Trough Creek Community Adventurers 4-H Club

The TCCA 4-H Club held a meeting at the United Methodist Church in Cassville on February 8, 2010. Club members donated canned food for their food drive and will continue till the next meeting. The countywide fund raiser was discussed and members asked for additional candy bars to sell. All members were reminded that candle and pizza orders with money are due at the next meeting. An officer training will be held February 27th at the Brumbaugh Science Center at Juniata College from 9 am - 3 pm. All club officers will be attending. New member TCCA 4-H shirts will be ordered. We need a count of people going to Holiday Bowl on March 27th. Club members and their families wishing to attend the glow bowling night need to contact Jodi. Jessica and Jamie Heeter shared with us their experience participating in the 2010 Farm Show. Additional project books were handed out. If any member still needs project books, please let Shelly or Jodi know. An additional online e-date enrollment workshop will be held at the Trough Creek Valley Elementary School on March 16th from 3:45 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. Any member not enrolled by then needs to plan to attend. The online 4-H enrollment deadline is April 1st. Johnson Hall workshop will be held at the United Methodist Church in Cassville on February 14, 2010 from 2 -4 pm Crafts to be worked on are fabric painting (bring white shirt and piece of cardboard) and a sewing project (bring fabric, interfacing and scissors). The possibility of raising a club animal project to sell at the fair livestock sale was discussed. Any member wishing to donate or raise animal for club should talk with Jodi. Members voted to use funds raised to purchase shared club equipment. This year's goal is to purchase clippers. Members were reminded that the club does have a set of scales for weighing your animals. Contact Jodi anytime you are interested in using them. The next meeting is scheduled for March 8th at the United Methodist Church in Cassville starting at 6:30 p.m.

News report written by Cora Waite