Ritchie County Points of Pride

• 4-H camp can have a positive life-changing impact on a child. More than 40 adult volunteers share values and provide a sense of belonging in an inclusive camp environment for 100 children.
  
  
• 4-H involves 61 adult volunteers who help 165 youths learn about leadership, citizenship, communication, and public service.
  

• Second-graders participate in a five-session beginners’ 4-H Cloverbud program in the winter and in a 4-H day camp in June.
  
  
• Each summer, Energy Express activities help more than 40 local children rediscover the joys of reading. Children not only reverse typical summertime reading losses, but they also increase their reading achievement.
  
  
• By pooling their feeder calves, livestock producers are generating as much as a $5 to $7 per-head price advantage over traditionally sold cattle. Beef cattle short courses and agronomy newsletters provide information to area farmers.
  
  
• Fourth-graders participate in an agriculture poster contest, and fifth-graders have the opportunity to tour farms.
  
  
• Community Educational Outreach Service club members sponsor or partner with other groups to carry out many programs.
  
  
• The Dining with Diabetes cooking schools help diabetics learn to plan and prepare meals.
  
  
• Thanks to community groups, the 4-H campground has been extensively remodeled; it has new shower stalls, plumbing fixtures, water lines, and kitchen equipment.
  
  
• Wondering about those bugs? Need your soil tested? Call us for answers to your gardening and horticulture questions.

WVU Ritchie County Extension Office
Courthouse -Room 103
115 E. Main Street
Harrisville, WV 26362-1299
(304) 643-2164 ext. 248
FAX: 643-2962

Last modified July 1, 2003
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