Barre--Five area 4-H'ers will represent Vermont 4-H at Eastern States Exposition in West Springfield, Massachusetts, in September.
They earned this honor by being named state winners at the 2023 4-H State Day, which was held May 6 at the Vermont Granite Museum in Barre. They were among the 109 4-H'ers from across the state who shared what they learned in 4-H project work through action exhibits, tabletop displays, stage presentations, photography and other categories.
Samantha Flint, Brookfield, sewed a dress for her Senior Prom at Randolph Union High School as her final 4-H sewing project. The dress was made of blue satin with a sparkly gold tulle overlay skirt with pockets. Samantha is a long-time member of the Middle Branch 4-H club whose 4-H sewing project leader is Lorrie Churchill of Brookfield.
Elsie Kidder, Newbury, made and modeled a rainbow jumpsuit and bucket hat. Ophelia Ross, also from Newbury, sewed sushi pajamas and a tiger bucket hat. Both are novice seamstresses who are learning to sew from Chris Pratt of Bradford, the sewing project leader for their club, the Topsham Pony Pals.
Posters created by two South Royalton brothers, Conner and Emmett Hoyt, also will be on display at Eastern States. Their posters were chosen as "People's Choice" through voting by visitors to State Day.
Conner's poster was called "Bees and Farming" and Emmett's, "Bees." Both 4-H'ers are members of the Waterford 4-H Club.
To learn about 4-H in Orange and Windsor Counties, contact University of Vermont Extension 4-H Educator Molly McFaun at (802) 656-4828 or molly.mcfaun@uvm.edu.