Wayne County 4-H News

Sincere appreciation to our Teen Camp Counselors who gave up a week of their summer to help be wonderful role models to nearly 70 youth at 4-H Younger Camp! We also thank our adult staff for giving of their time, talent and energy at this camp - we appreciate all our volunteers and their contributions to making 4-H Younger Camp a success this year!

Teen Camp Counselors include from l-r: Kayleigh Cox, Mona Napier, Brenna Barnett, Sarah Ferry, Kelton Cox, James Cox, and Hunter Donahoe.

The Wayne County Cloverbud Day Camp was held June 12 - 15 at Mays Chapel near Lavalette. Twenty youth registered for camp this year! This year's camp theme was "4-H Through the Decades". Campers made a wide variety of crafts and had lots of outdoor recreation too! For more information about the Wayne County 4-H Camp program, please contact Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent.

The Energy Express program started on June 8, 2018. Wayne County will have five sites located throughout the county. During the month of June, the site teams will be engaged in training and community service projects. Starting July 2, the sites teams will be working directly with elementary-aged children to provide reading enrichment and other activities related to reading. To learn more about this program, please contact the Wayne County office at 304-272-6839.

Site Supervisors, Community Coordinators, and Mentors for Wayne County's five Energy Express sites are ready for this summer!

Energy Express started Friday June 8 and runs through Friday August 3. Children's first day is July 2. The sites include: Buffalo Elementary, Ceredo-Kenova Elementary, Crum PreK-8, East Lynn Elementary, and Fort Gay PreK-8. Child applications are still being accepted.

Vinson Middle School was host to a Reality Store on June 5, 2018. Reality Store is a financial simulation that allows students a glimpse into the future to see what bills, expenses and life in general will look like when they are 25 years old. This program requires over 20 volunteers and we would like to thank them for their dedication and commitment to this program!

Reality Store will reconvene with middle schools in the fall. Email Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent, to learn about you can participate in this unique opportunity later this year.

Congratulations to the Genoa Warriors 4-H Club who made 77 plants that were given to residents of Charter House in Wayne. What a great example of community service. #trueleaders

Our horse judging team, beef stockmen's team and forestry team were recognized by the Wayne County Commission this afternoon (not all team members could attend). The Wayne County Extension office extends many thanks to the Wayne County County Commission for their continued support of 4-H programs in our county!

The 2018-2019 4-H Dance Ambassador Application is now available online. The application deadline is June 11, 2018. Applicants must be must be 15 years old by September 1, 2018 to apply.

The Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors are planning a folk dancing demonstration for the Wayne County Nursing Home this July. The Ambassadors meet monthly to plan and implement community service projects. Member include (l-r): Ashlee Smith, Zane Smith, Landon Dodgion, Zoe Harold, Brettina Jeffers, Sarah Ferry, Zara Harold, Brenna Barnett, Erin Ferry, Chase Smith, and Audrey Spry. To learn about opportunities for community service, please contact our office at 304-272-6839 or email Julie Tritz, 4-H Extension Agent.

As part of their monthly meeting, Wayne County 4-H Ambassadors help prepare for Younger and Day Camps on May 21, 2018. They helped assemble name tags for the 70 youth attending Younger Camp and assemble crafts for Day Camp!