SOEC 4H Club

In-person meeting May 16th at 2:00pm 🎉 Dr Smith will talk about equine emergencies. Bring a chair and a mask!!

Meeting tomorrow at 2:00pm. We will be holding elections for the new slate of officers. Hope to see you then! On Zoom of course 🙂

Reminder. Record books are now due at the barn by 5pm on Sunday January 17th. First-year 4H members are not required to complete one. For those doing one, don’t hesitate to reach out to your mentor or to the leaders. We would be happy to help!

Our 4H meeting scheduled for 5:00 tomorrow is canceled. We apologize for the late notice. See you in September!

Congratulations to all the youth that entered the 2020 NC 4-H Horse Program Artistic Expression & Creative Writing Contests. Great job Brooklyn and EmmaB!

Brooklyn: 9th place - Junior Drawing, 3rd place - Junior Painting, 4th place - Junior Photography
EmmaB: 3rd place - Senior Poetry, 1st place - Senior Short Story

2020 NC 4-H Horse Program Eligibility Card Request Form UPDATED MAY 11, 2020 in preparation for Virtual Shows: PLEASE NOTE: COMPLETION OF THIS FORM IS NOT AN ELIGIBILITY CARD. ELIGIBILITY MUST BE VARIFIED BY YOUR COUNTY AGENT (based on your responses to this form). Questions concerning eligibility card requirements for your county/club must be directed t...

Thanks to Sally for organizing this virtual food drive with Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina

This is a bummer we had many looking forward to it but obviously understand!

2020 NC State 4-H Horse Show Update Due to the coronavirus, all 2020 qualifying horse shows will be canceled. At this time, we are optimistic the NC State 4-H Horse Show will still happen as originally planned. However, this year the show will be open to any 4-Her who wishes to participate who has an eligibility card approved by their...

Join us for Session 1 of our online horse show launching Thursday, March 26th here on our page. No entry fees, real judges, exciting prizes!

Class list:
1. Stock Type Halter (photo entry)
2. Saddle Type Halter (photo entry)
3. Mini Halter (photo entry)
4. Stock Type Showmanship (video submission, pattern provided)
5. Saddle Type Showmanship (video submission, pattern provided)
6. Color Class (Pintos/Appaloosas - photo entry)
7. Solid Color Class (All others - photo entry)
8. Cutest Foal (photo entry)
9. Hairiest Horse (photo entry)
10. Costume Class (photo entry)

Monday we will be introducing our judge, posting the showmanship pattern and explaining how to enter!

Dover Saddlery - Raleigh, NCDover Saddlery

Activity Book for Horse-Loving Kids | Free Download - AQHA Download this FREE horse coloring book featuring American Quarter Horse trivia, puzzles, games and drawings.

We have decided to cancel several upcoming 4H events because of COVID-19. We will be cancelling our meeting on Sunday, March 22 as well as our volunteer opportunity at Freedom Ranch on Saturday, March 28th.

Please join us on Wednesday at 1:00 for our first NC 4-H Horse Program Quarantime Lesson and Q & A.
https://go.ncsu.edu/4-h-horse-quarantime-lesson1

Fun meeting this afternoon. Thank you to Jonathan Compton with Compton's Horseshoeing for the informative demonstration.

And thanks to Erica and Emma for getting the year's presentations off to a great start! We enjoyed learning about Steeplechases and different bunny breeds! SOUTHERN OAK EQUESTRIANS IEA and EIRA TEAM, Southern Oak Equestrian Center

Don’t forget our meeting at 2:00 today! Watch one of the barn farriers shoe a horse and see some bunnies in the flesh 🐰

Thanks to all who wrote cards/ notes to some of our country's brave servicemen and women! The care package is en route!

Don't forget to RSVP to the 4H Achievement Night. Please check your evite. See you there!

Join us this Sunday, 3:30-4:30, to make Valentine's cards to send to an Army Ranger battalion.

4H meeting Sunday at 2:00. Elections for 2020 officers.

2020 4H Parent meeting Sunday January 12th at 2:00pm at the barn. Please join Brooke, Chris and Mare to learn about all things 4H and how we are making it an even better program this year.

Please remember Freedomranchnc during this holiday season. ❤️🐴🐷🐥🇺🇸👍.

Thank you so much to all that helped with barn clean up: Emory, Savannah, Amelia, Audrey, Tatum, Chloe and Brett, Julia S., Sam and Jodi, Scarlett and Heather, Ann, David and Michaela, Brooke and Mare. It takes a village!

Barn clean-up today 1:30

Come join us for a barn clean-up day Sunday September 8th at 1:30. Also, some IEA parents are meeting at 9am that same day and need adult help if that works better.

We still need donations for our baskets for achievement night. Please bring them by Wednesday. Gift cards and/or candy. Thank you!

Don’t forget to bring in gift cards for the achievement night SOEC 4H basket raffle! Envelope is in 4H room

Join us for the start of a fun new 4h year!! We can’t wait to see you all at the barn this sunday at 2:00!

Thank you AnneM, Margaret, MaggieO, Trish, Emilee and everyone else who donated. All items will be delivered on Christmas morning. If you would still like to donate, PM for pick up/ drop off info.

EmmaB is collecting items to be delivered to Raleigh's homeless population on Christmas morning. A bin will be placed in the 4H room this week.

New or gently used items needed are: socks, gloves, hats, scarves, tents, sleeping bags, sleeping mats, hand warmers and bikes. THANK YOU!

Additional info - http://www.waltermagazine.com/our-town/game-plan-moore-square-christmas-day-dinner/

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