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By HELEN W. SMITH
Eitension Agent
As we celebrate National 4-H Week, I’d like to report on several exciting things happening here in Rappahannock County.
One of our continuing goals in 4H is to involve more youth in educational clubs and to involve the youth who participate in 4-H camp and summer workshops in the year-round 4-H program. The local 4-H community, project, and cloverbud clubs are the foundation of the total 4-H program. As a child gets older, he or she can then participate in such events as 4-H Day at the General Assembly, State 4-H Congress, and so forth.
We have some talented parents and adults who have agreed to begin three new clubs this fall — one for cloverbuds (ages 5-8) and two project clubs (ages 9-19). These are:
4-H Cooking and Crafts Club — This group will meet at the Extension Office on the second Wednesday of each month from 3:30 to 4:45 p.m. (except that the October meeting was held on Oct. 4). This club is under the leadership of Judy Burke. In October they participated in a cooking class on apples. The group will study cooking, nutrition, and home environment 4-H projects.
4-H Bird Club — Dr. Joe Garvin and Sue Benner have offered to start a club to teach about non-game birds and birds of prey, with emphasis on conservation and providing a habitat for our native wildlife. The organizational meeting will be at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10 at the Extension Office.
4-H Cloverbud Small Animal Club — An organizational meeting was held on Sept. 23 with 32 people in attendance. They plan to meet at 3 p.m. on the fourth Saturday to study about a different animal or pet each month. The October meeting will be held on Oct. 28 at the home of leader,
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