UGA Cooperative Extension

Camden County Extension Office:
4-H & Youth Development

New!!!

National Partnership of Georgia 4-H and Navy begins at Kingsbay Naval Base

Over fifteen staff members from Navy Child & Youth Programs and Navy Fleet and Family Support from Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base attended Georgia 4-H 102: The Basics of Starting Georgia 4-H Clubs as a result of the partnership between National 4-H Headquarters/USDA and the US Navy.

Staff members at the Kings Bay Youth Center will lead 4-H programming on base in afterschool programs in collaboration with Amber Defore, Camden County 4-H Agent. The training represents the first signs of the formal partnership in Georgia. State 4-H Leader, Dr. Bo Ryles, led a discussion of 4-H, Cooperative Extension and its history during the three day training on base. "Georgia 4-H is a proud partner with many of our installations in the state" said Dr. Ryles, "Kings Bay recently won the Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award and Georgia 4-H is proud to continue Making the Best Better for youth at Kings Bay."

• 4-H Groups
  Cloverleaf - 5th & 6th grade
  Junior - 7th & 8th grade
  Senior - 9th - 12th grade
• Events & Activities
• Project Achievement
  4-H Summer Camp
  Marine Science Club
• Tree Identification
  Cotton Boll & Consumer Judging
  Poultry Judging
  Project S.A.F.E.
  Fair Booths
  Horse Club
  Summer Fun Trips
• Awards Banquet
• Fifth Grade Reward Trip to Marine Ext. Service & Jekyll Island
• Jacksonville Reward Trip
• Teen Leader Training
• Events Calendar
• Volunteers Needed!!
  
• Forms
  Code of Conduct form
  Medical Information & Release

Special Interest Clubs Orientation
2008 - 2009 School Year

SAFE Shooting Sports - BB and Air Pistol
There will be an orientation on September 25, 2008 from 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. at the Camden County Recreation Center Activity Room to discuss the new practice schedule and season. Interested 4-H members and at least one adult are encouraged to attend. Hope to see you there!!!

Horse Club
Middle & High School Members
Middle and High School former club members will meet on September 12th at Palmetto Oaks Stables from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. We will be working on ideas for the horse club fair booth. We will also brainstorm about programming ideas and elect officers. It is very important to be there if you would like to be an officer. If your parents are working, they can drop you off at the 4-H office between 12:00 and 12:30 with a permission slip and we will take you to the stables. You must call and reserve a place on the bus. Parents need to be at the 4-H office around 3:30 p.m. to pick you up if you rode the bus.

All 4-H members that are interested in Horse Club
There will be a horse club orientation on October 7, 2008 at the Camden County Library Community Room from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. Attending the meetings will get you an invitation to the special meeting days at Palmetto Oaks Stables.

Marine Science Club - Open to 5th - 12th grade
Have fun with your friends learning about dolphins, seaturtles, and whales at the Marine Science Club meetings. Meetings will be from 4:00 – 5:00 at the Camden County Soccer Complex Clubhouse (off of Kingsbay Rd, across from mini-mall with Aunt B’s).
Meeting Dates: November 19th & December 17th for the fall. We will schedule winter and spring dates later.

4-H Fall Competitive Events

Tree Identification Contest- Waycross Fair
The 4-H program competes in the Tree Identification Contest at the Waycross Exchange Club Fair.  During the practice sessions, 4-H’ers 5th – 12th grade will be taught how to identify up to 50 trees by the leaves. Practices will be held on Mondays in September and October from 4:15 – 6:00 p.m. at the Camden County Soccer Complex Clubhouse (off of Kingsbay Rd, across from mini-mall with Aunt B’s).
Practice Schedule : Monday, September 29th, Monday, October 6th, Monday, October 20th, Monday, October 27th

Cotton Boll & Consumer Judging - Statesboro, GA - Georgia Southern University
Consumer Judging helps the 4-H’ers determine what makes a consumer product better than another.  They will be looking at cost, manufacturing, methods, and nutritional information to make their decision.  This year the products include mp3 players, cell phone plans, pre-packaged deli lunches, & hoodies.  With Cotton Boll, the 4-H’er will learn about cotton during their practice sessions.  The Cloverleaf 4-H’ers will be asked to put together and demonstrate a 30 second commercial on cotton and the Senior 4-H’ers will give a speech on cotton. The 4-H’ers will learn about all aspect of each of these products in the after school practice sessions and test their knowledge in Statesboro on November 3rd.  The practices will be held on Wednesdays in October from 4:15 – 6:00 p.m. at the Camden County Soccer Complex Clubhouse (off of Kingsbay Rd, across from mini-mall with Aunt B’s).       
Practice Schedule : Wednesday, October 1st, Wednesday, October 8th, Wednesday, October 15th, Wednesday, October 22nd, Wednesday, October 29th

General Info

Camden County 4-H offers a wide variety of educational and fun activities. We meet with the 5th grade 4-H'ers once a month in the classroom at each of the nine elementary schools. We meet with the two middle schools after school and with the high school in the evening.

What is 4-H?

4-H is an educational program focusing on the needs, interest, and concerns of young people. Our aim is to help Camden youth gain a positive self-concept, develop social skills, and decision-making abilities and learn subject knowledge needed for a productive life.  4-H members develop leadership and citizenship skills through individual project work, group activities, community service, and school meetings. We are the youth division of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. 4-H began as corn and tomato clubs, but has developed into the largest youth organization in the world.

Who can be a 4-H’er?

Any Camden county youth ages 9 – 19.

How much does it cost?

There is no charge to join 4-H. Some optional activities may have a small charge.

How to speak 4-H

Cloverleaf: 5th & 6th grade 4-H’ers

Junior: 7th & 8th grade 4-H’ers

Senior: 9th – 12th grade 4-H’ers

County Extension Agent: Public Service Faculty of the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture & Environmental Science serving Georgia counties by specializing in the areas of Agriculture, Family and Consumer Science and 4-H & Youth.

Program Assistant: Member of the Extension staff to help provide program support to the 4-H program.

Contact

For more information about Camden County 4-H Youth Development Programs, contact Amber Defore at adefore@uga.edu or Beth Carter at carterB@uga.edu or call (912)576-3219.

Visit the Georgia 4-H Web site at www.georgia4h.org.