The 4-H Advisory Committee is excited to share with you that 180 pairs of socks have been donated so far for this year’s Happy Feet Sock Drive that was held in conjunction with our back to school drive in August.  The socks are donated to the Orrville United Way’s Happy Feet Sock Drive to help ensure less fortunate families and individuals in the community have clean, dry socks to keep their feet warm this winter.  The 4-H Committee thanks everyone that has donated socks so far this year and invites you to bring any remaining socks you would like to donate to the 4-H recognition banquet on November 6th.

As we wrap up the 2014 4-H year, we invite all clubs to send in photos of their club meetings and activities from throughout this past year including 4-H camp and fair!   We would love to see how much fun you had with your club this year and share that with our Facebook followers.  We also would like to use these photos as we work to compile a slideshow video to use for 4-H recruitment in the spring!  Please e-mail any photos you would like to share to 4-H Educator Doug Foxx or bring them to the Extension Office on a CD or flash drive.

The Wayne County 4-H Junior Leaders is open to all teens ages 13-19.  Our November meeting will be held on Monday November 3rd from 7-9 pm at Ron Grosjean’s farm just south of Wooster on Route 3.  We will be touring the Grosjean’s Antique Farm and Agricultural Museum, playing Fall Harvest Games, and having lots of fun.  Please click the link below for the address and more details.

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You are cordially invited to attend the

4-H Member and Volunteer 

Recognition Banquet 

on Thursday, November 6, 2014 

at 6:30 PM at the 

Orrville Christian Church 

The Orville Christian Church is at 925 North Elm Street in Orrville. Registration will begin at 6:00 p.m., with dinner served promptly at 6:30 p.m.. Please note that special invitations will be sent to members being recognized that evening. Come join your fellow 4-H’ers, advisors and committee members for a fun evening and a great meal! Dress is to be casual.

We will again have the Hugh Kline 4-H Endowment fundraiser by holding a silent auction. We will have three items for you to come and bid upon to help raise funds. The dollars raised will go into our foundation principle and interest returns to our county each year for local programming.

Members in their four, eight and last year of 4-H membership will be recognized. Along with all Scholarship, County Award winners, State and National Camp participants, all Judging teams, Bowl teams, Excellence in 4-H, and Outstanding Junior Leadership members will be recognized.

Advisors will be recognized by tenure. Committee members will be recognized for their contributions. The Meritorious Service Award will be presented.

The meals are free for advisors & committee members that are being recognized for years of service; their tickets are sponsored by the Wayne County Agricultural Society. The meals for 4-Her’s being recognized are free; their tickets are sponsored by the Wayne County Granges. Spouses and guests will pay $5.00 each. 

To RSVP for the banquet, please click the link below to print out the RSVP form or call the Extension Office at 330-264-8722.

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Eligibility for 4-H membership (Cloverbuds) begins when a child has reached age 5 and is enrolled in kindergarten as of January 1 of the current year.

Membership to the 4-H club program begins when a child is at least age 8 and is enrolled in third grade as of January 1 of the current year.  Ohio 4-H membership ends December 31 of the year in which an individual attains the age of 19.

The Wayne County 4-H Advisory Committee is continuing the “Bikes for Kids” service project and is encouraging all clubs to again take part.  This year is the 10th anniversary of the Wayne County 4-H / Wayne County Fair Bikes for Kids project, which began when Country Music Performer Aaron Tippin assembled a bike on-stage during his concert at the Wayne County Fair.   Our Junior Leaders and Wayne County Senior Fair Board members have consented to build the bicycles again this year and are challenging each 4-H Club to raise or donate enough money to purchase at least one bike (at an approximate cost of $65.00). The bicycles are donated to the Wayne County Children’s Services, People to People, and Salvation Army Christmas programs.  If each of our 4-H clubs raised or donated enough money to buy one bike, we would have 50. Some clubs may want to do two or three bikes, which would provide even more!  Money can be given at any time of the year, but MUST be turned in to the Extension office by October 24, 2014.

Junior Leaders and Senior Fair Board members will be working together to assemble the bikes on Monday December 1st at the FFA Building on the Wayne County Fairgrounds.

On behalf of the 4-H Advisory Committee we would like to say thank you to the following clubs that have donated funds toward this year’s Bikes for Kids project as of October 22, 2014: