Santa Rosa Valley 4-H is based out of Camarillo and meets on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. at the Santa Rosa County Park or at the Santa Rosa Valley Club House. The club leaders are Karen Ellrott and Jenny Willoughby.
Santa Rosa Valley 4-H being one of the largest clubs in Ventura County we live by the motto “to make the best better”. This motto inspires all members in our club to make a positive impact in our community as powerful leaders. Santa Rosa Valley 4-H is a diverse 4-H club that welcomes youth of all ages, races, and ethnic backgrounds.
Our 4-H club offers many projects that are filled with fun and adventures. New projects that we are offering this year are Alpaca, Bee Keeping, Breeder Goat, Horticulture, and Baking projects. One project our club has that makes us unique is the Leadership project. In 4-H we focus on making future leaders that will impact our community greatly. The Leadership project turns 4-Hers into leaders throughout their years in 4-H. An example of leaders in our club are two members that completed their Emerald Star project last year. For those unfamiliar families the Emerald Star Project is a 4-H event that provides learning activities for 4-H and our community. A project like that requires hours of planning, organization along with work and effort.
Another aspect of our club that we value is giving back to our community. Our club attends community service events around Ventura County at least once a month. A favorite of ours is Coastal Clean Up. Our family of 4-Hers all gather at a park in Simi Valley and helps keep our community safe and clean. While keeping our community clean we have a picnic lunch and track how much trash we pick up. Some other favorites are TOTSOCE where we collect canned food for food share, Our Build a Bear workshop where we create bears for natural disaster victims, and Operation Gratitude where we pack boxes for troops across the sea are other fun community service for members.
Lastly Santa Rosa Valley 4-H highly recognizes healthy living in our youth. Our Healthy Living officer provides facts, support, and reasoning why all youth should live healthy. Along with great ideas that we can offer we encourage all members to be apart of a new wellness plan that we are working on. As Ashleigh Brilliant says “It costs money to stay healthy, but it's even more expensive to get sick”. 4-H members should recognize how great of a future we all have but remaining healthy will determine if we are ready for that battle. Healthy resembles a lot of things we may not think about. As 4-Her's we grow healthier as leaders, presenters, and human beings.
Our club's first meeting will be September 11th, 6:00pm at the Santa Rosa Valley 4-H club house. After reading about our club, we hope you consider joining one of the Ventura County 4-H clubs and begin your adventure to being a better person.