Wayne County 4-H News

On October 20, the International Travel 4-H Club "traveled" to Belgium to learn about its culture and customs. Club members Benton Hall, Conner Hall and Marah Christian made different dishes and spoke about them during the meeting. Check out their dishes below. For more information about this club, please contact the  Wayne County Extension Office  at  304-272-6839 .

Another quilt block has been added to the Wayne County 4-H Heritage Quilt Trail on October 20, 2020. This beautiful quilt block that hangs on the Wayne Public Library. Many thanks to Shannon Marshall, Bruce Crockett, and the Smith family for all their help! For more information on the quilt trail, please contact the Wayne County Extension Office at 304-272-6839.

The Tractor Supply Clover Campaign run October 7 through October 18. Donate in-store or online at the Lavalette Tractor Supply Store and proceeds will benefit the Wayne County 4-H Program. If you have any questions about this program, please contact the Extension Office at 304-272-6839.

The Wayne County Commissioners declared it National 4-H Week on October 1. National 4-H Week runs October 4 - 10, 2020. This year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no youth were apart of this annual tradition. We thank the Wayne County Commission for their continued support of 4-H in Wayne County and the Wayne County Extension Office. Youth are encouraged to enroll in 4-H and call our office with questions at 304-272-6839. 

The first 100 youth to enroll by October 19, will receive a 4-H Welcome Kit that will include one of the 4-H gators the Commissioners are wearing below, along with some other cool stuff! Check out all the additional activities we have for 4-H members this fall! 

The Wayne County 4-H Club Leaders met virtually on September 15 to discuss the best course of action for the club program this fall. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic and the university requirements for any in-person meetings, we came to an agreement to suspend 4-H Clubs from meeting in-person through December 2020. Also, we will not be holding an in-person 4-H Achievement Night and will instead do a virtual slide show; more information will be forthcoming. In lieu of in-person club meetings, the following optional opportunities will be available this fall:

This community service project was started by the Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors in August 2020. Any 4-H member is welcome to paint a rock and write a nice quote, or a word (ex. SMILE) and drop it off at our office and we’ll add it to the rock garden once it is complete. The purpose of the Kindness Rock Garden is to spread kindness so people in the community can take a rock they like or paint one to leave for someone else. 

The project if funded by Volunteer WV. 

Starting in October, we will offer three project workshops to include:

The Wayne County 4-H Club Leaders met virtually on September 15 to discuss the best course of action for the club program this fall. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic and the university requirements for any in-person meetings, we came to an agreement to suspend 4-H Clubs from meeting in-person through December 2020. Also, we will not be holding an in-person 4-H Achievement Night and will instead do a virtual slide show; more information will be forthcoming. In lieu of in-person club meetings, the following is one optional activity for club members this fall. 

Details about Picture this Wayne County

Our office is building a menu of activities around the Head H, the Heart H, the Hands H and Health H, plus “Fun Stuff” to do this fall, since in-person club meetings have been suspended. Members will visit a website to be released in early October via email and select activities to complete. Youth need to post a picture of the activity they complete to the website as documentation that they completed an activity.

Youth that complete five activities (one from each category – the Head H, the Heart H, the Hands H and Health H, plus “Fun Stuff”) will receive the corresponding buttons below. 4-H members that do a total of 10 activities from the website will receive the leadership button too.

In 2019, WV 4-H began using a new database for members and volunteers designed by a company named ZSuite. A few 4-H families have been in ZSuite to register for state events or simply to check it out. Starting October 1, all families will enroll their children in 4-H through ZSuite. We will not have paper enrollment forms available this year. If you have issues with the Internet or access to it, please call our office at 304-272-6839 and we will brainstorm options.

If you turned in completed enrollment forms for the 2019-2020 4-H year, our office created an account for you in ZSuite. In order to avoid having multiple accounts for the same Household, please do not create another without first calling the office.