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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 31 IN THIS ISSUE Agents Selected To Attend National 4-H Congress UPCOMING EVENTS
August 10
August 15
August 15
August 15
August 21-26
September 8-17
September 8-17
September 16
September 22-October 1
September 23
September 29-30
October 1-7
October 5-8
October 14
October 21
October 22-26
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/06-index.htm AGENTS SELECTED TO ATTEND NATIONAL 4-H CONGRESS 4-H agents have been selected by their regional staff to attend the 2006 National 4-H Congress in Atlanta. They are Jamie Harris, Warren County and Greg Austin, Monroe County. Jamie and Greg will join Western Region program leader, Anne Sortor; Extension specialist, Mike Buschermohle; Campbell County volunteer leader, Linda Harris; Director and State 4-H Leader, Alice Ann Moore; and state 4-H staff members Steve Sutton and Daniel Sarver as chaperons for Tennessee’s 35 delegates attending the event. Steve Sutton EXPLORING 4-H/SECRETARY RECORD BOOK GOING OUT TO COUNTIES Exploring 4-H (PB1653) and Secretary’s Record Book (F241) will again be available this year for use in your county programs. Publications and Services will begin to mail them out next week. The number you are being shipped is based on the number of 4th graders and number of clubs you reported on your ES237 last year. These publications had to be reprinted so it may be the last of August/first of September before they reach some of your offices. Steve Sutton KNOX COUNTY VOLUNTEER FIRST TO REGISTER FOR SRLF Congratulations to Knox County leader Betty Sue Nichols for being the first to register for the 2006 Southern Region Leader Forum! The forum will be held October 5-8 at the Rock Eagle 4-H Center in Eatonton, Georgia. We are hosting this year and have many volunteers working on different subcommittees. Please don’t forget to register even if you are involved in committee work and make sure you send your registration in on time! Registration for this year’s forum is $205 per delegate and includes meals, lodging and three t-shirts. Please visit the Tennessee 4-H Volunteer Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/volunteers/rockeagle/ for more information about the event. You may download a registration form directly at 4h.tennessee.edu/volunteers/rockeagle/TNregpacket06.pdf. Please note that ALL registration materials are due back to the state 4-H office by Carmen Burgos MEET THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE STATE 4-H STAFF
Carmen has been the Extension specialist for volunteer development since April 17. Her responsibilities also include managing the volunteer database, 4-H enrollment and the Life Skills Evaluation System. Carmen graduated from the University of Puerto Rico completing a B.S. in home economics with minors in textiles and clothing and Extension education. She received an M.S. in textiles and clothing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Carmen began her Extension career as a county agent doing 4-H work in Pasco County, Florida in 1990. She moved to Tennessee in 1996 and served as an area specialist in Smoky Mountain District for eight years. From 2004-2006, she served as county Extension director and FCS agent in Anderson County. Carmen enjoys decorative painting and enjoys sharing with family and friends. She has three children, Vanessa, Carlos and Roberto and two granddaughters, Illina and Reylina. For contact information on Carmen and other members of the Tennessee state 4-H staff, go to 4h.tennessee.edu/staff/. Alice Ann Moore WHY 4-H CAMPING? The 4-H camping season may be winding down, but now is the time to think about how to take full advantage of our 4-H camps next year. The National 4-H Camping Handbook (USDA) describes 4-H camping as “generally the most intensive delivery system there is in 4-H programming.” Below are described some of the positive characteristics of 4-H camping:
We, as 4-H youth development professionals, must do all we can to make sure camp is satisfying life skill development and is educational. Doing so increases the relevance and meaningfulness of the camping experience. We should also do all we can to make camp fun, recreational, and leisurely. Doing so increases the motivation to learn and the enthusiasm to seek new experiences. Camp is the most intimate 4-H experience, involving close contact of youth with each other and with teen and adult leaders. This leadership influence can do much to shape attitudes, character and personality. This makes camp a time of high influence in the life of a child. Because of this, we must see 4-H camp as a crucial part of the 4-H experience. Time and again, former 4-H’ers remember camp as the one of the major highlights of their 4-H career. Daniel Sarver THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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We have had several new additions to the state 4-H staff recently. We want to welcome them to the state 4-H office and will introduce you to them over the next few weeks. This week we would like you to meet Carmen Burgos.
