LENNOX & ADDINGTON 4 -H MAY 2017 NEWSLETTER

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1 LENNOX & ADDINGTON 4 -H MAY 2017 NEWSLETTER Board of Directors Name Phone Number Dave Goodfellow President David Vice President Kathy - Secretary Keith Coleman Janet Huff Katherine Burrows Nan Keyes Caitlyn Bridget Poole Remember, all volunteers, parents and senior members (15 and older) are welcome at the Association meetings. Next meeting is Tuesday May 2, 2017 at 7:00pm in the Arena at the Napanee Farigrounds. Note that our meetings are the 1st Tuesday of the month for the remainder of the year. Come out and share your ideas and suggestions. 4-H Pledge I pledge: My Head to clearer thinking, My Heart to greater loyalty, My Hands to larger service, My Health to better living, For my club, My community And my country.

2 May 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 7 Spring Craft Show 9am-5pm Indoors in the Arena at the Fairgrounds Birdwatchin g Prince Edward Point 9:30-2: Nugent Rd Nugent Rd Nugent Rd 2 Association meeting at the Arena at the Fairgrounds 7pm Dairy Club Napanee Fire Hall back door 7pm 9 Sheep Club Napanee Legion 16 Introduction to Farm Animal 950 Little Creek Road Napanee 3 Rabbit club Napanee Legion 6:30pm Craft Show 9am-5pm Indoors in the Arena at the Fairgrounds Rabbit/Cavy Club Napanee Legion Birdwatching Prince Edward Point 9:30-2: Sheep Club 950 Little Creek Road Napanee Spring Woodworking pm In the 4-H barn at the fairgrounds 27 Cloverbud meeting 10am-12pm Nugent Rd Rabbit/Cavy Club Napanee Legion Trash to Treasure members keep collecting Tshirts and ugly sweaters as well as plastic detergent or bleach bottles. Meetings to start at the end of May

3 Saturday May 6&7- Just in Time for Mother s Day Spring Craft Show Napanee Fairgrounds, inside the Arena 9am-5pm each day This is a fundraising event for 4-H. We will also have our cookbooks for sale there and a used book sale. We still have room for some vendors..if you can t be a vendor, come out and be a shopper! We have many talented craftspeople coming with stained glass, barbed wire art, handmade children and baby clothes, sewing, knitting, crochet, alpaca socks, musical instruments from bamboo, home décor, jams and jellies, several types of hand-made jewelry, bath and body products, wooden items, mosaic art, doll clothes plus more. We also have vendors with your favourite products from 31 Gifts, Jewelry in Candles, Scentsy, Milk and Cookies, Avon, Tupperware, Sew Cute Baby, Adagio Naturals, Jamberry Nails, Lockets and Charms, Steeped Tea, Pampered Chef, LegSmart, Umbrella Creations, MaryKay and more. Please spread the word to your friends and family..help us make this a successful day for 4-H and our vendors. We will be having a used book sale table. If you have any books to donate, please let me know. kathymcnichols@gmail.com

4 CLUB NEWS Bird Watching Club At the last meeting of the bird watching club, we learned how to adjust our binoculars, then we went outside to see if we could find any birds. We found some sparrows,robins,woodpeckers,crows and chickadees.then we went inside and did the parliamentary procedure elections and then we talked about the next meeting at Prince Edward Point bird watching protected area on May 7th. Grace Davis Beef Club Our first meeting of the year was a success. 9 of our 11 members were there. The two new members were given a warm welcome from the fabulous kids we have in our club. Our 2017 Executive is as follows: President - Kayla Boot Secretary - Shannon Gibson Vice-president - Mitch McCready Photographer - Hannah Hayes

5 CLOVERBUD CORNER The first cloverbud meeting was on April 23 rd. We had a great turnout with 8 members. We talked about our hobbies and got to know each other. This month our topic was bugs, butterflies and pollinators. We played a game, did crafts, learned a lot and each member got a package of flower seeds to plant to attract some pollinators. We are really looking forward to our next meeting on May 27 th. Fairground Clean-Up Thanks to Brody Poole, Max Morrisey, Maddy Hawley, Grace and Lindsay Davis, Marissa and Kaitlin Kimmett, Aidan Burrows, Anthony Kerr, Kayla Cameron, Saige Traise, Kierstin Simpson, Katherine Burrows, Nan Keyes, Bridget and Chris Poole, Mrs. Morrisey, Dennis Craigen, David, Kathy and Caitie, Eric Davis, who came out to help with the Fairground Cleanup. 4-H members, volunteers, parents and grandparents did an amazing job!

6 School Presentations Thank you to J.J. O Neill and Newburgh Schools for welcoming David and Caitlyn to their schools to tell students and staff about 4-H. We had a great time talking to the students, doing activities with them and spreading the 4-H word. Friday August 4- Monday August 7- Napanee Fair!! Saturday September 30- Scarecrow Festival- Downtown Napanee- BBQ & Bake Sale If you want to submit something for the newsletter, please send it to me by the 28 th of the month for the next month. kathymcnichols@gmail.com