By: EIRENA Ewert

Photos by Laura Norman  and Karl Hussey

  Coarsegold 4-Hers have been busy as usual. March 11th was Kid’s Day and Coarsegold 4-Hers helped support Valley Children’s Hospital. The Coarsegold 4-H sold Kid’s Day Papers for $1 in front of Raley’s and other businesses.  The paper sales were a great success, selling a lot of newspapers and getting a lot of money for Valley Children’s Hospital. This was a community service project which is something encouraged by 4-H.          County Presentation Day was on Saturday, March 15th, at Madera High School in the North Campus Cafeteria.  At Presentation Day, the 4-Hers pick a topic to do a visual and oral presentation on and are judged on content, clarity and presentation skills.  James Gonzales got a gold medal for his presentation on gravity. He was able to advance to the Regional Presentation Day, but chose not to.

  Large Animal Exposition was held at the Madera Fairgrounds on March 29th.  Those 4-Her who participated were given study material for their level which they studied so they could prepare to compete. The kids who participated were tested on tack, feed, skills, showmanship, and judging of their particular animal.  There was also a prewritten test that the kids had to test on a few weeks before the event.  Those who participated from Coarsegold 4-H are as follows.  In Swine,  Eirena Ewert got a medal in  Swine level two.  Evan Ewert got a certificate  in Swine level four.    In Sheep,  Daphne Norman medaled in level four, James Gonzales medaled in  level two,  and Elyjah Hussey also medaled in level one.  This event is fun because in addition to the testing, there is time while waiting for the results to be announced for the  4-Hers to go get lunch, play fun games, and also just hang out with each other

  Watch for our upcoming events.  Our biggest fundraiser of the year is coming up in May. We have a snow cone booth at the Coarsegold Rodeo and all the mountain area schools come to the rodeo on Friday, which is our busiest day. So if you do not want to wait in a long line, I suggest that you come on Saturday or Sunday to buy that snow cone and support Coarsegold 4-H.  County 4-H Camp is also coming up. The dates are July 13-17. The theme this year is 4-H Camp Goes Hillbilly. There is also a Fashion Revue coming up at the Madera High School North Cafeteria on April 26th.   The Fashion Show starts at 1:00 pm, and all spectators are welcome. The much anticipated Chowchilla-Madera County Fair is will be held on May 15-18th.The fair is a great time for you to support your local 4-H  kids.  At the fair, you will be able to bid on and buy animals and view the 4-Hers hand made items.  Please consider coming out to see what these busy 4-Hers are doing.4-H News Article Statement:Madera county 4-H Youth Program is a non-profit organization for youth who are 9 years old or who have completed 3^rd grade and up to 19 years of age.  All youth and adults in Madera county are invited to participate in the 4-H Program regardless of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, mental or physical handicap.