CC Riders and HCCC 4-H Clubs decorated and donated a tree to the 2008 Festival of Trees this past weekend. The Ladies of the Junior League elected to use the "Cowboy Tree" as a raffle tree for fund raising. Congratulations to all who contributed their time and efforts! 
4-H Cavies & Critters project members setup a display at the Reptile Show this past Saturday. This show is open to the public and held at the fairgrounds. It offerred members an opportunity to promote 4-H and encourage other youth to join 4-H and show their reptiles and other small mammals at the fair.
Fall Achievement was held on November 12th for Kalamazoo County 4-H. This was an opportunity to celebrate and recognize all that 4-Hers do. Some exciting awards were the Chicago Trip where 6 members and 2 leaders get to spend a weekend in downtown Chicago and the Battle Creek Trip where 10 members get to take the train to Full Blast in Battle Creek for a day. The night was capped off by recognizing Kalamazoo County 4-Hers who will be graduating from high school in the spring.
Members of the Rabbit Project and Vet Science Project participated in Education Day at Western Michigan University. They shared information about rabbits and informed people about opportunities to study Vet Science within the 4-H program.
