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Cleveland County 4-H News
October 2021
Happy National 4-H Week!

As we celebrate this week, we would like to thank all our volunteers, participants, and parents! Each of you are a vital part of our Cleveland County 4-H
Somethin' Pumpkin 4-H Pumpkin Decorating Party

Cleveland County Library System and Mauney Memorial Library are having a decorating contests as part of Somethin' Pumpkin 2021. Your family can come out and decorate a pumpkin for the contest next Tuesday October 12th 5:30pm-7:30pm. You have to RSVP by emailing charlie_godfrey@ncsu.edu so we know how many pumpkins to have.

October 12th 5:30-7:30pm
Location: Extension/4-H Office
Masks required

Pumpkin, decorating supplies, popcorn, and candy provided
4-H Homeschool Farm Field Trip

Cleveland County 4-H is hosting a farm field trip for homeschool students and their family at Devine Farms (2675 St James Church Rd, Newton, NC 28658). This will be a fun filled educational field trip. This field trip is open to children of all ages. Each child and adult over the age of 2 needs to be registered to attend. The cost is $7 per child, $7 per adult, under 2 years old is free. Payment must be made by cash or check to Cleveland County 4-H by October 13th at 5:00pm. Payment can be dropped off at the Cleveland County Cooperative Extension Office (130 S. Post RD, Suite 1, Shelby, NC 28152).

Parents will have to transport their children to the farm and remain at the farm throuhgout the field trip.

Families will need to bring a bag lunch.

The field trip activites will be from 10am-12pm. Lunch and free time to play at the farm will be from 12pm-2pm. Families are welcome to stay after 2:00pm, but the farm opens to the public at 2:00pm.

Each child registered will receive a pumpkin. The farm store will be open for families that would like to purchase more pumpkins or other items.
FIRST LEGO League Explore 4-H Spin Club

A 4-H Spin Club is a short term 4-H club. This spin club will be our first time offering the FIRST LEGO League Explore program. Each participant will recieve their own enigeering notebook. In Explore, teams of students ages 6-12 focus on the fundamentals of engineering as they explore real world problems, learn to design, and code and create unique solutions made with LEGO bricks and powered by LEGO® Education WeDo 2.0 robot.

Dates and times for club meetings:
November 2, 2021
November 9, 2021
November 30, 2021
December 7, 2021
January 4, 2022
January 11, 2022

All the meetings will be from 6:00-7:30pm at the Extension/4-H Office

This club is limited to 10 participants. If we have more interest, we will offer another 4-H FIRST LEGO League Explore sping club in 2022.

If your child is interested please email charlie_godfrey@ncsu.edu.
Family Fun in the Kitchen

We hope your family was able to participate in the Family Fun in the Kitchen Facebok Live event on September 28th. If your family has participated or is interested in this program, we would like to get your feedback. Please complete this survey to provide your feedback, https://forms.gle/82vVWZxoj8tBm9wL7.

Date: Tuesday October 26th
Time: 6:30pm
More details coming soon
Interested in joining a 4-H Club?

We are planning to restart some of our exisiting 4-H clubs and add some new clubs. If your child/children are interested in joining a 4-H club please complete this Google form, https://forms.gle/tB5CDT3Y2kFwzePo7

We are recruiting volunteers to help with each of these clubs as well. If you are interested in volunteering, please email charlie_godfrey@ncsu.edu.
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EVENTS | View Calendar
October 3rd-9th: National 4-H Week

October 12th: Somethin' Pumpkin 4-H Pumpkin Decorating Party, Time: 5:30pm, Location: Extension/4-H Office Auditorium, Email: charlie_godfrey@ncsu.edu to RSVP

October 20th: 4-H Homeschool Farm Field Trip, Time: 10am, Location: Devine Farms

October 21st: Broad River Grandparents Raising Grandchildren & Kinship Care Support Group/ 4-H Solutions Unlimited Club, 6:00pm, Location: TBD

Oct. 26th: Family Fun in the Kitchen, Time: 6:30pm, Location: TBD

Nov. 2nd: First Night of FIRST LEGO League Explore, Time: 6:00pm, Location: Extension/4-H Office

January 13th 2022: 4-H Kickoff Event, Time: 6:00pm, Location: Extension/4-H Office Auditorium
 
 
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