All Kinds of 4-H Fun!

Yesterday was an exciting day in the world of Richmond County 4-H! Many People are coming together to work for the good of 4-H and Richmond County Youth!

June 1st was the first day of Summer Fun Registration! We registered about 40 youth yesterday for classes that are held during the summer. Classes can be taken on subjects ranging from sewing to livestock to science to CSI to holiday crafts to healthy lifestyles. We are taking a few more trips than we have in the past, including a visit to the North Carolina Zoo, the Rotary Planetarium in Wadesboro, Richmond Community College, and the Sandhills Research Station. Registration will be held at the Extension Office from 9-5 and on an individual basis after Thursday. For more information, including required forms, schedules and class closings, please see the Richmond County Cooperative Extension website at richmond.ces.ncsu.edu.

Also, Mr. Brad Dixon, Assistant Director of Development for 4-H Camps and Conference Centers, Ms. Sharon Rowland, Executive Director, NC Cooperative Extension Foundation & Director of Development for the Central Region and Jim Clark, NC 4-H Historian, visited several businesses and individuals in the county to share the vision for the 4-H Museum Complex at Millstone 4-H Camp in Richmond County. Brad gave a wonderful presentation to the Richmond County Board of Commissioners with support of myself, our County Extension Director Clinton McRae, Millstone Camp Director Gene Shutt and his wife Dorothy, who is a public school teacher, Summer Camp Director William Terry and Head Male Cabin Counselor Will Speight. If anyone would like more information on the project, please check out http://www.nc4h.org/donors/museum.html or call Brad or Sharon at (919) 513-7989.

We are excited about both of these very big projects! Stay tuned for more information on events involving the Museum Project and be sure to come in & register for 4-H Summer Fun!