October Meeting Details

Greetings Tucker 4-H families! The junior leaders have been working hard to plan entertaining and exciting activities for the October general meeting which will take place on Monday, October 10th at 7:00 pm at Gifford School. We have so many fun activities planned; you surely won't want to miss this meeting! As in past years, we are encouraging members to wear their Halloween costumes to the meeting! We are going to have a Halloween Carnival with lots of fun games and treats! We will also be having a chili supper after the meeting. If you signed up to bring chili or topping for your parent participation this year, please bring them to the meeting. Also, we are asking that every family bring one bag of candy to use as prizes for the carnival. All extra candy will be donated to Safe Haven, an organization that helps at-risk teens in our community. We can't wait to see all your fun costumes!

See you at the October General Meeting at Gifford School on Monday, October 10th at 7:00 pm!

Mary and Olivia

October Meeting Chairs

Collection for Safe Haven of Racine

This month, in addition to donating candy left from the carnival to Safe Haven, we will also be collecting donations for this organization that serves at-risk youth in Racine.

They are currently in need of:

Socks and underwear: for youth ages 10-17

Pajama sets: for youth ages 10-17 (including plus sizes)

Cleaning supplies: floor cleaners, toilet cleaner, all purpose spray, pledge, etc.

First aid items: band-aids, gauze, ace bandages, etc. 

Pancake Breakfast Re-Cap

We want to thank all of our wonderful Tucker 4-H families for their help in pulling together for a fantastic Pancake Breakfast!  Some fun final numbers were: 25 sheet cakes served, 80 pounds of applesauce, 17 pounds of butter, 800 syrups, 100 pounds of pancake mix, 15 gallons of apple cider, and 350-400 milks.  That's what it took to feed almost 700 people!  Even though the weather was a bit warm, the bees mostly stayed away from the syrup, and it meant we served a bit less coffee (which was good since our large coffee maker gave up that morning).  The kids went above and beyond to do their jobs well, and we received many compliments from our guests who were impressed with their hard work and friendliness.  Many thanks to the Swan family for hosting the space and we hope everyone was able to enjoy the farm a bit after all your hard work.  We have a lot of ideas about how to improve this event in the future and if you have any suggestions, we'd love to hear them so please reach out.  The kids really seemed to be having a good time every time we checked in at each station and we hope those fond memories stay with them in the future. 

Tucker 4-H Enrollment

 If you have not done so yet, for Tucker please fill out fill out this Google Form for each youth member.

Please also complete the 4Honline enrollment. Reminder, you have until March 1st to make changes to project enrollment on 4honline. If the member is uncertain of what to sign up for, you can log back in and make changes.  It's best to register as early as possible so that members can start participating in project meetings. 

Lastly, before your 4Honline enrollment can be approved, we will need the enrollment fees.

Enrollment Fees: $10 per member, plus $1 for insurance per child (total $11).
Additional $1 for Horse Project.

(Enrollment fee is capped at $30 per family, $1 insurance per child is still due.)
 

Please bring payment (check or cash) to the October 10th General Meeting at Gifford.

If you cannot attend the meeting, you can mail or drop off your enrollment payment to:
Tucker 4-H Club
4125 4 Mile Road
Racine, WI 53404

JUNIOR LEADER CORNER

October Junior Leader Activity and Meeting

This month the junior leaders will have a bonfire on Sunday, October 23 at 2:00 at the Weisensels.

There will be s'mores and hot cocoa.

Come and spend a fall afternoon with your 4-H friends!

Junior Leader Service Project

Tucker Jr. Leaders & Parents!

For several years, the Junior Leaders and their parents have joined together to pick apples at a private apple orchard.  In past years we have picked around 25 boxes of fresh apples which are donated to the Racine Food Pantry.  We will meet this year on Sunday, September 11th at 1pm.  This exquisite orchard is located at 18000 93rd Street, Bristol, WI 53104.  The property owners prefer only older youth (7th grade and up), no younger siblings please.  Also, keep in mind that there is no bathroom on site.  It is an excellent activity and you can even bring home some of the sensational apples!

Tucker Officer Parent Meeting

After the Tucker business meeting, there will be a meeting for the parents of our current officers.

Officer requirements will be explained and we will discuss how parents can support their children in their officer roles.

County Officer Training

Each year, Racine County 4-H offers a training session for all club officers.

This year it will be on Wed. Nov. 2 (6:30-8:00).

All Tucker officers must make every effort to attend. 

If you are unable to do so, we will work out another option such as presenting to the club about the duties of your office. 

Please register using the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSddbqcM3QfZO0f2wuT-0m4pZ1bECSqB5lOOlOugp3K_MxAGyQ/viewform

County Junior Leader Meetings

Racine County Junior Leader meetings are held at 7:00 PM on the 4th Monday of the month at the Ives Grove office building.

They are a lot of fun and a great way to catch up with friends from the fair or get to know more 4-H'ers from across the county.

Please consider attending, if you haven't yet. If you need a ride, contact Jenny Weisensel. 

September Meeting Re-Cap

Our enrollment meeting in September went well. It was exciting to be starting out a new 4-H year together. 

It was good to see our returning families as well as the many new families in attendance. 

Many of our projects were represented in our project showcase. 

Thank you to our junior leaders and project leaders for attending and bringing examples of fair projects to show interested members. 

Tucker School Connection

Mr. Bob Nyholm is the owner of the former Tucker School where our club first began.  The school building is located on the SE corner of County Rd. V and Spring St.  The original school was built in the late 1800's and was added onto over the years.  Mr. Nyholm attended the school when he was a kid for around 5 years, his family lived across from Haban Park on Spring St.  The school closed in the 1970's and Mr. Nyholm is only the third owner.  After he purchased the school in 1979, he completed renovations that turned it into a house.  For many years now he has used it for his business, Nyholm's "Pop-N-Good" Popcorn.  His father started the business by selling popcorn that he had grown at the farm on the SW corner of Hwy V and Kraut Rd.  Before using the old Tucker School for his popcorn business, Mr. Nyholm said it was haunted.  When he used it as a residence he heard voices of kids laughing, doors randomly slamming shut, lights turned on and off, and a vintage console record player starting to play music even though it wasn't plugged into the wall.  Although things are quieter now, he still has a lot of fond memories of playing baseball in the field behind the school, going from an outhouse to an indoor bathroom, and of all the great families in the neighborhood around the Tucker School.  We want to thank Mr. Nyholm for allowing us to put our pancake breakfast banner on the corner in front of the old Tucker school where our club began. 

-Cassandra Bond 

Parent Participation

Hi parents! Here’s a reminder link to sign up for volunteer opportunities to help support Tucker 4H. Please use the following link below to access the signup. Some of the dates are not listed yet, but the months are correct. You can always make changes as needed. If you have any questions, please contact Melissa at tiki51580@outlook.com. Also if you have a special talent or guest speaker, please send me an email. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0c45afab29aafb6-4hvolunteer

Tucker T-Shirts

This year we will be having Tucker 4-H t-shirts available for all of our members. We are hoping to begin designing and to get everything ready for everyone so we can have Tucker spirit wear for everyone as soon as possible! We are looking for anybody willing to help design and organize our Tucker apparel. If you could please reach out to Shannon Roberts (sdove26@icloud.com) or Mary Weisensel (s148762@rusd.org) with any questions, ideas, or you would like to help that would be great! 

Thank you!!

-Shannon and Mary

4-H County Horse Project Welcoming Night

4-H Horse Project Members,

Announcing our first official horse project event of the year. On Thursday, October 20th from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm we will have a welcome night at Raymond Town Hall, 2255 76th St. Franksville, WI 53126

This is open to all horse project members and any youth interested in joining the project.

This is a great night to spend time with old friends and to create new ones in the project.

Hope to see you then!

Sam Johnson
Racine County 4-H Horse & Pony Project

414-232-2679
 

Please sign up below if you plan on coming.
 

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E4CA5AE2AA6FB6-4hhorse