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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 02 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Medals Are Still
Available UPCOMING EVENTS January 21-22
January 30-February 2
January 31
February 1
February 1
February 3
February 7
February 8
February 15
February 28-March 1
March 1
March 1
March 8
March 21-23
March 30-April 5
March 31
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/03-index.htm 4-H MEDALS ARE STILL AVAILABLE All the clothing medals are gone, but we still have a few garden, photography and swine medals left. There are plenty of horse medals. If any of these will meet your recognition needs, please let us know. Steve Sutton 25 4-H S.O.S. MINI-GRANT PROPOSALS SUBMITTED 4-H S.O.S. received 25 mini-grant proposals for the January 15 deadline. Congratulations to the following groups on the hard work they've already put into their service learning projects: Western District
Central District
Cumberland District
Smoky Mountain District
Lori Jean Mantooth 2002 HONOR CLUB MEMBERSHIP DATA Congratulations are in order for all 4-H agents, volunteers and teen leaders who encouraged 4-H'ers to apply for Honor Club membership last year. A total of 317 4-H'ers were initiated into the Honor Club during the 2002 calendar year. Henry County initiated the most Honor Club members in 2002 with 22. Other counties in the top five included Knox County (20), Stewart County (14), Williamson County (11) and Sumner County (10). The Central District was the top district with 87 initiates, followed closely by the Smoky Mountain District with 85 and the Cumberland District with 83. Additional data on Honor Club initiates may be found on the web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/honorclub/howmany.htm. Remember Honor Club is a recognition program. Honor Club recognizes members for participation in educational opportunities; membership does not involve winning any kind of competition. Members receive points on the application form just for participating. Any 4-H'er meeting a minimum number of points can achieve Honor Club recognition. An active Honor Club is an indication of a quality teen program. Why not invite your outstanding 4-H members to an application party hosted by your Honor Club members? Don't delay. Start your 4-H members working on their Honor Club applications today! We're awaiting your applications for 2003. Steve Sutton 2003 TENNESSEE 4-H/LABO JAPANESE EXCHANGE We are very fortunate that our 4-H program in Tennessee includes an international exchange with Japan. Tennessee 4-H members have experienced the joy of hosting or visiting Japanese youth or adults in their homes for the past 21 years! An international component to the 4-H program is a real asset. I received a letter from the organization that helps coordinate the exchange with Japan and I would like to quote remarks made by President Bush regarding international exchange programs:
The 4-H/LABO Japanese Exchange is a great opportunity. It is one of the largest exchange programs involving North American and Japanese youth in the world. Since it began in 1972, approximately 39,000 students have stayed with families in 39 states, including Tennessee, and more than 6,300 American students have made reciprocal visits to Japan. I encourage you to market this program to families in your county. The program gives host families a chance to share their culture, friendship, and family life with an exchange student and at the same time learn about Japanese life. A packet of information and application forms for the summer program will be sent to each county in the weekly mail packets. Please share this information with 4-H families in your county. Applications are due by April 1, 2003. The program offers the following opportunities:
Contact person for applications and information: Carmen G. Parrilla, Extension Area Specialist, 4-H, Smoky Mountain District (865) 577-9963 or Tammie Cole, Secretary, state 4-H office (865) 974-7434 Carmen G. Parrilla KIDS' VIDEO CONTEST OFFERS FUN-AND RECOGNITION Do kids need to know first aid? You bet! And how better to teach them to handle burns, shocks, choking and blood than with hands-on practice? That's why Seattle child-guidance publisher Parenting Press is sponsoring a first aid video contest for kids in conjunction with the publication of its revised "Kids to the Rescue: First Aid Techniques for Kids" (ISBN 1-884734-78-2, $8.95, 72 pages). Children and teenagers 14 and younger can use skits or puppets to create 5-7-minute videos showing three or more first aid techniques for the "Kids to the Rescue: Focus on First Aid and Fun" contest, which is described at www.ParentingPress.com/facontest.html. Maribeth Boelts, the Iowa teacher who co-authored the book with her firefighter husband Darwin, calls the video an ideal project for school classes, youth groups and after-school care programs. Children as young as kindergarten can successfully handle most of the first aid techniques in the Boeltses' book. Entries will be evaluated for their accuracy in depicting emergency situations and appropriate first aid. Other criteria are appropriateness and appeal to the elementary-age audience. Award-winning videos will be publicized on the Parenting Press web site. All entries will be considered for publication by Parenting Press. For more information, including entry forms and teacher/leader tips, see www.ParentingPress.com/media.html or the contest web site. Steve Sutton LAST CALL FOR 4-H BEEKEEPING ESSAYS Just a reminder to everyone that essays for The Federation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc.'s essay contest are due in the state 4-H office no later than February 1, 2003. The contest was first announced in the August 30 (Volume 02:Number 34) issue of your Tennessee 4-H Ideas newsletter and a copy of the rules can be found online at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas02/links/beerules.htm. The contest is open to all active 4-H members. Please encourage your 4-H'ers to participate. Steve Sutton MEET THE STATE 4-H STAFF!-LESA WILKERSON We want you to know more about the people who work in the state 4-H office. We will be featuring a different staff member each week in Ideas. Keep reading to find out about another one of our team. Lesa Wilkerson is an administrative secretary in the state 4-H office. Her duties include assisting Steve Sutton, Peggy Adkins and Lori Jean Mantooth. She also is the backup person for Tammie Cole, senior budget clerk. Lesa has been with the 4-H office since July 2002. Although Lesa was not a 4-H'er, she has a great love and respect for what 4-H represents. She enjoys knowing that in some small way she is contributing to the lives of our young people. Lesa is the mother of two children and the grandmother of Sheridan Nicole age 2 ½ who lives in California. When she is not working, she enjoys reading, writing poetry, hiking and gardening. Lesa lives with a small menagerie of animals in her 1899 bungalow. She is looking forward to someday restoring her home. Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist
has a better time on the trip.
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