It's June and things are busy with Summer Fun and lots of upcoming overnight 4-H programs!
If you need anything, please contact me at: laura_allen@ncsu.edu or 704-216-8970. Over the next few months, email is the best way to reach me! I'll be out of the office a lot taking 4-H'ers to events and spending time on vacation with my own family.
Enjoy your summer! Laura
IMPORTANT!
Please login to your child's 4-HOnline account and make sure their allergies, health information, who can pick them up, etc information is up-to-date! This is the information we use when your child is in our care. If you ever need this information
updated as it changes, please email us so we can update 4-HOnline (unfortunately the system is set up where you cannot update it once it submitted).
Please send any updates to laura_allen@ncsu.edu.
Upcoming Meetings
County Council: for youth ages 12-18 years old as of January 1
-Next County Council meeting: -SERVICE
PROJECT at Rowan Helping Ministries, Thursday, July 27 from 10-11 AM. MUST RSVP TO LAURA! PALS: These meetings are for any parent, alumni, leader or supporter of Rowan County 4-H. If you are interested in 4-H or new to 4-H, you are invited to attend these meetings as well! Please come share your ideas for 4-H and help us find ways to support Rowan County 4-H.
-Next PALS meeting: Monday, June 12 at 7 PM on Zoom
If you registered, you will be getting a reminder email a few
days prior to your child's class. If you need to look back at the classes for details, you can click below.
Click here to find all rules & guidelines for the Rowan 4-H Dairy Heifer Project. ONLY 2 SPOTS LEFT!
Southeast Dairy Youth Retreat
-More details about the SE Dairy Youth Retreat are below. -Registration for non-NC residents is $125 and for NC residents is $75 (thanks to support from the North Carolina Dairy Youth Foundation). -Click here https://tinyurl.com/SEDYRreg to register for the retreat! -Register by June 23! -Reserve your hotel rooms today at the Hilton Garden Inn-Statesville! ($114/night +tax; includes breakfast) https://tinyurl.com/sedyrhotel
4-H Horse Program information:
If you registered for the NC 4-H Artistic Expression contest, all entries must be brought to the Rowan County Cooperative Extension office no later than July 3. They will all be taken to Raleigh to be judged and we will let you know when you can pick them back up from our office!
If you are planning to show horses at the district and/or state 4-H Horse Shows, CLICK HERE for all details.
Do you have children ages 5-7 (as of January 1)? Are you looking for a fun, hands-on learning opportunity for them?
Join the Green Sprouts 4-H Club! This club is new, full of fun, and is still growing!
4-H Shout Outs
-Thanks to EVERYONE who helped with our 4-H Port-a-Pit fundraiser by selling plates, buying plates, advertising, helping on event day, etc. We profited over $4,500 to help our 4-H program and 4-H'ers thrive!
-Thanks to the 4-H'ers who worked at the Paper Clover Week display at Tractor Supply during our spring Paper Clover Week. With just the donations you collected, not including those at the register, we brought in nearly $1,000. Those 4-H'er who worked received "Cloverbucks"!
-We have received
results from district level 4-H Project Record Book competitions! Gold winners will receive $50!
GOLD: -John Tucker, 8-10 years old, Science & Technology -Nathan Croyle, 13-15 years old, Science & Technology
BRONZE: -Olivia Stirrup, 13-15 years old, Healthy Lifestyles
PARTICIPATION: -John Tucker, 8-10 years old, Animal Science -David Croyle, 11-12 years old, Science & Technology -Carson Harkey, 13-15 years old, Science & Technology
-Congratulations to Charlene Holt who competed at the South Central District Horse Show! She brought home a 2nd place, 3rd place, and two 4th place ribbons and qualified for the State 4-H Horse Show in July!
PREPARE NOW for completing Project Record Books and Achievement Plans focused on the 2023 calendar year! Check out these links to help you get started!
Project Record Books(to print and fill out...contact Mrs. Laura if you need her to print you one)
Achievement Plan (Have your child fill out this form annually and add to it to document their 4-H experience and to get recognized at Achievement Night. This will also be helpful for 4-H awards & college scholarships in the future!)
Get involved in our 2023 4-H Clubs!
Save the Date for 2023
-June 17: District Activity Day held in Rowan County at South Rowan High School (district level 4-H presentations & talent)
-June 21-22: NC 4-H Citizenship Focus (13-18 yr olds)
-June 25-30: 4-H Camp at Millstone (8-14 yr olds)
-July 11-13:
Electric Congress
-July 16-21: Fur, Fish & Game Camp at Millstone (11-16 yr olds)
-July 21-25: NC 4-H Congress
More 2023 dates to come!
Rowan 4-H Volunteer Reporting for 2023
If you are registered as a 4-H Volunteer in 4-HOnline it is super important that you report your hours and contacts! This greatly assists Laura with her Extension reports every year, since your hours and contacts must be reported!
Please go to go.ncsu.edu/2023monthly4hreportrowan and complete your reports. Reports are due 10 days after the end of each month (January contacts due by Feb. 10). Email reminders will be sent to those who should be completing reports. It should only take about 5 minutes!
NC State University and N.C. A&T State University work in tandem, along with federal,
state and local governments, to form a strategic partnership called N.C. Cooperative Extension.
Extension's 4-H program is the largest youth development organization in North Carolina. We help over 247,000 young people grow into active, contributing citizens each year.
