McDowell County 4-H

06/18/2026

More camp pics. Everyone is having lots of fun!

06/16/2026

Camp pics from the week up til Tuesday. Kids are having a great week!

06/14/2026

McDowell 4-H is excited to spend the week at Betsy Jeff Penn 4-H Center in Reidsville. Kids are checked in and have picked out their beds and getting to know their cabin mates. It’s hot but everyone is excited!

06/14/2026

A great day was had by all at our annual West District Activity Day held at AB Tech in Asheville. McDowell had four first time presenters.

Parker Gardner - entomology silver award

Paden Gardner - poultry production gold award

Vivian Gardner - cloverbud

Flora Gardner - cloverbud

06/01/2026

Join us this Friday! You can’t miss us we’ll have the hot dogs!

05/20/2026

We have had a couple of spots open up for our June 18th Summer Discovery Canning Fruit Jam Class. The class is June 18th from 1-4 in the Cooperative Extension Conference Room. Class is $5. Call 652-8104 to get info for signing up!

05/12/2026

Come out and see us this Saturday at Doves in Marion. We will be easy to spot just follow the smell of the hot dogs!

“This event is an opportunity to bring trusted organizations together in one place and help connect neighbors to resources that can truly make a difference.”

05/11/2026

Less than 48 Hours until Summer Discovery Registration starts! Don't miss out it will fill FAST. Please see the link with all the details. Registration will begin at 130 Wednesday May 13th at the Cooperative Extension Conference Room

We are excited to announce our 2026 McDowell County 4-H Summer Discovery program is finalized! This year we have added some new exciting trips that we have not done before and still have some of our…

04/23/2026

McDowell County 4-H is currently facilitating our annual 2nd grade chick embryology program in 2nd grades all across the county. We will go do our chick pick up on May 8th. We have two different opportunites for people wanting chickens. We will do a straight chick sale and a 4-H Youth Poultry Project. We are also planning a poultry showmanship class this summer to teach young people how to show their chicks (More info to come on this later) Please see the flyers attached and let us know if you would like to get into the chick game!

https://mcdowell.ces.ncsu.edu/news/4-h-chick-sale-and-poultry-project/