Weekly 4-H Update
Communications >> 4-H Update >>Volume 12, Number 12....................................... April 4, 2008
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Reminders:
- April 22-24: CAE4-HA, Estes Park, Colorado
- May 1: Blue Ribbon Enrollment data due
- May 15: IFYE host family applications due
Paul Hoshiko Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament
Mark your calendar for Friday, June 6, to participate in the 13th Annual Paul Hoshiko Jr. Memorial Golf Tournament to be held at Pelican Lakes Golf and Country Club in Windsor. We welcome your participation as a sponsor, player, volunteer or contributor with an item from your county that can be used in the silent auction or as a drawing prize. There will be two tournaments - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The cost is only $100 per person and includes golf, cart, range balls, lunch, contests and a guaranteed great time! Please contact me at (970.491.1537 or gary.small@colostate.edu) if you would like to get involved with our tournament or need more information. Let's make the 2008 tournament the best ever. We hope to see you on June 6! — Gary Small
State 4-H Conference
State 4-H Conference will be held June 23-27 this year. This conference provides great training for 4-H members, leaders and Extension agents and an opportunity for all to strengthen their leadership skills. Registration this year is $60 per person and for those participating in contests there will be an additional $20 entry fee per contest.
This year you will be housed in the new Academic Village and Summit Hall. Lodging costs are as follows: $135 for Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (MTWR), $105 for MTW or TWR and $75 for TW. There are two meal plans this year – meal plan A includes the Tuesday picnic and Thursday evening banquet for $45 and meal plan B includes the above plus contest lunch or awards luncheon. We will also have convenience cards available for purchase.
On line registration will be available May 27 through June 9. For further information please contact Melissa Oliver at 970.491.0246 or Melissa.oliver@colostate.edu. — Ellen Butler
Urban Directory
For some great programming ideas go to: http://www.colorado4h.org/urbanprogram. There are 33 successful 4-H program ideas on this site - and they are not just for the urban audience! We encourage you to take a look and think about submitting your program ideas for 2008.
— Ellen Butler
Colorado Master Farm Homemaker Guild Scholarship
The Colorado Master Farm Homemaker Guild is offering a $500 scholarship this year to a Colorado woman with an agriculture background. Known by the Guild as the "Second Chance Scholarship," it will be given to someone who has had her college education interrupted or postponed and is hoping to attend a college, trade school or a secondary education institution. Homemakers are encouraged to apply. Requirements are: three names of reference, biographical statement of work history, community involvement, future goals, and a statement why she feels the scholarship should be awarded to her. All applications must be complete when returned to CMFHG and must be returned by May 15, 2008. The award must be used in the year it is received. The Guild reserves the right not to award the scholarship.
Applications are available from county CSU Extension offices and Colorado Master Farm Homemaker Guild Scholarship Chairman, Wilma Mosher, 36700 County Road 2G, Hugo, CO 80821. — Ellen Butler
