Melbourne Agricultural Society

Don't forget if you were lucky enough to get a ticket before we sold out drive-thru beef dinner today 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. thank you for your support everyone!Don't forget if you were lucky enough to get a ticket before we sold out drive-thru beef dinner today 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. thank you for your support everyone!

Half of $320k !! Holy moly - you have less than an hour to get in on this! Let's continue to show our support to our fellow AG Society! Amazing for them! Way to go Glencoe AG!!! Glencoe Fair Virtual 50/50 Draw - Glencoe Agricultural Society - Online 50/50 https://glencoefair.thelottofactory.com/

Hello all sewers, crafters and quilters in Melbourne area. The Ag Society is in need of some materials to continue making their Alzheimers quilts. If anyone has any of the following they could donate to the Homecraft Division we would greatly appreciate it! Fabric buttons lace... and men's neckties! If you have any of these items you wish to donate, please contact Betty McCracken at 519-289-5576 Thank you and take care & stay safe everyone!

After many discussions with all our surrounding 4-H leaders, supporting businesses, volunteers, and the Melbourne Agricultural Society Directors, it is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of our 2020 4-H and Beef Cattle Show and Crop Competition, due to COVID -19 Pandemic. As with all the local Fairs, this was not an easy decision to make, but with all the uncertainty of when the government will begin to allow festival type events to resume, we feel it is the ...right decision to make. As a non-profit organization, sponsorship plays a large part in our ability to provide such an event and we cannot have a successful show without the support of our local organizations. We have been closed since March, as many businesses have been, and we cannot in good conscience ask these businesses for monetary contributions in these financially stressful times. Our Board of Directors felt it was the right thing to do for the members of our community, our sponsors, donors, volunteers and our membership. The Melbourne Agricultural Society would like to wish everyone good health and please stay safe. We will get through this together. We look forward to seeing you at our 2021 4-H & Beef Cattle Show next summer. Melbourne Agricultural Society Members and Directors

Due to Covid-19 and the govt mandate to social distance the following events at the Ag Hall have been cancelled: Afternoon movie - Sun Mar 29th Director meeting - Mon Mar 30th Tea with Friends - Apr 19th... We will update you further and we are allowed. From everyone at Melbourne AG Society we wish our community good health & to stay safe in this time of crisis.

Melbourne AG Ladies are having another sewing bee this week Tues March 17th, Wed Mar 18th & Fri Mar 20th.

From Goldhawks fan page - Great time in Melbourne last night! Thank you to the Melbourne Agricultural Society, Rachel Hounsell McRobert and the rest of the volunteers for all their work putting this together!! Here’s a pic from last night....

Setup has begun & Irish Stew is cooking.... Come on out to Melbourne & enjoy some St. Patrick's Day festivities with us!

Friends and followers of Goldhawk - get your tickets - we don't want you to miss this night!

Dinner & dance with "Goldhawk" - always a good time! Tickets are still available - contact Jason McRobert or any AG Society member.

Please keep the community of Thorndale in your prayers. Devastating news about their Community Centre - please reach out if there is anyway we as a society can help!

Tonight we hosted our AGM! We would like to introduce our executive for this upcoming year... President - Jason McRobert 1st Vice - Herb Pearce Secretary - Laura Lee McClure... Treasurer - Rachel McRobert Your other elected Directors are: Betty McCracken Dorothy Kilgour Vivian DeLeary Lisa Hendrick Rob Hathaway Fred McRobert Kim Dagenais We hope to have another successful year! Contact us if you have any questions throughout the year!

The Melbourne Agricultural Society hosted Alzheimer Quilt sewing bees this past week. Forty-five women came to create and sew and made 61 quilts to distribute to individuals and residences in our area. That brings our total to over 820 quilts since we started in the fall of 2013. The next set of sewing bees will be during March break.

Happy New Year everyone! Sewing Bee this week at the Ag Hall Jan 7,8, and 10th Contact Laura Lee for more details 519 870 9362 Or call or text the hall 519 289 5600.

Melbourne AG wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas! Everyone have a safe & happy holiday! **Save the date.... Jan 27th is our Annual Meeting with a snow date of 28th or 29th!**

Some pics from beef show 2019. Photos thanks to Richard Hathaway