When - The Farm Clean - ups are usually held on the second Sunday of the month from 10am till 2pm (unless it is cancelled or other problems occur in which it will be made up another time or postponed till the next scheduled Farm Clean - up). You are only required to work for two hours, but it's nice when you help out and work more to help out! Also, you are required to attend 80% of all Farm Clean - ups in order to show your animals at fair.
Where - All Farm Clean - ups are held at the Crystal Spring's Farm. However if you are raising animals at another of the four farms because it is not permitted at the Crystal Spring's Farm, you will probably be required to attend their Farm Clean - ups as well as our own.
Why - The purpose of Farm Clean - up is to keep our farm clean and beautiful! If we didn't do anything to help keep it organized and orderly it would become dirty and trashy. Farm Clean - ups are for the 4H members and their animals, allowing members who in other circumstances might not be able to raise an animal to do so at the farm. It is our priviledge to raise animals at the farm so help keep it in shape!
What - Okay, the overall summary of "Farm Clean - up" is Farm Clean - up is a certain day of the month where 4Her's and parents go to help and Clean - up the farm. Some things you do at Farm Clean up include:
- Paint facilities - Remove dead leaves and debris - Clean stalls - Help build structures - Sweep up garbage - Rake plant material - Remove rocks from areas - Level ground areas - Replace fencing - Shovel manure out of stalls - Wash tools or equipment - Fix electrical systems - Clean! And many other tasks. . .
Youth Farm Committee Meetings - Youth Farm Committee Meetings are held at the farm around 1pm on Farm Clean - up days. At these meetings members raising animals at the farm discuss things such as what they would like to improve, farm budgets, any comments they have about how something is working, etc. Members raising animals must also attend this meeting too.
I hope this information was helpful to you and you can say that you know more about 4H now than you did before!
For the Farm Clean - up Schedule click here.