November 2023

November

1st - Maxwell 4-H Meeting, 6pm, Maxwell Elementary School Multi Room

2nd - New Volunteer Orientation, 6pm CIP Conference Room

4th - Make It Take It Craft Expo, 10am - 3pm, Festival Hall Colusa Fairgrounds

10th - 4-H Office Closed - Veteran's Day

13th - Arbuckle 4-H Meeting, 7pm, Arbuckle Elementary School Cafeteria

13th - Princeton 4-H Meeting, 6pm, Princeton Elementary Cafeteria

13th - Stonyford 4-H Meeting, 6pm, Community Pavilion

15th - Colusa County 4-H Council Meeting, 5:30pm, CIP Conference Room

24th - 25th - 4-H Office Closed - Thanksgiving

27th - Colusa 4-H Meeting, 7pm, Etchepare Hall

December

6th - Maxwell 4-H Meeting, 6pm Maxwell Elementary School Multi Room

11th - Arbuckle 4-H Meeting, 7pm, Arbuckle Elementary School Cafeteria

13th - Princeton 4-H Meeting, 6pm, Princeton Elementary Cafeteria

11th - Colusa 4-H Meeting, 7pm, Etchepare Hall

Countywide Craft Expo

The Countywide Craft Expo will be held on Saturday, November 4th, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Festival Hall at the Colusa County Fairgrounds. Everyone is welcome to attend, as it is open to the public, so be sure and tell your friends and neighbors!

If you want to be an Arts & Crafts leader this year, this could be the start of your project!

Colusa County 4-H Events Explained

Following are some upcoming 4-H events for this year. Refer to the newsletter for the exact dates.

Make It, Take It Craft Expo. November

This event allows youth to make and then take home, various craft projects at the material cost, with pieces ranging from .50 cents to $10.00. This is open to youth of all ages, 5-18. This event is sponsored by the Colusa County 4-H Council.

Chico State Field Day (December) - CANCELED

Presentation Day - Saturday, January 27th location TBD

This event is open to all 4-H'ers allowing youth to exhibit their communication and public speaking skills. Members plan and create a presentation with assistance from the California 4-H Presentation Manual. Pre-registration is required. This event is sponsored by the Colusa County 4-H Council.

*Adult Volunteers are needed for this event. If you would like to help, please call the 4-H Office, 530-458-0570.*

Washburn Ag Field Day - Please continue to check for more information

This event is NOT a 4-H event, but is highly attended by 4-H members. This event includes showmanship workshops for Beef, Sheep, Swine, Meat Goats, Rabbits, Cavies, Poultry, and Pygmy Goats. Members are also able to practice their judging skills by learning how to place a market class of animals from each breed.

Anything But Animals Still Exhibits Day (March/April)

This event is open to all 4-H'ers and allows youth to exhibit a variety of entries such as: arts and crafts, woodworking, table settings, and baked goods. Youth are evaluated on their craft exhibit, as well as a spoken presentation of the items. Pre-registration is required. Youth are given awards based on the Danish system of judging. This event is sponsored by the Colusa County 4-H Council.

Colusa County Fair (June 6 -9,2024)

This event is NOT a 4-H event, but is highly attended by 4-H members and allows youth to exhibit their project work. Fair eligibility requirements must be met in accordance to Colusa County 4-H policy.

Maxwell 4-H

Princeton 4-H

 “At the Princeton 4H meeting held on October 9, 2023 we took roll. After roll we started to fill out record book forms. We were writing what we did in the last meeting and what we did this meeting in the record books. We also made butterscotch marshmallows and put sprinkles and eye balls on them. We also made paper pumpkins. After all of that we took a group photo.” By Wyatt Roach  

Colusa 4-H

Colusa 4-H had a spooktacular costume meeting on Monday October 23^rd. We started off with our primary meeting learning about being an officer and how to run a meeting. They all did a great job keeping the meeting in order! We have some great potential officers coming up in a few years. We concluded our primary meeting with a Halloween parade and a little monster mash! 

We kicked off our general club meeting with our awards ceremony recognizing our hardworking and dedicated members who continue to be involved in 4-H year after year. In addition to our awards, we also collected over 200 cans for the community food drive.

Our next meeting will be on Monday, December 11^th where we will collect new unwrapped toys to donate to Colusa County Children's Services to give to families in need for Christmas. We are looking forward to some exciting guest speakers at a few of our upcoming club meetings.