4-H Alberta Magazine - 2019-20 Fall & Winter Edition

4-H ALBERTA MAGAZINE // 4H.AB.CA
After much anticipation, it was time to welcome our guests. The
first day we picked up our “twins” from the airport. Every day we
had something to do like a tour of Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump,
Waterton National Park, the Great Canadian Barn Dance, and
Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park. Some of these things I hadn’t even
done so it was great opportunity to explore Alberta. My favorite
was the Great Canadian Barn Dance because they taught you how
to line dance and the two-step. Another favorite was the tour of
Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump which was cool because we were
learning about it in social class in school and I always wanted to see
it in person. Part of participating in a 4-H Canada exchange is doing
a community service project in each province.
We all had great time and I hope to do it again next time. I would
definitely encourage other clubs to take advantage of the 4-H Canada
Club to Club Exchange program!
We would like to give a big shout out all the sponsors of events and
donations that made this amazing opportunity possible. •
Our club chose two projects - painting the local rodeo ground
bleachers and building bat houses on farms that are in close
proximity to windmills. It was then time to drop our Ontario friends
off at the airport. We were excited to know we would be seeing
them in a few short weeks.
Before we knew it, it was our turn to take a plane to Ontario and
see some interesting things like the lift locks, CN Tower, Ripley’s
Aquarium, a Toronto Blue Jays game, and Niagara Falls. I really
enjoyed seeing all of these places. The Blue Jays game was my
personal favorite because they are a good team and they won the
game. The CN Tower was also amazing because there was a glass
floor that you could look through!
Before we did our Ontario community service project there was a
car rally to see where everyone was staying. Of course we ended up
at Dawson Ball’s for a swim in the pool! For our community service
project we built birdhouses and did some yard work for WindReach
Farm. We also had a question game about 4-H, Alberta and Ontario
and that was a lot of fun.
Time sure went by fast – I guess that means we had a lot of fun –
and soon it was time to say goodbye to our new besties and head
for home.
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WE ALL HAD GREAT TIME AND I
HOPE TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT TIME.
I WOULD DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE
OTHER CLUBS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE 4-H CANADA CLUB TO CLUB
EXCHANGE PROGRAM!
1.
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