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Contacts:
President: Jakob Vogel 613.861.5710 vogelswiss@gmail.com
Past-President Alyssa Waldroff awaldroff05@gmail.com
Webmaster (4-H Ontario – Stormont) – Barbara Ann Glaude BAGlaude.Stormont4H@gmail.com
Co-Webmaster – Social (Facebook) – Sarah Nuttall stormont4hsocial@gmail.com
Co-Webmaster – Social (Facebook) – Shayla Fraser stormont4hsocial@gmail.com
Secretary – Jen Marion stormont4hsecretary@gmail.com
Treasurer – Denise Beaudette-Manley stormont4htreasurer@gmail.com
Membership — Shayla Fraser stormont4H@gmail.com
Available Projects
Cloverbuds
2025 Stormont Cloverbud program (6-8 year olds as of December 31, 2024) is set to begin in March! Meeting dates: Saturday March 22 (8:30-10am) Avonmore Saturday April 5 (9-10:30am) Avonmore Friday April 25 (6:30-8pm) Avonmore May (TBD) Wednesday June 25 (6-7:30pm) St. Albert Wednesday July 9 (6-7:30pm) Moose Creek Wednesday August 6 (6-7:30pm) Warwick Forest Friday September 12 (6-8pm) Avonmore Sign up between March 1-22, 2025. Please pay and register at 4-hontairo.ca. Once registered, please send your participant agreement form you received from 4-H Ontario to stormontcloverbuds@gmail.com to complete your sign up process. Looking forward to learning with you! Your leaders, Susanna, Harrietta, Molly, Alyssa and Neil (YL: Adelia and Claire)
Dairy Project
A new club for members (aged 9 to 21 years), Stormont 4-H Dairy Club, will be starting soon with leaders Bobbi-Jo Uhr, Christoph Uhr, Courtney Courville, Joe Krol, and Kiel Coleman. Stormont 4-H Dairy Club focuses on the preparation of animals and member skills for competition, with a special focus on showmanship. Small fees will include supplies to ready your calf for 4-H rallies and shows. (topline brush, sprays, feed for shows, straw, show entries, etc) Please contact Bobbi-Jo Uhr at knonaudalefarms@xplornet.com with questions or to register. Registration is open now until April 20th, 2025. Please be sure to include your Participant Agreement Forms. Meetings will be held at Knonaudale Farms from 7pm to 8:30pm, unless otherwise noted. Meeting dates are April 22, May 20, June 14 (double meeting from 10am-12pm, 1pm-3pm), July 18 at RAS Fairgrounds, Avonmore from 1pm-3pm, August 5, and August 30 at Stormont Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, Newington. Achievement Day is August 31st at Stormont County Fair.
A new club for members (aged 9 to 21 years), Goldfield Calf Club – Dairy Fitting and Showing, will be starting soon with leaders Kelsey Smith, Jill Robinson, Aimee Norman, Cassidy Smith, and Haleigh Jo tePlate. Members will learn what to look for when choosing a project animal, how to care for it, and how to prepare for showing it in both showmanship and conformation classes. Members will be given the opportunity at the first meeting to share any ideas of topics they may be interested in learning about over the course of this project. Please send emails to goldfieldholsteins@gmail.com to register. Registrations will close May 5, 2025. Meetings will be held at various farms throughout the county and will be discussed at club level. The dates and times for meetings are as follows: May 5 – 7pm-9pm May 21 – 7:30pm-9:30pm June 23 – 7:30pm-9:30pm July 14 – 7:30pm-9:30pm August 11 – 7:30pm-9:30pm August 25 – 7:30pm-9:30pm Achievement Day is August 31st at Stormont County Fair. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Sewing Project
A new club for members (aged 9 to 21 years), Stormont Sewing Club, will be starting soon with leaders Kenda, Sarah, and Haleigh-Jo. Members will learn how to sew fun little projects. They will learn the basics of sewing, such as how to use a sewing machine and how to cut and measure fabric. Sewing machines, fabrics, and other materials will be available for use, members don’t need to bring their own items. Sign up by emailing Haleigh-Jo tePlate – haleighjo_teplate@hotmail.com Registration starts on Monday, March 24, 2025, at noon, closing on March 26, 2025, or once the club is full. THERE IS A CLUB LIMIT OF 6!! Meetings will be held at 15808 Concession 1-2, Finch, from 10am to 1pm on April 12, May 3, May 17, May 24, and May 31. Achievement Day is TBD. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Sheep Project
A new club for members (aged 9 to 21 years), Stormont Small Ruminant 4-H club, will be starting soon with leaders Lindsey Woods, Lori Barkley, Yvonne Seeley, and Terry McDonald. This year will be very hands-on with animals, with options for showing a sheep or goat (please note that project animals are NOT provided) at Achievement Day or completing a fair 4-H project entry. No need to have an animal to complete! We will be exploring the world of sheep and goat showing, with proper nutrition and health throughout the course of the club. The club is open to all who are interested in learning more about small ruminants and will be hosted mainly outdoors at farm locations. Please contact Lori Barkley to sign up – barkley367@hotmail.com or 613-360-0338. Registration is open now until April 23rd, 2025. Meetings will be held mainly in Lunenburg, but locations may change. Meetings will take place from 6:30pm-8:30pm on April 3, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 9 (at Merrickville Fair), August 13, and August 27. Achievement Day will take place at Stormont County Fair on Monday, September 1st. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Beef Project
Stormont Beef Producers with leaders Donna MacDonald, Travis Taillon and Ashley Taillon. This club will be covering topics related to breeding, raising, and showing beef cattle. There will be no direct fees, but members are asked to be prepared to purchase any necessary show equipment (black pants, white shirt, appropriate footwear, etc) Some shows require entry fees payable to the organizer. Unless previously arranged with leaders, members must provide their own project calf. Please contact any of the leaders to sign up: donnaleemac30@gmail.com, travis_taillon@hotmail.com, or Ashley-travis@hotmail.com. The sign-up deadline is May 11, 2025. Meetings will be held on farm(s) in North Lunenburg. Dates will be discussed at the first meeting and any changes needing to be made to accommodate members will be carried out. The current schedule is: May 10 – Knollside Farm, 9am-11am June 5 – TENTATIVE Judging Night June 7 – TBD, 9am-11am June 28 – TBD, 9am-11am July 19 – Roxborough Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, 5:30pm-7:30pm August 3 – TBD, 9am-11am August 30 – Stormont Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, TBD Achievement Day for both Beef clubs is on Sunday, August 31st at the Stormont County Fair. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Stormont 4-H Beef Club with leaders Lori Barkley, Brittney Dew, Larry Barkley, Rhonda Barkley, Kimberly Barkley, Leith Symon, and David Ennis. Members will be learning how to care for and show beef animals, while also learning about beef animal husbandry and other topics. Members must provide their own steel-toed boots for working with the animals. Registrations are to be sent to Lori Barkley at barkley367@hotmail.com or 613-360-0338. Registration deadline for this club is May 15, 2025. Meetings are to be held in person in Ingleside from 7pm to 9pm unless otherwise noted: May 15 June 5 – Judging Night, TBD June 26 July 20 – Avonmore Fair, time TBD August 24 – Riceville Fair, time TBD August 30 – Stormont Agricultural Society Fairgrounds, TBD Dates may change but will be discussed at club level. Achievement Day for both Beef clubs is on Sunday, August 31st at the Stormont County Fair. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Small but Mighty Machines with leaders Allen Manley, Sarah Nuttall, and Denise Beaudette-Manley. In this club, members will learn how to maintain and repair your vehicle. This will include checking and changing oil, changing tires, and learning what the sounds your vehicle is making means! This club is limited to 10 members to ensure safety. The first meeting is mandatory. It will be a garage safety meeting, and members will not be allowed in the garage without that training. Registration for this club will open on May 15, 2025, at noon, and close on June 7, 2025, or when the club has reached 12 members. Registration emails will go to Denise at denisemanley68@gmail.com. Meetings will be held in Apple Hill from 10am to 1pm and take place on June 29, July 26, July 27, and August 16. Members will need to complete a poster and submit it to the Stormont County Fair (Newington) Labour Day Weekend for their Achievement.
Go For The Gold is coming back with leaders Denise Beaudette-Manley, Jennifer Marion, Lorena Sollows, and Shayla Fraser! Do you enjoy trivia? Come and join us in the Go For The Gold (GFTG) club where we will learn about 4-H Ontario programming, including a local level competition for the members! You will learn lots of fun 4-H trivia from various projects available from 4-H Ontario (maybe getting ideas for clubs to run in the future!?), and how the GFTG competitions work at different levels. Register with Denise Beaudette-Manley at denisemanley68@gmail.com. Registration begins May 15, 2025, at 3pm and will close once the club reaches 10 members. Meetings will be held from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the South Nation Conservation offices in Finch on June 3, 10, 17, 24, July 8, and 15. Achievement Day will be held at the regional competition in Russell County in August (exact date and location to be confirmed).
A new club is starting soon for members (aged 9 to 21 years) – Working with Wool with leaders Denise Beaudette-Manley, Jennifer Marion, Lorena Sollows, and Shayla Fraser. In this club, members will explore using wool in a variety of ways. We will be learning to crochet, knit, felting, and loom! We will be working with the knitting group at the Ingleside Library on Monday evenings and having one excursion to Upper Canada Village to see how the wool is acquired and processed. Registrations for this club are to be sent to Shayla Fraser at shaylachristina@hotmail.com. They will open May 18, 2025, at noon and close once the club reaches 12 members. Meetings will be held at the Ingleside Library (32 Memorial Square, Ingleside) from 6:00pm to 8:00pm. Meetings will take place on June 2, 9, 16, and 30. We will have an excursion to Upper Canada Village on June 28 from 10am to 3pm (members meet at the front entrance), with a 1-hour lunch break (members bring a lunch or money to purchase one). Members will submit an article created with wool and submit it to the Stormont County Fair (Newington) Labour Day Weekend for their Achievement. If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
Mixed Media Art
A new club is starting soon for members (aged 9 to 21 years) – Mixed Media Art Club with leaders Lorena Sollows, Denise Beaudette-Manley, Jennifer Marion, and Shayla Fraser.
In this club, members will learn techniques of different art materials to create artwork combining traditional art supplies like paints and pencils alongside unconventional materials like paper, fabric, found objects and textures.
Registrations for this club are to be sent to Lorena Sollows at mailboxlorena@aol.com. They will close once the club reaches 12 members.
Meetings will be held at the Moose Creek Recreation Centre from 6-9pm on July 21 and 28, August 4 and 18.
Members will create an Art Gallery Display entry for Stormont County Fair (Newington) Labour Day Weekend for their Achievement.
If you have not yet registered for 2025, you can do so at https://4-hontario.ca/youth/become-a-member/
