leadership - 4-H Ontario
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4-H Grown Giants<br />
Submitted by Dorothy Shier<br />
There were a whopping 153 entries<br />
exhibiting in 22 different categories<br />
at the Pefferlaw Peat Products Inc.<br />
4-H Achievement and Open House.<br />
4-H Members and Georgina-Brock<br />
youth came together on September<br />
25th for a record breaking day. Two<br />
4-H Garden Club Members broke<br />
records. The Tallest Corn at 18’4’’ was<br />
grown by Katelynn Crawford beating<br />
the 17’record. The tallest Sunflower at<br />
15’ 91/2” was grown by Daniel Shier<br />
breaking the record of 12’ 31/2“. This<br />
year was the first we had Heaviest<br />
Squash, Heaviest Marrow, Heaviest<br />
Field Pumpkin, and Longest Gourd.<br />
The Achievement Day was a great<br />
success showing all the hard 4-H work<br />
done during this growing season.<br />
Dorothy Shier is a 30+ year Durham West 4-H<br />
Volunteer. See photos of the Club on page 20.<br />
Lanark 4-H’rs Visit Alberta<br />
Submitted by Jessica Savard<br />
Over the course of the summer, 15<br />
4-H Members and two chaperones<br />
from Lanark 4-H participated in<br />
an exchange with the Ponoka and<br />
Rimbey Alberta 4-H Beef Clubs.<br />
We went to Alberta from July 9 - 17.<br />
Our “twins” showed us around the<br />
West Edmonton Mall and Drumheller.<br />
In Drumheller, we climbed the World’s<br />
Largest Dinosaur, visited The Royal<br />
Tyrell Museum and the Little Church.<br />
We also spent a full day at the Calgary<br />
Stampede where we watched the<br />
rodeo, chuck wagon races and the<br />
grandstand show “Volte”. We then<br />
went camping at the David Thompson<br />
Resort in Banff. We visited Lake Peyto<br />
and hiked at Lake Louise. We rode<br />
the Gondola up the Rocky Mountains<br />
and soaked in the hot springs. The trip<br />
went by so fast and before we knew<br />
it we were saying goodbye to Alberta<br />
and all our new friends.<br />
The Alberta Group came to <strong>Ontario</strong><br />
from August 18 - 26. While here,<br />
we took them to the Lanark County<br />
Plowing Match to see the 4-H<br />
Plowing Club’s achievement day. We<br />
travelled to Montreal where we visited<br />
the Olympic Tower, the Biodome,<br />
the Botanical Gardens and the<br />
Insectatarium. Another day, we visited<br />
Upper Canada Village in Morrisburg.<br />
The group was shown some highlights<br />
of Lanark County such as the<br />
Pakenham Five Span Bridge, Stewart<br />
Park, and the RCMP Breeding Farm.<br />
We travelled to Fulton’s Pancake<br />
House for a pancake dinner and<br />
square dancing. We took them to<br />
Ottawa and toured Parliament Hill, the<br />
Byward Market and made a stop at<br />
the 4-H Canada head office. Then we<br />
improved our teambuilding skills while<br />
dragon boating on the Rideau Canal!<br />
A farewell pool party was held for<br />
the Alberta group before they left for<br />
home. The whole experience went by<br />
really fast but was lots of fun and we<br />
will always have the memories and<br />
lifelong friendships we made.<br />
Jessica Savard is a Lanark 4-H Member who<br />
has completed over 18 projects.<br />
Shakin’ It Up!<br />
Submitted by Angela Miller<br />
In 1996 Prince Edward 4-H<br />
purchased its first Milk Shake Booth<br />
to help fundraise for 4-H activities.<br />
When the booth started showing signs<br />
of age in 1999, 4-H Leader June<br />
Longhurst and her husband Bryce sold<br />
the Association a new, but used, milk<br />
shake booth for the steep price of $1.<br />
The Milk Shake Booth is a great<br />
fundraising tool; a 50% share of profits<br />
is put toward Club projects. In addition<br />
to raising funds, the booth also helps<br />
Members and Volunteers learn to do<br />
by doing. Volunteers and Members<br />
operate the Milkshake Booth and while<br />
doing so they develop skills including:<br />
team work, time management,<br />
relationship building, confidence<br />
building, and communication.<br />
The beautiful new Prince Edward 4-H Milk Shake Booth. Special thanks goes to: Jr. Farmers Past<br />
and Present, The Bay of Quinte Mutual Insurance Co., Prince Edward Agricultural Society, The<br />
Prince Edward Milk Producers. South Marysburgh Recreation, Demorestville Women’s Institute,<br />
Prince Edward County Women’s Institute, Lock Sloy, Sophiasburgh Recreation, South Bay United<br />
Church, Prince Edward Cattlemans Assoc., Rotary Clubs of Wellington and Picton, The Royal<br />
Canadian Legions of Picton and Wellington, The Picton Kiwanis, BMO Picton Branch, Prince<br />
Edward Federation of Agriculture, Bloomfield OATS, Buddha Dog, J.B.Printing, The Langridge<br />
Family, The Alyea and Broadridge Families, Thursday Night Car League, Joel Walker Electric,<br />
LDS Welding,Jason Doxsee, Farm Credit Canada and the tireless efforts of all 4-H Leaders and<br />
Members in Prince Edward County.<br />
This year, the Milk Shake Booth<br />
started to show signs of age after 12<br />
years of service. Prince Edward 4-H<br />
Association knew they needed a new<br />
Milk Shake booth. With an enormous<br />
amount of support from the community<br />
and hard work from Volunteers and<br />
Members, the dream became a<br />
reality. A very special thank you to our<br />
community businesses and service<br />
organizations and to all the purchasers<br />
of 4-H milk shakes and ice cream<br />
cones for the past 16 years.<br />
Angela Miller is a 20+ year Volunteer and the<br />
Prince Edward 4-H Association Vice President.<br />
Leadership In Action • Winter 2011