Pender County 4-H Newsletter

July/August 2011

In this issue... Front Page What’s New?? Page 2 Summer Day Camps Page 3 Club Corner Other Announcements Page 4 Calendar of Events

What’s New?? Catch the Scoop: Check out our 4-H highlights on the inside pages…

4-H Calendar

Fun At Blueberry Festival

4-H in Action!

Summer Activities

4-H Member News

North Carolina State University and North Carolina A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, veteran status or disability. In addition, the two Uni-versities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture, and local governments cooper-ating.

During this day camp, designed for youth ages 5-10,

youth will learn basic gardening techniques, food

safety, local foods, beekeeping, and SO much more!

Youth will be actively engaged in a garden learning

about plants and soil while planting their own seed and

harvesting from vegetable plants! Space is limited, first

come first serve, cost is $15, the day camp runs from

9:00am-4:00pm at the Pender County Agriculture Cen-

ter, Auditorium in Burgaw, NC. Snacks and materials

will be provided but youth need a bag lunch and sun-

screen for working in the garden! For registration forms

please visit the Pender County Cooperative Extension

website located to the left of this column or call Lauren

Brown, 4-H Agent at 910-259-1235. Hurry, the dead-

line to register is July 5th!!

Kids In The Garden Day Camp

This event or activity is operating under the 4-H Code of

Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure. The NC 4-H Code

of Conduct and Disciplinary Procedure is a condition of

participation in 4-H event and activities.

Pender County Center

801 S Walker St.

Burgaw, NC 28425

(910) 259-1235

http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/

For more information about 4-H please visit: www.nc4h.org http://pender.ces.ncsu.edu/

2 Blueberry Festival Photos!

Surfs Up! 4-H Surfing Camp– July 28 Are you interested in learning how to surf?

What about learning more about ocean

conservation and marine biology with a

side of surfing? If your answer is YES, then

the 4-H surfing camp is for you! It is going

to be held July 28 from 8:30am-11:30am,

cost is $35, space is limited, registration

is due by July 14th, for ages 10-18! Par-ents are responsible for transportation to

50 South Surf Shop, 302 South Topsail

Drive Surf City, NC. See photos from the

June Surfing Camp in the insert page!

Pender County 4-H has joined Facebook! Search for “Pender

County 4-H” and “Like” our page to receive weekly updates and keep

track of what 4-H is doing! 4-H photos are posted there along with helpful information about upcoming 4-H

events!

‘Days Long Ago” Tobacco Farm Life Museum Day Camp The Tobacco Farm Life Museum located in Kenly, NC is partnering with NC 4-H to bring forth a fun and interactive day camp designed just for 4-H’ers! Pender County 4-H will be going with Duplin County 4-H on July 14 from 8:00am-4:00pm. The cost is $15 for the day, transpor-tation is included, youth must bring a bag lunch. The day camp is for ages 7-12! Youth will participate in a guided tour of the museum, churning butter, interacting with a blacksmith dur-ing demonstrations, and taking traditional wagon rides. We will meet at the Pender County Agriculture Building and then travel to the museum in Kenly, NC. Hurry as space is limited, registration is due by July 5th! To learn more about the museum, please visit: www.tobaccofarmlifemuseum.org. To register or for more information please contact Lauren Brown, 4-H Agent at 910-259-1235.

3 4-H Club Corner Pender County 4-H has 3 very active 4-H Clubs!

Spirit Riders 4-H Horse Club

Holly Shelter 4-H Shooting Sports Club

Buddies 4-H Cloverbud Club (Ages 5-10)

4-H Member News A great big “Thank You” to all of the 4-H’ers,

club leaders, and volunteers that came out and

helped with the Blueberry Festival! Caraline

Wright, Ashley Oyler, and Emily Oyler from the

Spirit Riders 4-H Club will be representing Pen-

der County 4-H at the upcoming NC State 4-H

Horse Show on July 6-10 in Raleigh, NC. “GOOD

LUCK GIRLS!!”

Lillie Hansen, Morgan Hansen, and Morgan Wil-

son from the Buddies 4-H Club all presented for

the first time at the Southeast District Activ-

ity Day held on June 24, 2011 at Lenoir Commu-

nity College in Kinston, NC. All three youth par-

ticipated in the cloverbud category which is non-

competitive and all received ribbons for their

outstanding presentations! Pender County 4-H

would also like to recognize 10 year old Aidan

Shepard, a 4-H Member At Large for his win-

ning presentation in the Electric category! He

will go on to compete at the state level with all

of the other district gold winners at 4-H Con-

gress in July. Please see photos in the insert

page!

Pender County 4-H is made possible by all of the

parents, club leaders, and volunteers that con-

tinue to show their support for the program!

You all deserve a great big, “THANK YOU!”

This year, Pender County 4-H is participating in

the International Exchange program! We have 2

4-H host families, one is going to host a 30-day

Japanese student, and the other a year long

Ukraine student. These students will be partici-

pating in Pender County 4-H activities, so please

everyone make them feel welcome if you get the

chance to meet one of them! We are very

excited to be able to share 4-H with them!

Pender County 4-H partnered with Castle

Bay Golf

Course to

provide a

one hour free

golf lesson!

4-H’ers

learned how

to properly

stand, swing

a club, and

general

safety.

Pender County 4-H had a booth at Spring

Fest, May 21, 2011.

4-H in Action!

4-H Happenings

July 4: Holiday; Office Closed

July 6-10: NC State 4-H Horse Show

July 11-13: State Electric Congress

July 12: Kids in the Garden Day Camp

July 14: “Days Long Ago” Day Camp

July 18-21: State 4-H Congress

July 28: Surfing Camp

August 7-12: Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Camp

August 23: County Council Meeting

Join the Newsletter Email List If you would rather receive your 4-H newsletter through email and not through the mail, please contact Reatha Hoffman at (910) 259-1235 and provide an email address.

If you are interested in any of the activities in this newsletter, please contact me at 259-1235 or contact your respective club leaders.

Sincerely, Extension Agent, 4-H Youth Development lauren_langley@ncsu.edu