County-wide 4-H club held two meetings

Wellington County 4-H held its agricultural workshop on March 24 at the Grand River Raceway. The 2009 paperwork was given out to the leaders and Jul­ia Whalen, 4-H Ontario speci­alist, gave a provincial update as well as having leaders parti­cipate in a couple of Farm Safe­ty exercises.  Whalen also men­tioned the 5Cs of positive youth development – com­pe­tence, connection, confidence, character and caring.

Many thanks to the Grand River Raceway and Halwell Mutual Insurance for spon­sor­ing the Agricultural Workshop.

Wellington County 4-H held its life skills workshop on March 28 at the Alma Hall, Alma. June Switzer led the group in rug hooking, and the group learned latch rug hook­ing, traditional rug hooking, and braided rugs. It also learn­ed almost all materials can be used for hooking and braiding - even bailer and binder.

Whalen went over the sec­re­tary and press reporter book expectations and the youth lead­er book expectations. The group also covered the impor­tance of having volunteers screened and the health and safety forms and the waivers.

Whalen also discussed the locally approved projects – ap­proved by the county and then the project is forwarded to 4-H Ontario for the final approval.