Club Reports

Club Reporters and 4-H Members: For your short report and pictures of your 4-H activities to be included here please email them to the Morris County 4-H office at morris4h@njaes.rutgers.edu

Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies Party

Published on December 9, 2025

Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies enjoyed a holiday party where they shared snacks and hot chocolate, played holiday BINGO, made candy ornaments then explored the Mine Hill lights.

Fishing at Ramsey's

Published on December 9, 2025

Avid Anglers held their recent meeting at Ramsey Outdoor in Succasunna, where the fantastic fishing staff talked with members about equipment, lures, and the best local fishing spots. Everyone learned a lot and had a great time!

A huge THANK YOU to Ramsey Outdoor for hosting and for the awesome gift bags they provided for all our club's youth!

Twelve club members joined in for this fun, hands-on field trip — what a great night!

Teen & Junior Council Party

Published on December 9, 2025

Teen and Junior Council rocked out at their combined holiday party on December 3rd where they assembled breakfast bags for Nourish NJ, created holiday cards for a local nursing home, played games, had a sock gift exchange and shared snacks all the while the party stayed hoppin' with holiday tunes.

Shutterbugs' Holiday Party

Published on December 8, 2025
By Sophia K., club president

On December 2, Shutterbugs celebrated the holidays by sharing snacks and making photo transfer ornaments. They also had a short lesson about painting with light, which is the photo challenge for this month. The next meeting will be on 12/16 where the club will take pictures of holiday lights. As always, new members of all experience levels are encouraged to come!

Busy Bees Update

Published on December 3, 2025

They don't use the word " busy lightly. First ornament making then the Busy Bee & Seedlings Club wrapped all of its hives in their winter bee cozies to give the bees just a little extra insulation for the cold, winter months. We look forward to seeing our girls in the spring!

Horse Grooming

Published on December 3, 2025

Horsin' Around grooms Star. Having the veteran members teach the newbies the proper way is how sparks of leadership begin. Great job Lexi and Gen!

A Warm Home for the Bees

Published on November 19, 2025

Busy Bees help get the insulation ready to keep the bees warm and cozy this winter. Good work kids!

Dogs R Us club report

Published on November 19, 2025
By Leah G., club reporter

On November 11, 2025, in our 4H club business meeting, we had an election for club officers. We had a lot of brave people and a lot of good speeches. After everyone gave a speech of why we should elect them, we voted. The person our Dogs R US class chose to lead our group as our president is Karina. Our other leader, the vice president, is Deanna. The next office is the secretary, who we trust to keep records on our 4H group, is Corlyn. In case our secretary Corlyn is ever out, we trust Katrina to keep our class records for the day. The next office is treasurer, and we entrusted Evelyn to keep our dues and money together. If Evelyn is ever out, we trust Brooke to keep our dues in order. Our reporter for the club is Leah G. who we trusted to keep these reports going about our business club meetings. Our health officer is Audrey, who is going to keep an eye out for any new health concerns for the dogs. It was a very productive meeting and I’m sure our new officers will do a great job this year.

SMART Goals at Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies

Published on November 12, 2025

At the Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies clubs' meeting last Friday, Sophia K. presented a great strategy for tackling your goals. Her talk is interactive and informative and helps inspire the members to reach their 4-H (or other) goals.

4-H leaders can reach out to the office to book Sophia for their meeting and help her fulfill her leadership project.

Plants, Pollinators and Poultry Club Report

Published on November 5, 2025
By Avery O., club member

On October 21st, we went to Riamede Farm. We first picked apples for an upcoming field trip where the kids coming the next day were going to learn how to make apple cider. After that we picked the apples and went back to the barn and Ashley (She is the owner of Riamede) talked to us about how they used to make apple cider in the olden days. Did you know that New Jersey is actually one of the best places to get apple cider and George Washington only drank NJ apple cider? The cider press she showed us was very old. And in the 1700s and 1800s many families had a cider press in their house so they could make their own apple cider. Lastly we had our officer elections. Our meeting was really fun!

BEAUtiful Floofs carve pumpkins

Published on November 5, 2025

Last month BEAU-tiful floofs 4-H club lightly carved pumpkins to gift to their chickens as a special Halloween treat.

Busy Bees & Seedlings

Published on October 29, 2025

Life isn't all trunks and treats. Immediately following the 4-H Trunk or Treat event on Saturday, October 25, the Busy Bees and Seedlings Club got to work planting seeds for pollinators.

Avid Anglers

Published on October 29, 2025

Avid Anglers learned to tie the improved clinch knot and the palomar knot. The club is also planning some local field trips. To learn more about the club contact them at avidanglers4h@gmail.com

Dogs 'R' Us Meeting

Published on October 24, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

First meeting for Crafty Creatures Club

Published on October 8, 2025

The brand new Crafty Creatures club created some sweet and spooky characters at their first meeting tonight. Looks like everyone had a lot of fun!

Sheep club coming soon

Published on October 8, 2025

Meet Baahbaara and Woolma! So cute! The 4-H sheep club will be forming at BEAUtiful Farms in Rockaway in the spring!

Junior Council Kick-off

Published on October 8, 2025

Last Wednesday, Junior Council had their kick off meeting. The finished pumpkin will be on display at The Frelinghuysen Arboretum October 18th from 6-8 along several 4-H clubs. Stop on by and give us a vote!

Plants, Pollinators, and Poultry club at Hoppy Valley Farm

Published on September 25, 2025

For the Plants, Pollinators, and Poultry club, the new 4-H year started with a visit to Hoppy Valley Farm in Long Valley. Here is a summary and pictures from that first meeting:

Smell and taste test hickory syrup, hickory tea, hickory bark, and roasted hickory bark, hickory nuts and walnuts
We harvested hickory nuts and walnuts with rollers used for harvesting nuts
We float tested (bad nuts float) hickory nuts and used the nut cracker
We used the walnut unsheller
We saw young hickory trees growing
We had a blast!

Shutterbugs' Photo Walk

Published on September 23, 2025
By Sophia K., club member

Shutterbugs went on a photo walk at Sunrise Lake in Lewis Morris Park, guided by the photographer Dave Blinder. We took photos of several subjects: the lake, the nearby trees, and the wildflowers. We saw some beautiful pink clouds. Unfortunately we missed out on turtles in the pond; it might have been too cold for them. The members brought a variety of different cameras, from DSLRs to cell phones. Mr. Blinder was an exceptional resource for everyone, from the beginners to advanced. It was also a great opportunity for the new members to get to know each other and we are all looking forward to the next meeting on October 7.

Busy Bees & Seedlings

Published on September 23, 2025

Making chia pets at their first meeting.

Bouncing Bunnies and Buckanears

Published on September 23, 2025

Hopping right into the new 4-H year!

Dogs 'R' Us Summer Picnic

Published on September 3, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Busy Bees

Published on July 16, 2025

Busy Bees were well, busy of course!

From banner making to honey extracting this club stays active.

Busy Bees also invited guests to learn about extracting and impressed they were with knowledge they received and the friendly gentle guidance from the club's leader.

Great work bees!!

Learning about Dog Play

Published on June 22, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Dogs R Us at Middlesex Dog Show

Published on June 18, 2025

3 Dogs R Us members competed at the Frisky Paws Dog Show in Middlesex County on June 1.

Brooke won Best in Show for the Jr. Showmanship trial. She got a 2nd place in Agility and 3rd place in Intermediate Obedience.

Maggie took 2nd place in Jr. Show and 2nd place in Intermediate Obedience.

Nora received 1st place in Novice Jr. Show and 2nd place in Pre-novice Obedience.

Teen Council working hard

Published on June 10, 2025

Teen Council works hard and plays hard! Club members and friends assembled the Fair road signs at their last meeting, helped load the van for the state dog show, and made tie dye club t-shirts.

Help distribute the Fair road signs! Pick up the signs for your town and put them up after July 4. We have the location list.

BEAUtiful Floofs' 1st Meeting

Published on May 28, 2025

BEAUtiful Floofs had their first meeting on May 21st. A gender reveal for the chicks! 7 girls and 3 boys (one test still pending)

The club thanks Jersey Silkies DNA lab for the quick results!

Welcome to 4-H BEAUtiful Floofs! Looks like you are off to a great start!

Contact the 4-H office if you are interested in joining this or other clubs.

Dogs 'R' Us

Published on May 28, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Busy Bees & Seedlings

Published on May 14, 2025

Busy Bees / Seedlings Club learned a technique called flower pounding to make decorative dishtowels for Mother's Day gifts.

Want your child to be a Busy Bee or Seedling?

Give us a call at 973-285-8301. We'll help get you started.

Dogs 'R' Us Report

Published on May 14, 2025
By Corlyn C.

Buckanears, Furry Friends, and Bouncing Bunnies

Published on April 15, 2025

Members from Buckanears, Furry Friends, and Bouncing Bunnies met on Friday, April 11, to prepare for the Springtime with Bunnies and Chicks event the next day.

Busy Bees & Seedlings Club

Published on April 15, 2025

Busy Bees and Seedlings members had lots of fun planting seeds in recycled milk cartons and cups at their meeting on April 10th.

Dogs 'R' Us

Published on April 2, 2025
By Corlyn C.

See the Dogs 'R' Us update.

Morris Marksmen

Published on April 1, 2025
Report by Shannon M., photos by Ishaan D.
Morris Marksman has received a very generous grant from The NRA Foundation. We are so very appreciative of the NRA Foundation for giving us this grant that will help us get ready for Nationals and competitions. The NRA Foundation helps us promote participation and education in youth shooting sports in New Jersey. The grant from the NRA gave us equipment. A Crosman Challenger, Champion's Choice bipod scope stand, two spotting scopes, and two new cases for our rifles. All this equipment that was given to us will be used to help us improve our skills and do better in competitions. On behalf of all of Morris Marksman, we are all very greatly appreciative of The NRA Foundation.

Teen Council member's Experience

Published on March 27, 2025
Morris County 4-H association and Fair committee enjoyed the presentation last week by Teen Council member Mehul about his experience attending 4-H's National Congress.

Horsin' Around News

Published on March 26, 2025
After some stormy setbacks, the Horsin' Around Club finally kicked off its first meeting of 2025 —under perfect skies! No wind. No snow. No ice. Just sunshine and fresh air.

The kids got right to work, learning how to groom the horses until their coats shined and mucking out stalls like pros. Of course, the horses got the best deal of the day—plenty of candy cane treats as a sweet reward!

Buckanears' New Banner

Published on March 19, 2025
Buckanears members created their new banner - which they used last Saturday in the St Patricks' Day parade. And they will be ready for the parade of clubs at the 4-H Fair in July.

More Dogs 'R' Us updates

WOOFminster 4-H Dog Show Report

Published on March 19, 2025

On February 22, 2025, the following Dogs 'R' Us members and their dogs participated in the WOOFminster Dog Show at Somerset 4-H: Corlyn with Bailey, Karina and Katrina with Garu, Aiden with Theo, Norah with Lola, and Maggie with Tucker. Congratulations to the winners:

Obedience, Pre-novice B: 2nd for Theo and 4th for Tucker.
Junior Showmanship grades 7-9 Novice: Maggie 1st and Aiden 3rd
Junior Showmanship grades 4-6 Novice: Corlyn 2nd

Parade report

Published on March 19, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Dogs 'R' Us update

Published on February 24, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

4-H Seedlings and Master Gardeners

Published on February 13, 2025

The Busy Bees & Seedlings members learned about winter seed sowing in a container from Christina W., a MorrisMaster Gardener.
We planted milkweed, a native plant important to the Monarch butterfly.

New Tricks at Dogs R Us

Published on January 28, 2025

The Dogs R Us club members have been practicing tricks with their dogs. At the last meeting they taught them to roll over.

Morris 4-H Winter Sports Club off to a good start

Published on January 15, 2025

"So much fun!!!" says Brooks, one of the 70+ club members, after their first day on January 4th.

Busy Bees & Seedlings update

Published on January 15, 2025

At our monthly meeting The Busy Bees and Seedlings learned about the importance of propolis, both for bees' use as well as how humans can use it. We made a first-aid topical tincture that included propolis and beeswax.

Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies Highlights

Published on January 8, 2025

Dogs 'R' Us Report:

Published on January 1, 2025
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Dumbledorks Club ready for the Holidays

Published on December 18, 2024

“Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light” -Albus Dumbledore

The Dumbledorks Club made Harry Potter related ornaments.

Happy Holidays from our Dumbledorks family to yours!

Update from the Plants, Pollinators, and Poultry Club

Published on December 13, 2024

November meeting summary:

Club members helped farmer Ashley at Riamede Orchard with spinning and collecting the honey from her hives.

December meeting report by Avery O. 12/3/24

We started by painting some ornaments for the 4H tree. Then Lori talked about her bees. She said she had beetles in her hive. But she squashed them. And she said in the Spring she wants to make candles and chapsticks out of the bees wax. Next we had hot cocoa and played games such as chicken bingo, an egg and spoon race, and team 1 won both times! Go TEAM 1! And the last game we played was called roll and write. It was really fun!!! We are looking for more fun in 2025!!

Happy Holidays from Buckanears and Bouncing Bunnies!

Published on December 11, 2024

The Buckanears small animal club celebrated the winter holidays with games, snacks, and a gift exchange.

Teen Council

Published on December 11, 2024

The Winter Holiday celebration with Morris County 4-H Teen Council last week was a lot of fun!

Dogs 'R' Us Reports:

Published on November 18 and 27, 2024
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Busy Bees Preparing for Winter

Published on November 18, 2024
By Declan M.

"Sigma, we cleaned the bee frames and put wax on because we rizzy."

(Activity at their November club meeting)

Venus Rocket Team update

Published on November 6, 2024
By Mya M. and Mia O.

On Saturday, November 2nd, the ResistoJets Rocketry girls team, Venus, successfully launched their first rocket for the American Rocketry Challenge. The flight was nearly perfect, scoring four points (aiming for zero). The team is continuing to work hard to achieve a flawless score in their next flight. Students in 8th grade and up are welcome to join. For more information, contact resistojetsrocketry@gmail.com.

Buckanears' Club Election

Published on November 6, 2024

Like most 4-H clubs, Buckanears had their election of club officers this month. Congratulations to Declan, President, and Samantha, Vice President!

Dumbledorks October Activities

Published on October 28, 2024

The Dumbledorks club used their creative minds and made wands. They came out so magical

Update from the Plants, Pollinators, and Poultry Club

Published on October 18, 2024

Our first meeting in September was held at Riamede Farm where we talked about our summer adventures, took a walk through the orchard and helped farmer Ashley prune a large row of zinnias! 🌸 We learned why pruning them was beneficial to the production of more blossoms.

Our October meeting was held at Zion Lutheran Church where we elected officers and learned all about eggs!

Dogs 'R' Us Reports

Published on October 18, 2024
By Corlyn C., club reporter

Buckanears Halloween Party

Published on October 16, 2024

In October the Buckanears party in their Halloween finest! See the Facebook post for more fun photos and videos: https://www.facebook.com/MorrisCounty4H

Bouncing Bunnies

Published on October 16, 2024

The new Rabbit Hopping club has a name: The "Bouncing Bunnies" are ready to teach their handlers some hopping skills - or vice versa. We can't wait for a performance at the Fair in the summer, or even before!

Busy Bees & Seedlings

Published on October 16, 2024

Busy Bees / Seedlings Club started out the year learning how to extract honey from frames, and had a great time seeing our bees' hard work coming to a sweet fruition!

We meet the second Thursday of the month at High View Farms, and new members are always welcome. No previous beekeeping or gardening experience necessary.

Teen Council Party

Published on October 16, 2024

Teen Council started off the year with their party in September.

Morris Marksmen - Senior Rifle Competitions

Published on October 6, 2024
By Shannon M., club reporter and photographer

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