4-H

The 4-H Sewing Club

Jennifer Scherer

On March, 26th, the "Bobbin Bees" met for their second meeting at the Harrow Fair Building at 10:00 am.

We started off our day by setting up our machines and those who hadn't finished cutting their aprons out did so.

We then did the business portion of our meeting starting out with the 4-H Pledge. We listened to the secretary's report. We also nominated a treasurer for the club. Congratulations to Alex who is our new treasurer.

Leader Anne went over the new 4-H Newsletter with the club and discussed some of the different activities that we can get involved in with the Essex County 4-H including Go for the Gold and a Communications Presentation. There are many opportunities in the newsletter for 4-H members and volunteers. We decided on the date for our next meeting then we closed the business meeting.

We had plenty of time to pin together and sew some of the parts of our aprons at the meeting. We pinned the ties, yoke and pockets together and sewed them so that when we meet again we can put them onto our aprons. Some got a little farther than others but lots of sewing and seam ripping was accomplished!

We took a lunch break then continued on with our sewing until it was time to go. We will meet back at the Harrow Fair Building on April 4th at 7:00pm to continue putting our aprons together.

4-H Spice Club…it BURNS !

By Mitchell Clermont

The first meeting of the 4-H Spice Club was held on Sunday March 13, 2011 at Mrs. Matthews home in Essex. It was a complete success, full of action, spice, and hilarious comments. The first order of business was to elect executive positions in the club. The people accepting the positions were; President: Brynn, Vice President: Joelle, Treasurer: Nicole, Secretary: Joelle, and Press Reporter: Mitchell.

We then tried to decide a name for our club. There were some very good names like; Allspice, All 4 Spice, and….Heartburn, but we finally decided on "Spice Club… IT BURNS!!!" When the name was decided upon we split into teams to cook. Each team was given a different dish to cook. We made ginger cookies, spice cake, spicy veggie salad, veggie dip, and a pumpkin spice cheesecake. Mrs. Chris, our club leader prepared curried chicken, deviled eggs and Alabama firecrackers. Mrs. Chris said everyone had to try a taste of everything.

I don’t care for deviled eggs, but I had to try one anyway, although I almost lost my lunch! Mairi our club photographer loved that! She began snapping pictures of my many disgusted facial expressions. The food from the rest of the day was excellent, especially the spice cake. Clearly, everyone did a wonderful job. In our following meetings we are planning to make Spicy Food from Around the World. We meet again in Essex on April 3^rd.

News from Essex 4-H

Your local 4-H Association is planing a members trip to Ottawa on June29-July2.  We are excited to offer such an opportunity to youth in our community. The trip encompasses the vision of 4-H by incorporating parliamentary procedures, agriculture and community outreach. The experience will enrich our members with pride for Canada inturn helping to build the leaders of our future.

We are planning several fundraisers and hope to reach our goal of $20 000. Our members are working hard to achieve it! We wish to include all our members in this great opportunity. We will visit Parliament Hill, the Canadian Agriculture Museum, the RCMP Horse Stables and RCMP Breeding Farm, a state of the art Dairy Farm, connect with local Ottawa 4-H Clubs, and celebrate Canada Day proudly in our Nations Capital.

We appreciate any support generously donated to our endeavour whether as a door prize for our silent auction at our " Luau" Fund Raiser dinner July 23, tickets will be available soon, or a cash donation (tax receipts provided) or sponsorship. For more information please contact our local Essex County 4-H Leaders’ Association President, Anne Conrad at essex4-hontario@live.ca or 519-322-0215.