ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY WORKDAY We want to thank our 4-H members who partici-pated in the 4-H Adopt-A-Highway workday on Thursday, November 21. We had a great group of students who did a great job helping clean up the roadway. Participants included: Ambrose: Jadyn Martinez; CMS: Edwin Burt, Aaron Chaney, May Belle Davis, Dominic Mimbang, Peyton Steed, Zip-poriah Wilcox, and Kayden Wood; Indian Creek: Hunter Rogers and Ethan Taylor; Junior Club: Kay-den Davis, Kilee Davis, Glenda Grantham, and Glenn O'Steen; Pre-club: Alyia Hall and Jessa Hall; Satilla: Jaylin Chaney and Miley Vaughan; Senior Club: Muskan Minhas, Austin Str ickland, and Justin Strickland; Westside: Kalissa Canady, Ja'Siah McRae, Kingston Mincey, and JaiVeon Rus-sell; Adults: Liz Batten, Alyse Hall, Kevin Tatum, and Chalanda Woods. The next workday for the 4-H Adopt-A-Highway program will be from 4 to 5 PM on Thursday, Janu-ary 9. All 4‑H members are encouraged to take part in helping keep Coffee County clean by picking up litter on our roadways. Parents can drop you off at the Coffee County Extension (4-H) office at 4 PM and pick you up around 5 PM. Please dress appropri-ately for the weather as we do not want anyone to get sick from being outside in the weather.

PET THERAPY VISITATION We want to thank our 4-H members who partici-pated in the Pet Therapy visitation on Tuesday, No-vember 12. Participants included: Eastside: Chloe Ferris; Indian Creek: Izzy Texada; Junior Club: Glenn O’Steen; Senior Club: Adrianna Rivero, Alex-andra Rivero, Daniel Silva, and Kimberly Wright; Pre-club Members: Alyia Hall and Jessa Hall; Adults: Glenda Ferr is, Alyse Hall, Jason O’Steen, Kathy Rivero, Daniel Texada, and Patti Wright. Please enroll in the Pet Therapy Club today so you can find out when the next visitation will be. 4-H FUNDRAISER Don’t forget to turn in your Boston Butt tickets and money by Friday, December 13. Your customers have until January 2 to pick up their Boston Butt from Hog-N-Bones, but they need to call ahead so it will be ready.

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Camp counselors spend their summer working with 4-H’ers to teach them, play games with them, and much more. During the week, they need supplies for their games. You can earn 20 points for donating items to this project. Items needed are: face paint, sidewalk chalk, beads, bracelet cords, bracelet items, markers, crayons, coloring pencils, pens, craft or construction paper, kick balls, Frisbees, cards (Uno, Phase 10, or regular playing cards), or a “Bop-It” game. Your help is greatly appreciated by these counselors.

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JUNIOR CONNECTION

Coffee County

709 Ward St., E. Douglas, GA 31533

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To Make The Best Better December 2019 Vol. 29, Issue 7

PROJECT ACHIEVEMENT Junior/Senior 4-H members need to be working on completing their DPA presentation as well as their portfolios. Portfolio FINAL COPIES are due in the county 4-H office by Thursday, December 19. Your presentation needs to be ready now so you will have time to practice it before the competition. We want each of you to have a competitive portfolio and demonstration so you have a good chance of standing on the stage receiving a first place award. Call or come by the 4-H office today to sign up for a project (first come, first choice). 4-H staff members will be happy to help you get started and answer any questions you have as you work on your presentation. DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS Seventh graders, as well as ninth through eleventh graders, have the opportunity to run for the Junior or Senior Southeast District 4-H Board of Directors. You will need to review the application (particularly the requirements for Board) and discuss it with your parents. Serving on Board requires a substantial time and financial commitment and transportation is the Board member’s responsibility. If they are in agree-ment with you running for Board, you need to sched-ule an appointment for you and your parents to meet with Mr. Kevin to go over the Board requirements and answer any questions you or your parents may have. If everyone is agreeable, you will need to make a campaign sign to hang in Sutton Hall during DPA and a two-sided sign to carry around as you cam-paign at DPA. It’s a lot of fun to serve as a district officer and is a great experience that will look great on your resume. JUNIOR CAMP OPTIONS Start planning now for the upcoming summer camp season. Junior 4-H Camp will be the week of June 22-26 at the Fortson 4-H Center near Hampton. The cost for the camp is $370 plus transportation. Junior 4-H members can also participate in Wil-derness Challenge Camp at Wahsega 4-H Center. The dates for WCC are July 6-10 and the cost is $380 plus transportation. Another option is Marine Resource Camp at the Burton 4-H Center on Tybee Island. It will be held two times, June 29-July 3, or July 13-17, and costs $340 plus transporta-tion.

LEADERSHIP IN ACTION If you have not started carrying out your Leader-ship in Action project for this year, then we have just one question for you: “WHAT ARE YOU WAIT-ING FOR?” Applications for Leadership in Action will be due in late March and interviews will be held in Statesboro on Tuesday, April 14. Mark your calen-dar now so that you can be sure to save the date. CANNED FOOD DRIVE Please bring at least one canned food to donate at your 4-H club meetings each month to help the less fortunate in our community. KIWANIS K-BEARS A big THANKS goes out to all of the 4-H mem-bers who donated a huggable size Teddy Bear for the Douglas Kiwanis Club’s K-Bear pro-ject for foster children for Christmas. We had a very good response to this project and the Kiwanis members are grateful for your support.

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This newsletter is designed for Coffee County Junior 4-H members and their parents to inform them of upcoming events and information on 4-H and it’s activities. It was created by Kevin Tatum, CEA, and edited by Lisa Craigue, CES. Call (912) 384-1402 for more information or visit our website at <coffee4h.org>.

December 2019 TBA Pet Therapy Visitation 5 Junior 4-H Meetings, 4 PM, 4-H office 6 CCA 4-H Meetings 6-7 Target Sports Coaches Training, Rock Eagle 7 Coffee County Jackpot Hog Show, CMS 7 Douglas Christmas Parade, 6 PM 8 Shotgun Team Practices Start 12 Home School 4-H Club Meeting, 2 PM, 4-H office 13 First Academy 4-H Meetings 14 Wiregrass Cattle Show, Nicholls Arena 16 Junior/Senior 4-H Club Meeting, 4 PM, 4-H office 18 Early Release, First Academy 19-31 School Holidays, First Academy 19 Final DPA Portfolios Due, 4 PM, 4-H office 20 Early Release, CCA & Public Schools 23-31 School Holidays, CCA & Public Schools 24-31 Christmas/New Year’s Holidays, 4-H office closed JANUARY 2020 1 New Years Day Holiday, 4-H office closed 7 CCA & Public Schools Students Return 8 First Academy Students Return 9 4-H Adopt-A-Highway Workday, 4 PM, 4-H office 10-11 Target Sports Coaches Training, Rock Eagle 16 Junior 4-H Meetings, 4 PM, 4-H office 18 Tree City Shootout BB Match, Baxley 20 MLK, Jr. Holiday, 4-H office closed, no school 21 Pet Therapy Visitation Day 23 Home School 4-H Club Meeting, 2 PM, 4-H office 24 First Academy 4-H Meetings 28 CCA 4-H Meetings 31 Junior Camp Registration Due/Scholarship Appl. Due

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