Southern Shenandoah 4-H Club & Cloverbuds

Southern Shenandoah 4-H Club & Cloverbuds We are a group catering to 4-H aged 5-19 years old children in Southern Shenandoah County VA.

04/15/2025

Schedule of meetings through the end of the year:

TUESDAY May 6th 4:30 PM @ 3191 River Rd New Market - Trash Pick Up Fundraiser
*please dress appropriately for picking up trash and being outside, supplies provided but you may want to bring a grabber, Cloverbud aged children must have adult present with them, pizza at the Lutz residence afterwards!*

SATURDAY May 17th 3 PM @ CREW - Nana’s Blue Greenhouse/Dairy Posters

Sunday June 8th 3 PM @ CREW - Make ice cream/butter

Sunday July 13th 3 PM @ CREW - What’s in your Backyard Activity (meeting optional)

Friday August 29th 10 AM @ Shenandoah County Fairgrounds - Morning at the Fair (meeting optional)

Sunday September 14th 1:30 PM/3 PM @ Sycamore Banks Farm - Barn Quilt Fundraiser (optional @ 1:30 PM)/Show & Tell

Sunday October 12th 3 PM @ CREW- Forestry Activity

Sunday November 9th 3 PM @ CREW - Table Setting andThanksgiving Meal

Sunday December 14th 3 PM @ CREW - Christmas Baking & Activity

Stay tuned for more details!

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04/07/2025

‼️MEETING REMINDER‼️

We will be doing a horse activity on Sunday April 13th at 1 PM. Afterwards, folks can go to the 4-H Easter Egg Hunt starting at 3 PM.

A light lunch will be served:
Sloppy Joes courtesy of The Rhodes family, chips, fruit, juice boxes, water and cookies courtesy of the Conley family. If anyone else wants to contribute anything to the lunch, please comment below!

This meeting will take place at the Reynolds residence: 4729 Conicville Road Mt Jackson

Please wear closed toed shoes if you plan on interacting with the horses. We will start with a safety lesson to start this meeting. It will also be somewhat cold so please dress accordingly.

We hope to see you there!

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We are providing refreshments for this event. Please keep this family in your thoughts.
03/10/2025

We are providing refreshments for this event. Please keep this family in your thoughts.

Please come out and support Luther Gochenour and his family. Luther has recently been diagnosed with leukemia. This concert is to help the family with their financial situation! Please share to get as many as possible to come and help support them!

Thanks everyone for a great meeting today! 1. If your Cloverbud/4-Her is interested in Skill a Thon or Livestock Judging...
03/09/2025

Thanks everyone for a great meeting today!

1. If your Cloverbud/4-Her is interested in Skill a Thon or Livestock Judging, please come find a leader to direct you to the right person.

2. 4-H Camp is June 8-12 at the Northern VA Educational Center in Front Royal. Please see the information below:

https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/csrcw4hcamp/Home

We are investigating Day Camp/Cloverbud Camp so please check back for information!

3. We will solidify a day for Trash Pick Up at our April meeting as a fundraising event for our club.

4. Also check out the County Easter Egg Hunt (April 13 - 3 PM), the County Bike a Thon (April 27 - 2 PM) and our next meeting (April 13 - 1 PM) all happening in April.

5. If your 4-Her is still in need of a project book, please contact the County Extension Office.

Please contact the page or leaders with any questions!

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June 8-12, 2025 Northern Virginia 4-H Center - Front Royal, Virginia

03/03/2025

📢 MEETING REMINDER 📢

We will be meeting at Reformation Lutheran Church (for the last time!!) on Sunday March 9th @ 3 PM.

Our topic will be Skillathon so come ready to learn!

The Reynolds family will provide snack.

We can’t wait to see everyone!

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Please consider helping this fellow 4-H family.
03/03/2025

Please consider helping this fellow 4-H family.

We invite the community to support the Gochenour family during this difficult time. With Luther’s recent leukemia diagnosis, we are hosting a fundraiser to help ease the financial burden. 100% of all proceeds will be donated directly to the family to assist with any expenses related to Luther’s healing journey.
Please join us at the Walgreens parking lot Saturday March 29th from 12 until SOLD OUT. We will be smoking pulled pork, with two options available for purchase:
-A delicious meal
-Pork sold by the pound
This is a CASH ONLY event so please plan accordingly 💙

Our club was well represented at Share the Fun yesterday! Elisabeth, Olivia and Kimber did Cloverbud dance. Abby and Tay...
03/03/2025

Our club was well represented at Share the Fun yesterday!

Elisabeth, Olivia and Kimber did Cloverbud dance.

Abby and Tayla were in the Honor Club skits.

LJ & Clara were in Jr. Variety.

Clara was in Jr. Dance.

Thomas was in Int. Instrumental.

Many were involved in the opening act, too!

We hope to see more 4-Hers out there next year!

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We’re a little late posting but our February meeting was AWESOME! Richard Newton helped our 4-H kids with wildlife ident...
03/03/2025

We’re a little late posting but our February meeting was AWESOME!

Richard Newton helped our 4-H kids with wildlife identification and to say these kids loved the content would be an understatement.

Thank you, Richard!

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02/05/2025

📢 Meeting Reminder! 📢

We will meet at Reformation Lutheran Church this Sunday, February 9th, at 3 PM.

We’ll be learning about wildlife identification and planning for Share The Fun!

The Rhodes family has offered to bring snack. Thank you so much!

We can’t wait to see everyone!

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We had several members of our club compete last Saturday in the Shenandoah County 4-H Contest! Clara Allen - 1st place J...
02/01/2025

We had several members of our club compete last Saturday in the Shenandoah County 4-H Contest!

Clara Allen - 1st place Jr. Public Speaking

Abby Newton - 1st place & rosette Sr. Table Setting

Olivia Lutz, Naomi Rhodes, Kimber Conley & Elisabeth Reynolds - Participation Cloverbud Group Table Setting

CONGRATULATIONS to all the members for participating in this contest. We hope to see more of you out there next year!

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If your child(ren) would like to participate in the County Contests, please register ASAP! https://forms.gle/UvrUoEj5EF2...
01/15/2025

If your child(ren) would like to participate in the County Contests, please register ASAP!

https://forms.gle/UvrUoEj5EF2tfQXi6

Thank you!

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The date for contests will be Saturday, January 25, 2025 with a snow date of February 8, 2025. Contests will include: PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, RADIO SPOT, SCIENCE FAIR and TABLE SETTING CONTESTS. You may enter one or more contest areas. Cloverbuds may participate as a...

We are so excited to see our 4-Hers & Cloverbuds on Sunday January 12th at 3 PM at Reformation Lutheran Church!We will b...
01/09/2025

We are so excited to see our 4-Hers & Cloverbuds on Sunday January 12th at 3 PM at Reformation Lutheran Church!

We will be doing a fun activity involving the VA Ag Map below. We are asking that each 4-H bring their favorite food to see where it falls on the map! This can be “real food” or of the plastic variety.

Do we have a family that could volunteer to bring snack on Sunday?

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12/23/2024

4-H Updates - Please Read!

1. If you plan to have your child participate in So Shen 4-H Club this year, please have them enrolled by December 31st, 2024.

2. Next meeting is Sunday January 12th at 3 PM at Reformation Lutheran Church. We will be introducing our officer team so if your child(ren) is an officer, please make every attempt to have them there. We will also be doing an activity using the VA Ag Maps. Any 4-Her/Cloverbud group interested in doing the County Contests on January 25th can sign up for a slot to discuss or show Kellie/Lauren their ideas/presentation. Please message the page ahead of time if you would like this time to plan with us and we will create a calendar.

3. County Contests are Saturday January 25th at 9 AM at the County Government Building. All the details are in the event. If you have a Cloverbud that wants to do a group table setting, please message the page so we can start forming groups and plans.

Please use this link to sign up: https://forms.gle/UvrUoEj5EF2tfQXi6

4. Share the Fun is coming up! We would like to have a club group act and then as many solo performers that are willing! Please let us know if you can participate. We will be practicing for Share the Fun at our February 9th meeting. Mandatory Rehearsal is February 23th at 2 PM at Zion Lutheran Church and The Show is Sunday March 2nd at 2 PM at Zion Lutheran Church. We hope for a great turnout for this event! All details for Share the Fun are in the events.

Please PM the page if you have any questions at all. We wish our 4-H Members and their family a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Send a message to learn more

12/03/2024

Please don’t forget about our 🎄Christmas🎄meeting on Sunday December 8th at 3 PM at Reformation Lutheran Church.

We will be baking and decorating Christmas cookies!

Please bring a favorite cookie decoration/topping to share with the group.

We can’t wait to see you all there!

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Our club had a wonderful time at the Shenandoah County 4-H Achievement Night! Arizona Turner & LJ Copp were on stage las...
11/25/2024

Our club had a wonderful time at the Shenandoah County 4-H Achievement Night!

Arizona Turner & LJ Copp were on stage last night to accept their Cloverbud graduation certificates! Parker Litten, Kasen Barton & C**t Collins were also recognized graduates.

Clara Stephens was recognized for her county fair projects!

Abby Newton had many trips to the stage for various project recognitions!

Maggie Eaton was awarded Outstanding 4-H Member of the year!

We are so proud of all the member of our club!

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11/12/2024

We are excited to introduce our 2024-2025 officer team!

We are taking a team approach with the officer team so our younger youth members can learn positions from older youth members.

President: Abby Newton/Arizona Turner

Vice President: Addy Gochenour/Leighton Newland

Secretary: Tayla Sine/Clara Stephens

Treasurer: Thomas Allen/Aubrey Newland

Historian/Reporter: Clara Allen/LJ Copp

Congratulations, officer team!

We also want to formally introduce our club leaders and mentors!

4-H & Cloverbud Organizational Leader: Lauren Reynolds

4-H Youth Leader: Kellie Conley

Cloverbud Leader: Nicki Lutz

Club Mentors: Amber Newton, Richard Newton & Brent Eaton

Please reach out to any of these folks with questions!

We are looking forward to a great year!

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Meeting Reminder! 🦃🍽️ This Sunday November 10th @ 3 PM, we will be doing our annual Thanksgiving meeting. Please bring a...
11/07/2024

Meeting Reminder! 🦃🍽️

This Sunday November 10th @ 3 PM, we will be doing our annual Thanksgiving meeting. Please bring a side to share and sign up with link below:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA4AC2FA5F8C34-52705390-thanksgiving

As a reminder, this will be a long meeting (approximately 2 hours). We will do a brief table setting activity led by Abby and while we’re eating, discuss a few matters. Cloverbuds will be doing an activity during the 4-H officer formation.

Please reach out if you have any questions.

We can’t wait to see everyone!

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Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Thank you!

10/24/2024

Good evening everyone! As we begin to plan for our next meeting, we wanted to make sure all our dishes were covered for our meal. We will be doing a place setting activity prior to serving an early dinner. We are expecting to feed roughly 50 people. We have created a sign up at the link below. The club will be providing the turkey 🦃

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4CA4AC2FA5F8C34-52705390-thanksgiving

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! We look forward to seeing you all on November 10th, 3PM at Reformation Church.

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Mount Jackson, VA

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