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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,
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
March’s Community Service
1.5” Binders for PC Backpack Program.
March Madness: Please turn in all remaining
pop tabs for Ronald McDonald House Charities
and printer cartridges for recycling by Paulding 4-H ! This is the last month we are collecting them this year.
Pledge our HANDS to
Larger Service
February 5: Poultry Judging Team Interest Meeting,
4:30-6:30pm at the Extension Office
February 6: DPA Performing Arts Dress Rehearsals, 4:20-6pm
Horse & Pony Club Meeting, 7pm, Unity Baptist Church
February 19-23: Paulding County Winter Break
21: DPA Dress Rehearsal (presentations), 9am-4:40pm
22: DPA Food Lab practice, details TBA
March 2-4: JR/SR DPA at Rock Eagle for 4-H’ers participating
in Project Achievement
Upcoming Club Meetings,
bring service items!
Austin MS: Feb 16 / March 20
Dobbins MS: Feb 2 / March 22
East Paulding MS: Feb 26 / March 26
H. Jones MS: Feb 28 / March 15
McClure MS: Feb 7 / March 7
Moses MS: Feb 14 / March 14
PB Ritch MS: Feb 8 / March 1
Scoggins MS: Feb 6 / March 19
South Paulding MS: Feb 9 / March 30
4-H Summer Activities: The 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 - February 2018
Upcoming 4-H Events Don’t forget to register for 4-H Camp!
Registration begins February 5, for
Cloverleaf Camp July 9-13, 2018, so a great
opportunity for 4-H’ers in grades 5-6
There are other opportunities for Middle
School students too, camp information is available at: www.extension.uga.edu/county-offices/paulding.html
Don’t delay, register TODAY and have
a BLAST this summer at 4-H camp!
Attention all Northeast/Northwest District
6th - 8th Grade 4-H Members!!! You are
invited to the NE-NW District 4-H Junior
Rally. The 2017-2018 NE-NW District Junior
Boards are busy creating a weekend event
that is going to be a blast!
Here are a few of the details, but if you would like to know
more, please email the 4-H office at [email protected].
What: 2018 Northeast/Northwest District Junior Rally
Who: 4-H’ers in Grades 6-8 from the NE & NW Districts
When: Saturday - Sunday, April 29 - 30, 2018
Where: Camp Wahsega, 4-H Center (North of Dahlonega)
Cost: $75 - Includes Camp Lodging, Food, Activities,
Transportation & Insurance
Registration Deadline: Friday, April 13, 2018 at 5pm
(Drop Fee after 4/20/18 is $25)
Activities: Amazing Race – Wahsega Style, your choice of
ropes course obstacles, talent show, dancing, campfire,
s’mores, other classes, community service projects, time in the
falls (weather permitting), the annual glow-in-the-dark night
Easter Egg Hunt, plus hanging out with all your 4-H friends!
It’s Rally at the Falls!
Do you keep bees at home?
Well show your knowledge in the 4-H
bee keeping essay contest at:
http://www.georgia4h.org/beekeeping/
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.
4-H Motto: “To Make the Best Better” 4-H Slogan: “Learn by Doing”
Please help us stay connected! If your email has changed, please contact us at [email protected].
Georgia Saves is a social media campaign to promote money-saving habits among Georgians of all ages. Visit GeorgiaSaves.org and Take the Pledge to save for a specific goal.
You’ll receive money saving tips to help you reach your goal and be part of the national America Saves campaign. Maybe you will even will a $100 gift card!!!
Rules
The finished piggy bank should be no larger than 12”x12”x12” (one square foot).
Banks must be created and decorated by the contestant with little or no adult assistance.
No team submissions; only one entry per person.
Your piggy bank MUST have a way to put money in and get it out without destroying the bank.
You may use any medium you like, including (but not limited to) cake, Legos, wood, paper, cardboard, recycled containers, etc.
You may decorate the space around your bank as well, but must stay within the one square foot size limitation.
Must be a Georgia resident to participate
How to Enter
1. Join the Georgia Saves campaign (www.GeorgiaSaves.org)
2. Make a video (60 seconds or less). Tell us a about your bank , how it will help you to reach your savings goals, and the materials used to make it. Be sure to show how money
goes in and comes out of your bank.
3. Email your video, grade level, and contact information to [email protected] by March 15, 2018. Your video will be posted to Instagram with the following hash tags:
#GeorgiaSavesBankContest and #MS .
4. Winners will be determined by a panel of judges based on the following criteria:
Georgia Saves! Make your own Piggy Bank Contest!
Do you want to help with STEM during our summer activities this year?
We are looking for adults to help with STEM programming and to chaperone trips. Parents must be a screened
volunteer through our UGA Extension, so in order to be considered, please complete the following steps:
1. Sign a Consent for Background Check form 2. Fill out a Screening Application and volunteer questionnaire
Contact the office at 770-443-7616 / [email protected] or visit www.ugaextension.org/paulding to
start your 4-H volunteer application today.
Linked to savings goal (10%)
Originality: uniqueness of the concept (10%)
Creativity (15%)
Functionality: Money can be inserted and removed (15%)
Visual Appeal (15%) Video Presentation (10%)
Popularity on Instagram (10%)
Overall Impression (15%)