Finnish Exchange Opportunity

FINNISH Exchange through Finland 4-H!

This is a program designed for youth 15 to 19 years of age. It offers young people the opportunty to live with an American family for four weeks beginning in mid-June through mid-July. Host families must have a child of the same gender and within 2 years of the same age as the Finnishe exchange student. Families without children who would like to host may host a chaperone. Host families provide all meals, supervision, transportation to/from the pick-up point, a bed (students do not need to have their own room), and love and support. Families must fill out an application, undergo an in-home interview and if selected attend required orientation trainings.

Would your family host a Finnish 4-H'er? If so, please contact us at 336-318-6000.

Host Families Needed

JAPANESE Exchange through LABO!

This is a Japanese youth program. The program is designed for youth between the ages of 12 and 17. It offers young people and their adult advisors the opportunities to live with host families and to learn the American way of life. The program is approximately four weeks long and begins in late July, coinciding with the summer break of the Japanese school year. Host families must have a child of the same gender and within 2 years of the same age as the Japanese exchange student. Families without children who would like to host may host a chaperone. Host families provide all meals, supervision, transportation to/from the pick-up point, a bed (students do not need to have their own room), and love and support. Families must fill out an application, undergo a in-home interview and if selected attended required orientation trainings.

Call our office at 336-318-6000 to participate in this excellent educational opportunity.

Cumulative Records Submitted

Congratulations to the following Randolph County 4-H members for turning in a cumulative Record:

Heather Allred, Happy Heifer 4-H Dairy Club
Terri Lane Frazier, Happy Heifer 4-H Dairy Club
Adam Frazier, Happy Heifer 4-H Dairy Club

Special thanks to Gail Allred, 4-H Volunteer Leader for submitting an Electric and Community Service Group Award for the Happy Heifer 4-H Dairy Club.

Cooperative Extension Center Closed

Our Randolph County Cooperative Extension Center is closed today through March 4, so that we may move our office.

We have been busy packing and organizing our offices for this big move.

We appreciate your patience as we get moved into our new DIGS!

Come see us mid March for a tour of the great space.

If you have questions about 4-H. You may leave a message for us at 336-318-6000.

Honors Night 2008 in Pictures

Katelyn Jarrell and Sig McCain

Randolph County Commissioner Darrell Frye and Terri Lane Frazier

Addie Ward

Nancy Garner and Barb Dunn Swanson

Happy Heifer 4-H Dairy Club with Representative Harold Brubaker

Randolph County 4-H Club Installation

Representative Harold Brubaker Roasting Sig McCain

Honors Night a Success!

Wow, what a night we had! A great time was had by all! We enjoyed honoring some very important people including Ms. Sig McCain, longtime 4-H volunteer leader! We honored Mr. Donovan Davis from Randolph County Emergency Management and we honored Ms. Dawn Cheek, 4-H Office Assistant for her special work with 4-H!

We enjoyed a delicious Italian Dinner followed by more awards. We even completed a community service project during honors night.

Each club collected new hats to be give to the Randolph Cancer Center. These hats can be worn by cancer patients in Randolph County!

Special Thanks to Jody Terry, 4-H Program Assistant for all her work in coordinating a lovely evening.

Cumulative Records Due Wednesday

Don't forget, if you plan to participate in the cumulative record competition, your record is due this Wednesday, February 27. We will sign them and send them to Raleigh for you. If you miss this deadline, you will have to wait one more year to participate!

If you have any questions about the records, please call Jody or Barb at 336-318-6000.

4-H Honors Night TONIGHT

The weather has held out!

Tonight we will celebrate all the accomplishments of our 2007 successes! We will honor our 4-H club members, leaders and families who have helped us so much over the past year.

Remember to bring a Hat or Two for our community service project. Dr. McCarty will be on hand to receive our gift of hats for the Randolph Cancer Center. This will begin at 6:00 PM followed by a delicious spaghetti dinner, and our awards program.

Call us at 318-6000 if you should have any questions.

We will be at the First Presbyterian Church in Asheboro.

See you there!

NC 4-H Website Updated

Did you notice that our North Carolina 4-H Website has been updated? If you are looking for information on record keeping forms, medical release forms ARI forms, Scholarship Applications, and so much more, then you need to check out the updated NC 4-H Website.

Start Here!

If you want information about 4-H Camps, you can find it here.

If you want information about starting 4-H clubs, you can find it here!

If you want information about positive youth development, you can find it here!

4-H is making the best better, throughout all of Randolph County.

Cooperative Extension Center to Re-locate!

In just three short weeks, North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Randolph County Center will enjoy a new location to call home!

We have outgrown our space in the Ira McDowell Governmental Center, so we are re-locating to the lower level of the Sandhills Mental Health Center located on Walker Avenue in Asheboro.

We have begun packing our boxes and preparing for the move. The movers will arrive and begin the process on February 29. We indeed are excited to have a new home and will invite all 4-H families to visit us there in early March!

Thanks for your patience with us during this move!

Our telephone number will remain the same, contact us at 336-318-6000.

Don't Forget - Human Race Soup Luncheon

Don't forget this coming FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, you are invited to join Randolph County 4-H for a delicious Soup Luncheon.

In support of the Human Race, the money raised during the soup luncheon will be used to assist 4-H members in attending camp, teen retreat, state 4-H congress, dairy youth retreat, winterfest and so much more. In addition, funds also assist with purchase of 4-H curriculum and pins and incentives for 4-H members.

We will be serving soup, crackers, dessert and drink for just $5.00

If you enjoy chili, broccoli and cheese, potato, white chili, or tortilla soup, then this luncheon is the meal for you!

We will host the luncheon at the NC Cooperative Extension Center 2222-A. S. Fayetteville St. Asheboro.

Serving from 11:30 - 1:30.

See you there!

4-H & Family and Consumer Sciences Advisory Board to Meet

On Tuesday February 12 the Family and Consumer Sciences and 4-H Advisory Boards will join forces to Advise both the 4-H and FCS program areas.

We are looking forward to the collective energy, talent, knowledge and resources that these two groups will bring to both 4-H and Family and Consumer Sciences.

This group will meet quarterly.

All meetings are open to the public and this meeting will begin at 5:00 PM. Light snacks will be served.

Human Race Soup Luncheon

You are invited to join 4-H as we raise money to support 4-H during the 2008 Human Race.

A Soup Luncheon is being planned for Friday, February 15 at the North Carolina Cooperative Extension Center
We will have a variety of soups including: white chili, broccoli & cheese, baked potato, chili, and tortilla.

Soup, Crackers, Drink and Dessert will be provided for $5.00

Lunch will be served between 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM

We hope to see you there