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Stay in Touch with UGA Extension Paulding County
530 West Memorial Drive, Dallas, GA 30132 | 770-443-7616 | [email protected] Website: www.ugaextension.org/paulding, current & past newsletters in color with links
Facebook: www.facebook.com/PauldingCountyCooperativeExtension/
4-H Agent, Patty McIver: [email protected]
4-H Program Assistants: Kathie Gilroy, Chantal Senra, & Catie Shultz
4-H AmeriCorps VISTA: Juwan Severson
February’s Community Service
Pet TREATS and FOOD for PC Animal Shelter.
Pop tabs for the Ronald McDonald House Charities
(please count ahead of time and mark container)
Used printer ink cartridges recycled through
to help support PC 4-H
Pledge our HANDS to
Larger Service
It’s that time again – it’s time to start preparing
for the 2018 Cloverleaf Summer Camp! The 6th
graders have another chance to go camping at
Rock Eagle, the largest 4-H Camp in the
WORLD! This year they will have a chance to
choose between the ropes course and STEM interest areas!
Cloverleaf Camp registration begins Monday,
February 5, 2018 starting at 8am at the Extension
Office, and continues until FULL. This year camp will
be July 9-13, 2018; cost is $365. More about registration can
be found in the camp brochure. For scholarship opportunities,
please contact our office at 770-443-7616 /
Scholarships applications are due February 5, 2018 at 5pm* http://extension.uga.edu/county-offices/paulding/
4-h-youth-development/4-h-summer-camp.html
4-H Cloverleaf Summer Camp at Rock Eagle
January 16: S.A.F.E. Shotgun Team meeting (see back)
January 18: DPA Speech Session (4-H’ers new to DPA)
January 25: DPA Poster Session (4-H’ers new to DPA)
January 31: DPA Food Lab practice, details TBA
February 3: Cloverleaf DPA for 5th & 6th grade 4-H’ers in Rome
February 5: Poultry Judging Team Meeting (see back)
February 6: DPA Performing Arts Dress Rehearsals, 4:20-6pm
Horse and Pony Club Meeting, 7pm
February 19-23: Paulding County Winter Break
21: DPA Dress Rehearsal (presentations), 9am-4:40pm
22: DPA Food Lab practice, details TBA
Upcoming Club Meetings, bring service items!
Austin MS: Jan 9 / Feb 16
Dobbins MS: Jan 18 / Feb 2
East Paulding MS: Jan 29 / Feb 26
H. Jones MS: Jan 11 / Feb 28 (updated, now in am)
McClure MS: Jan 10 / Feb 7
Moses MS: Jan 17 / Feb 14
PB Ritch MS: Jan 4 / Feb 8
Scoggins MS: Jan 16 / Feb 6
South Paulding MS: Jan 12 / Feb 9
4-H Summer Activities: Be on the look out for Paulding County’s brochure coming in March.
Registration will start on April 30, 2018.
The Paulding Clover Connection
4-H Newsletter for Paulding County Junior Clubs for Grades 6-8 - January 2018, updated
Upcoming 4-H Events
Junior 4-H Camping Opportunities 2018
Junior Camp at Fortson 4-H Center Dates: June 18-22 Cost: $385 (includes transportation)
Stone Mountain Park, Georgia Aquarium, World of
Coke, and Thursday Night Thunder at the Atlanta
Motor Speedway *7th and 8th Grade only*
Marine Resource Camp on Tybee Island
Dates: July 16-20 Cost: $420 (includes transportation)
Marsh trawl, shark dissection, kayaking, and
other educational experiences! 6th-8th grades (updated)
Wilderness Challenge Camp at Wahsega Dates: July 2-6 Cost: $400 (includes transportation)
White water rafting, overnight camp-out, high ropes
activities, and more! *6th-8th grades, must be 12 years-old by July 2, 2018*
**More on camp flyer; limited space available on all camps**
Registration for these 3 camps starts February 6 at 8 am!
(walk-ins only on 1st day)
Paulding County Cooperative Extension offers its education programs, assistance, and materials to all people regardless of race, ethnicity, national origin, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, or veteran status and is an equal opportunity, affirmative action organization.
Thank you for your donations!
We want to thank our 4-H families
who donated paper towel rolls for
Shepard’s Rest Ministries.
Our total was 349 rolls!
Specialty Club/Team News
4-H Motto: “To Make the Best Better” 4-H Slogan: “Learn by Doing”
WOW! Thank you everyone that
collected pop tabs. Paulding
County placed highest for North-
west District with 929 pounds of
pop tabs and third in the state
during the annual collection.
What an awesome job!
We also collect the pop tabs and
printer cartridges during the sum-
mer months; you can drop them
off at the 4-H office.
Georgia 4-H reached the $100,000 mark in donations to the Ronald
McDonald Houses of Georgia. This year GA 4-H raised $5,619.16 to
bring the 16 year total to $103,407.40. Over
8,500 pounds of pop tabs were collected and
recycled this year, which makes the total for
our state around 168,529 pounds of pop tabs
in the last 16 years.
Georgia 4-H Update:
Attention Parents & Teachers:
Walk Georgia. Move more. Live
more. University of Georgia Extension
invites you to increase your physical
activity level in a fun, community-
oriented way. Registration for this
free program is open. To learn more, please visit
www.walkgeorgia.org or contact the Paulding County Extension
Office at 770-443-7616.
Here are the guidelines
Each Middle School 4-H participant must submit a recipe for his/her favorite peanut butter sandwich in the county contest.
Before the recipe may be submitted, 4-H’er must have made the sandwich at home. Any recipe with inedible items will be disqualified.
The recipe should list ingredients yielding 1 sandwich, as well as directions for assembling the sandwich.
Recipes can be written on an index card or on a separate piece of paper. Please turn in at the February Junior Club meetings
Recipes will be judged on nutrition, appeal, creativity, recipe presentation, recipe content, and appropriateness for category.
Winners will be selected in a county contest as follows: One Overall Winner and winners in the 4 categories of Most Nutritious,
Most Unusual, Most Creative, and Most Ingredients. Winner receives a 4-H PeaNutrition T-shirt!
Georgia 4-H PeaNutrition Recipe Contest
Join our 4-H Poultry Judging Team!
Join the fun and learn more than
you ever thought you would about
chickens on this team:
Hold and judge chickens
Candle eggs
Interior and exterior quality of eggs
Most weekly practices are on Monday
District Competition: May 4, 2018
(transportation provided)
To sign-up today contact us at 770-
443-7616 or [email protected]!
The first meeting for new and 1st year
returning member will be Monday,
February 5th from 4:30-6:30 pm.
The Paulding
County 4-H
Shotgun Team will have a meeting
at the Extension
Office on Tuesday, January 16 at 7pm. This
is new and returning members. Our team is
part of Project S.A.F.E. - Shooting Aware-
ness, Fun and Education. So if you are in
the 7th –12th grade and want to learn safe
hunting and shooting methods as well as
meet new people, this may be a great 4-H
activity for you!
At the meeting the coaches will discuss
schedules including practices and
competitions as well as fees and
equipment. Please email 4-H staff at
[email protected] to RSVP.
Please help us stay connected! If your email has changed, please contact us at [email protected].
