2007-08 Club Activities
Sunday, May 18th, 2008
The Minisink Critters 2007-2008
In OCTOBER ~ Everyone enjoyed a craft project making original creations using Perler beads.Club members went apple picking during a field trip to Och’s Orchard. Our club participated in gleaning, harvesting apples at a local orchard for donation to local food pantries. Read more about this on our “Community Service” page! Members participated in the town’s Halloween Trunk & Treat by decorating our Group Leader’s truck with a Charlotte’s Web theme!
During NOVEMBER ~ Our club participated in gleaning for a second time, harvesting apples at another nearby orchard for donation to local food pantries. We also had fun putting together shoe-box Christmas gift boxes for donation to Operation Christmas Child. We packed boxes with school supplies, personal hygiene products, small toys, arts & craft supplies, and hard candy ~ then wrapped and donated the boxes for distribution to needy children around the world.
In DECEMBER ~ We took a Field Trip to Manza Farms. It was a really cold day, but riding in a buckboard wagon pulled by a trio of mules was the highlight of our visit! We met again later in the month to make Star Memory Books, a photo-craft project.
JANUARY ~ During our two meetings, we prepared for the upcoming 4-H International Night by choosing a country to present, sampled different countries’ food recipes, then developed our presentation and created our display.
In FEBRUARY ~ Our club enjoyed participating in International Night for the third year in a row! This year we chose Brazil as our country. In 2007 we chose Australia and in 2006 we chose Guatemala. See the three delicious foods we served at our display booth by visiting our “International Night” page!
In MARCH ~ Several club members prepared 4-H Fun Talks and Public Presentations, they then presented their topics and posters for evaluation and judging. We also took a field trip to a local Environmental Center for a Maple Sugaring tour to see how sap is harvested and made into maple syrup.
During APRIL ~ Club members learned about weaving by making a simple loom, then used basic weaving technique to create a small piece of cloth from yarn. We also made soda bottle terrariums using pebbles and plants (”weeds”) found at our local playground.
In MAY ~ Our meetings and field trips focused on gardening. We planted a sunflower garden at our local resource center, visited a commercial greenhouse, and grew Iroquois “Three Sisters” container gardens.
In June ~ We built and launched model rockets, had a picnic at the playground, and got our fair entries ready!
