Pie Auction to be held Feb. 22

Photo: The pie auction is a lot of fun, as this young lady from last year’s event can attest.

This year’s Jason Armstrong 4-H Pie Auction will be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, 6:30 p.m. at the Valley Center Elementary School Multipurpose Room.

The auction is held in memory of Jason Armstrong. The Jason Armstrong Scholarship Fund began in January 1995 after Jason was killed after he got off the school bus on Cole Grade Road. Jason was an active member in the Valley Center 4-H Club and Orange Glen FFA.

The pies are made and donated by the families in 4-H and many members of the community. There is every kind of pie that you can imagine and some are still warm from the oven. Jason Armstrong's grandfather also makes his famous salsa, known as “Grandpa Jack's Salsa.” 

Valley Center 4-H donates all the proceeds from the pie auction to the Jason Armstrong Scholarship Fund. Scholarships are awarded to Valley Center seniors who are currently involved in 4-H or FFA. Applications are available in the Valley Center High School counseling office in March. The application will also be available on the VCHS Web site: vchs.vcusd.net/

Jason Armstrong was a cowboy who loved family, friends, church, 4-H and FFA. He loved to laugh, serve and volunteer. Jason was a “true 4-Her.” He loved what 4-H stood for and the people he met as part of it.

Two weeks before Jason's death he wrote this in an English paper: “You have to choose to do what's right at a young age. To let your faith take its course.” In the 4-H Teen Leader’s form Jason filled out just days before his death he stated that he wanted to teach the members to: “Have fun, that is most important.”

In that spirit the pie auction is both a fun evening and one that is beneficial to those students that wish to go on to college.

Questions? Call Sue Armstrong at 760-749-3662.