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Adult Horse Camp Klickitat County 4-H Adult Horse Camp will be held September 28-30, 2007 at the Klickitat County Fairgrounds in Goldendale, WA. Registration is $200 for six, two-hour classes. Lesson choices include Western Equitation, Dressage, Gaming, Playground 101, Jumping, Drill Team, Cattle Sorting and Saddle Fitting/Body Mechanics. Electrical and water hookups are available for a fee; payable on arrival. For more info contact Nancy at 509-773-4746. Second Annual 4-H Alumni and Friends Gathering at Forum As a new feature to the State 4-H Forum, the Washington 4-H Foundation and the Washington State 4-H Advisory Board are hosting the Washington 4-H Alumni Association's annual gathering on Saturday, October 20th from 5-6:30pm. We will feature all of the past Hall of Fame inductees from the Southeast District and you will have the opportunity to visit and remember great 4-H times with former 4-H'ers and friends of 4-H. There is no cost to attend the Alumni/Friends reception. Please RSVP to Chuck Todd at toddc@puyallup.wsu.edu to alert him of the number of folks you'll have attending. 4-H Rocks Your World! NW District Teen Rally, Pierce County, October 26-28 Enjoy the warmth of heated cabins on 600 pristine acres with a spectacular view of Mount Rainier . The Northwest District Teen Rally is right around the corner. Get the word out because we don't want teens to miss out! Go to the following website http://www.pierce.wsu.edu/4-H/TeenRally.htm for brochures, workshop descriptions and more information. All youth's registrations, fees, and forms will go into each county office first. Each county will then send them to the Pierce County Office in time to be received by Friday, October 12th. Annual Competition for High School Students As you may recall, a faculty group was appointed in April to explore the concept of hosting an annual academic competition for high school students. A small steering group, led by Grant Norton, associate dean, College of Engineering and Architecture, is leading the planning effort, and Tena Old, University Relations, is providing staff support for the project. The group spent a great deal of time this past summer talking with high school educators and administrators around the state to determine the feasibility of the concept and to shape the contest. They are also working with an external advisory group who is providing outstanding counsel. Support has been unanimous with people expressing enthusiasm for the unique concept of students addressing a real-life issue, for involving disciplines other than math and science, and for the opportunity students will have to address the challenge in a multi-disciplinary format. The competition will take place in Pullman, May 9-11, 2008. This year's topic will be “Power Your Future.” Students may choose one of three challenges involving design, science, policy and/or behavior shifts away from the world's dependence upon fossil fuels. Denis Hayes has accepted our invitation to present the keynote address. Mr. Hayes is the President of the Bullitt Foundation and board chair of the International Earth Day Network as well as the immediate past chair of the Energy Foundation. This competition will first be made known publicly at some of the events in Seattle next week. It will be formally launched in November. We look forward to sharing much more about this exciting endeavor with you very soon. In the meantime, if you have questions, feel free to contact either Tena Old at skeen@wsu.edu or Grant Norton at mg_norton@wsu.edu. 1 in 10 youths in WA lives in poverty: Forwarded from seattlepi.com About one in 10 youths in Washington lives in poverty, the fourth-lowest rate in the nation, according to 2006 figures released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. While this is encouraging news clearly we have a great more work to do to make Washington the very best place for a child to grow up. Read the full article at: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/329435_census29.html. We Need Your Help! Become a Foster Parent. Service Alternatives, a multi-faceted human services agency, is in the process of a statewide recruitment effort to increase the number of the foster homes for children. Service Alternatives receives approximately 2 to 5 children per week that need a foster home. Unfortunately, foster homes are in short supply throughout the state of Washington and it is sometimes difficult to find foster homes in a child's home community. Currently there are over 300 children in foster care in the Tri-Cities alone and many children from our area must be placed in other communities. If you would like to open your home, and your heart, to a child in foster care, or if you would like more information, please contact me at (509) 374-9598, visit our web site at www.servalt.com . Interested in Involving Youth and Their Families? Download the free training activities for preparing frontline youth workers in three key National Collaboration for Youth competency areas. These three new training modules are available for use by youth workers responsible to the professional development and training of front-line youth workers (both paid and volunteer). Use individual activities or each module for a full day training. The modules cover the following competencies:
Enjoy these great publications out of the National Youth Development Learning Network, National Collaboration for Youth. Free Online Breeze Training: “Focus on Research Designs: Improving Your Child and Youth Focused Research” National 4-H Headquarters, USDA and the CYFERnet Teen Editorial Board are Co-Sponsoring a Free Online Breeze Training: “Focus on Research Designs: Improving Your Child and Youth Focused Research” on October 16, 2007 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern Time. This presentation will assist new researchers and practitioners in how to navigate the pitfalls and take advantage of resources as they design and implement social science research studies with a child and youth focus. Attendees will learn about designing a good research project, issues surrounding measurement and psychometrics, issues surrounding established data, and questionnaire and survey design. About the Presenters: Dr. Elizabeth Hair is the Program Area Director for Health and a Senior Research Scientist at Child Trends. Her current research focuses on the mental well-being and health behaviors of parents, children and adolescents, the link between parents' education and children's health, the influence of social relationships and skills on children's development, positive youth development, and the successful transition to adulthood. She has also studied the impact of welfare policies on children and families. In addition, she has extensive training and experience in research methods and statistical analysis. Dr. Lina Guzman is a Senior Research Scientist at Child Trends with a specialty in family demography and survey research. Her current research focuses on union formation among vulnerable couples, child care, and questionnaire development. Her past research has examined the intersection between work and family, positive youth development, and inter-generational ties. Space is Limited. For more information and to register visit http://cyfernet.ces.ncsu.edu/mn/training/user.php?r=48 . Contact Suzanne Le Menestrel by email: slemenestrel@csrees.usda.gov or phone: (202) 720-2297 with questions. Reading Makes Cents, Afterschool Curriculum Pilot Sites Needed Extension educators are being recruited to pilot the Reading Makes Cents, financial literacy and readying curriculum for grades 3-5. Please share with interested faculty and staff. Contacts should be made directly to Claudia Mincemoyer. Reading Makes Cents is a financial literacy and reading curriculum for children in grades 3-5. The goals of the curriculum are to 1) introduce children to basic money management concepts such as saving, sharing, spending, managing, earning, borrowing and lending; 2) use children's literature as a tool to attract youth to the topic of financial management; 3) improve children's attitudes toward reading; 4) support literacy and literacy-related activities in the home, and 5) provide opportunities for youth to practice important life and money skills.
Please email Claudia Mincemoyer at cxm324@psu.edu if you are interested in piloting this curriculum between October 2007 and January 2008. Please include your name, email and potential sites where you may pilot the curriculum. Interested pilot sites will be sent the URL to access the curriculum in early October. Completion of an online survey by the adult helper to provide feedback on the curriculum is a requirement to pilot the curriculum. 2008 National Camping Institute Virginia will host the 2008 National Camping Institute. It will take place March 27-31, 2008 at the Skelton 4-H Center. Please note the early bird deadline is December 14, 2007. The website for NCI can be found at http://www.ext.vt.edu/resources/4h/2008nci. Call for Proposals - National Camping Institute (NCI) The NCI event will be held March 27-31, 2008 at the W.E. Skelton 4-H Educational Center, Smith Mt. Lake, Virginia. The idea is to bring and share the brightest and best ideas on camping in one location. National 4-H Hall of Fame Honors M.-A. Lucas On October 5, 2008, M.-A. Lucas will be inducted into the National 4-H Hall of Fame at the National 4-H Center. The founding Director of the United States Army Child and Youth Programs, M.-A. Lucas manages a system of integrated child care and youth supervision options delivered to more than 458,000 children ages 4 weeks to 18 years at 125 locations around the world. These services are provided through a delivery system that includes child development centers, family child care home networks, before/after school-age programs, youth centers for middle school and teens, and school transition services. Services are also delivered through partnerships with community organizations, schools, and parent referrals to off post programs. Military Child Care Programs have been cited by numerous professional, government, and media sources as a “model for the nation”. In 1995 M.- A. initiated an Interagency Agreement with National 4-H at USDA to link the resources of the Land Grant University Extension System to Army Child and Youth Services -- providing training and technical assistance for Army staff and professional development opportunities to 4-H youth development professionals. The 4-H Army Youth Development Project has brought 4-H faculty to all Army Regional offices and provided Military 4-H grants to states in support of 4-H clubs on Army installations and Operation: Military Kids grants for support to youth of deployed Guard, Reserve, and active duty soldiers. Over 11,000 Army youth are members of 429 4-H clubs in all states in the US , Korea , and Europe . Almost 900 Army staff are 4-H Leaders in these clubs. Understanding the value of 4-H Club membership to Army youth and the resources of the Cooperative Extension System to Army youth programs, M.-A. has expanded 4-H to new audiences and created new ways to work collaboratively. I am very pleased that M.-A.'s significant contributions to 4-H will be recognized nationally by 4-H. Ohio 4-H Military Liaison to receive the NAE4-HA 2007 4-H/Army Youth Development Project Salute Ward It is my pleasure to announce that Dr. Theresa Ferarri, 4-H Military Liaison for the state of Ohio has been selected to receive the NAE4-HA 2007 4-H/Army Youth Development Project Salute Ward. This award is a testament to the quality and depth of work that Theresa has accomplished on behalf of National Guard and Army Reserve children in the state of Ohio. Theresa serves as the Operation: Military Kids coordinator in the state of Ohio and has developed a number of support programs for military children across the state. Through her leadership, Ohio 4-H has been able to offer a number of programs to military children whose parents have been deployed overseas. These programs include a variety camping programs, family activities and youth leadership opportunities. Theresa has been recognized for her efforts with the state Epsilon Sigma Phi Team Teaching Award in 2006 and the Program Excellence Award from the American Camp Association ( Ohio ) in 2007. The 4-H/Army Youth Development Project Salute Award will be presented to Dr. Ferarri at the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents National Conference in October in Atlanta, GA. Congratulations, Theresa! Alaska 4-H & Youth Development Agent to receive the NAE4-HA 2007 4-H Air Force Aim High Award I am very pleased to announce that Candi Dierenfield, 4-H & Youth Development Agent, Fairbanks North Star County, Alaska has been selected to receive the NAE4-HA 2007 4-H Air Force Aim High Award. The award will be presented during the NAE4-HA awards banquet on October 25 in Atlanta , GA. Candi has worked closely with Eielson Air Force staff to establish 4-H clubs on base and to provide support to children of deployed service members. She has provided training and professional development opportunities to Air Force staff and has integrated these military programs and youth into the ongoing 4-H Extension programs in her county and state. Congratulations, Candi! Job Opportunity: Recreation and Urban Youth Development The School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota is seeking a tenure track faculty position in Recreation and Urban Youth Development. Job Opportunity : State 4-H Animal Science (non-Equine) Specialist Clemson University, Clemson, SC is seeking applicants for a State 4-H Animal Science Specialist is a member of the Extension Staff.
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a reminder that when you have new Extension staff that will be working
in some capacity with 4-H, please let Nancy in the State 4-H Office
know. They will be added to mailing lists, added to the 4-H Talk list
serve, sent a 4-H Welcome Packet, and be assigned a state 4-H staff
person as a point of contact, as appropriate. 4-H News is sent via the 4-H Talk list serve each week. Archived copies of previous weeks “Tuesday 4-H News” are available on the 4-H web site: http://4h.wsu.edu. Please send submissions by Friday of each week to Tiffany Boswell, State 4-H Office, tiffany_boswell@wsu.edu. Detailed event information and registrations forms can be found on the 4-H web site. |
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