Officers installation make everything sweeter

By CASH CAMPERELLI
Husky 4-H’ers Club Reporter

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the Husky 4-H’ers had our second meeting of the year. We did business, had devotions, and the meeting only got better from there.

First, we made Valentine’s Day cards for residents at a local assisted living center. Then we had demonstrations from some of our members. McKinsey Allen gave a demonstration on the Reading Project, a 4-H project where a member must read a book and make a creative, elaborate poster on what the book was about. Then Matthew Duprey did a demonstration on how to be safe in cold weather. Finally, Lauren Happel, our 4-H President, and Lilly Schuler, the President of Hamilton Heights FFA, spoke to our members about the Future Farmers of America and what their members do.

For our game, we played Poison Dart Frog. Poison Dart Frog is a game where players form a circle on the ground. Somebody chooses a Detective and a Poison Dart Frog. The Detective’s job is to find out who the Poison Dart Frog is. He or she does this by standing in the middle of the circle and guessing who the poison dart frog is. If the Detective figures out who the Poison Dart Frog is in three guesses or less, he or she wins. The Dart Frog’s job is to stick his tongue out at people and kill them. If the Frog is not guessed in three guesses or less, he wins and gets to pick the next Frog and Detective.

After a few rounds of that, the Song Leaders led us as we sang “Happy Birthday” to all the 4-H’ers who had a birthday in February.

Then we finally had the event we were all looking forward to: Officer Installations! Our elected officers for 2026 are: Lauren Happel (President), Abby Martin (Vice-President), Colton Hoane (Secretary), Stella Hartwick (Treasurer), me (Club Reporter), Isaac Small (Club Historian), Zuri Ebigbo and McKinsey Allen (Devotions Leaders), Sophia Camperelli (my sister) and Matthew Duprey (Heath and Safety Leaders), Chiamaka Ebigbo and Natalie Knapp (Recreation Leaders), Levi Small and Bellamy Fouch (Song Leaders), and Brooklyn Hoane (Refreshment Chairman).

Each officer got the opportunity to go up on stage and have our 4-H leaders give them a list of their duties and more importantly, a candy corresponding to what their job was. Once all the officers had gone through being installed and getting their candy (along with all the members who also got a sweet Valentine’s treat for being the wonderful people they are), we took a group photo and wrapped things up with snacks.