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Yancey County 4-H Newsletter
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2022 4-H Re-enrollment
Re-enrollment will use the same system as last year, called 4-H Online. Please note that effective January 1, 2022, only youth members and 4-H volunteers who are enrolled in 4-HOnline will be considered active members and / or certified 4-H volunteers. Active membership status will be required for individuals to participate in 4-H member activities, events, programs, 4-H trips, as well as for participation as a 4-H volunteer leader.
NC 4-H operates on a calendar year and as such enrollment begins annually on Jan. 1st. For families with an existing 4-HOnline account, you will need to:
- Login to your family profile
- Review and update youth member/volunteer information as needed. The system will walk you through each of the required sections. Note: Some sections of the application must be completed annually while others just ask that you review areas for any needed changes.
- When you have updated all of the information click "Enroll for 2022-2023". Your membership status will be updated and sent to your local 4-H office for approval.
Youth profiles should take approximately 10 – 15 minutes to update and submit. Volunteer profiles will take 20 - 25 minutes which includes the annual required training video.
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2021 Project Record Books are Due!
Project Record Books for the 2021 4-H Year are due to Jordan by 5:00pm on Friday, February 4th! Remember, every youth who turns in a complete project record book, will receive a $25 gift card! Click the link below for more information on Project Record Books and to access the blank forms. Contact Jordan if you have any questions!
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2022 4-H Tubing Day
Join our Outdoor Adventures Club for a fun morning of snow tubing at Wolf Ridge! Saturday, February 5th from 9-11am. Open to age 5 and up. Click the link below for more information.
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4-H Longshots Firearm Safety & Cleaning Workshop
Mark your calendars! Our Shooting Sports Club, Yancey Longshots will be holding a Firearm Safety & Cleaning Workshop for club members and their families on Saturday, February 12th from 9am-11am at the Yancey County Senior Center (503 Medical Campus Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714). Contact Jordan for more information!
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Longshots 2022 Club Enrollment Open
Our Yancey County 4-H Longshots Club is now accepting new club members! Club open enrollment is open until March 25th. After this date, no new members will be accepted in 2022. Longshots offers the disciplines of rifle, shotgun and archery. Click the link below for more information, or contact Jordan!
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Beef Club Interest Meeting
Join us on Thursday, February 10th at 6:00 p.m. at the Yancey County Senior Center (503 Medical Campus Dr, Burnsville, NC 28714) for an interest meeting about our 4-H Beef Club! The Yancey County 4-H Beef Club participates in the WNC Dairy Steer Project. The WNC Dairy Steer Program is designed to introduce youth to livestock showing, feeding, and care. Participants in the program will be provided a dairy calf that they will feed and care for at their home or another approved facility from March through the 2022 Mountain State Fair when the calves are sold.
Participants will attend an informational orientation to prepare them for their project, participate in other events/clinics where they will work with their calf, and conclude their project by showing and selling their calves at the Mountain State Fair. This project is open to youth ages 8 and up. Previous livestock experience and living on a farm is NOT required. Youth must be a 4-H member to participate. Joining 4-H is free and easy! Contact Jordan for more information!
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Livestock Club Interest Meeting
Join us for an interest meeting for our Livestock Club on Saturday, February 19th at 10:00am at the Yancey County Cooperative Extension. At this meeting youth will learn more about our sheep and goat project opportunities.
Contact David Davis at 828-682-6186 or David_davis@ncsu.edu for more information.
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New Opportunity: Swine Project
Open to youth ages 8-18. Project will take place February – September. Youth participants will be provided 2 pigs, a swine feeder and parts to construct a waterer on a cost-share basis. There are two tracks youth can choose from: Showmanship Track- show at a minimum of 2 shows, sell pigs as part of the show and sale at the end of the season Entrepreneurial Track- Grow your pigs, learn how to create your own marketing plan, experience small scale pig production.
Join us for an interest meeting on Thursday, February 17th from 6-7pm at the Yancey County Cooperative Extension for more information.
Contact David Davis at 828-682-6186 or David_davis@ncsu.edu for more information.
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2022 4-H Camp
Spaces are filling up quickly for our 2022 trip to 4-H Camp!
There are few tools as powerful as the camp experience to positively impact the lives of young people. Whether it’s through nurturing social skills, building self-confidence, re-connecting kids with nature, or supporting positive peer to peer relationships, North Carolina 4-H Camp has the power to transform the lives of every child that walks through our doors.
Yancey County 4-H will be camping at Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Educational Center in June 19-24, 2022. We will be camping with Madison and Henderson counties from the West district, along with Ashe, Beaufort, Edgecombe and Nash counties from other parts of the State.
Children ages 8-12 can attend traditional 4-H camp. The 4-H Camp tuition is $500, which is all-inclusive of your child’s six-day experience at an accredited camping center. To reserve your child’s spot for 2022, a $75 deposit is required, which goes towards the camp total. Scholarships are available through Yancey County 4-H. Contact Jordan for more information.
Click the link below for more information about 2022 4-H Camp.
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2022 Tri-County Chick to Chicken and Small Animal Programs
We are excited to announce that our Tri-County Chick to Chicken and Tri-County Small Animal Programs will be happening again in 2022!
Tri-County Chick to Chicken Program
Does your child enjoy working with animals? If so, the Tri-County Chick to Chicken Program is an excellent opportunity for youth to learn more about raising and showing chickens through a hands-on experience! In this four month program, youth receive two chicks and raise them until the final event of showing them in the Avery County Fair and WNC Mountain State Fair. During the program, youth will attend one workshop per month where they will bring their chickens and work with them, learning how to care for and show them.
Join us on Tuesday, March 1st at 5:30pm at Riverside Park in Spruce Pine (305 Tappan Street, Spruce Pine, NC 28777) for the Tri-County Chick to Chicken Interest Meeting.
Tri-County Small Animal Program
Does your child love animals but you don’t have a large area for them at your home? If so, the Tri-County Small Animal Program is an excellent opportunity for youth to learn more about raising, caring for, and showing rabbits and/or guinea pigs through a hands-on experience! In this four month program, youth receive a rabbit or guinea pig and raise them until the final event of showing them in the Avery County Fair. During the program, youth will attend one workshop per month where they will bring their animal and work with them, learning how to care for and show them.
Join us on Thursday, March 3rd at 5:30pm at Riverside Park in Spruce Pine (305 Tappan Street, Spruce Pine, NC 28777) for the Tri-County Small Animal Interest Meeting.
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Tuesday, February 1st 5:30-6:30pm- Sewing Club Meeting
Thursday, February 3rd 4-5pm- Exploring STEM Program Session #3
Friday, February 4th- Project Record Books Due to Yancey County Office
Saturday, February 5th 9-11am- Outdoor Adventures Club Tubing Trip
Tuesday, February 8th 4-5pm- Exploring STEM Program Session #4
Tuesday, February 1st 5:30-6:30pm- Sewing Club Meeting
Thursday, February 10th 6-7pm- Dairy Steer Project Interest Meeting
Saturday, February 12th 8:30am- Longshots Club Business Meeting
Saturday, February 12th 9-11am- Longshots Firearm Safety & Cleaning Workshop
Monday, February 14th 4-5pm- Arts & Crafts Club Meeting
Tuesday, February 15th 4-5pm- Exploring STEM Program Session #5
Tuesday, February 1st 5:30-6:30pm- Sewing Club Meeting
Wednesday, February 16th 3-4pm- Homeschool Club Meeting (Note the changed time!)
Thursday, February 17th 6-7pm- 4-H Swine Project Interest Meeting
Saturday, February 19th 10-11am- Livestock Club Interest Meeting (Sheep & Goat)
Monday, February 21st 4-5pm- Electric Club Meeting
Tuesday, February 1st 5:30-6:30pm- Sewing Club Meeting
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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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