TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS

VOLUME 04 - Issue 28
July 16, 2004

4-H NAME AND EMBLEM GRAPHIC STANDARDS

During the 4-H in-service in April, I discussed the 4-H name and emblem graphics and published an article regarding the same subject in IDEAS. The latest information available can be downloaded from the National 4-H Headquarters Web site at www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/4h_name.htm.

According to Wanda Russell, Publications Editor in Marketing and Communications Services, there are some common misuses that are often found in our written communications. Listed below are those misuses along with suggestions:

For more information, check out the Web site and “Be Proud!” of the 4-H logo; it sends a message of positive youth development.

Alice Ann Moore
Assistant Director, 4-H
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ENROLLMENT REPORT DUE AUGUST 16

All counties should be completing their annual reports in preparation for the August 16 4-H enrollment report deadline. The 4-H enrollment Web site has been updated and can be found at:

There have been changes to the reporting process so it is critical to visit the Web site and use the updated forms. Beginning in 2004, all activity participation should be reported through the computer enrollment program. In addition to the computer generated report, three supplemental narratives should also be completed. The Web site provides guidelines for completing all sections of the report.

Please contact your regional IT specialist if you have any problems with completing and generating your report. Contact Jill Martz if you have any questions about project codes, delivery methods or activity reporting.

Jill Martz
Extension Specialist, 4-H
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FAQ ON THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE’S PROMISE AND AMERICA’S PROMISE

Q: How does 4-H provide the second promise of America’s Promise, safe places?

A: This particular promise is intended to provide children and youth with safe places where structured activities take place during non-school hours. This would encompass many 4-H programs, which occur after the school day, on weekends or during the summer. An obvious example of a 4-H program providing safe places would be the
4-H camping centers.

Nathan Myers
AmeriCorps Promise Fellow/UT’s Promise Coordinator
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NATIONAL 4-H WEEK WILL CELEBRATE 4-H ONLINE!
(Source: Clover Corner News, Extra, Volume 1, Issue 18)

4-H Online! is the theme for National 4-H Week 2004 as 4-H members, volunteers and staff from across the nation celebrate the 4-H community of young people across America from Oct. 3-9, 2004.

According to the Pew Internet Project (2003), 93 percent of young people ages 10–18 are actively online and want to find the information they need from online sources. 4-H is at the forefront of youth development organizations using the Internet with national, state and county 4-H programs and 4-H clubs actively developing new and more innovative online presences with the support of the National 4-H Youth Technology Team, state and county 4-H youth technology teams and the 4-HUSA Web Crew.

The 4-HUSA Web Crew is a group of 14 teens from across the United States charged with designing 4-husa.org, 4-H’s first national Web site exclusively for, by and about youth. The 4-HUSA Web Crew will design and manage the Web site, which will demonstrate the size, diversity and value of the 4-H adventure. Wilson County’s own Jared Pickens is a member of the 4-HUSA Web Crew.

4-H clubs and county and state 4-H programs will be able to use National 4-H Week to showcase theirWeb sites to the media and will be asked to cross promote
4-husa.org. A National 4-H Week media kit with a customizable media advisory, feature story and photos will be available online in early August to help county and state 4-H programs promote 4-H Online! through their National 4-H Week events.

Visit www.4husablogs.org/national4-hweek2004 in early August for access to the kit. Contact Laura Phillips Garner at National 4-H Council at lgarner@fourhcouncil.edu for more information.

Patrick Hamilton
Extension Assistant, 4-H
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.
~ Franklin P. Jones