State Council 4-H Health Challenge!

The North Carolina State 4-H Council is focusing on The 4th H: Health as our State Project this year. As a part of this project, the State 4-H Council Officers have developed a monthly health challenge and we want you and your 4-H'ers to participate! Each month a new challenge, resources and helpful hints will be shared through both the State 4-H Council Facebook page and the North Carolina 4-H Facebook page. The challenges will relate to dietary, physical and mental health and will be posted a few days before the start of each month.

If participants meet the monthly goal, they will be asked to submit their information here: http://goo.gl/forms/tJGVmC62eK . This is an honor system and one 4-H youth and one adult (employee or volunteer) will be randomly selected each month to receive a health related prize! Winners will be announced through Facebook! Please share this information widely and let people know about this great opportunity! Thank you for your support of our State 4-H Project!

State 4-H Council Newsletter-October 2015

The October State 4-H Council Newsletter has been published and is available on the 4-H website.  You can find it here: http://www.nc4h.org/youth/statecouncil/

OJJDP Poster Contest

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) sponsors a Educational Poster Contest to promote awareness of missing and exploited children. Your 5th grade student can help this cause by designing a poster with the theme of “Bring Our Missing Children Home.” Participating students are to create a poster that reflects the theme and complete an application describing their poster and the importance of collaboration in bringing missing children home.
http://mecptraining.org/…/uplo…/2014/01/2016-Flyer_Final.pdf

Healthy Halloween with 4-H

Join us for a HEALTHY Halloween afternoon of crafts, activities/games, snacks, and lots of fun!
Friday, October 30th
1:30 pm-3 pm
Surry County Cooperative Extension Office
Call (336) 401-8025 or email Whitney at whitney_sprinkle@ncsu.edu to register!

4-H State Council Conference

It is almost time for the 2015 State 4-H Council Conference! The dates of the conference are November 14-15 and it will be held at the Jane S. McKimmon Center in Raleigh. State Council Conference is for youth ages 13 - 18. 

Your State 4-H Officers have been working to plan exciting workshops and speakers for the event. Our State 4-H Council this year has selected the “The 4th H: Health” as the State Council Project and I know you will enjoy the workshops that are being planned around this theme. We will have a variety of workshops at this year’s conference including Ambassador workshops, State Council workshops, and Leadership workshops. 

The Registration deadline is October 12 and the cost is $140. T-shirts are available for an additional $15. Call (336) 401-8025 or email Whitney at whitney_sprinkle@ncsu.edu to register.

4-H Horse Program Newsletter

The September issue of the NC 4-H Horse Program Newsletter is now available.  To access the newsletter, please click the following link:

https://equinehusbandry.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NC-4-H-Horse-Program-Newsletter-September-2015.pdf?fwd=no

Fall Tractor Supply Campaign 2015

Tractor Supply Company (TSC) stores in Mount Airy and Elkin will again be joining 4-H in support of local youth with the 4-H TSC Paper Clover Campaign, a national in-store fundraising effort to benefit state and local 4‑H programming in each of the communities where a Tractor Supply Company store is located.

Beginning Wednesday, October 7th through Sunday, October 18th, shoppers at the Mount Airy and Elkin Tractor Supply Company stores will have the opportunity to support 4-H in Surry County by purchasing paper clovers for just $1 at checkout.  All funds raised through this local 4-H TSC Paper Clover Campaign will be donated to 4-H, and will support 4-H camps, school enrichment/after school programs and other 4-H youth development program activities in Surry County. Please help support this effort and share the news with your friends and family.

Our local Tractor Supply Company stores are located at:

Mount Airy TSC:

2151 Rockford ST STE C,

Mount Airy, NC 27030

(336) 786-1211

Elkin TSC:

1925 N Bridge ST STE 100

Elkin, NC 28621

(336) 835-6004