Cleveland County 4-H News

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1 Cleveland County 4-H News September, 2014 Inside this Issue State Council Conference Facebook Page Cleveland County Fair 1 4-H Family Fun Night 2 State Council Conference Seven youth went to State Council Conference in Raleigh where we attended the NC State football game on Saturday and then had a great day of workshops and spirit stick competition before returning home on Sunday. Here are a few pictures from the event. County 4-H T-Shirts County Commissioners Mtg. Chicken Plate Dinner 3 Chicken Plate Dinner Flyer 4 Tractor Supply Paper Clover 5 Facebook Page NC Cooperative Extension Cleveland County Center 130 S. Post Road, Suite 1 Shelby, NC phone fax 4-H Youth Development Agent Ashley M. Lee ashley_lee@ncsu.edu 4-H Secretary Annie Thompson annie_thompson@ncsu.edu Don t forget to check out our Facebook page to see all the upcoming events and pictures from past events. On this Facebook page we can share updated information about what is going on with Cleveland County 4-H. Please visit and like our page so you can keep up with all of the great things we are doing. Cleveland County Fair Remember the County Fair is just around the corner. Don t forget about the classes that are only open to 4-H members. Also each club will be putting in a scarecrow again this year and 4-H clubs will be manning the booth and educating the public on 4-H in our county. For more information about the fair please contact Ashley Lee the 4-H agent or your club leader.

2 4-H Family Fun Night Cleveland County 4-H held its third annual 4-H Family Fun night on Thursday, September 4 th. It was a great event with once again over 100 people in attendance. This year our community service project is through the shoebox-recycling program and in just one night we had 80lbs of shoes donated. Thank you so much to those who helped make the night a success by planning and/or attending.

3 County 4-H T-Shirts We need to place an order for our County T-shirts. Below is what would be on the front and back of the shirt. If you are interested the cost is $10.00 per shirt. Please let Annie know what size you would like. Annie may be reached at or Left Chest Back County Commissioner Meeting Attention 4-H members. For those of you that are always looking for citizenship activities, I invite you to attend the September 16 th Cleveland County Commissioners meeting. The meeting will begin at 6:00pm and they will be making a proclamation naming October as Agriculture Appreciation month in Cleveland County. Please make plans to attend at 6 p.m. in the commissioner s chambers, second floor, County Administration Building, 311 East Marion Street, Shelby. Chicken Plate Dinner Our Fundraiser event is fast approaching. We need to start selling tickets for our Chicken Plate Dinner that will be held on Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 5:00 8:00 PM at the Boiling Springs Masonic Lodge. We are asking each family to sell 10 tickets. We HAVE to sell all 300 tickets. Please make arrangements to come by the office and pick your tickets up. We will also be selling tickets during the fair. Also we will have club booths set up at this event and it would be great to have 4-H members there to talk about what they are doing in that club. Please see Chicken Plate Fundraiser Flyer on next page!!

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5 Paper Clover Campaign Tractor Supply Company (TSC) in Shelby will again be joining 4-H in support of local youth with the 4-H TSC Paper Clover Campaign, a national in-store fundraising effort to benefit state and local 4 H programming in each of the communities where a Tractor Supply Company store is located. Beginning Wednesday, October 8th through Sunday, October 19th, shoppers at the Shelby Tractor Supply Company stores will have the opportunity to support 4-H in Cleveland County by purchasing paper clovers for just $1 at checkout. All funds raised through this local 4-H TSC Paper Clover Campaign will be donated to 4-H, and will support 4-H youth development program activities in Cleveland County. Please help support this effort and share the news with your friends and family. We appreciate the support of TSC in past years and are grateful for their support again in Our local Tractor Supply Company store is located at: 1665 E Dixon Blvd Shelby, NC North Carolina State University A&T State University commit themselves to positive action to secure equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability. In addition, the two Universities welcome all persons without regard to sexual orientation. North Carolina State University, North Carolina A&T State University, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and local governments cooperating. Persons with disabilities and persons with limited English proficiency may request accommodations to participate by contacting Greg Traywick, County Extension Director, at (phone), gbtraywi@ncsu.edu ( ), (fax), or in person at the County Extension Office at least 14 days prior to the event.