Southern Shenandoah 4-H Club & Cloverbuds

12/17/2025

4-H Families,

Time is running out to purchase tickets for the steak dinner supporting our county’s livestock judging and skillathon team. Order your tickets today to support these young agriculturists and the future of agriculture in our county!

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The Shenandoah County 4-H Livestock Judging and Skillathon Team will be hosting our Annual Steak Dinner Fundraiser on Saturday, January 10, 2026, at Antioch Church is Woodstock, Virginia. 🥩

Tickets are $25.00 for Adults, and $15.00 for Children. "Carry Out" is Available. Pre - Purchased is Required, and Ticket Sales close Friday, January 2, 2026. All Proceeds go to benefit the Shenandoah County 4-H Livestock Judging and Skillathon Team’s Educational and Travel Expenses for this Season.🍴

This Fundraiser was a HUGE SUCCESS for our Team, in 2025. Supporters, we'd LOVE to see you THERE! Contact Lindsey Rigby, Coach and Leader, for Questions, or to Purchase Tickets:
(540) 325 - 9352 or darigby4@gmail.com

12/14/2025

A very fun Christmas cookie swap meeting! Everyone left with a lot of energy and tons of cookies!!! 🍪

12/14/2025

This is a TENTATIVE calendar of events for 2026!

12/14/2025

Please check out our December newsletter!

Be on the lookout for the start of in January!

If you have questions about the County Contests, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We’d love to see a bunch of our members there!

12/12/2025

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Here is the link for the County Contests on January 17th!

The date for contests will be Saturday, January 17, 2026 with a snow date of January 24, 2026. Contests will include: PRESENTATIONS, PUBLIC SPEAKING, EXTEMPORANEOUS SPEAKING, RADIO SPOT, SCIENCE FAIR and TABLE SETTING CONTESTS. You may enter one or more contest areas. Cloverbuds may participate as a...

12/08/2025

🎄 Meeting Reminder! 🎄

📅 Sunday, December 14th
⏰ 3:00 PM
📍 Shenandoah County Community Center GYM
🍪 Christmas Cookie Swap!

Don’t forget to bring a printed recipe card for your cookie station. Store bought cookies are absolutely welcome if you’re not in the baking mood!

The club will provide plates, napkins, cookie boxes, and serving tongs.

Many have asked how many cookies to bring — please bring a minimum of 2 dozen. If you’re feeling festive, bring more! Cookies don’t spoil at Christmas! 😉

Our 4-H Officers will also have a printed script to run a formal meeting.

Can’t wait to see everyone there!

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12/05/2025

This seems like a good day to remind everyone and let the new folks know that if Shenandoah County schools are close, 4H events are also cancelled. This would mainly affect something like county council that's held during the week. Enjoy your snow day!

Send a message to learn more

12/04/2025

COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS!

Now that our club has an amazing group of active youth members, we’d like to begin having representation at the 2026 County Council Meetings.

County Council meets six times a year on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM at the Extension Office.

The first three meeting dates for 2026 are:
📅 January 26th
📅 March 23rd
📅 April 27th

We would like to have 1–3 youth members attend each meeting.

If your 4-Her is interested in participating, please let us know which date(s) they can attend!

Thank you!

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12/01/2025

We’re a little late posting, but 4-H Achievement Night was a huge success for our club! 🎉

We had lots to celebrate, including project book honors earned by:
⭐ Addy Gochenour
⭐ Leighton Newland
⭐ Aubrey Newland
⭐ LJ Copp
⭐ Clara Stephens

A big milestone—Olivia Lutz officially graduated from Cloverbuds! 🙌🏻

Our club also took home some amazing group accomplishments:
🏆 2nd place for the most entries in the Shenandoah County Fair
🚴‍♂️ Most money earned for the Bike-a-Thon
🎤 Shoutout to Clara Allen and Thomas Allen for being recognized for their Share the Fun and Public Speaking participation!

Way to go, club! 👏🏻

Great food, great fun, and a night full of celebration. We’re so proud of all our members! 💚

11/30/2025

Are you a Shenandoah County farmer? 🧑‍🌾

Our 4-H club is looking for local farms that would be willing to host us for tours and learning opportunities! We want to introduce our members to a wide variety of projects and real-world agriculture experiences.

If you’re interested in hosting our club in 2026, please message our page or contact Lauren Reynolds at (540) 333-9319 (call or text).

We appreciate your support in helping grow the next generation of agricultural leaders!

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11/12/2025

We had a great Thanksgiving meal at our November meeting on Sunday. The 4-Hers served the parents with the item they brought to share. Way to go, guys!

Thanks for these photos,Aubrey Newland, from our Reporter team!

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