Virginia Beach 4-H

12/17/2022

Christmas at Airfield 4-H Center. All we need is snow. What a beautiful 4-H Center. I just love it.

12/05/2022

It's Time!! 4-H Summer Camp Counselor Applications are open. Follow this link to apply. https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/vb-4h-education/4-h-junior-summer-camp/summer-camp-counselor-application-information

11/29/2022

Are you thinking about sending your children to 4-H Camp next summer? How about coming to Airfield for a visit and tour? Meet our new Center Director. How’s your chance.

11/28/2022

Moved Temporarily

It's time to plan for 4-H Camp!!!

We are accepting 4-H Teen Counselor and CIT applications. Follow this link to apply:
https://forms.gle/WrRS3UrDdtX7nrdx5

11/22/2022

Your Country Ham Prepped for the Holidays

Your Country Ham Prepped for the Holidays

Now that your country ham has cured and aged, it is time to cook, slice, and eat your ham. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. This video will show you how to ...

11/22/2022

Your Country Ham Prepped for the Holidays

Will you be serving up your 4-H Country Ham Project Ham this Thanksgiving?

Watch our new video with Cal Schiemann on how to trim, de-bone, and press your cooked ham for slicing and serving.

Don't forget to like and subscribe to our channels so you never miss a video.

https://youtu.be/fnW89SAlzjs

Now that your country ham has cured and aged, it is time to cook, slice, and eat your ham. Enjoy the fruits of your labor. This video will show you how to ...

10/12/2022

Did you know that in 2022 Virginia Beach 4-H programs and were supported and sponsored by:

Cullipher Farms (VB 4-H Ham Project)
Virginia Beach Farmer's Market (VB 4-H Ham Project, VB 4-H Summer Camp)
Cahoon Real Estate (VB 4-H Summer Camp)
Smithfield Foods ( VB 4-H Ham Project)

If you get a chance please thank these businesses for their support of 4-H youth programs. We could not keep our projects and programs affordable for our community without their support!!

Virginia Beach 4-H says THANK YOU!!

10/12/2022

If you missed our 4-H Ham Project meeting tonight, please call our office and speak to Jonette Mungo, 4-H Agent , if you are planning to participate in the project this year. You have until November 21st to be registered and paid in full to participate. Call our office at 757-385-4769.

10/09/2022

If you missed the fun today at the Virginia Beach Farmer's Market, here is a short snippet of the fun we had. The 4-H table was a hit and over 80 people stopped by to eat a bug. And the 4-H Foragers Bee Club was on location educating and talking to people interested in learning the craft, importance, and joy of beekeeping. Visit our website to contact this club and our other Va Beach 4-H Clubs. We do big things in the city of Va Beach. Join the Revolution of 4-H. :-)



Va Beach 4-H can bring lessons on bugs (decomposers and life cycles of bugs) to classrooms and Homeschool groups throughout the city. Call our office at 757-385-4769. Eating bugs not a requirement. LOL 😆

10/08/2022

If you or someone you know ate a bug with us today, post a picture here and tag Virginia Beach 4-H. Thank you for accepting the challenge and remember to wear your button with honor. 🥰

10/08/2022

The 4-H table was buzzzzzzing today at the SE VA Hokie Bug Fest. I could barely snap pictures of everyone who stopped by to learn about millipedes, cicadas, stag beetles, and Madagascar hissing cockroaches. But these were two kind folks who accepted the challenge and ate a bug today. Over 70 folks stopped by to taste the future of protein alternatives. LOL

10/06/2022

Hokie Bugfest in Viriginia Beach has activities, contests, seed giveaways

Don't forget the SE Hokie Bug Fest is this Saturday at the VA Beach Farmer's Market.

Can you eat like a bug? Or if that's too tame: can you eat a bug itself?

10/06/2022

10/06/2022

I know it is a busy weekend, but please come out and support this Saturday. The 4-H Bee will be there and I will also be there with a fun bug challenge. Come see me. We may even convince you to eat a bug. 🤩

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=119916444188535&id=100950606085119

The 2022 Southeast Virginia Hokie Bugfest has been POSTPONED to October 8, 2022. Everyone stay safe this weekend and we look forward to bugging out with you on the 8th 🐛🐝🦋

10/06/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=119916444188535&id=100950606085119

The 2022 Southeast Virginia Hokie Bugfest has been POSTPONED to October 8, 2022. Everyone stay safe this weekend and we look forward to bugging out with you on the 8th 🐛🐝🦋

09/30/2022

Hey VB 4-H Members and friends.
It's time to sign-up for our Ham Project.

Don't miss out on this valuable learning journey project with us.

09/29/2022

Stay Tuned!!! VA Beach 4-H Rabbit Club forming. 😍

09/23/2022

Our 4-H Clubs

Don't forget that VA Beach 4-H Clubs are enrolling now. Visit our website to learn more. https://virginia-beach.ext.vt.edu/programs/4-H/our-clubs.html

Throughout the City of Virginia Beach, there are 12 4-H clubs where children ages 5 to 19 participate in a wide variety of hands-on learning projects. There are several projects to choose from, depending on the interests of the kids.

09/14/2022

Mark your calendars for the start of a new 4-H year. The Livestock Club will be having its first meeting Monday, September 26. Please share the flyer with those you know who may be interested in joining the fun this year. Non-ownership projects and activities are available.

08/20/2022

Come see, learn, and taste a bug or two. 😂
Seriously though- 4-H will be there with a special bug table and a few buggy treats while they last.

08/17/2022

Outdoor Adventures with Parks And Rec this week proved to be rewarding. Youth participants explored the outdoor world for what they didn’t know was there if only they looked. The hunt for cicadas led the kids to discover cicada nymphs molting, moving up trees post ground emergence, and the discovery of empty nymph shells. It is so much fun to see the excitement in kids faces when they discover something new.

07/28/2022

Camp is a weekend away. And the 4-H teens and interns have helped create some very special activities for our Medieval themed week.

04/27/2022

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More Ham Project videos have been loaded to our YouTube channel. Please, subscribe and sign-up for notifications of when we upload more videos.

Enjoy!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgsflDvF2cu44o6ORZ6C0hKIJuU2wl_y8

04/27/2022

Ham Smoking Workshop

I've been working on adding more videos from our 4-H Ham Project. Please subscribe to the channel and sign-up to get notifications when new videos are loaded.

Here is part #1 of the Smoking Workshop. Ham carving and cooking is next. https://youtu.be/QRCnpUwGbXs

Virginia Beach retired Agriculture Extension Agent, Mr. Cal Schieman leads a group of 4-H Ham Participants through a workshop that teaches them all about the...

04/25/2022

"The Rustic Room" Ham Project Smokehouses

https://youtu.be/8KPAdi_eQL4

Take a visit with us to each of our Smokehouse locations to see what 4-H is doing in Virginia Beach.

Would you like to see what the 4-H Ham Project hams are looking like as they hang and age in the smokehouse? There are 4 smokehouses in Virginia Beach that ...

04/25/2022

Guess what? I have uploaded a few videos showing the progress of our Virginia Beach 4-H Ham Project hams. They will be shown during our Virginia Beach 4-H Youth Livestock Show and Sale on Friday, June 3rd. Just like our market animals, you can bid on the top two hams to take home with you. 🤤 If you're not salivating yet, then you haven't watched the videos. LOL Click the link to get to our Ham Project Playlist. Subscribe to get updates each time we load a video.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgsflDvF2cu44o6ORZ6C0hKIJuU2wl_y8

04/20/2022

It's 4-H Camp time and all are invited. If you know a family who has a child between the ages of 9-18 who would like to go to camp please have them contact our office. We have financial assistance available to ensure all who wish to attend Virginia Beach 4-H Camp CAN attend. We welcome everyone!! https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/vb-4h-education/4-h-junior-summer-camp/summer-camp-camper-registration

04/02/2022

4-H Volunteers are the best. The true life line of a 4-H program.

03/30/2022

The continuation of chick hatch out Day 2. Still waiting. It can take up to 24 hours for a chick to fully emerge from its shell. LOL longer than this stream will last.

03/30/2022

Virginia Beach 4-H Embryology Project

Once again Virginia Beach 4-H has conducted the Embryology Project with teachers across the city. Over 1600 students have been able to learn about the animal life cycle through the hatching of chicken eggs. Teachers engaged students in the hands-on process of monitoring and documenting data, maintaining the proper conditions needed to hatch eggs in an incubator, and then caring for the newly hatched chicks before returning them to the 4-H office. Students also learn compassion and caring through participating in this project. What an amazing way to learn!!

03/26/2022

Celebrate Agriculture Day was a huge hit. It was great to show the public how Agriculture takes us from the "Farm to the Closet." We had lambs on hand to show where wool comes from, alpaca, silk, and bamboo fabric to show the extreme diversity of agriculture fiber production. And of course, Creme Brulee were there to show where angora fiber comes from....they are French Angora rabbits after all. Thank you to Leigh Henderson for bringing the lambs and Benson Alpaca Meadows
Benson Alpaca Meadows for the amazing fibers and Macaw feathers. Thank you Craft Club for demonstrating how feathers gave us the design for zippers and helping our visitors make their own feather pens. Thank you Teens for your time today tending to the animals and teaching the public all about how Agriculture helps to keep us clothed and warm.

03/26/2022

Thursday, March17, the 4-H Educational Bunnies took some time out to walk on their leashes as they prepared for their big day at the VB Farmer's Market "Celebrate Agriculture" Event. Thank you to Already Been Chewed in Virginia Beach for outfitting them with their harness and leashes.

03/24/2022

An exciting post about our VB 4-H teen who participated in 4-H National Conference this week. What a great time and experience she had.

03/15/2022

Virginia Beach 4-H on Twitter

School partnerships with VB Schools is amazing!! At Parkway we began a series called Surviving Jamestown. Through our Environmental Education kit, we helped 4th grade students learn how sustainable agriculture practices and skills helped Jamestown survive. They also learned a thing or two about tracking animals through s**t I.D. and animal track I.D.

4-H is amazing and so are Parkway 4th grade Science teachers. https://twitter.com/VaBeach4H/status/1503783522368204801?s=20&t=8a0K3ZWE9YxgCjVU4gOg5g

“I love working with Parkway Elementary. The Surviving Jamestown Series is epic. https://t.co/0oi50qRQL3”

03/14/2022

Here is the updated Camp Registration Flyer. Camp cost this summer is $400. You can hold your child's spot with a $100 deposit.

Camp scholarships and financial assistance is available. $100 deposit also applies to those who apply for assistance.

03/11/2022

I am in need of 4-H Rabbit sitters for March 19-24. If you are interested, please call our VB Extension Office and speak with Jonette Mungo, the VB 4-H Agent, at 385-4769.

03/09/2022

Part 2 The Fertilized Egg

58 Teachers + 65 Dozen Eggs = Embryology in Virginia Beach
I can't wait to meet 780 baby chicks. :-) I sure hope they all hatch....but 700 is still an impressive number. LOL Stay tuned and follow the progress on our Youtube channel.

https://youtu.be/2fcVJxAwmBk

Take a look at how an egg is constructed to safely develop a baby chick. Look at the yolk to find evidence that your egg is a fertilized egg. The 4-H Embryol...

03/04/2022

Camp information and registration will be posted on our Google Site at https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/vb-4h-education/4-h-junior-summer-camp/summer-camp-camper-registration

4-H Camper Registration is now scheduled to open at NOON on March 15, 2022. Deposit or paid in full will hold your child's place at camp. ***NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE HONORED UNTIL AFTER MARCH 15 AT 12 NOON.****

02/25/2022

Virginia Beach 4-H

Tell a teacher!! Virginia Beach 4-H has a website just for teachers to find SOL-aligned 4-H Educational programs that can be delivered in-person through 4-H In-School Enrichment!!

https://sites.google.com/vt.edu/vb-4h-education/home

4-H is the youth development education program of Virginia Cooperative Extension. 4-H is rich with learning experiences in which young people are encouraged to participate in a variety of activities that emphasize 4-H's "learning by doing" philosophy of youth development. This website is a

02/14/2022

Hello FB family. Virginia Beach 4-H is embarking on new adventures. We are in need of some drop spindles and or a spinning wheel. If you have any of these items or are willing to do a demonstration please contact our office as soon as possible. The number is 757-385-8153.