AlB—Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 7,1981
BY DEBBIE KOONTZ
LANCASTER Lancaster
County 4-H clubs are anticipating a
great year according to Nancy
Myers, 4-H county agent
1 ‘Our leaders are already excited
about some of the programs we
will be offering. We hope to make
this year a year that Lancaster
County 4-H clubs really grow,” she
said.
“We are offering a lot of 4-H
awareness programs because 4-H
is always changing and we are
trying to meet the needs of all
youths 4-H isn’t just for farm kids
anymore Our suburban and city
enrollment far outnumbers our
rural enrollment ”
One such 4-H awareness
program took place Thursday
morning, January 22, to senior
citizens in the New Holland area
The program, held at the Trinity
Lutheran Church, featured various
projects on which the New Holland
area clubs are working Some of
them are handyman, rabbit and
pet care
fer
Leaders from the 4-H Leader's Advisory Council gathered
for a workshop entitled “In and Outs of Club Organization.”
Pictured are (left) Kathy Phillips and Dot Charles who worked
together as instructors for the class. With her back to the
camera is Barb Engle.
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4-H plans “exciting year”
Said Nancy, ' Everyone enjoyed
that day The senior citizens really
like being shown what the kids are
doing and we helped make them
aware of 4-H’s role in their com
munity Hopefully some of those
attending will want to help us
grow ”
The program, headed by Fern
Huber, New Holland Community
Club, also featured a clothing and
crafts presentation 'by Jennie
Phillips of Garden Spot 4-H
The 4-H clubs of I Lancaster
County not only recruit their
leaders, but they also continually
help them learn along with the
youths
On January 21 and February 5
over 20 leaders from the county
joined in various workshops
presented by the leaders of the
leader’s Advisory Council Their
instruction, which included new
projects, promotion ideas,
leadership skills and group par
ticipation, was entitled “Ins and
Outs of Club Organization ”
“We want to reach the hard to
There is no generation gap here as Linda va Hoover a pet care project at a 4-H
Sue Huber, future 4-H’er shows senior citizen Awareness program in New Holland.
reach areas such as ntercity
youth, the handicapped and just
anybody who still believes that 4-H
is all raising cattle and sheep,"
Nancy explained I think anyone
we could talk to would be surprised
at what all we offer Even our
leaders are learning more about us
all the time And they really get
excited Imagine how the kids
would feel and benefit if they only
knew everything we do ”
Looking ahead, the roster for the
County 4-H clubs in
cludes such events as a Night at
the Spectrum, March 6 to watch
the Philadelpia 76’ers play the
Denver Nuggets, a spring fling, a
regional event to be held in York,
February 21, featuring com
munications workshops, clowning
and pantomime, promotion
techniques and group discussions,
and a teen leader retreat to
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and role playing of different
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Other future events include
Roller skating, March 9
Home ec leaders training, March
25
Teen, leader, agent training
retreat to Washington, March 27-29
Capitol Days to Harrisburg, April
27-28
4-H officers training. May 12
Philadelphia fabric trip, May IB
Camp Nawakwa, June 9-12
Public speaking contest, June 17
4-H leadership congress, June 22-2 B
Day camp, July 14
Fashion revue, July 16
State Achievement days, August
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Many more events are planned
and you can read about them in
future issues of Lancaster Far
ming.
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