4-H Update

June 18, 2010

Volume 14, Number 10

Reminders:

• June 18-20:  4-H Shooting Sports Family Campout, Victor, CO
• June 22-25: State 4-H Conference, CSU Campus
• June 26-July 2: Citizenship Washington Focus, National 4-H Center

Colorado State Fair Teen Clerks

Requests for State Fair teen clerk applications have been slowly trickling into the State Office.  May this email serve as a gentle reminder that the teen clerk application deadline is July 1.  Thanks very much for your recruiting efforts on our behalf.

Please click on the following link for an application: http://www.colorado4h.org/events_opportunities/state_fair/packet/TeenClerkApplicationForm.pdf
- Sharie Harless

Robotics Showcase Exhibition at State Fair

There will be a Robotics Showcase Exhibition at this year’s Colorado State Fair on Sunday, August 29, 2010 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm.  Robots will be required to perform a task.  This year it is only an exhibition, not a contest.

Click on this link  http://www.ext.colostate.edu/4_h/robotics.docx for a copy of the judging sheet that will be used for the exhibition and next year for the contest.  The STEM specialists will use this judging sheet to provide feedback to participating youth.   In Robotics showcase there are seven areas to look at:  Technical Merit, Aesthetics, Task Utility, Entertainment Value, Presentation, Originality and Difficulty for Age of Participant. Please let your 4-H members know about this opportunity.  I will provide lodging at Camp Tobin at State Fair for all those 4-H members and families that are participating.  I will also provide lunch on Sunday for the participants. Please let me know the names of the 4-H members in your county who are going to participant in this event by July 30, 2010.
- Connie Cecil

School Gardening Best Practice Publication

This publication was developed by the Louisiana State University AgCenter 4-H Youth Development Program as part of a grant requirement from the Louisiana Learn and Serve Grant.  Because of your contributions this publication has a wealth of valuable school gardening advice and information that will be useful to all who read it. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/4_h/school-garden.pdf

In the next few months, the School Gardening Best Practices will be submitted to the America’s Learn and Serve National Service-Learning Clearinghouse website at:  http://www.servicelearning.org/ to be shared with a wide audience of educators, non-profits and gardeners. – Ellen Butler

2011 Western Regional Leaders Forum

The 2011 WRLF promotional DVD is now available for viewing through our website. Because it is created in HD It does take a few minutes to load, but it’s well worth the wait.  It can be found at: http://4h.wsu.edu/conferences/2011wrlf/2011WRLF.avi

View and enjoy! AHOY! – Pat BoyEs, Washington State 4-H Program Leader

4HOnline Training at State 4-H Conference

I will be conducting a 4HOnline Training for Agents/Coordinators next week at Conference.  We will be going over the Group Enrollment process for ES237.  If you have any Group Youth, Group Volunteer or Leader Information to enter please bring them along as this will be a hands on training and an opportunity for you to get a jump start on the data entry process.

Details as follows:
Workshop Date: Wednesday, June 23
When:  1:00 – 2:30 pm
Where:  Computer lab in the Morgan Library, Classroom 2.

Thanks and hope to see you then! – Joy Bauder, Database Systems Coordinator

2010 Colorado Operation Military Kids Camps

Please share with any military families. If you have 4-H youth who want to come and help us volunteer, please let me know! Thank you for your support of Operation: Military Kids! These camps are a lot of fun. Click on this link for a copy of the registration form:  http://www.ext.colostate.edu/4_h/camp-reg.doc. Upon receipt of your refundable $25 check you will receive an email confirmation with additional information on the camp of your choice.

All Camps are FREE for Military Families with:

•    A parent deployed in the last year, parent is currently deployed or about to deploy
•    Parent(s) must accompany their children
•    Selection is on a first-come, first served basis with a $25 refundable deposit and application received by Operation: Military Kids. Contact us at shauna.woods@colostate.edu 970.491.1807, or linda.fuller3@us.army.mil 720.250.1188.

Denver Zoo, Denver CO – “Bunk with the Beasts” Family Overnight Camp

• June 18-19 OR July 9-10, 2010
•  School age youth must be accompanied by a parent
• 6:00 pm-10:00 am the following day
•  Ages 6-18

Families participating will:
•    have full access to zoo exhibits
•    participate in special animal and behind-the-scenes zoo encounters
•    have dinner, snack and breakfast provided

Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, CO Springs – “A Wild Night” Family Overnight Camp

•   July 16-17 OR July 31 –August 1, 2010
•   6:00 pm-8:00 am the following day
•   School age youth must be accompanied by a parent
•    School Age children, Kindergarten- 12th Grade

Families participating will:
•    have full access to zoo exhibits
•    participate in special animal and behind-the-scenes zoo encounters
•    have dinner, a snack and breakfast provided

Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver CO – “Under a Middle Eastern Sky”

•    August 13-14 OR September 17-18, 2010
•    6:00 pm-10:00 am the following day
•    School Age children, Kindergarten- 12th Grade
•    School age youth must be accompanied by a parent

Families participating will:
•    engage in interactive workshops and learn more about ancient Middle Eastern culture of Iraq and Afghanistan
•    view a comparison of the Middle Eastern and Colorado skies at the planetarium
•    attend the IMAX theater
•    have full access to museum exhibits with a visit to the Denver Zoo
•    have a snack and breakfast provided

Mock Deployment, Buckley AFB, Aurora CO

Fall 2010 tbd

Using the program created by 4-H Youth Development, University of Alaska Fairbanks and held at a local military installation, this is a special opportunity for Guard or Reserve military youth in Colorado who may not feel attached to the military as well as Active Duty military youth affected by deployment.  Military youth will receive orders, debriefings, go through health and wellness checks, learn about military culture, explore military equipment, eat MRE’s and develop a better understanding of their military parent’s deployment experience.

- Shauna Woods, Program Coordinator and Military Liaison, CSU