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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 06 - Issue 40 IN THIS ISSUE Congress Passes Federal Youth Coordination Act UPCOMING EVENTS
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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 CONGRESS PASSES FEDERAL YOUTH COORDINATION ACT Congress passed the Federal Youth Coordination Act in the early hours of Saturday morning, renaming it the Tom Osborne Federal Youth Coordination Act, after its congressional champion. It now moves to the President for his signature. This is no small accomplishment, because of what FYCA will do: bridge the silos of fragmented policies and programs across twelve Federal departments and agencies that administer programs for at-risk youth. That in and of itself is significant, but that these meetings will also include community- and faith-based organizations, and youth is, quite frankly, groundbreaking. This legislation is significant for the Collaboration and its members. There is no finer example of the National Collaboration for Youth earning its name than the Federal Youth Coordination Act. The public policy staff of member organizations, collectively dubbed the Washington Group, seized upon the opportunity of the White House Task Force for Disadvantaged Youth to craft legislation that would advance their shared goal - more effective and comprehensive strategies for America's youth. And Collab members, along with allies they recruited along the way, became one of two driving forces for this bill, the other being the office of Representative Tom Osborne. Please trumpet this success to your constituents as a success for your network and for Collaboration. We extend heartfelt thanks to NCY members and supporters (www.youthcoordinationact.org/supportingorgs/) of the bill. Now, we ask one more thing: please take a few minutes to contact Congress and thank them, too. If you have specific questions about the legislation, or what happens next, please contact Renée Carl at renee@nassembly.org. More information: "The Federal Youth Coordination Bill will create a Federal Youth Development Council bringing senior officials from all departments together with state and local officials, foundations, researchers, faith- and community-based organizations, and, most importantly, young people themselves to bring new focus and attention to developing an overarching, coherent and effective approach to youth policy. In his remarks from the floor, Congressman Tom Osborne, the sponsor of the legislation, noted that 'This legislation was developed with the assistance of a number of organizations and has been endorsed by over 250 organizations. I want to thank all of these organizations for their grassroots support, which helped propel this legislation. Among these organizations has been the National Collaboration for Youth, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Campfire USA, Volunteers of America, YMCA of the USA, the Forum for Youth Investment, Youth Service America, Volunteers of America, and America's Promise - the Alliance for Youth. I want to thank all of the co-sponsors of the legislation as well as the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee, John Boehner, and the chairman of the Subcommittee on Select Education, Pat Tiberi. Their support has been critical. I would also like to thank the staff who worked on this legislation, particularly Erin Duncan from my staff, Whitney Rhoades of the Education and Workforce Committee, Krisann Pearce and Jo-Marie St. Martin, also of the Education and Workforce Committee, as well as Brady Young of the Legislative Counsel's Office." Karen Pittman is the Executive Director of the Forum for Youth Investment and the Vice Chair for Policy of the National Collaboration for Youth. (www.forumforyouthinvestment.org) Note: The Institute previewed this legislation in May. Please see www.hamfish.org/dailies/050511.html. Alice Ann Moore GET READY FOR TARGET S.M.A.R.T. FALL FESTIVAL SHOOT Below is information for you and your volunteers to use to pre-register participants in the 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. Fall Festival Shoot on November 11 at Henry Horton State Park. Check in will be at 7:00 a.m. with the competition starting at 8:00 a.m. Pre-registration is required by October 23. Competition will feature the shotgun discipline, trap only. This is a 4-H event. Participants and volunteers are to follow all guidelines for 4-H participation, including having the appropriate health/code of conduct forms (F600A, F600B or F600C).
You may download these files and forward them to your 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T volunteers for their use. Please contact me if you have any questions. Daniel Sarver 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, 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 FALL JUDGING DAY IS OCTOBER 14 Fall judging day is scheduled for Saturday, October 14, on the University of Tennessee, Agriculture Campus, Knoxville. Registration will be at 12:45 p.m. in the lobby of the Hollingsworth Plant Science Auditorium with competition at beginning at 2:00 p.m. for all contests except consumer decision making (which will begin at 1:15 p.m.). The event will conclude with an awards banquet at 6:00 p.m. Regional-qualifying teams participating in the state competition include:
Counties preregistering for the open state competition include:
Pre-registration is required for those participating in the open competition. If you have questions about the event, please contact the state 4-H office or appropriate subject matter specialist. TENNESSEE 4-H’ERS EXCEL IN MAKE IT YOURSELF WITH WOOL COMPETITION The Tennessee Make It Yourself with Wool contest was hosted by the Lincoln County Fair in Fayetteville, September 16. The event is open to anyone who sews, knits or crochets. Several Tennessee 4-H members took advantage of this competition to showcase their talents.
Rebecca and Leah will advance to the national competition to be held in San Antonio, Texas, January 25-27, 2007. The Lincoln County Fair Association provides $300.00 to each winner to be used towards air fare for their trip. Other awards included prize money and ribbons for the first, second, and third place winners sponsored by the Lincoln County Fair Association; engraved plaques presented to the first place winners in the pre-teen, junior and senior divisions; and one and one-half yards of Pendleton wool provided by the Tennessee Sheep Producers Association for each contestant. Judging was based on appropriateness of the design to the contestant’s lifestyle, coordination of fabric/yarn with garment style and design, contestant’s presentation, construction quality, and creativity. For more information about the Make It Yourself with Wool contest, you may contact Wendy Collins at 931-433-8057 or Darrel Hale, Lincoln County Extension agent, at 931-433-1582. Darrell Hale THIRD QUARTER HONOR CLUB SUMMARY The following link (4h.tennessee.edu/honorclub/howmany.htm) will provide you with a summary of the 2006 Honor Club initiates through September. The Central Region leads the state with 167 initiates. Henry is the top county in the state with 41 initiates, followed by Lincoln with 33, Warren with 26 and Knox with 18. Anne-Marie Scoble and Katie Lee, student assistants, are working with Honor Club this year. If you have Honor Club applications to be approved, be sure to use a summary form to list the applicants and allow enough time for them to review and approve the applications in time for your initiation ceremony. Steve Sutton W.T. GRANT FOUNDATION CALL FOR PROPOSALS The W.T. Grant Foundation currently has a call out for proposals that focus on “intervention research to improve youth-serving organizations.” They are interested in research that is focused on organizations that support youth ages 8 to 25 and are interested in supporting “setting-level experiments.” The deadline for letters of inquiry is October 30, 2006. For more information and to download a copy of the RFP, please visit www.wtgrantfoundation.org/usr_doc/2006_William_T_Grant_RFP_for% Alice Ann Moore YOU’RE INVITED TO ATTEND 2006 4-HCCS PRODUCT PREMIER Come learn about 11 new and revised 4-HCCS curricula at the 2006 NAE4-HA Conference in Wisconsin. Skillathon stations will be set up to introduce you to...
Dates are October 21 (6:30 - 9:00 p.m.) and October 22 (7:45 -11:15 a.m.). Register at the National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System Web site at www.n4hccs.org. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.
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