Annual Etiquette Dinner at Balsam Mountain Inn

Monday, August 5 at 6pm

Cost: $20 and business casual dress is required

Great opportunity to learn about properly using table manners, navigating a formal place setting, going through a buffet properly, and using utensils

correctly.  Scholarship interviewers and one day even your employer may want to see you in social situations to observe how you conduct yourself,

particularly if the job you want requires a certain standard of conduct with clients and superiors. Your familiarity and comfort with proper etiquette could open many opportunities!  The Etiquette Dinner will be held at the Balsam Mountain Inn on Monday, August 5 starting at 6pm.  The cost is $20 and 4-Hers will need to dress business casual. 

Please call the Extension Center at 456-3575 to sign-up by Thursday, August 1.

4-H Electric Congress

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Monday, July 22 through Wednesday, July 24

North Carolina 4-H Electric Congress is an educational event designed to recognize excellence in the Electric Program throughout the state.  Electric Congress travels from region to region of the state, thus allowing for a variety of programming opportunities for everyone.  This year Electric Congress will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. 

4-H members participate in workshops, meet their Power Company Representatives, and interact with other electric winners.  4-H'ers must be at least 11 years old to attend.  Haywood County will send two county delegates chosen based upon participation in electric project and leadership over county electric workshop.  The 2013 delegates have already been selected to help teach the county electric workshop to be held this Fall. 

Sequoyah Fund Cherokee Entrepreneurship Camp

Wolftown Gym on the Cherokee Reservation

Monday July 22 through Friday, July 25

Cost: Free (transportation on your own)

Sequoyah Fund is designed to help entrepreneurs and small businesses in Haywood County and far west counties succeed through business training and starter loans programs.  This exciting opportunity for youth ages 10 to 14 will teach them how to become entrepreneurs though interactive workshops on how to be a business owner at any age, develop websites, apps, commercials, and end the week with a zip line trip.  For more information or to sign-up contact Hope Huskey at the Sequoyah Fund at 828-359-5005.

Farm to Fork Day Camp

Tuesday, July 16 through Thursday, July 18

Youth ages 5 to 13

Cost$35         

Looking for an opportunity to scratch around in the dirt! Farm to Fork Day Camp offers the perfect soil-lution.  Open to 4-Hers 5 to 13 year olds.  Day campers will get to experience life on the farm!  4-Hers will get to tour a variety of local farms in Haywood County and do hands-on learning sessions to learn about how things grow and information about vegetable gardening.  To help offset costs the camp is sponsored by Haywood County Farm Bureau.  The cost is $35 which includes materials and lunch.  Please call the Extension Center to register at 456-3575.

The camp will be held at the Pigeon Community Center.  4-Her's will need to bring sunscreen and wear close-toed shoes.