Filtering by tag: 4-H Youth Development ✕

Three Macon 4-Hers Attended the 2025 Fur, Fish and Game Camp at Millstone 4-H Camp

Andrew Holmes, Luke Krebs and Anthony Jackson attended this year 4-H Fur, Fish and Game. They spent the week learning about hunter safety; shooting different types of hunting rifles, shotguns and…

Congratulations to Lily Powell - New 4-H West District Vice President

Lily Powell attended the 2025 NC 4-H Congress in Raleigh NC. She placed 3rd statewide in her presentation category: Safety. She also ran for and won West District Vice President for the next year.…

Congratulations to Our Livestock Judging Team

This team has been working hard since February to learn about livestock breeds, how to judge, equipment used around livestock and more.4-Hers from across North Carolina met up this week to show off…

NC Mountain State Fair Pony Express

Each year the Mountain State Fair sends out a Pony Express van to pick up arts and crafts entries from our counties. That saves you a trip if you would like to enter arts, crafts, woodworking, garden…

2025 Macon County Fair Educational Booths

Attention Organization Leaders:County Fair time is almost here again! This year’s Macon County Fair will be held September 17-20, 2025. The theme is “70 Years of Macon Mountain Memories" The Fair…

Macon County 4-H Summer Classes Coming Up

Pollinator Science at the Library – Wednesday July 16thCalling all nature lovers! 4-H is partnering with the library to provide a fun day of learning about pollinators. We love our bug friends that…

2025 Macon County 4-H Lamb Program Is Off to a Great Start

Macon County 4-H Lamb Club Members got their 4-H Market Lambs on Thursday, June 5. They started working with their lambs right away. Joe Deal, Livestock Extension Agent, will do hands on workouts…

Beyond Ready Teen Skills

Teamwork and leadership skills are the key to our success in all types of scholarships, careers, applications and civic interactions. Over this two day camp, teens will learn their personality type,…

Joyce Kilmer Hike

Thursday June 12thAges 5-18First 10 to sign up can ride county vanWe live in the most beautiful forested area. Let's go explore the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest. This is an old growth mountain forest…

Presentation Practice Blocks

District Activity Day is on Saturday June 21st and we need to practice our presentations. Please call for one of the following time slots:June 5th - 3pm June 6th - 3pmJune 9th - 9 am June 9th - 3pm…