Alcorn County 4-H

🇺🇸🪡Red, White & Sew... WOW, what a wonderful summer day camp series! Today we wrapped up our series on sewing to help youth learn the basics of sewing and so much more through sewing quilts for a cause. We hope to donate 8 quilts to local veterans through the Quilts of Valor Foundation this Fall thanks to the hard work and dedication of our youth who participate in this s program. Beyond sewing skills, our youth learned patience, collaboration, focus, and problem-solving! It was such a joy to watch them enjoy sewing... a skill they will carry with them for a lifetime!
We are very grateful to Mrs. Christie Robbins for bringing this series to life and leading our youth in this effort. She provided the fabric, resources, and leadership for this series. We are also thankful to Mrs. Teresa Fogerty for being dedicated to help each week teaching youth skills along the way.
We are looking forward to the day we can present these quilts of love to veterans who have served our country so that we may enjoy the peace and liberties we do each day in America.
Here are some pictures of the final days of the series and the quilts nearing final stages. From the agent: "I could add quite a few more photos, but I'm afraid the words I've written and even the photos we have on file will never completely describe how wonderful this series was for our youth and the adults involved. There are some great seamstresses in this group!"

Junior Day Camp is FULL; however, we still have spots available for youth ages 14-18. Registration deadline is Wednesday, July 1 for the Senior Day Camp.

4-H Summer Day Camps are coming soon... Junior Day Camp (ages 5-13) is July 1 and Senior Day Camp (ages 14-18) is July 8. Registration fee is $5. We will celebrate America's 250th Birthday so be sure to have your child wear red, white or blue! To register, contact the Extension office at 662-286-7756.

We are excited for our very own Clay Marolt who will be competing this week! We wish you the best at nationals!

Mississippi 4-H has arrived in Grand Island, Nebraska!
Our youth are ready for a great week representing Our great state at the 2026 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships.

We’re proud of our county’s Mississippi 4-H’ers who represented our county at the State Capitol as 4-H Ambassadors! Check out the photo essay showing 2026 4-H Legislative Day here:

https://extension.msstate.edu/extension-matters/volume-12-number-2/making-connections

Making Connections | Mississippi State University Extension Service Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 2 Making Connections Mississippi 4-H President Morgan White of Oktibbeha County, left, speaks to the Mississippi House of Representatives. Behind her are Mississippi Speaker of the House Jason White, representative for Attala, Carroll, Holmes, and Leake Counties; M...

What a great opportunity to collaborate with Alcorn Central Elementary School once more! Dr. Sims presented a brief lesson on friction and then allowed youth participating in the summer program to make clipmobile cars and compete based on distance the clipmobile traveled. Each had unique designs and many lessons were learned along the way. Thank you, Valerie McDonald, for the invitation!

If your school is interested in having 4-H programming, please reach out to the 4-H Extension Agent Dr. Julie Sims at 662-286-7756 or [email protected].

Be sure to sign up your youth today for the 4-H Summer Day Camps. Juniors ages 5 to 13 will be on July 1 and Seniors ages 14 to 18 will be July 8. Deadlines to register are the preceding Wednesdays. Check out the flyer or call 662-286-7756 for more information.

4-H Summer Day Camps are coming soon... Junior Day Camp (ages 5-13) is July 1 and Senior Day Camp (ages 14-18) is July 8. Registration fee is $5. We will celebrate America's 250th Birthday so be sure to have your child wear red, white or blue! To register, contact the Extension office at 662-286-7756.

🏆Alcorn County 4-Hers excelled at Northeast District Project Achievement Day, Friday, June 12. We had 15 juniors attend with 10 who participated in contests. For those not participating in contests, they participated in morning and afternoon educational and fun workshops.

🍀Cloverbuds: Reed Janes, Maebry Null, and Emmalyn Null -- Reed received a medal for participating in Cloverbud Corner

🎉CONTEST WINNERS
🚴‍♂️Bicycle: Sawyer Lyell, 1st place and Sadie Kemp, 2nd place
🧥Clothing Selection: Hadleigh Bowden, 1st place
🔌Electric Judging: Mazy Walton, 1st place
🌱Horticulture Skill-A-Thon: Daphne Bowden, 1st place and Sadie Kemp, 3rd place
🐾Pet Care Visual Presentation: Mazy Walton, 2nd place
🐓Poultry and Rabbit Visual Presentation: Liam Beene, 1st place
🥚Poultry Judging: 1st place Team; Individuals--Liam Beene, 1st place; Katy Beene, 2nd place; and Sophia Baker, 4th place
👩‍💼Public Speaking: Katy Beene, 1st place and Adlee Jones, 2nd place
🐴Other Projects Visual Presentation: Sophia Baker, 4th place
🎤Share the Fun: Ryleigh Thorne, honored by being asked to share her song with the whole group

A shout out to our State 4-H Ambassadors Kelcey Beene and Chloe Ervin for representing Alcorn County 4-H during the NE PAD event helping younger 4-Hers get to their contests/workshops and assisting as needed. To Lisha Hopper, MVLA Representative, who set up a booth to showcase MVLA and share about upcoming events.

Red, White, & Sew Summer Day Camp Series has been a wonderful experience thus far. We have had over 10 youth participate who are working diligently to make quilt squares for their Quilts of Valor Foundation quilts to give to local veterans. They have learned basic sewing skills, hand stitching, sewing personality, and so much more! We are grateful to have Christie Robbins leading this series along with Teresa Fogerty, volunteer from Tishomingo County, who are helping our youth. We finished week 2 this week and will begin week 3 of 4 next week.

Our Extension Director Dr. Angus Catchot has released the summer 2026 update, and you can check it out here:

Director’s Message | Mississippi State University Extension Service Extension Matters Volume 12 Number 2 Director’s Message Mississippi State University Extension Service Director Dr. Angus Catchot, right, paints with Mississippi 4-H’ers at 2026 4-H Club Congress held May 26–May 29. (Photo by Michaela Parker) Summer 2026 UpdateSummer is nearly here, and the te...

Today is the deadline to register your 4-Her for STEAM Day! We have registration forms in the Extension office.

Contest mats are printed, judges are secured, the White Rabbit will be there (and all of his cousins). We can't wait to see you at 4-H STEAM Day for a potion...Oh, we mean spot of tea. That's it, tea!