The Flaming Arrows 4-H club will be starting up for another year and taking new members on September 27, 2009. Project meetings are once a week starting October 5th – 8th to June 7th - 11th (see Calendar on web site for complete schedule including holidays), where archery shooting skills and safety are taught. In addition, the club will meet four times on a Saturday for club meetings and activities. Members will sign up for one of the nights. You will need to stay with that schedule through the year, unless you make prior arrangements. We encourage all archers to attend weekly. As we tend to fill our archery ranges, we request that you let the Range Master know when you will not be there.
All correspondence is done through the web page and some through the email.
In an emergency, e-mail or phone calls will be made. Please keep us up to date on e-mail addresses and phone numbers. We have had to cancel due to weather or power outages, and have had difficulty in the past reaching everyone. We are sorry if you show up and archery is canceled.
Information for all: This year club fees will be $40.00 at the start of the 4-H year for targets for the club ($5), insurance ($1), County Fees ($19), and archery supplies such as target butts, arrows, armguards, etc for the club ($15), so your leaders can bring you the best program possible. The year club fee is the same for the Kitsap County Fairgrounds, or at PSC. If you are not familiar with 4-H please call the 4-H office at 337-7157, or visit
http://kitsap.wsu.edu/index.htmIf you have more than 3 youth signing up in your family, the County Fees and insurance will remain at $60, with no additional charge per youth. The club fees will remain at $20 per youth.
The club fees do not include the cost of making arrows or other projects. Those will be charged separately as needed. With the cost of the projects and the club fees, we anticipate the total cost to be about $2 to $3 per week of archery instruction.
We will be filling out 4-H club paperwork and collecting fees during first club meeting October 17th Saturday, time and location to be announced later. Bring a parent, and the four youth forms located on the web site in the shared documents area that are in Category: Forms – files start with the word “youth”.
All adults that want to be helpers please fill out “Volunteer Application form” also located on the web site.
The youth will also elect club officers at the first club meeting. A separate e-mail will be sent out covering these elected positions.
All project meetings are at the Kitsap County Fair grounds in the Archery barn (Cold in the winter but dry), except for the group that meets at the Poulsbo Sportsman’s Club (PSC). Saturday meeting locations will be announced later.
All projects (including arrows) will be on a pay as you make them basis. We will not collect at the beginning of the year, because the price is not known until supplies are purchased.
The club has some bows and arrows that you can use. We recommend that you use the club's bows and equipment for awhile. If you have a bow that you want to use, bring it and have it inspected for safety. The club leader (Kim Petersen) can assist in properly sizing and purchasing a bow if the youth is interested in continuing archery. The bows take about 1 to 1-1/2 months to arrive.