Find out what goes on in Loma Vista 4-H from the following Featured Club Happenings submitted by Loma Vista 4-H co-leader Heidi Marshall.
The members of Loma Vista 4-H in Ventura have enjoyed a great year of fun projects and activities. We have 70 members ranging in age from 5 to 18. Although our club doesn’t have large animal projects, our members enjoy projects for small animals: cavies, rabbits, and dog care and obedience. Other projects we take pride in are archery, arts and crafts, presentations, cooking, roots and shoots, sewing, hiking, horticulture, and yoga.
We’ve had lots of fun club meetings this year with guests such as a magician and a fitness instructor who taught us how to kick box.
For community service, we organized Trick or Treat So Others Can Eat, helped at dog shows, planted native plants in a salt marsh in Carpinteria, and volunteered at the historic Dudley House in Ventura. Our teen members are working on a plan to help introduce 4-H activities to children whose parents are in the military. We also fundraise to help support a boy in Tanzania so that he can get through school. He wants to become a doctor some day.
We are fortunate to have Emily Morris and Michael Scott, former 4-Hers who recently graduated from college, leading our presentations project. Several of our members participated in Preliminary and County Presentation Days this year.
We’ve had a busy year so far in Loma Vista 4-H. We have a terrific support system of parents and project leaders who make our great activities possible. Our next adventure will be the Ventura County Fair!
Featured Club Happenings are part of Clover Lines, our county 4-H newsletter. Our Clover Lines newsletter as well as others produced in our office can be found here.