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Kimball Kruisers 4-H update


The Kimball Kruisers 4-H Club held their monthly business meeting at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1, via Zoom. Our new club officers led the meeting.

Earlier on Sunday afternoon, we had our annual Awards Celebration via live stream. Kimball Kruisers had several award recipients. Some of the highlights for the Kimball Kruisers included: 4-H graduate and member for 14 years to Casey Gohmann, Club Secretary second place to Ellie Donnay, Young Achiever Award to Ryan Donnay, Outstanding Expressive Arts Member to Elizabeth Donnay, Outstanding Ambassador to Emma Donnay, Outstanding Family and Consumer Science Member to Ellie Donnay, Friend of 4-H to Dale Hansen of Luxemburg Feed Service, and Meeker County 4-H Volunteer of the Year was Jennifer Schiefelbein. Congrats to the winners!

We are excited that we received a Helping Hands Grant from Minnesota 4-H to use at the Kimball Area Food Shelf. We will be working hard over the next couple of months to get our proposed projects completed for the Food Shelf.

The Donnay family kicked off a new year of project talks for the club. Emma Donnay talked about her piano performance to “Jazzy Cat.” She earned blue ribbons at the Meeker County and Minnesota State Showcases. Ellie Donnay showed her versatile denim bag she created. She won blue ribbons at the Meeker County and Minnesota State Showcases. Elizabeth Donnay showed her Exploring Animals project on Kiwis. She not only wrote all of the information for her project, but she also did all of the artwork. She earned her blue ribbon at the Meeker County Showcase. Ryan Donnay displayed his Minnesota Vikings fleece pants that he made for Fashion Review. He has participated in Fashion Review for five years, and received a blue ribbon on his project at the Meeker County Showcase. Timmy Donnay talked about his wrestling themed shadow box that he entered at the Meeker County Showcase for Cloverbuds.

For enrichment, the club participated in pumpkin facts and trivia, followed by an interesting educational video about pumpkins.

Our next club meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, on Zoom. New members are always welcome to join.

Elizabeth and Ryan Donnay

Kimball Kruisers Reporters

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