Zorra-Now-Winter2023

TOWNSHIP COMMUNITY INFORMATION 30 Zorra Now | Winter 2023 Oxford 4-H Club The Oxford Cloverbud 4-H Club eighteen enthusiastic youth ages 6-8 explored what 4-H is all about with touring theWoodstock Art Gallery then making items with clay, scrapbooking at the maker center at the Ingersoll Library, helping at the 4-H pancake fundraiser at Jakeman’s Maple Products, getting up-close to the goats & alpaca at Udderly Ridiculous, seeing bees making honey at Klassen Bee & Honey, attending Discovery Days in Dorchester. They also participated at the Oxford 4-H booth at the Ingersoll Harvest Festival learning about composting, beef anatomy, parts of a rabbit. Then in October they learned about buffalo at Buffalo Ben’s Bison and apples at Apple Land Station and celebrated Show Your 4-H Colours with their new green 4-H t-shirts with funds from the Pizza booth fundraiser at the Embro Truck & Tractor Pull. The year finished off with the youth receiving their award at the Oxford 4-H Awards Night in Embro. Cloverbuds is open to youth ages 6-8 by January 1st with a new curriculum each year to explore different aspects of 4-H. If you are interested in being part of the 2024 Oxford Cloverbud 4-H Club, please contact Shonna at oxfordcounty4h@gmail. com. The club is also looking for volunteers to help make it a rewarding experience for the youth. The Brooksdale 4-H Club started the year off with a Pizza 4-H project where they explored the different types of pizza with making various pizzas throughout the project. They finished the project with cooking pizza on an open fire. Next came the Niche 4-H project where they toured different crops—garlic, flowers, lavender, hops, leeks and other vegetables. They did the ‘soil your undies’ test with underwear discovering how healthy the soil is. Now the club youth are now exploring the Potato 4-H project with harvesting, cooking and playing games with potatoes. It might seem like a long time away, but March will be here and so will the 4-H Pancake Fundraiser at Jakeman’s Maple Products. Mark your calendar to come and see 4-H youth during this fun ‘learn to do by doing’ experience on the weekends of March. The 4-H Ontario youth participant fee is paid online directly with 4-H Ontario. The Oxford County 4-H Association will be subsidizing the provincial youth participant fee by $25.00 for Oxford 4-H youth members for 2024 with the George Thornton Bequest Funds. Oxford 4-H youth members will pay $75 to join 4-H in 2024—registration opened Nov 16th on the 4-H Ontario website. Please contact the club volunteer or oxfordcounty4h@gmail.com to confirm the project you are interested in is running in 2024 before registering. The 4-H program is a leadership development program for youth ages 6-21 from urban and rural areas learning about health, environment, technology, agriculture, science, food, community and communication in a hands-on learning atmosphere. To knowmore about the 4-H program, please contact the Oxford 4-H Communications Coordinator, ShonnaWard, by email oxfordcounty4h@gmail.com or call/text 519-854- 6919 or check out Oxford County 4-H Facebook.