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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 33 IN THIS ISSUE Celebrate National Neighborhood Day UPCOMING EVENTS
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 CELEBRATE NATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DAY Sunday, September 17, 2006 is National Neighborhood Day. National Neighborhood Day encourages neighbors to gather together in a block party, a service/improvement project or a simple day of fun. As neighbors refresh existing relationships and establish new ones, they build connections that inspire collaboration, individual leadership and civic participation throughout the year. Visit www.neighborhoodday.org to find free, user-friendly tools to help you plan, organize and spread the word about your event including ideas for your gathering. Questions? Please contact Zoe Hunton or Nan Becker at National Neighborhood Day: info@neighborhoodday.org or 401-454-3183. Steve Sutton COUNTY 4-H PROGRAMS INVITED TO APPLY FOR REAL 4-H! GRANTS Coca-Cola and 4-H have combined efforts to support 4-H’ers leading community-based environmental stewardship projects across the United States and its territories. REAL 4-H! is a program that will Refresh the Environment with Action Leaders in local communities nationwide. The goal of REAL 4-H! is to implement youth-led grass-roots outreach programs that raise awareness of their communities’ environmental responsibilities regarding water quality, recycling, and community beautification. This effort, a natural extension of the Coca-Cola Company’s commitment to environmental responsibility, will help 4-H further its work in environmental education and earth sciences projects as a part of the Science, Engineering and Technology program focus area. Through REAL 4-H!, National 4-H Council is offering mini-grants to engage youth in hands-on, science-based, experiential learning that will develop and enhance the young people’s ability to identify and understand environmental issues in their communities while enabling them to provide leadership toward solving the issues. Grants will be awarded to county-based 4-H programs in one of three categories selected by the applicant:
Successful applications will be those that present innovative and creative environmental science within the required categories, incorporate the essential elements of 4-H, reach a large number of youth, partner with local organizations, actively promote the partnership with Coca-Cola, and make a difference in their communities. The deadline for submitting grant applications is Contact Ron Drum, National Coordinator, 4-H Afterschool via email at rdrum@fourhcouncil.edu or call 301-961-2814 with any questions about the grants or application.
Steve Sutton HENRY COUNTY FAIR COUNTRY HAM PROJECT Seventeen 4-H members participated in the first ever Henry County country ham project. Members met a total of five times to complete the country ham curing process. All hams were cured at the facilities of Clifty Farms in Paris. Members paid $60 to purchase two green hams for curing. They would enter one in the fair, and keep the other. On Thursday, July 3, members met at the fairgrounds to present a speech that detailed their country ham curing experience. Members also chose the ham they would enter in the fair contest and took the second ham home. On Wednesday, July 9, country hams were judged and awarded ribbons. Members also turned in their record books and those were judged. The final score to determine Grand Champion was composed of 40% speech score, 10% record book score and 50% ham score. Age division champions and reserve champions were chosen, and then an overall grand champion was named. Each received a plaque. The grand champion received a $100.00 premium. Division champs received $50.00 and reserve champs received $25.00. All exhibitors received a ribbon. On Saturday, August 12, the country ham auction was held under the farmer’s market pavilion at the fairgrounds. Many members of the community came to bid and support the youth. Auction prices paid for hams ranged from a high of $550.00 to a low of $400.00 with the average price paid being $434.29. The total paid out at auction was $7400.00. Given the retail price of a whole country ham is $1.79/lb and 275 lbs of ham were sold, the total sponsorship from the buyers was $6,964.71. The 4-H members enjoyed the curing process and learned a tremendous amount about curing hams. Many of them were able to have discussions will older family members about the home curing process. We had a great amount of community support for the project and think that it will grow by leaps and bounds next year. Staci Foy JOIN THE 4-H BRAND NETWORK Clover Corner News proudly introduces the 4-H Brand Network - the first community of its kind where 4-H brand advocates (that’s you!) can come together to strengthen the 4-H image. What is the 4-H Brand Network? It is an interactive community where 4-H enthusiasts - members, volunteers, staff and alumni - can join together to increase awareness of 4-H across America. Over the next few months, Clover Corner News (4hblogs.org/ccn/) will become your primary source of information about the 4-H Brand Network including the premiere of the 4-H Brand Network intranet site – an interactive resource and forum where all those involved in 4-H can go to learn, share and apply ideas and resources that will enhance the 4-H brand in your community. The site will feature tools and interactive resources designed to make promoting 4-H easier than ever before! If you are interested in receiving updates about the 4-H Brand Network, visit 4HMediaResources.org to sign up for more information. If you have any questions, contact Laura Phillips Garner at lgarner@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2973 or Allyson McMahan at amcmahan@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2915. Steve Sutton MEET THE NEWEST MEMBERS OF THE STATE 4-H STAFF
Cathye is a native of Miami, Florida, but moved to Meigs County in 1976. Before transferring to Knoxville, she worked in the Meigs County UT Extension office for 23 years with Clare Nell Breeden, Tom Swanks and most recently Meagen Brown. Cathye lists her reason for moving to Knoxville as being closer to her two daughters Denise Shannon and Debby Wilkes and her five grandchildren, Lauren, Kyle and Reid Shannon and Hanna and Johnny Wilkes. Her son Danny has just graduated from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City and is temporarily living with Kathy in Knoxville. Cathye says, “I’m excited about my move and getting settled. I’m looking forward to making new friends and enjoying all Knoxville has to offer. For contact information on Cathye and other members of the Tennessee state 4-H staff, go to 4h.tennessee.edu/staff/. Alice Ann Moore NATIONAL 4-H WEEK KIT ADDS MORE RESOURCES
National 4-H Week - October 1-7, 2006 - is fast approaching. If you’re looking for items to promote National 4-H Week in your community, look no further! 4HMediaResources.org is your place to download kit materials. And new this month are the National 4-H Week brochure, fact sheets about the 4-H movement (that you can also use year-round), interview talking points and materials for media personalities to help you promote National 4-H Week. Check out the new National 4-H Week Web banners which come in four different sizes. The banners also are available as moving .gif files. Ask those in your community to upload the banners and link to your Web site to promote National 4-H Week (Tip: Link the Web banners directly to the “Find out more about 4-H…” page of your 4-H Web site.) The complete kit contains logos, print materials, ads, media relations materials, tip sheets, activity ideas and more. Many of the materials are available in a version that you can easily save and open in Microsoft Word, customize with your community and contact information and print on color printers. All files are in .jpeg (graphics), Adobe .PDF and Microsoft Word. A link to help you download the Adobe Reader software is right on the site. You should find these materials helpful in promoting National 4-H Week across communities. Once you have used the tools provided, please take a moment to fill out the survey so National 4-H Week 2007 can be even better! If you have any questions, please contact Allyson McMahan at amcmahan@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2915. Steve Sutton OKLAHOMA STATE OFFERS TWO NEW ONLINE DEGREES Oklahoma State University is pleased to announce two new online degrees: Master of Agriculture and Master of Science in Agriculture Education, Communications and 4-H Youth Development. Both degrees are offered asynchronously using Desire to Learn and Moodle content management systems. Students can learn more about the degrees at aged.okstate.edu/distance.html. For more information, contact Dr. Kathleen Kelsey at kathleen.kelsey@okstate.edu or 405-744-8137. Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If you're yearning for the good old days, just turn off the air conditioning.
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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. New to the state 4-H office, but certainly not UT Extension, is our administrative secretary Cathye Mathis. 
