4-H Achievement Night - Oct 9, 5:30 p.m.

Join Us of a celebration on 4-H! Our annual 4-H Awards night will be held on Saturday, Octover 9 at Waverly Yowell Elementary School. The evening will start with dinner at 5:30 p.m. followed by awards. The theme is "4-H Remebers When". We will be celebrating 4-H past, present and future!! Club members are asked to represent one of the following decades:

• 40’s – Adventure Club
• 50’s –Menagerie Club
• 60’s – Centaurs Club
• 70’s – Livestock Club & Cloverbuds
  80’s Dairy Club & Goat Club
  90 ‘s Home Ec and Helping Hands Club

All 4-H members, parents, volunteers and supporters are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to the Madison Extension Office by Oct 6, 2010.

Aging Remarkably Essay Contest.

Aging Together invites 6th - 12th grade public school, private schools and homeschooled students living in Culpeper, Fauquier, Madison, Orange or Rappahannock counties to tell us the story of one of the many remarkable seniors you know . You decide what’s remarkable. Maybe you have a grandparent who started a new sport or job after retirement. Maybe one of your neighbors now cares for a family member, just got his driver’s license or hiked a mountain or trail. Spend some time with them and write their story for us.
Essay Criteria: Student essays should be based on an interview with a local senior and describe an accomplishment or experience that occurred after the senior turned 65. The essay must be at least 750 words and can not exceed 1000 words. Essays will be judged on the quality of the writing, grammar, punctuation, and spelling, not how dramatic or exciting the senior’s story is. It’s all about how you write the story. All essays must be submitted with a completed registration form.
Judging: Essays will be judged by the Aging Together Communications Advisory Committee, which includes writers and other communications professionals. Essays will be judged in two grade groups: 6th ‐ 8th grades and 9th ‐ 12th grades. One winner and two honorable mentions will be selected for each grade group in each county.That’s a total of 2 winners and 4 honorable mentions in each county.
Prizes: The winners in each county will receive a $50 gift card and will have their essays published intheir local newspaper and on the Aging Together website. Those selected as honorable mentions will receive certificates and will have their essays published on the Aging Together website.
Deadline: The essay and completed registration form must be received in the Aging Together officeby 5:00 pm, December 15, 2010. Awards will be announced by April, 2011 and will be published during Older American’sMonth—May, 2011.

4-Her's have Fun at State Horse Show

Congratulations to Sam, Caitlin, Ailee and Kelly for all their hard work at the State 4-H Horse Show last weekend in Lexington. They joined over 500 4-H members from all across VA to exhibit their horesemanship skills and knowledge. All four girls were pinned in their equitation/horsemanship classes (which requires a pattern and is judged on their riding ability). They also all received blue ribbon for stable management. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to make it to the state show so GREAT JOB!

Ailee - 4th place Small/Medium Pony Hunter Equitation

Caitlin - 7th place Small/Medium Pony Hunter Equitation

Kelly - 3rd place Large Pony Western Horsemanship, 6th & 8th in Large Pony Western Pleasure and Qualified for Western Pleasure and Western Horsemanship Divisions, Top ten in Junior Hippology

Sam - 5th place Equitation, 8th place Pleasure

4-H Golf Tournament - Oct 25

The annual Denny Wayland Memorial Golf Tournament will be helf October 25th at Green Hills Gold Club in Stanardsville. Pass the word along to any golfer you know and help us recruit teams. This tournament honors long-time 4-H supporter Denny Wayland. For many years Denny was a key organizer and supporter of this tournament. A portion of the tournament proceeds support the Denny Wayland Memorial Fund. The remaining funds raised through this tournament are used to further youth development programs and initiatives in Orange and Madison Counties, including the formation of new clubs, member recognition events, leadership events and activities, summer camp and much, much more. For more information about the 4-H programs in your county, call your local Virginia Cooperative Extension Office

4-H Flower Bulb Fundraiser

4-H is going GREEN! We have partnered with Brightwood's own EcoTulips to offer organic flower bulbs. They are good for the bees and the environment. You can order online at EcoTulips.com just enter "4hfundraising" in the coupon code. Support 4-H and help the bees. Get your bulbs today!