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Yadkin County 4-H Achievement Night 2024

4-H Grows Here!

4-H Achievement Night is a spectacular 4-H event for our 4-H’ers to be recognized for their achievements throughout the year. This year’s event was held on March 8th and the theme was “4-H Grows Here.” This theme was chosen for our Achievement Night because it represents our program so well. Through the growth we see in the growing numbers of our program, but more so in the fact that the children in this program grow. They grow in the ways of community service, leadership, civically, and so many other ways. I am so happy that 4-H grows so well here in Yadkin County. 

This night was led by Yadkin County 4-H Teen Council. Maylee Hudspeth presented the Pledge of Allegiance, Rebekah Crouse gave the 4-H Pledge, and Reece Jones gave the thought of the night. After this portion of the meeting, the attendees got to partake in a dinner provided by Books & Brew Coffee Shop in East Bend and Yadkin Valley Law in Yadkinville. After everyone was served, Bailey Poindexter started presiding over the night’s activities, She introduced our Interim County Extension Director, Bryan Cave, gave a message about the positive impact that 4-H can have on young people. 

The next portion of our event consisted of our Talent Show where Bryson Helton was the emcee. We had seven talent acts at this event that ranged from singing, to dancing, to playing instruments. First we had Henley Poindexter sing “Uncool” by Leanna Crawford. Next we had Emmalyn Rogers perform Lonesome Fiddle Blues written by Vassar Clements on the mandolin. After this act we had Emerie Mullis singing 175, which is a Primitive Baptist version of Amazing Grace. After her we had Gabriella Rogers singing “You Will Be Found” by Natalie Grant. Next we had Katherine Swaim singing First Church of Mercy. Next we had Addi Kelly dance to “Scars to your Beautiful.” Lastly, Gabriella, Emmalyn, and Elise Rogers sang “Down to the River” acapella. All acts were amazing and were enjoyed by our audience. Two were selected to go over to the district with Gabriella, Emmalyn, and Elise Rogers receiving first place for their trio and Henley Poindexter receiving second place for her singing act.

Next competition we had at this event was our Art Show. We had 32 entries and here are our winner: 

Junior Drawing Division

5th place Hailey Weiker

4th place Henley Poindexter

3rd Place Olivia Pollard

2nd Place Stella Matthews

1st Place Lyla Matthews. 

Junior Painting Division

5th Place Olivia Pollard and Autumn Pendry

4th Place went to Lyla Matthews

3rd Place went to Aliza Lowder 

2nd Place to Emmalyn Rogers

1st Place Maylee Hudspeth who also won Grand Champion in the Junior Division. 

Senior Drawing Division

2nd Place Bailey Poindexter

1st Place Carly Greene

Senior Painting Division

2nd Place Bailey Poindexter

1st Place Rebekah Crouse and also won Grand Champion in the Senior Division. 

Cloverbud Participants (non competitive)

Addi Kelly-Painting and Drawing

Abbigail Mullis-Painting and Drawing

Winston Rogers-Drawing

Next, we gave awards for those that completed  4-H Project Record Books or Portfolios. Which is where 4-H’ers complete a project and use record keeping to tell about their project along with the other things they have done in 4-H. This year, we received 33 books this year. This is also done the year prior to submitting their project books (their work from January 1st, 2023-December 31st,  2023) The placements are as follows:

Cloverbuds (non competitive)

Abbigail Mullis-Birds 1 and Cooking 

Emerie Mullis-Birds 1 and Cooking

Olivia Pollard-Birds 1.

Winston Rogers-Bugout 1

8-10 Age Division

Animal Science:

4th Place Annie Lowder 

3rd Place Elise Rogers

2nd Place is Aliza Lowder

1st Place goes to Lyla Matthews.

Communication Arts:

1st Place Lyla Matthews

Healthy Lifestyles:

3rd Place Lyla Matthews

2nd Place Lyla Matthews

1st Place Henley Poindexter

Plant Science:

1st Place Katherine Swaim

11-12 Age Division

Animal Science:

1st Place Addie Lowder

Communication Arts:

2nd Place Emmalyn Rogers

1st Place Brooklyn Heyman

Family and Consumer Science:

1st Place Hailey Weiker

Healthy Lifestyles: 

3rd Place Stella Matthews

2nd Place Autumn Pendry

1st Place Maylee Hudspeth 

13-15 Age Division

Animal Science:

1st Place Gabriella Rogers

Citizenship and Civic Education:

2nd Place Rebekah Crouse

1st Place Bailey Poindexter

Environmental Science:

1st Place Reece Jones

Science and Technology:

2nd Place Reece Jones

1st Place Bailey Poindexter

16-18 Age Division

 Leadership and Personal Development:

1st Place Bryson Helton

 Science and Technology:

1st Bryson Helton

Electric Energy 4-H Portfolio entry for the 13-15 Age Division

2nd Place Rebekah Crouse

1st Reece Jones 

The next portion of our program took time to recognize our 4-H graduating high school seniors. These 4-H’ers were given 4-H Honor Cords for their outstanding work in the 4-H program over the years. The 4-H’ers that were recognized this year were Carly Greene, Bryson Helton, and Skylar Kimmer.

The last award we gave out on this night were our 4-H’ers of the Year Awards for 2023. These 4-H’ers had to be nominated for this award and they had to be outstanding 4-H members in Yadkin County 4-H through various 4-H activities. Our winners this year were Rebekah Crouse, who is a Yadkin County 4-H Teen Council member and Henley Poindexter who is a member of the Deep Creek 4-H Club. 

This was a fantastic night of celebrating our youth for their work over the year and via a few other competitions. We hope that this event will continue on for many years to come so our youth are recognized and celebrated for their accomplishments.