Upcoming Teen Opportunity!

January 8, 2011

If you are a youth ages 11-18 you should consider coming to the North Central District Winterfest!  You'll meet other youth your age and you will learn some about leadership, nutrition and more!  You'll also have a chance to go bowling with friends! The cost is $15!

Register by the last Friday in December!  Don't wait to sign up!  The cost includes: snacks, lunch, activities, and bowling!

Contact Terri at 593-8179 or via e-mail terri_bost@ncsu.edu!

Check out the schedule:

Winterfest 2011 Schedule


9:30-10:00 Registration

10:00-10:30 Business Meeting

10:35-11:35 Session I

Workshop I: Health Rocks

Workshop II: Drawing/Sketching

Workshop III: Improv

11:40-12:35 Session II

Workshop I: The Life of a District Officer

Workshop II: Leadership in the Movies

Workshop III: Improv

12:35-1:05 Lunch

1:05-2:05 Session III

Workshop I: Nutrition-In-A-Box

Workshop II: Public Speaking/Debating

Workshop III: Dance

2:05-2:30 Pick up Snack/Load/Travel

2:30-4:00pm Bowling/Arcade Games

4:00pm Everyone leaves for Home!

New updates!

Hey all!  Check out stokes.ces.ncsu.edu under 4-H Youth Development...the 2011 Calendar of events is up as well as the November 2010 newsletter! Start marking your calendar now!  There are all sorts of new programs coming out!

New State Blog

Hey Guys....so the state initiative Hungry to Help is a great project....check out the blog to stay up-to-date!

http://nc4-hhungrytohelp.blogspot.com/

National 4-H Week is underway!!!

So I hope you are ready for this week b/c National 4-H Week is here! Celebrate this week by telling a friend about 4-H, wearing a 4-H t-shirt, or participating in the STOKES STOCK UP!

The STOKES STOCK UP is our first annual food drive to help out the local food banks in Stokes County!  You can drop off non-perishable food items at any of the three Stokes libraries, the King YMCA or the Extension office in Danbury!  The drive ends on Saturday, October 9!

National 4-H Week will end with an explosive event: the Bur-Mil Festival located near Stokesdale in Guilford County! We'll be at the festival on October 9, 2010 from 10-4pm with our National 4-H Week Science experiment as well as a 3-D Dome Theater, airing various science programs!

Come out to the free festival and experience 4-H through the world of science!!!

Celebrate all that 4-H does this week!!!!!

4-H and the Fairs

If you missed the Stokes County Fair, the Stokes Stomp, and Kingfest, then you missed a great time in 4-H!!!! We sold sweet tea to raise money for youth programs and scholarships!!! Also, we worked hard at facepainting and signing up new people for 4-H!  We signed up over 50 new families!!! Yipee!!!

Hopefully we'll have new faces at our upcoming events!!!

Also, youth did great showing their animals at the Stokes County Fair!!! It was a great time for all!!

Coming up next is National 4-H week activities!!!!

4-H Summer Finale and Food Drive Competition

Summer Finale and Food Drive

At the American Legion Fairgrounds in King, NC on August 18, 2010

4 pm until 8 pm

$2.00 per person with 2 non-perishable food items

Special Guest Congresswoman Virginia Foxx

Minute to win it competition

Extreme games

Water Games

Food Design Competition

For more information or to sign up call 336-593-8179 or e-mail terri_bost@ncsu.edu

Food and fun for Every one

$1-for chance to pie 4-H Agent!!!!!

Stokes County 4-H wants to thank the following people who are rotating off the Advisory Council:

Betsy Mitchell, Ronda Durham, Gladys Jones, and Greg Collins


 You’ve all been a great support to the 4-H program, and we appreciate it!

April 1- Farmer’s Appreciation Dinner

April 8– Leaders/County Council meeting

April 14-Advisory Council meeting

April 15-Ambassador Portfolio due

April 19– Chef Don’s Teach N Taste (register by March 29)

May 3– Registration opens for Summer activities!

Happy Birthday- March Babies

• 
• Taylor Burnett
•  Hope Cooper
• Jesse Cooper
• Haley Copenhaver
• Garrett Covington
• Harley Craig
• Quinn Cullen
• Thalia Durling
• Kendra Folger
• Allison Hartman
• Amber Hawkins
• Shannon Hill
• Lily Knepp
• Madelyn McKinney       
• Haylee Nowlin
• Ashley Philyaw
• Alisha Price                                           
• Jessica Smith
• Meredith Smith
• Stone Snider
• Emma Stanbery
• Josie Stanbery
• Gabe Tedder
• Shannon Webb
•  Amanda Wilson
• Emily Wilson.

Calling All Stokes County 4-H'ers!!!

This blog is all about us. I need your help. Please send me articles and photographs about your club or achievements of your members. This site is dedicated to all things 4-H. If you are a member who would like to share an accomplisment or a leader who would like to brag about a member of your group, please email me at rahhrahhgurrl@aol.com .I would love to include it in this blog. Thank you in advance, Laren Evans

March 4– Nutrition Fair

March 5-6: North Central Teen Retreat

April 1– Leaders/County Council meeting

April 14-Advisory Council meeting

April 15-Ambassador Portfolio due

Upcoming Event- Nutrition Fair March 4

Nutrition Fair will be held at Calvary Church in King on Main Street. Entries can be brought at 5:30, however, judging will not begin until 6:00 p.m. All information can be found at www.stokes.ces.ncsu.edu . Note: You must turn in your information to Terri Bost by February 26.

Happy Birthday February 4-H'ers

Melanie Avent, Melissa Avent, Christopher Bowman, Cheyenne Burdette, Ozzy Cedillos, Keylan Coe,



Odessa Daniels, Hollie Dow, James Etheridge, Laren Evans, Sarah Fatz, D’Andrea France, Taylor Hill,


Nate Hundley, Grace Jernigan, Hannah King, Christian Marshall, Samantha Marshall, Alaina Mathis,


Ryker Moorefield, Denise Moses, Jaclyn Pack, Roger Phillips, Abigail Quesenberry, Lowell Shotton,


Taylor Shouse, Katie Simmons, Kelsie Singleton, Bailey Taylor, Bailey Thomas, Abigail Tuttle,


Kathleen Albee, Diane Blakemore, Carson Bollman, Adam Brown, Amy Christie, Candace Elliott,


Cody Elliott, Fisher Elliott, Casey Goolsby, Nickolas Harvey, Miranda Hundley, Karly Johnson,


Caitlin Langeberg, Christiana Marsh, Emily Marshall, Tabitha Marshall, Clarice Matthews,


Cole Newsome, Travis Nickelston, Carolyn Ross, Jeffrey Sedlacek, Cathy Smith, Kaitlyn Stone,


Matthew Strader, Gary Wilkins Jr., William Wright, and Emily Young