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Middlesex 4-H Classifieds

The Hitching Post

4-H Fair

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Do you have any TIPS or TRICKS for working with your horse? Giving him/her medicine? Working around the barn or maybe even some training you do. Something you like, don’t like at a show or the fair. Use “The Hitching Post” and start a conversation on the bulletin board.... Maybe something you would like to see HAC do.

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Please Visit our Sponsor Page to check out our Sponsors who support our program.

Directions to Contry Hill Farm

A Salute to Bonnie Palmisano
A Dressage Clinic Celebration

Admission is free and auditors are welcome at the lessons and demonstrations. All money received from donations, raffle proceeds, and food sales will go toward cancer research and care programs. The clinicians, demonstrators and the owners of Contry Hill Farm are generously donating their time and facilities.

Thank you for your support...we hope to see you there…rain or shine! Stoneybrook 4-H Saddle Club
Middlesex County 4-H Horse Program
For more information please contact: janetbersani@hotmail.com or
info@contryhillfarm.com

2008 Regional Horse Show

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Use the following links for the 4-H ‘08 Spring Newsletter.

‘08 Spring overview

Happening

4-H Spring 2008
Calendar

4-H Fitting & Show
Judges Training
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FFA & 4-H to offer 2nd Leadership Camp

By popular demand 4-H and FFA youth and adults are planning a second Leadership camp that will focus on Teamwork, Communication, and Community Service for those in grades 8-12, May 30th to June 1st at Camp Farley on the Cape. To attend you must at least be currently in the 8th grade and current 4-H member. Teens will be receiving information in the mail directly or can visit the website for registration information around mid-April. Cost TBD. Youth/adults interested in planning should contact Kim Pond. kima@umext.umass.edu . First meeting will be in Walpole at the Norfolk Agricultural School the weekend of April 5 preferable on Saturday and I am waiting on confirmation from FFA. Chaperones will be needed.

GOOD LUCK to all the County members attending the
State 4-H Roundup contest.

4-H Teen Connection Conference-UCONN June 29th - July 1st

To replace Teen Leadership Conference, Massachusetts 4-H will be participating in UCONN’s 4-H Teen Connection Conference June 29 –July1. Held on even numbered years at the University of Connecticut Storrs campus, this conference provides experiences in personal development, leadership education, and career exploration in a college setting and CT Teen Ambassadors assist with conference planning. Along with staying in the dorms, participants will also participate in a community service project while focusing on Career Exploration. The event is open to all teens entering ninth through twelfth grades. Registration information will be coming in April and chaperones will be needed. If interested contact Kim Pond kima@umext.umass.edu. The registration fee for the Connecticut 4-H Teen Connection Conference will be $175. The registration deadline will be June 6. The fee will go up to $200 for registrations received after this date. We will also need chaperones for our delegation. The focus of the workshops for the conference will be career exploration. Morning workshops on Monday, June 30th will be on-campus. Afternoon workshops will be off-campus with opportunities to visit a small Veterinary clinic, the Culinary Institute in Suffied, CT, Mystic Aquarium, and many more. Materials will be posted to the website as they become available.

National 4-H Congress- Application Due May 30th

National 4-H Congress is the flagship event of the 4-H program. For 80 years youth from the United States and its territories have participated in this youth leadership development conference. Congress provides youth ages 14-19 a quality educational and cross-cultural experience that exceeds what any state independently provides. It is designed to address the needs and issues of youth while helping to develop capable, competent and caring citizens. For more information, go to www.national4-hcongress.com. Application materials available at http://mass4h.org.

Open House at UMass for 4-H Families July 13th

Massachusetts 4-H is hosting a campus tour of UMass Amherst for 4-H’er and their families. Are you in High School and want to see what UMass has to offer? Save the date and join us to learn about the departments, talk to admission, hear from students and tour the Hadley farm in the afternoon. Watch for more information coming soon. If you know of a UMass student /alumni who would like to join us and talk to families and potential students please contact Kim Pond at kima@umext.umass.edu.

 

To find out about all the events across the state go to the 4-H Program Calendar @ UMass Extension...

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