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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 37 IN THIS ISSUE Gear Up For LifeSmarts! UPCOMING EVENTS September 19-28
September 20
September 21-25
October 2-5
October 3-4
October 5-11
October 9-11
October 25
November 10
November 28-December 2
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 LifeSmarts online competition will open Monday, September 22. In Tennessee, it will run through December 31. Teams invited to state competition will be notified shortly after the first of the year. Twelve teams will be invited to the state contest this year. The state contest is tentatively set for March 6 at a location near the center of the state. The location will be announced at a later date. To register as a coach, log onto the LifeSmarts Web site at www.lifesmarts.org. Also, check out the Tennessee LifeSmarts Web page by clicking on the LifeSmarts link from the homepage at www.utextension.utk.edu/fcs/. Currently, there are links to nutrition and food safety Web sites from the Tennessee site that provide the most important and concise information in those subject areas. We will be posting similar links to the other subject areas by early October. I will be sending 4-H Youth Development Agents directions for registering as a coach and how to operate the online contest as an attachment to an e-mail message. When you register as a coach, you will receive a free coach’s guide and some promotional pamphlets. Take advantage of the opportunity to involve lots of high school youth in learning about becoming wise consumers. The information they learn through LifeSmarts may help them to make wise financial decisions and avoid debt or bankruptcy. Denise J. Brandon JUNIOR HIGH RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITY Many counties do not take advantage of the Junior High Continuing Service Award provided by the Tennessee 4-H Alumni, Inc. The award is to recognize junior high 4-H members who have:
Each county may recommend two members. In addition to these two members, you may recommend one member for each 100, or major fraction thereof, junior high 4-H members in your county. This number is based on the junior high enrollment on July 1 of the current calendar year. You should recommend your recipients to us on the Tennessee Junior High 4-H Continuing Service Award Nomination Form available from the state 4-H office or the 4-H forms page at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/forms&materials/. Each recipient will receive a Tennessee Junior High Continuing Service Award certificate. There is no cost to the county, and a member can receive the award only one time. Steve Sutton STATE JUDGING DAY IS OCTOBER 25 Fall judging day is scheduled for Saturday, October 25, on The University of Tennessee, Agriculture Campus, Knoxville. Registration will be at 1:00 p.m. with competition at beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event will climax with an awards banquet at 5:30 p.m. in the Hollingsworth Plant Science Auditorium. Counties participating in the state competition include:
Details concerning the contest were sent via email on September 17 to those counties participating. Anyone failing to receive this information should contact the state 4-H office. Steve Sutton STATE 4-H STAFF COMMITTED TO COUNTY PROGRAMMING Those of us who work with 4-H and youth are very aware that there is always more work than we can get done and we certainly do not look for one more thing to do. However, the state 4-H staff... Steve, Jill, Patrick, Lori Jean and I have a commitment to the 4-H program in this state. We also feel strongly that our office serves as a resource to 4-H agents, along with the area 4-H specialists. As you know, the budget is tight and we are all short staffed. However this is our notice to you that we will make visits to your counties when possible to assist you in volunteerism, youth/adult partnerships, youth leadership, sustaining service learning, planning and organizing project groups, inschool clubs, school enrichment groups, camping and all of those things encompassed in those clubs and groups. We are available to come to banquets or special recognition programs. We ask that you notify us of your request for assistance or an invitation to an event at least a month in advance. When asking for assistance, please give us a couple of alternative dates if possible. Visiting county programs keeps us connected to you and to the youth. We have a great 4-H program in Tennessee and we appreciate the effort in positive youth development that you do every day. Alice Ann Moore TENNESSEE YOUTH/ADULT PARTNERSHIP TRAINING TEAM The state 4-H office is pleased to announce an opportunity for 25 youth, volunteer leaders and Extension agents (approximately 8 each) to serve on the Tennessee Youth-Adult Partnership Training Team (TYAP). This group will receive a free training curriculum from the National 4-H Council entitled “Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual.” This training team will receive a free one-day train-the-trainer seminar this fall that will enable them to train groups of individuals at the local, district and state levels. TYAP members will be responsible for going back into their county and district programs and offering training in youth-adult partnerships to Extension agents, volunteer leaders, and 4-H members. Reporting the training outcomes and evaluation data to the state 4-H office will also be requested from TYAP. This opportunity is made possible through a grant from the National 4-H Council. The objectives of this grant include training over 1000 youth and adults to work together to solve community issues by December 2004. If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of TYAP, please contact Patrick Hamilton at the state 4-H office at 865-974-2128 or via email at patrick@utk.edu. Patrick Hamilton URL CORRECTED FOR 2004 4-H CALENDAR OF EVENTS A tentative calendar of events for 2004 can be found on the Tennessee 4-H Web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/calendar/2004.htm. Some dates and locations are still to be determined and will be added as details are finalized. We will try to keep you posted of changes/additions in future Ideas articles. Steve Sutton WE’RE MAKING PLANS FOR 4-H WEEK!!! The state 4-H staff is busy getting ready for National 4-H Week, October 5-11. We would like to share the things we have planned with you.
How about you? What will you be doing to celebrate 4-H? We would like to share the things you have planned for National 4-H Week through the Tennessee 4-H Web site. We hope Extension agents, volunteer leaders and 4-H members will let us know what’s being done in counties across the state by post their activities to the Web site at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/promo/. Those doing so will be eligible for cash awards up to $300. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If you haven’t got the time to do it right,
when will you find the time to do it over?
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