4-H members participate in Central Kansas District officer training

By EIAN PRACHT
Smoky View 4-H Club reporter

On Oct. 23, 4-H members attended the annual Central Kansas District (CKD) 48 Hours of 4-H and Officer Training and Family Event.

The event is held soon after the beginning of a new 4-H year, which starts every year on Oct. 1. This year’s event was held at Smoky Valley High School (SVHS).

The day started with attendees participating in service projects. These activities went from 10 a.m. to noon. This was for 48 Hours of 4-H, which is an event that encourages 4-Hers to help their communities for a whole weekend.

A few senior members of the Smoky View 4-H Club led service projects.

<b>Smoky View 4-H member Kayla Noberg led a service project for the district 48 Hours of 4-H event on Oct. 23. Norberg taught 4-Hers how to make paper pumpkin baskets. The baskets will be filled with candy and sent to Bethany Home.</b> Photos courtesy Smoky View 4-H Club — Smoky View 4-H member Kayla Noberg led a service project for the district 48 Hours of 4-H event on Oct. 23. Norberg taught 4-Hers how to make paper pumpkin baskets. The baskets will be filled with candy and sent to Bethany Home. Photos courtesy Smoky View 4-H Club

Kayla Norberg, a member of the Smoky View 4-H Club, led one of the service projects where she guided other 4-Hers in making pumpkin baskets. Candy will be put into the pumpkin baskets, and they will be delivered to Bethany Home, the local nursing home.

<b>Smoky View 4-H members Hensli Lofdahl and Brynna Anderson took Dala Pantry donations and led 4-Hers in a bookmark decorating activity for the district 48 Hours of 4-H event. The bookmarks will go to Soderstrom Elementary students.</b> — Smoky View 4-H members Hensli Lofdahl and Brynna Anderson took Dala Pantry donations and led 4-Hers in a bookmark decorating activity for the district 48 Hours of 4-H event. The bookmarks will go to Soderstrom Elementary students.

Hensli Lofdahl and Brynna Anderson took donations that would be given to the Dala Pantry -- a food bank in Lindsborg. They also had 4-Hers decorate bookmarks that will be given to the Soderstrom Elementary School in Lindsborg.

Attendees could eat lunch at the school, if they wanted to.

After lunch, the Officer Training and Family Event began. 4-H members attended classes in which they learned how to work in their officer positions so they could be successful in this 4-H year. After a first round of classes, attendees had two other sessions to attend. They could choose from classes about creating quiz bowls or contests for their clubs; financial responsibility; Club Days; making a brownie mix in a jar; résumé writing; volunteering; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) experiments, among others.

The event ended around 4 p.m.