Join us February 15th for an evening of awards, entertainment, food, & fun as we celebrate our annual 4-H Achievement Banquet. This year has a new twist with a Masquerade Ball theme & an added bonus of making this a charity event to raise money for BRUNSWICK COUNTY RELAY FOR LIFE.
Youth: We are sponsoring a mask decoration contest at the banquet. So decorate your own mask at home & wear it on the 15th. Winners receive a $10 4-H mall gift certificate. Age Divisions: 5-8, 9-12, 13-15, 16-19 (All 5-8 year old participants will receive a participation ribbon.)
Parents: Don’t worry we realize you won’t make a mask, but you can buy one. All proceeds go to Relay. Place your order with the 4-H office by February 5th.
Parents & Youth: Visit friends, family, teachers, & anyone you know. Ask them to give a donation to support your efforts in Relay for Life. Collect the money in $1, $5, $10, or $15 amounts to receive beads, hats, & feather boas to wear for the banquet. Once you collect the money, contact the 4-H office by February 5th to let us know your collection amounts, so we can order your articles. THE MORE THE MERRIER! A special award will be given to the person who raises the most money.
See the flyer for more details: http://brunswick.ces.ncsu.edu/files/library/10/0110beads%20(2)%20(Read-Only).pdf
Staff at National 4-H Council have been hearing amazing stories about the endeavors of our national 4-H community to assist with relief efforts for Haiti. For that reason, we have created a discussion board on our national 4-H Facebook page to help the 4-H community to connect, facilitate discussion surrounding these great efforts and help others to find out how they too can get involved. If you are leading an effort to assist in Haiti relief, feel free to post your activities on the new discussion thread so others can join in or duplicate your efforts in their own locale. The 4-H Facebook page already has more than 67,000 active participants and has proven to be a simple way to connect our 4-H community online and to nationally aggregate our great efforts. If you are not yet a FAN of the page, why not join, it’s easy. Just log onto our national 4-H Facebook page to add in your ideas and connect with 4-Hers, staff and alumni all around the nation. People are willing and anxious to help with Haitian relief, tell them where to find you locally so your efforts can grow!
Suzanne LeMenestrel at National 4-H Headquarters forwarded this announcement regarding a scholarship opportunity to recognize youth involved in charities to fight hunger. You may know that the Sodexo Foundation provides $5,000 scholarships to students in K – grad school who are fighting hunger in America. If you know of any students in the US who are doing great things to fight hunger, encourage them to apply between now and Feb. 26. In addition to the scholarships, the Sodexo Foundation will provide a matching $5,000 grant to the students’ designated charity. You can learn more and apply for this scholarship at 
Ocean Cure, the non-profit organization ran by Indo Jax Surf School to provide surf camps to medically fragile and at-risk youth is kicking off their 2nd annual 
Home school families; seize this invitation to make history by providing your students the opportunity to be agricultural education students and FFA members. Local HomeAg members are sponsoring a meeting for home school parents, teachers and students to learn about the exciting opportunity in agricultural education. North Carolina is the first and only state agricultural education/FFA program to offer an instructional program for the home education student population. Come meet the State Agricultural Education Leader, the State FFA Coordinator, the Central Region Agricultural Education Coordinator and State FFA Officers. State officers will conduct power-packed workshops for the students that come. Learn how to polish your leadership and personal development through the outstanding new world of HomeAg and the FFA.
