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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 2007 Mountaineer Camping Institute UPCOMING EVENTS December 1
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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 2007 MOUNTAINEER CAMPING INSTITUTE An opportunity to learn and/or teach others about the camping experience is available to 4-H professionals. The 2007 Mountaineer Camping Institute is scheduled for March 13-15 at WVU Jackson's Mill State 4-H Camp, near Weston, West Virginia. Not only is this an open invitation for you to attend to learn more and cultivate your interest in youth camping, but it is also a formal call for presentations for the conference. Bill Beckley, 4-H camping specialist in West Virginia, is the contact person. Attached are materials you need to submit a workshop proposal. They include a cover letter, a form which may be completed and mailed via email and an alternative form to print off and complete by hand if you prefer to mail or fax your submission.
If you choose to complete your proposal electronically and submit it via email, I suggest you save the file, open it in Word, save your changes, then send it as an email attachment. Proposals are requested by December 8. Bill is welcoming presentations in a broad range of content areas including innovative camp programming; camping research and evaluation; day camping; reaching and serving special audiences; emerging issues; focusing on positive youth development; and the business of camp: human resources, operations and staff training. The target audience includes camping professionals, staff and volunteers outside of the realm of Extension and 4-H, so presentations should be designed to appeal to a broad camping audience. Daniel Sarver 4-H AFTERSCHOOL SURVEY DEADLINE EXTENDED Thank you to all who have entered their data into the 4-H Afterschool survey. Those conducting the survey feel there are still some who have not had a chance to enter their data. Therefore, they are EXTENDING the deadline to December 15. If you are responsible for youth development programming in the after-school hours, please complete the 4-H afterschool survey at http://ext.msstate.edu/survey/afterschool/. Data make the most important and greatest impact on our potential donors and helps to keep program support in place. Alice Ann Moore An opportunity to receive support for your county 4-H GIS/GPS programs is available. 4-H GIS/GPS is a technology-based 4-H program that is becoming more and more popular throughout the nation. GIS stands for Geographic Information System and GPS stands for Global Positioning System. This technology is being used by 4-H members to learn about geography, history, geology, soil science and many other areas. 4-H members are mapping their communities, locating historic artifacts, geocaching and teaching others about this important cutting-edge technology. ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.) is the company that is directing the 2007 ESRI GIS for 4-H Grant. Below is information from ESRI: The 2007 ESRI GIS for 4-H (U.S.) Grant guidelines will be available mid December 2006. To receive an email notification when the 2007 4-H GIS for 4-H Grant information has been posted in mid December, please sign up for email notification by going to www.esri.com/grants and completing the grant notification registration form at the bottom of the page. Please indicate you would like to receive “education” or “youth club” grant notifications. The application questions, guidelines and completion requirements will be very similar to the 2006 4-H grants with the exception we hope to roll out our online grant application for the 2007 4-H Grants application process. The application period will be January 1, 2007 through February 28, 2007. The 4-H GIS GPS leadership team will be reviewing the submitted applications beginning March 2nd with final notification of awards by April 30, 2007. If you would like to get a head start on putting your grant application together, you may begin by looking at the 2006 grant guidelines found in the "Past Grants" section of the ESRI educational grants link at www.esri.com/grants. Please use your exploring and investigative mind to determine the appropriate software and grant level for your community. You’ll find the hardware requirements for ESRI software on the ESRI Web page at www.esri.com, look under the Products tab. The examples of past 4-H projects are at www.esri.com/4-H and the 4-H Community Atlas projects may be found at www.esri.com/communityatlas by selecting youth club. The 2007 ESRI GIS for 4-H Grant program will offer two levels of grants.
Brief timeline for 2007 ESRI GIS for 4-H Grant application:
Daniel Sarver ANOTHER ACTIVITY PAGE POSTED TO WEB SITE We are pleased to announce that another new 4-H project activity page has been posted to the Web site. The advanced consumer sciences activity pages are complete and have been posted to the “Project” pages on the Web site. Each activity sheet is available in both color and black and white versions. There is also a leader's page for each activity in both color and black and white. The leader's page provides the answers to the puzzles, games, etc. in each activity page. For a complete listing of all the activity pages, please go to http://4h.tennessee.edu/projects/actsheets.htm.
As a reminder, new pages are continuing to be developed. The following projects are coming soon.
If you have any questions, please contact Lori Belew via email at lbelew@tennessee.edu or by phone at 865-974-7434. Lori Belew HONOR CLUB/CONTINUING SERVICE END-OF-YEAR DEADLINE Many counties initiate their new Honor Club members or recognize their Junior High Continuing Service Award recipients at the beginning of the year. Anne-Marie Scoble, our student assistant working with Honor Club applications and Junior High Continuing Service will be leaving on December 5 and will not return until January 11. I will be out of the office the first week of December. Please keep this in mind if you have Honor Club applications that need to be approved or 4-H’ers to recommend for Junior High Continuing Service. It would be helpful if we receive any requests for the first two weeks of January before December 15. Steve Sutton MAURY COUNTY 4-H’ER NAMED TO 4-HCCS CURRICULUM DESIGN TEAM Bethany Wolters from Maury County has been named to the National 4-H Curriculum Cooperative System (4-HCCS) farm animal revision design team. Bethany will serve on the design team with other 4-H’ers, volunteers and Extension staff from across the county. She will be busy over the course of the next year revising the existing project materials and developing new activities. Congratulations to Bethany! Steve Sutton REMINDER: GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR COUNTY 4-H TARGET S.M.A.R.T. PROGRAMS This is a reminder that the 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. grants are due in the state 4-H office by December 15, 2006. The grants are designated to be used in starting and strengthening county 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. programs. If you are interested in applying for funding, an application form may be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas06/attach/TargetSMARTgrant06.doc. All county agents and volunteers who direct 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. programs will be expected to abide by the procedures and guidelines as stated in the Tennessee 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. Program Planning and Implementation Guide. All individuals who instruct will be expected to hold 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. certification in the discipline in which they are instructing. Training will be provided for all individuals needing certification at state 4-H Target S.M.A.R.T. training events. Volunteers who are instructors should be registered as official 4-H volunteers with their county 4-H office. Please refer to the guidelines on the application for more information. Daniel Sarver TENNESSEE 4-H’ERS ATTEND NATIONAL POULTRY AND EGG CONFERENCE Ten Tennessee 4-H members, parents, leaders and Extension personnel attended the National Poultry and Egg Conference, November 15-16, in Louisville, Kentucky. During the two-day event, contestants from across the United States participated in five areas of competition. Tennessee had contestants in three of these events.
Congratulations are in order for these 4-H members, their agents, parents and leaders. A special thanks to Kelly Robbins and Dwight Loveday for their efforts in conducting our state events and helping the contestants prepare for national competition. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE JUNIOR SHEEP PRODUCERS WINTER RETREAT IS COMING UP The annual Tennessee Junior Sheep Producers Association (TJSPA) Winter Leadership Retreat is scheduled for Saturday, December 2, at the James Ward Agricultural Center (Fairgrounds) in Lebanon. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. CST with the program starting at 9:00 a.m. The TJSPA will conclude the program with their annual meeting and election of a new junior Board of Directors. Pre-registration is needed for a meal count. Pre-register by November 30 by calling or emailing the following people.
The program will focus on sheep health issues. Topics include diseases, parasite control and public health concerns. The program will consist of some hands-on activities, educational activities to use in your project group and a portion with the adult program. Participants will be able to take vital signs of lambs and participate in other educational activities and games. The Tennessee Sheep Producers Association has scheduled nationally acclaimed veterinarian Dr. David Pugh as a speaker. In addition to the program, winners of the market lamb and commercial ewe lamb will be named. Also, there will be a silent auction. If you have items that you would like to donate, please bring them to support the sheep producers fund raising efforts. Dwight Loveday WEB SITE OFFERS RESOURCES FOR TEACHING TENNESSEE HISTORY There is a great Web site for teaching history to youth. TN History for Kids can be found at www.tnhistoryforkids.org/. This site might be a great source for Clover Bowl questions or a good resource for the History Bowl. TN History for Kids is a 501(c)3 organization, and the Web site is grade appropriate. You can navigate through the Web site to learn about people, civics, county histories, city histories and other historical topics. There are also old photo galleries and virtual tours. Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK If people were meant to pop out of bed, we'd all sleep in toasters.
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