Haywood County 4H Clubs
All Stars Dairy Club
All Stars 4-H Dairy Club offers
youth the opportunity to learn all aspects of dairy herd management,
encompassing both dairy cattle and dairy goat projects. Ownership of a project
animal is not required. The Haywood
County 4-H Dairy Club meets monthly the Johnathan Valley Fire Department with additional
activities including Dairy Judging, Skillathon, Haywood County Fair, Mountain State Fair, and North Carolina State Fair.
Bulls Eye Shooting Sports
Bulls Eye Shooting Sports Club hits
the target – achieving two goals: the advancement of firearm safety and the
instruction of shooting skills among youth in Haywood County. The Bulls Eye Shooting Sports Club has nine different
disciplines including: air rifle, air pistol, shotgun, 22 riffle, muzzle loading, and
archery. Activities include: regular
club meetings, range shooting training, and district, state, and national
shooting competitions. The club has equipment purchased with a generous grant
from the Friends of the NRA Foundation and the club also welcomes donations to be used to
purchase additional needed shooting sports equipment and supplies. The next opportunity to join the Bulls Eye Shooting Sports Club will be in February 2020.
Livestock Club
The Livestock Club is open to 4-H youth 5 to 18 years old. Cloverbuds, 4-H youth ages 5 to 9 years old, in this club are learning about beef cattle, swine, turkeys, and sheep. Club leader, Susan Francis creates hands-on activities for members to learn about livestock terminology, managing livestock, calculating an animals' overall rate of gain for market purposes, and how to present themselves in front of a judge. Members of the Haywood County 4-H Livestock Club have the opportunity to participate in the county fair, Mountain State Fair, Skill-a-thon, livestock judging, make new friends, and travel. The club also teaches 4-Hers to train and show their own livestock and has been active in Haywood County for over 20 years. Livestock Judging, Skill-a-thon, and
Quiz Bowl Contests are events that offer youth the opportunity to showcase
their skills and knowledge of the livestock industry.
Haywood 4-H Horse Club
What is 4-H Horse Club? Let’s see what our officers have to say: Club President, Helena Godfrey said, “I like handling the horses and being able to be with the horses and meeting new friends.” Vice President, Addie Litchfield said, “I like exercising with the horses, I also like helping to stretch the horses.” Our activity officer, Rosie says her favorite part of horse club is, “seeing my friends, spending time with them, and learning how to control the horses.” And our last club officer, Noelle Litchfield, is serving as the club reporter. Litchfield said, “I’ve always loved ponies. I’ve got to meet a pony named Jack at hose club! I love the teacher, Calisa.” In the end they all agree that 4-H Horse Club is the best 4-H club around. Eight members from the Horse 4-H Club participated for their first time in the Haywood County Fair Horse Show. The club is currently working on creating a Horse Bowl team and will focus on preparing for the knowledge-based competition held in February 2020. For more information about the Haywood County 4-H Horse Club, please contact Calisa Hughes at 828-549-8898 or check out the 4-H page AnniesPlaceWNC.com/4H
Haywood 4-H Horse Club
What is 4-H Horse Club? Let’s see what our officers have to say: Club President, Helena Godfrey said, “I like handling the horses and being able to be with the horses and meeting new friends.” Vice President, Addie Litchfield said, “I like exercising with the horses, I also like helping to stretch the horses.” Our activity officer, Rosie says her favorite part of horse club is, “seeing my friends, spending time with them, and learning how to control the horses.” And our last club officer, Noelle Litchfield, is serving as the club reporter. Litchfield said, “I’ve always loved ponies. I’ve got to meet a pony named Jack at hose club! I love the teacher, Calisa.” In the end they all agree that 4-H Horse Club is the best 4-H club around. Eight members from the Horse 4-H Club participated for their first time in the Haywood County Fair Horse Show. The club is currently working on creating a Horse Bowl team and will focus on preparing for the knowledge-based competition held in February 2020. For more information about the Haywood County 4-H Horse Club, please contact Calisa Hughes at 828-549-8898 or check out the 4-H page AnniesPlaceWNC.com/4H
Sew Cool Sewing Club
The Haywood County Sew Cool 4-H Club is designed for youth ages 9 to 18 years old that have some sewing experience. 4-H’ers in this club are working on reviewing the parts of the machine and sewing techniques. This Fall Sew Cool Club members will work on a straight-stitch project, a green project transforming recycled items, and a community service project. For their community service project this year, members have elected to sew pillow cases for youth guests at the Haywood County homeless shelter. The Sew Cool 4-H Club is a great opportunity for youth to learn how to construct clothing and non-clothing items from patterns and participate in Fashion Revues, sewing classes, and community service projects. Club members will also have the chance to complete sewn items such as microwave cozies, simple straight-stitch projects for themselves and projects to gift and are encouraged to their items into the Haywood County Fair.
Teen Leadership Council
The Teen Leadership Council is open to teens, ages 12 to 18 years old. The Teen Leadership Council members participate in a variety of leadership opportunities throughout the year. One of the local leadership training programs is the Readers Are Leaders, a leadership book review program. In Readers are Leaders, teen council members read books with topic areas in leadership development. This year, Teen Leadership Council members attended the following leadership trainings: West District Teen Retreat, State 4-H Congress, County-wide ARIE competition and workshop series, Public Speaking workshop and competitions, and Readers are Leaders program.
If you are interested in joining one or more of these clubs or volunteering and forming a new club please call 828-456-3575 or email us for more information. Also check out the blog Calendar for dates and times of club meetings.