Fall Schedule: It's gonna be a GREAT year!

From Kim and Kathy:

Hi 4H Families,

We are excited to start a new year!  We are looking forward to seeing our old friends and making new ones – there has been lots of interest in our group lately.  We can’t wait to get everyone together for new adventures this year.

This year, Kim and I decided it was best to meet with the groups on separate nights.  We will meet with the younger group (9-12) on the second Tuesday of each month, and the older group (12-16) on the last Tuesday of the month.  Both groups will meet from 6-7:30.  We will start in September. In order to be eligible for the overnight trips, members need to have attended at least one meeting in the three months prior to the trip.  (For the fall trip, they will have had to attend the September 2012 meeting.) See the schedule below.

Our fall trip will be to McKeever Cabin in the Hiawatha National Forest September 28-29.  We are going for one night and taking both groups.  We will sleep in tents and hike and explore the forest together.  We thought this first trip would be a nice, short introduction to how we work together out on the trail.  We hope the veteran 4H’ers can share their skills with our new members, as well as have the opportunity for an advanced hike/activity on Saturday. We leave at 9 Saturday from Jack’s IGA in Harvey and return there by 6 Sunday.  Please email Kathy by Thursday, Sept. 20 to sign up.  Gear lists will be sent to those who sign up, all food is included. $25.00 trip fee. 

Bike-A-Thon turned Hike-A-Thon!  For the last couple of years, our groups have been trying to raise funds for a shelter box purchase.  Shelter Boxes are emergency supply kits that go to disaster areas.  Kim and I have struggled to find time to do a Bike-A-Thon, however, and have decided to incorporate it into our fall trip with a Hike-A-Thon.  We will be talking to the kids about it at our first meeting.  Stay tuned!

Fall 2012 Schedule

 All Meetings are at Moosewood Nature Center unless otherwise specified.

Septemeber 11 – 6:00-7:30   Younger Group (9-12)

September 25 6:00-7:30 Older Group (12-16)

September 29-30  Fall Trip to McKeever Cabin – Hiawatha National Forest

October 16 –NMU Climbing Wall (We will NOT meet at Moosewood)

7-8   Younger Kids

8-9    Older kids

November 13 - 6:00-7:30   Younger Group (9-12)

November 27- 6:00-7:30 Older Group (12-16)

December 11 – Holiday Party for both Groups 6:00-7:30