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Clover Connection
Rowan County 4-H Newsletter
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Happy National 4-H Week! This week is a special time to celebrate and promote 4-H within our community! I'd like to give a shout out to all of our
4-H'ers and 4-H volunteers who make our 4-H program thrive!
This newsletter is a little delayed due to my crazy schedule, but is full of 4-H opportunities, save the dates, and upcoming deadlines. There are TONS of flyers in this newsletter highlighting upcoming opportunities, so take time to look at
them.
Make sure to click "view entire message" at the end because there's more opportunities to see!
Click here for Rowan 4-H page on Facebook
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4-HOnline is OPEN for
2025 enrollments. As a reminder, your child must be re-enrolled to participate during the 2025 calendar year. Get this done ASAP!
**As you re-enroll, please UPDATE your child's saved information and please make sure it is accurate and correct.
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Rowan County 4-H
Save the Dates
CLICK HERE to see all known dates for all known upcoming 4-H programs
(this does not include club meeting dates/times, PALS meetings or County Council meetings. Those can be found elsewhere in the newsletter or through contacting laura_allen@ncsu.edu).
**Please note that Rowan County 4-H will NOT be hosting Kids Voting NC 4-H-Rowan this year. We hope to bring it back next year! |
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Upcoming Meetings
County Council: for youth ages 12-18 years old as of January 1
**If your child is 12-18 as of Jan 1 and they are interested in County Council, please email Laura to get on the County Council email list
for all reminders and updates for this group!
-Next County Council meetings:
-Next meeting will be a JOINT MEETING with YSUP Rowan on Monday, October 20, 6-7:30 PM. We will meet at the YSUP Rowan meeting location: 1322 South Fulton St. (Maupin Ave Presbyterian fellowship
hall). Must RSVP by Oct. 15.
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 meetings:
-December 15, 7 PM on Zoom
https://ncsu.zoom.us/j/95639180145?pwd=ak8HF17hGhmwx0va3bHa9ruF031yXv.1
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Want to check out pictures at 4-H Events?
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PREPARE NOW for completing 4-H Project Record Books (based on 2025) and Portfolios!
2025 books will be due January 14, 2026
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4-H'ers are encouraged to put up flyers and a donation box in community locations such as your church, local businesses, etc. Members need to be responsible for checking the donation boxes and bringing all donated items to the Extension office at the conclusion of the project. All items MUST be
delivered to the Extension office by noon on Monday, November 3.
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If you are interested in providing scholarship funding to help send youth to 4-H Camp this Summer, please contact laura_allen@ncsu.edu.
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HORSE: If you want to stay up-to-date on all things related to the NC 4-H Horse Program, click here to sign up to receive their newsletter. Click here to access the main page for the NC 4-H Horse Program to learn more.If interested in participation in 4-H Horse Bowl, Hippology, or Horse Judging, please contact Mrs. Laura.
LIVESTOCK: Rowan County 4-H will begin practicing in early 2026 for next years' contests, which are held in in late July/early August. This opportunity is led by 4-H volunteer Eric Deal. Contact Mrs. Laura if interested.
DAIRY CATTLE: 4-H Dairy Quizbowl is normally held in March annually & Dairy Judging contest is usually held in April annually. If interested in participating in 2026, contact the 4-H Agent. See flyer below with first practice dates.
POULTRY: The 4-H Poultry Judging contest is held annually in July. This is led by the Rowan 4-H Agent & Rowan
Livestock Agent. Contact Mrs. Laura if interested.
If you are interested in participating in or learning more about ANY of these opportunities, please contact the Rowan County 4-H Agent at laura_allen@ncsu.edu.
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CLICK HERE to find all details
about the
4-H Plant Sale, including a plant list with descriptions & prices! ORDERS DUE BY OCTOBER 30.
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CLICK HERE to place all
4-H
Wreath & Garland Sale orders! ORDERS DUE BY OCTOBER 28.
This sale benefits our county 4-H clubs!
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West Rowan 4-H Explorers 4-H Club report
By: Milas Calvert, Reporter
On September 25, the West Rowan 4-H Explorers 4-H Club participated in their annual community service project. Club members cleaned the West Rowan Volunteer Fire Department. WRVFD generously allows the club to meet at the station, and they wanted to say, "thank you".
(The West Rowan 4-H Explorers Club meets on the second Tuesday of every month. Their club
activities are based around STEM projects.)
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4-H Shout Outs
Thanks to all of the 4-H'ers who competed in the Rowan County Fair! We had lots of 4-H items in the Exhibit Hall and 4-H'ers showing their animals in the barn!
The 4-H Dairy Heifer Project concluded at the Rowan County Fair, as our 12 youth participants showed their animals after practicing for 7 weeks. Special thanks to Lutheridge Jersey Dairy Farm for partnering with us to make this project possible. Special congratulations to:
Lainey Plott: 1st place showmanship, Pee Wee
Kyann Race: 1st place
showmanship, Junior
Tallulah Ennis: Junior & Grand Champion Jersey
The 4-H Pullet Project & 4-H Broiler Project also concluded at the Rowan County Fair. Congratulations to:
Pullet Project
Grand Champion: Kinley Brown
Reserve Grand Champion: Elijah Brown
1st place Showmanship, Junior: Jace Hastings
1st place Showmanship, Intermediate: Henry Waller
Broiler Project
Grand Champion: John Tucker
Reserve Grand Champion: Ada Waller
1st place Showmanship, Junior: Georgia Fritz
1st place Showmanship, Intermediate: John Tucker
Congratulations to Abigail Wood who attended the National 4-H Dairy Conference in Madison, Wisconsin on September 28-Oct. 2. She represented NC at this conference.
We had 4-H'ers compete in the NC 4-H Egg-cellent Egg Contest. They include:
-Cloverbud: Sawyer Moore
-Junior Division, Blue/Green Small/Medium eggs: Baylee Householder
-Junior Division participation: Georgia Fritz
Many Rowan County 4-H'ers competed in the NC 4-H State Shooting Sports competition held on Oct. 3 & 4 in Ellerbe, NC. These 4-H'ers are all members of the Hot Shots 4-H Club or the Lead Drivers 4-H Club. A full list of scores can be found here. Congratulations to all of them on a job well done!
Special thanks to all of the 4-H'ers who pledged their hands to larger service during the Feed the Hunger community event held at Concordia Lutheran Church. There were over 30 4-H'ers, volunteers & 4-H family members that helped package food during this 2-day event.
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Do you have Medicaid? If so, your policy most likely
gives a $10-$75 voucher to be used towards youth activities, and 4-H should qualify! Please check into this for your family!
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| Rowan County 4-H t-shirts available for purchase! $15 each!
Same design, 2 shirt colors.
GRAY and GREEN!
Come to the office to purchase and pick up! First come, first served.
Youth Sizes: S, M, L
Adult Sizes: XS, S, M, L, XL
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Rowan County 4-H Volunteer Corner
For registered 4-H volunteers with Rowan County 4-H!
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Rowan 4-H Volunteer Reporting for 2025
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/2025rowan4hvolunteercontacts 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! |
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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.
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