Laurens County 4-H

We are a little late to the game but.. this week we are celebrating our volunteers as apart of Volunteer Appreciation Week. We would like to introduce you to two of our newest volunteers, Mr. Shannon and Mrs. Laura Sanders! Mr. and Mrs. Sanders are our horse club volunteers, both have a passion for horses and educating children. Mr. Sanders is a teacher at Bonaire Middle School in Houston County and Mrs. Sanders is a teacher at Northwest Laurens Elementary here in Laurens County. We are super thankful that they have come on board with us as volunteers, and we cannot wait to see what they have planned for horse club in the years to come.

We were pumped this afternoon to learn the results of the Toombs County Area Poultry Judging Contest! There were a total of 6 junior team and 33 individual juniors to compete in this contest. Three of our Laurens County 4-H'ers secured the 3rd place spot and we had a top 5 individual on our team. Ms. Morgan is so proud of all of the 4-H'ers that came to poultry judging practices this year. There was so much material to learn! We cannot wait to see what next year holds for this team!

April 19th was the official pack day for this year's crop of Vidalia Onions. Be sure to get your onions ordered by May 11th. You can order your bag of onions by stopping by the Laurens County Extension Office at 1511-A Telfair Street ... Bags of onions are 10 pounds and cost $12.00 a bag.

Ms. Morgan was super excited to present these 7 awesome 4th grade 4-H'ers with their certificates of achievement and their placings in the second annual virtual Southeast District Project Achievement. We cannot wait to work with this awesome set of kids next year in 5th grade!

Another day another opportunity to learn. During rabbit club Ms. Lauren taught about rabbit handling and grooming. #handsonlearning

Grooming was our topic of the month for horse club. Everyone got hands some on experience with our four legged friends. #handsonlearning

Rabbit Club is TOMORROW starting at 4:00PM! Minnie can't wait to see you!

One more sleep until our April Horse Club Meeting! This meeting we will be learning about grooming! Meeting will be held at 1697 Chappell Mill Rd in Montrose. We want to see you there! For more updates you can join our Remind, see join code below. Open to homeschool, private school and public school students in Laurens County in grades 4th-12th.

If you missed out on the announcement of winners for the second Annual Southeast District Cloverleaf Project Achievement last week take a look at how our Laurens County 4-H’ers did! We are super proud of everyone that competed this year.

Laurens County 4-H is just one week away from our first poultry practice of the year! Practices will be held on Thursdays from 4:00-5:00 at the Extension Office. Poultry Judging is open to public, private, and homeschool students in 4th-12th grades. Registration is required and can be completed at this link https://forms.gle/Wt2ADLYeBsMuX33Z6 If you have any questions or would like more information on Poultry Judging with Laurens County 4-H you can contact the Laurens County 4-H Agent at [email protected].

We are 1 week away from Rabbit Club! Ms. Lauren will be bringing her rabbit, Minnie, to teach how to handle and groom rabbits! We hope to see you there!

It is horse club meeting day! We cannot wait to see you tonight at 6:00pm at the Northwest Laurens Elementary back bus ramp! *please remember to bring your mask* We will be discussing the different parts of a horse and talking about how you can be preparing for the state horse show!

We want to hear from you! You can reach our google form by using scanning the QR code with your phone's camera or clicking the link below! https://forms.gle/iJoc9Dee5p9yc2UDA

Our annual Vidalia Onion fundraiser is going on now! These onions are grown right here in Laurens County! You can stop by the Laurens County Extension Office to pre-order your bag today!

Be apart of Laurens County 4-H's newest specialty club! The rabbit club will hold its first meeting on Wednesday February 10th from 4:00-5:00 at the Extension Office! No rabbit is required to join this specialty club. Private, public, and homeschool students in grades 2nd- 12th are welcome to attend. Questions? Email our AmeriCorps Member Lauren Wheeler at [email protected] or leave a comment below!

Only one more sleep until horse club! 5th- 12th graders we cannot wait to meet you Thursday January 28th at 6:00!

Join Georgia 4-H with Zoom into Science as they talk about Poultry Science on January 28th at 4:00pm! Register at tinyurl.com/scizoompoultrysci