All
4-Hers are asked to participate in one of two county fund-raisers.
You must do one if you are planning to participate in fair. Your
family can
a)
Sell
a minimum of one bar of cheese per child. You can sell either to jut
your own family or to neighbors, friends, and relatives. Our group
gets a tiny portion of the revenue. Cheese sale orders are due
November 12th at the next meeting. The cheese will be ready for
pick up will be on Thursday DECEMBER 3rd. I will pick it up,
bring it to the church to sort and call families to pick it up.
Cheese forms are in your family folder.
b)
Second
option is to sell paper clovers at Tractor Supply. Sign up with the
4-H office, for a 2 hour slot. You stand near the register and ask
customers if they would like to buy a clover for $1 to support 4-H.
Money raised goes to the county 4-H program.
There
is a sign up sheet in the hallway-- please let me know which
fund-raiser your family is participating in so that I can keep
accurate records. You can participate in both if you choose.
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All
4-H youth need to participate in at least one service project. We
offer many service projects during the year. We have 4 service
projects for the fall:
a)
Thursday
Oct 29 from 10-11:30 am/or 1:00-3pm We
will participate in operation Christmas child with the Champlain
Valley Assisted Living Center in Willsboro (10 Gillilland Lane,
Willsboro). Our group will bring supplies to pack15 boxes. Each
family participating will be asked to bring
7 or 8 of the same item (there is a sign up sheet in the hallway),
1
special gift, one shoe box
(either from shoes or a plastic shoebox) and money
to help ship the box
($7 or less for each family the participates). We will set up a store
where the youth will “shop” in teams to pack a box along with a
resident. The small groups will make a card to go in the box. We will
be packing boxes for the following groups: 5-9 girl (4 boxes), 5-9
boy (4 boxes), 10-14 girl (3 boxes) 10-14 boy (4 boxes). Following
the box packing we will do crafts with the residents. The nursing
home has asked if we could do crafts with the residents. They are
only interested in doing them if they think they are helping others
do them. The crafts are good for manual dexterity.
b)
The
Frances Project:
This is a county wide 4-H project. It is named in honor of the the
mother of Darlene Medeiros, the Clinton County 4-H assistant.
Frances, a resident of the Clinton County Nursing home, has
Alzheimer's. A gift of a baby doll has changed her life-- giving her
purpose and focus. The project's aim is to provide with a doll or
stuffed animal to all the Alzheimer's and dementia patients in area
nursing homes. The dolls and animals can either be new or gently
used. Youth will collect and clean the dolls, dress them and diaper
them, and wrap them in a blanket. The outfitted dolls will be given
to the nursing home residents. The doll/stuffed pet will wear a
bracelet with the residents name. We hope to present them in December
to the memory patients at the Champlain Valley Assisted Living
Center.
c)
Nursing
Home Visit: Our
annual nursing home holiday visit will be on Dec 17. We will visit 1
or 2 nursing homes depending on the group's interest. (Plattsburgh
Senior Housing and Champlain Valley Assisted Living Center). The
youth will present a holiday talent show (all talents accepted) and
interested youth with act out the Christmas story and sing related
carols with the members. We will have a small handbell choir that
practices in Dec.
d)
Cookies
for the homeless: We
will continue to bake cookies for the homeless in Montreal. Youth
make cookies and bring them in disposable containers and leave them
on the check in table. Mikayla Kyle brings the cookies to the couple
who collects them and puts them int eh brown bag lunches that gets
distributed in Montreal.
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There is no more yearly submission of project record books. Project
Record Books can be completed and entered into fair as a fair
project. They are a great way to organize what you learn. However,
the 4-H office has decided they are way to cumbersome to evaluate at
the end of each year. Starting OCT 1 of this year, all youth MUST
submit a project summary at the end of the year. This summary is a
simple 2 page form. Project Summary sheets can be found in each
family folder as well as each youths folder. They are to be a living
document that you update when you participate in 4-H activities. It
combines the portfolio and record book all in one. Youth who do NOT
submit the form do NOT get credit for being in 4-H.
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For youth who have been in 4-H for more than 2 years and you would
like to earn a project medal, you must have completed a minimum of 6
hours in the project area. Please sign up on the sheet in the hallway
or email me. I will submit the awards at the end of the month.
Reminder: You can do 4-H projects independently of the group. You can
take advantage of various learning opportunities to meet your
learning objectives.
OCTOBER
EVENTS:
--The
animal sub group will be visiting JEM Appaloosa horse farm in
Champlain on Thursday Oct 22 at 10am.
Bring a helmet if you have one. Otherwise, the farm will provide one.
We will be touring the barns and riding arena area and then learning
about the styles of riding. Following, the youth with divide into two
sections: Grade 7-12 to learn about advanced horse topics and Grade
K-6 to learn about grooming and equipment.
--Time
to start thinking about your public presentation topic. More
information will follow throughout the month.
NOVEMBER
EVENTS:
--November
2nd teams can sign up to compete in the Jr Iron Chef. The competition
will be held March 12th at the Potsdam Middle School. Teams consist
of 3-5 middle OR high school youth. Please sign up in the hall if you
would like to be on a team. Teams develop healthy
recipes using a combination of Local & USDA commodity foods and
prepare their creations at the competition. Sign up in the hall if
you are interested.
--There
is an Adirondack Stampede Charity Rodeo being held on November 6
& 7th in
Glens Falls. Linda & Sam from Essex county are trying to find
interest in attending this event, the tickets are $17 for adults and
$8 for youth. If there is enough interest for a group then group
tickets can be purchased. Contact the 4-H office if you are
interested.
--Registration
for Youth Equi Day at Miner Farm is now open on-line! Registration
for this event ends on midnight on Nov 2nd. This is a
pointed event & will be held on Saturday, November 7th,
2015 at Miner Farm Institute. It starts at 9:30 and is done at
11:30-12:00. Please dress accordingly as the event is held outdoors
in the horse barn. All youth who expressed interest in horse have
been registered. You will have gotten email confirmation of your
registration. If you have not received the confirmation, you are not
registered. In our country, you register if there is a remote change
you might go so you can earn your point. If you can not make it, you
don't go. But if you go and you have not registered you will not earn
your point. Points are needed for showing animals at fair. Youth
interested in riding or showing horses at fair need to earn one
point. You do not need to be interested in showing to attend this
event. Youth Equiday is an annual event at Miner Institute and has
been a wonderful learning opportunity year after year. The staff at
Miner makes the day very enjoyable, informative, and hands on. Please
bring a helmet if you have one.
--If
you are more interested in music than horses, the first meeting of
the two-county bluegrass club on Sat Nov 7 from 10-12. The location
will be announced. A professor from SUNY Plattsburgh will be speaking
about bluegrass and about the opportunities this year. The club is
open to any one who wants to learn an instrument, learn about
bluegrass music or just enjoy the music. There are potential
opportunities for lessons and loaned instruments. SUNY has a grant to
work with youth. None of the local schools are able to work with the
program, so SUNY is working with 4-H. Meetings will be held once a
month with additional meetings for lessons and activities.
--4-H is offering an exciting new opportunity to youth & adults! Jordy & Chelsea will be hosting a two hour long workshop called "Veggies 101" on Saturday, November 21st, 2015 from 10am-12pm at our office. This event is free of charge & open to any and all skill levels. We will be showing you some simple tricks and techniques on how to use and cook your favorite (and maybe not so favorite) vegetables! Register on-line: https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/Veggies101workshop_209
