Some important dates...
The club will be doing Angel Tree shopping on Thursday, December 15th.  We will be meeting at the Walmart on Highway 79 at 5:45 PM and this will last about an hour.  Kids will shop for Christmas presents for four children in the community who may not get any gifts this holiday season.  Parents are welcome to stay and help!

We are having a Christmas party on Tuesday, December 20th, instead of the regular meeting!  Come to the activity building at 7:00 PM and go on a hay ride and sing carols.  We will make s'mores afterwards!
While kids are out caroling, parents are needed to roll breakfast burritos to freeze for the stock show concession stand.

Also on the 20th - Late stock show entries are due!  There will be a $25 late fee.  If you plan on showing an animal or participating in the home economics division, you must turn in your entry by this date because no entries will be accepted afterwards!


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

The Archer City 4-H club will be volunteering at the Clay County Animal Shelter on Saturday, December 3rd from 9:30-12:30.  We will be doing jobs like helping with animals and preparing for the Henrietta Parade that evening.  For more information, contact stacisbarn@gmail.com.  We'd love to see you there!

Clay County Animal Shelter
509 North Carroll Street
Henrietta, Texas

Big thanks to all who brought donations for the shelter to the November meeting!!!

Please e-mail 4-H related news, pictures and results to musicalreiner@yahoo.com.  Thanks!

Trick-or-treat!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! Thanks to everyone who trick-or-treated for canned goods on Halloween. We collected a lot of cans to be donated to the Archer City Food Pantry!

County Banquet

The annual Archer County 4-H Banquet was Sunday, October 30th. From Archer City, Cori Hash, Ashton Dunkel, Alexis Shanes, Sidney Dunkel, Tanner Hash, and Blake Dunkel were recognized for completing 4-H Record Books. Gold Star (Senior) and Silver Star (Junior) awards were also presented. Tanner Hash (left) received a Gold Star, Alexis Shanes (center) received a Silver Star, and Adam Hoff (right) received a Gold Star. Congratulations to all 2010-2011 4-H participants!

Halloween and Fundraiser Update

OCTOBER MEETING RECAP

At the October 4-H meeting on Tuesday the 18th, there was a teamwork program! Groups of five or six kids were given a marble and pieces of PVC pipe and they had to get the marble across the room and into a cup by making a 'bridge' with the pipe. If a group dropped their marble, they had to start over. The activity clearly showed the importance of working together.

FOOD DRIVE
The club is in the process of doing a food drive for the Archer City Food Pantry. At the October meeting a collection of canned items and other non-perishables was started. On Halloween the club is trick or treating for canned goods! If you are interested in participating, dress up and be at the Archer County Extension Office at 6:30 on the 31st. There will be goodies for all participants afterwards!!!

WREATH SALES ARE BACK!!!
Once again, the club is doing a wreath selling fundraiser! Each 4-Her is requested to sell 3-4 freshly harvested, 24 inch wreaths from Minnesota. Orders need to be in by November 11th. The wreaths will be delivered the week after Thanksgiving. Wreaths are 25$ each if a local 4-Her is going to deliver it to you, or for 33$ you can drop-ship the wreath anywhere in the US. To order a wreath, ask a 4-H member or call the Archer County Extension Office at (940)-574-4914. A portion of the funds gathered from selling wreaths will be donated to the Archer Service Center. The Service Center does meals on wheels and is in need of financial support to keep serving the community. Thank you for your support!

! Important Dates !

The Archer County Awards Banquet is going to be held Sunday, October 30, at the Holliday Elem. School Cafeteria, at 3PM. The Holliday 4-H club is hosting this year's event with a dessert reception. ALL ARCHER COUNTY 4-H MEMBERS WILL BE RECOGNIZED! Also awarded at the banquet will be the Archer County Gold Star and Silver Star awards. Make plans to attend and support Archer County 4-H!!!

The club is putting together a Safety Fair to be held in conjunction with the Archer City Fall Festival. Some participants include the Sheriff's office and the Ambulance. If you are interested in volunteering, contact Staci Shanes at (940)-224-9558

The next Archer City 4-H meeting will be Tuesday, November 15th at 7 PM at the Archer County Extension Office. Hope to see everybody there!

If you have 4-H related news, results, or pictures, please e-mail them to:

Alexis Shanes, Webmaster: musicalreiner@yahoo.com

Sam Shanes, Reporter: goatslovesam@yahoo.com

And we will try to get them on the blog and maybe in the newspaper! Thanks!

Banquet

The Archer County 4-H banquet will be held Sunday, October 30th at the Holliday Elementary cafeteria, at 3:00. Hope everybody can make it!

10/5/2011

Archer City 4-H Club celebrates National 4-H week at the September meeting.

Officers for the 2011/12 4-H year were elected on September 20th. They are (left to right): Sidney Dunkel, Secretary; Ashton Dunkel, President; Caleb Conrady, Vice President; Brady Kyle, Treasurer; Alexis Shanes, Webmaster; Sam Shanes, Reporter.

The next 4-H meeting is October 18th. Please bring a canned item to be donated to the Archer City food pantry!

On October 29th there is going to be a safety fair in conjunction with the Archer City Fall Festival. Watch for another update on the blog with more information next week!

October 31st-Halloween!!! The 4-H club is going Trick-Or-Treating for canned goods to donate to the food pantry! All participants will be sweetly rewarded!

Please e-mail upcoming activities, results and pictures to musicalreiner@yahoo.com or goatslovesam@yahoo.com so they can go in the Archer City newspaper or on this blog!!!

Don't forget to Join 4-H

If you haven't joined 4-H online, I want to encourage you to do so. It takes about 10 minutes (and if you have trouble, call the office 574-4914...it take a little bit of effort...not super user-friendly). This link will take you to 4-H Connect, where you can create a profile to join. There's a $20 fee per 4-Her to join, but this goes up after October 25th, so be sure to join now!

What's coming up in 4-H? CLICK HERE to download the Calendar of Events for this fall.

If you would like email updates (best way to stay in touch with 4-H activities) please join our Google Group -- see the link to the right. We'll send out reminders for meetings, events, etc.

If you have any questions about 4-H, feel free to call Extension Agents Kathryn or Justin (574-4914) or Doug & Jill Dunkel (631-4658)

CLEANUP CREW --

And a BIG THANK YOU to the families who helped clean up the County Show Barn a few weeks ago. Your "bravery" with all the spiders & the dead bat (yuck!) was much appreciated!!!!

LIVESTOCK PROJECTS --

If you need help looking for a livestock project to show (lambs, goats, cattle, chickens, rabbits, etc) you MUST talk to Justin and let him know ASAP that you need help. Otherwise he will assume you've got it under control! If you'd like his advice/help with your animal, please give him a ring as well.

 

Congrats to the Archer County 4-Hers who showed at the T-O Fair!

Great meeting!

Thanks to everyone who attended the 4-H meeting last night. Give Alexis a few days and your new webmaster will have all new information on our site!

4-H Meeting!

Kicking off the official 4-H year with a 4-H meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011 at 7 pm at the Extension Office. We will be electing officers, going over online enrollment and other important notes for this year. Hope you can make it!