Updates

Project Record Books are due November 1 to the 4H Office. More info can be found about the books under the project record tab. 

The activities log for last year is updated.  This information is provided to help you fill out your project record book. If you see something missing, please let me know. If you need project record books, please email Melissa and I will send them to you. 

The calendar for this year is posted.

Fair Prep Meeting 5 July 2012

The 14 July 4H fair prep meeting is canceled. Many (more than 50%) of the kids in our group will either be on vacation or at history camp.

I will be at the North Country Alliance Church on 5 July with the girls who will be having another sewing day. :-) We are hoping to be done around 2:30pm. I would love to have any Chipmunks come join us at 1:30 to help make the pieces for the bulletin board. We will need to cut out colorful letters. Mount pictures and statements.

As a reminder, we need every member for the group to answer this question. I can show responsibility. I can..... (these words will be in large letters on our bulletin board. We just need you to write the words that finish the sentence.....

We also need a front face picture of each of the kids and lots of shots of members doing things that make a difference in the community. We will intersperse these pictures with the members photos and statements.

If you can email me by Wednesday night, I can print out the answers for the kids to help mount. Otherwise, if you are coming on 5 July, please print your statement with you. We are going do use a mixture of fonts to represent the many personalities of our group.....

For those who aren't around next week, feel free to bring it to me the following week or at project drop off day.

Dairy Bar 2012

The Dairy Bar schedule is posted HERE: http://chatteringchipmunks.blogspot.com/p/dairy-bar-sign-up-fair-2012.html(or simply go to the Dairy Bar Sign up tab)

As schedules change, please let me know if you have changes.

Poultry Camp May 12, 2012

We had poultry camp last Saturday. We played some games with a parachute. Then we separated into groups and did a lesson on cooking quiche and frittatas and the other group did a lesson on cooking chicken on a charcoal grill. Then we switched, then we had lunch. After lunch there were two things on learning about feathers, a lesson about egg judging and chicken judging, and a chicken game. Personally, I had a great time!

4H in May

For 4H in May, things will be a little different. One group of kids will be meeting at the North Country Cultural Arts Center while the rest of us will be at the church. We will have announcements at both locations. This will be the schedule for May 10 and 17. (May 24 is the Field Trip to Essex County Field Days.)

Pottery Class: Cailin, Alex, Esther, Vienna, Cali, Reece, Ben, Liam, Philip K., Matthew L., Bradley, Christopher, Andre, Trent
North Country Cultural Arts Center: Plattsburgh-- please go straight there. You will meet just inside the front door. The cost of the class is $5-this is for the clay and firing. Jackie Sabourn will be donating her time. Please bring the money with you. You will be making either something functional (plate, mug) or a figurine (Nativity type piece.)
23 Brinkerhoff Street
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
info@plattsburgharts.org

Robotics Cont Class: Pascal, Vaughn, Matthew C., Harrison, Sullivan, Philip Y., Justin, Joshua
Please bring your laptops and robots.
Team 1: Pascal, Justin, Sullivan --Pascal laptop, Justin robot
Team 2: Vaughn, Matthew, Philip, Joshua-- 4H robot, laptop?????
Harrison- planning for Grade3-6 class-- laptop

Dresses for Haiti Service Project: Stella, Naomi, Madeline L., Emma, Mikayla, Neil, Grace S., Grace P.
We will be using Simplicity pattern 2007 from Walmart (Size A). Please bring: 2 yards of fabric, thread to match fabric, 3/8th of yard 20" wide fusible interface,  one 16" zipper, hook and eye, sewing machine* (let me know if you can't bring one), sewing scissors, pins.

Cloverbuds:
Cloverbuds will meet as regular at church.
They (along with the "new 3rd graders") will get a chance for pottery in the fall--the potter asked me to break up the group as she loves the kids. But it is easier for her to work in small groups.

Poultry Group May 3, 2012

At 4H poultry this week we heard all the announcements. Then we played a fun game that Grace made up. Then Jack did a talk about Chicken Tractors. Mrs. Sayward talked about chicken parasites--the northern fowl mite, other mites, ticks, and lice. Then we paired up and build panels for a moveable light chicken pen.

April 2012 Poultry sub-group meeting

Triple "G" meeting! In the April 2012 poultry meeting, Gideon and Stella talked to us about geese. Madeline showed her website about gamebirds and talked to us about gamebirds; and Liam talked to us about guinea fowl. We watched a video about raising pheasants. Then we did a lot of egg dyeing using different natural substances such as orange peels, onion peels, strawberry juice, cabbage, coffee, and others. Then we all went home.