New Website Coming Soon!

Hello everyone-
Just wanted to post a quick note, seeing as this blog has not been updated in over a year now! During the past year I have been posting updates and photos of club activities on our Upton 4-H Club Facebook page.

Our new 4-H year will be kicking off on October 8th- at that time we will be discussing a member-designed website which a parent has volunteered to assist with. Once that is up and running, I will post a link to it here!

Pictures from the Fair!

Another Fair has come and gone! Last weekend several members of our club participated at the 60th Annual Worcester County 4-H Fair at Camp Marshall in Spencer. Here are some photos ... please feel free to share any that you have as well!

For pictures from last year's fair, click here!

Time for Camp!

The Officers of the Upton 4-H Club are now cabin mates at Camp Marshall!

Tori, Gabriella, Gabby, and Isabella are all at 4-H Camp for the week!

Upton 4-H at Fireworks Festival!

Saturday, June 27, 2009

The sun was finally shining, and we had a great day!

"Hooray for 4-H!"

Members offered Face Painting and a craft activity, along with info about the club.



Many people stopped by to play with the rabbits!

THANKS to Gina & Gabby and Ann & Isabella + Gabriella for planning/organizing our club's participation at this annual community event!

Trophy Winners!

Several of our club members attended a show sponsored by the Central MA Rabbit Breeders Network and the Happy Hoppers 4-H Rabbit Club, held at the Spencer Fairgrounds on Sunday, May 31st.

Ally won 2 trophies for her cavies and Maline won a trophy for her lionhead bunny! Congratulations, girls!

4-H Club members meet author

Terry Golson, author of Tillie Lays an Egg and The Homestead Egg Cookbook, visited Upton last week to read her children's book about her backyard chickens. After the storytime, she stayed to meet with some of our club members and showed them how she used Clicker Training to get her hens to pose for pictures in her book!

Check out Terry's HenCam here: http://www.hencam.com/index.php

MA 4-H Statewide Rabbit&Cavy Quiz Bowl & ID Contest 2009

Once again, CONGRATULATIONS are in order for the Upton 4-H Club! Our Junior Team took FIRST PLACE in this year's Quiz Bowl competition! The Senior Team (which was comprised almost entirely of Junior Members!) took 3rd in their division, and everyone did great in the ID Contest.

Our Junior Quiz Bowl Team displaying their CHAMPION ribbons! l to r: Gabby, Gabriella, Tori, Maia

Our Junior Team with their 3rd place ID Contest ribbons.


During the Senior Quiz Bowl competition

Round #1 of the Junior Quiz Bowl competition

Junior Team ... getting ready!