Lucky Leaf – Ashley Romanowski, Reporter
Hello everyone! Our last meeting was very busy! I hope everyone had fun! The Lucky Leaf and Little Creek Clovers did a fun Valentine’s craft. We have two birthdays this month, Miss Melody and Lauren. Awesome job to Ashley , Elise ,and Noel at the public speaking contest! Congratulations to Meredith for participating in the archery shoot in Lancaster, PA. We discussed the upcoming events: The Spaghetti dinner ,Favorites Foods Contest, Photo Graphic Arts Contest, Sussex County Demonstrations Contest, State 4H Camp dates, and The Delaware Indoor Archery Championship. The fun things we are going to do is making cookies for Delmar’s First Responders. Elise presented her project book cooking demonstration and made delicious chocolate cherry scones. The meeting was concluded with a healthy snack from Meredith and Samantha Timmons. The next meeting is Thursday, March 7, 2019!
Hollymount – Gia Joella, Reporter
After our usual energetic activities, we began our business meeting. There, we discussed past events, like the Public Speaking Contest; and upcoming events, like the Bagging Event and the Spaghetti Dinner. Once our meeting concluded, we split into three groups to circulate through the different stations. The first station my group visited prepared us for the Demonstration Contest. We learned about the requirements of the contest and tips on how to present! We then were matched with partners and given a topic to present on. After preparing a “script” for a few moments and discussing our presenting strategy, it was time to present to our group! Once we had finished at that station, we learned how to correctly mount pictures for the Graphic Arts Contest and State Fair. We were told the correct way to place them on the mat, and we learned which information to include on the back. After that, we went to a station that prepared us for the Favorite Foods Contest. There, we learned about different kinds of knives; how to correctly present food; how to measure ingredients; and learned the definition of many items in the kitchen. This was a very informative meeting and definitely helped us prepare for the events!
Harbor Lights – Kate Cunningham
The Harbor Lights 4H club last met on February 11, 2019. Everyone involved in the recent events in 4H such as the teen conference, had lots of fun and learned a lot. After discussing exciting upcoming events in our meeting, we planned a babysitting fundraiser. After the meeting, we studied and prepared for the Favorite Foods tests by making cookies together and learning the correct way to measure. Everyone participating in Favorite Foods in our club brought the dishes that will be made and brought to the contest. They were all delicious and we are very excited to be able to attend Favorite Foods and the upcoming events that 4-H has to offer.
Clover Knights – Abigail Frost, Reporter
Our Clover Knights family is growing! We have welcomed a few new members who have decided to join our club.
A big thank you to everyone for donations for the annual spaghetti dinner and auction, this is a fun event that many 4-H’ers and their families, friends look forward too. This is a big fundraiser for 4-H, so great job!
Another big exciting event coming up is Favorite Foods competition which will be held March 2nd at Sussex Tech. We have a fun stained-glass project planned in the next 2 weeks that can be used as a fair project. We are also planning a new fundraiser for our club, we will be selling flowers for Easter. Our last fundraiser was very successful so we are looking forward to having the same results.
Lastly, we would like to acknowledge and send a thank you to some of our members for doing an outstanding job in participating at the “Rock your Socks “ event that was recently held at Sussex Tech. This was an event to mismatch socks for World Down Syndrome Day on March 21, 2019. Those who volunteered were the Emma, Abby and Beth Sparpaglione; Riley & Kristen Osbourne; Ashlyn, Brooke & Kim Elliott; Roxie Robinson; Allison Weldon; Madison & Hannah Rice; Autumn, Christopher & Noel Lenhart; Emma & Ella Locklear; Keep up the great work Clover Knights!!!!
Bridgeville Mustangs- Paige Taylor, Reporter
To begin our February meeting, our Exploring 4-H members, including Lillie and Reid Bradley, met to make stamped cards for the Delaware State Fair. Some of our Junior Leaders including Jenna Anger and Wesley DeFord attended State Teen Conference where they attended to a University of Delaware Basketball Game and went to Sky Zone. Many of our members participated in the Public Speaking contest! Congratulations Carter Bradley and Jenna Anger for receiving first place in your divisions! Many of our leaders attended State Leaders Forum where they took classes to help improve their leadership skills. While the junior leaders are off to the State Teen Conference and our leaders are at the State Leader Forum, a few of our little mustangs including Juliette Anger, Lillie Bradley, and Brooke Taylor are having loads of fun at the Sussex County Winter Fun Day playing games and meeting new people! Some of our junior leaders including Kyle Kerr, Wesley DeFord, Paige Taylor, and Jenna Anger met to prepare for the Magical Mustangs Project Day 2019. To wrap up our February meeting, Ms. Harold gave a presentation on The MyPlate Food System. After the presentation, members were asked to come up with a healthy dinner plate. I think everyone had a great time at the Bridgeville Mustangs February Meeting!
