you
Sincerely,

Vernon E. McHam
Extension Agent, 4-H

Chatham County 4-H is a United Way Agency.

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This page was created by Paulette Thomas, County Extension Secretary II

paulette_thomas@ncsu.edu

Date Updated: April 6, 2000