Read below to learn a little about Ventura County Santa Rosa Valley 4-H club. This article was featured in a recent addition of Clover Lines, our 4-H newsletter. This article and others can be found on our website.
by Terri Hargleroad
Santa Rosa Valley club is excited to start a new 4-H year. We are a large and growing club of nearly 100 members. We have projects ranging from cake decorating to pygmy goats to motorcycles to horses.
Our Horse project had a great time at the horse fair and won the barn awards this year. They competed in Western, English and Gymkhana events.
We just returned from the big fair where our members showed their years work in such projects as Photography, Jewelry, Cavies, Lambs, Poultry and much more.
Our quietest meeting of the year was when we had Officer Alvarez from the Ventura County K9 Unit visit us with his dog, Fibi. The kids and adults listened to every word, asked great questions and were allowed to pet Fibi. Fibi did tricks!
We also participate in several community service events throughout the year as a club. We work at Underwood Farms, Operation Gratitude and TOTSOCE. Our kids who are too young to help out with some of the community service help write letters to the troops at Christmas and Valentine’s Day.
We also fill the year with fun activities like potlucks, a Halloween event, an Easter Egg Hunt and a swim party. The end of the year pool party was a blast with swimming,potluck, awards and our send-off to the kids moving on to college.
This year we are adding many more projects - like Fashion Revue, Bicycles, Canning and Interior Design. There are a lot of new skills to learn for each of us.
Happy New 4-H Year. It is going to be great!
