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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Enrollment Forms for 2007/08 Are Ready UPCOMING EVENTS July 20-21
July 23-27
July 30-August 2
August 1-5
August 9
August 10-11
August 15
August 15
August 15
August 17
August 20-25
September 6-9
September 7-16
September 7-16
September 15
September 18-19
September 22-30
September 22
September 28-29
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/07-index.htm 4-H ENROLLMENT FORMS FOR 2007/08 ARE READY Changes have been made to the 4-H enrollment forms. The new forms can be found on the 4-H Web site 4h.tennessee.edu/forms&materials/. 4-H enrollment data collection is now more in line with the SUPER enrollment module. There is a form for 4th graders and a form for 5-12th graders. If you printed a copy of the 5-12th grade document before today, please go back and print a new one. There was an error in the previous one. Poultry was omitted from the project list. Not all SUPER fields will follow the exact order of the enrollment form, but it is as close as we could get it for this release. The SUPER enrollment module is being created based on our data management needs. As with any new software, there is always room for improvement. However, we just can’t do all the improvements at once without actually using the software and identifying what features could be and are feasible to improve. Most important, even considering any improvements you may find the program needs, your state reporting efforts will require less time to complete. Once the data is in the system, information needed for reporting can be retrieved and utilized with minimum effort and in less than half the time. However, it will require that data is entered in the system and managed in a timely manner. Everyone will need to pay attention to announced deadlines. Joseph Donaldson has spent hundreds of hours in the design, development and testing of the system, as well as communicating with key people to create what we have to this point. County, regional and state staff have worked with him. After the enrollment is used for a year or two, we will be able to make further improvements. Additional information will be sent out soon regarding enrollment reporting for 2007. If you start meeting clubs before we are able to complete the upload process, please do not enter 2007-2008 information in the SUPER enrollment module or in Blue Ribbon. I greatly appreciate your patience. If you have a specific question or concern, do not hesitate to contact me. Carmen Burgos 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS STATE TRAINING TO BE HELD IN COLUMBIA The next Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports State Training will be held at W. P. Ridley 4-H Center in Columbia August 10-11, 2007. Check-in will be on Friday from 5:00-5:30 p.m. The training should end on Saturday at approximately 5:00 p.m. The pre-registration deadline is July 30, 2007. The registration form can be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/Aug2007MultiRegForm.doc. New this time is a special form for those who have been certified within the last year. They are not required to participate in the Friday evening session. These participants should use the multi-discipline registration form found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/Aug2007MultiRegForm.doc. This training is for any Extension agent or volunteer who wishes to be an 4-H Certified Instructor in the 4-H Shooting Sports Program. For more information, go to 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas07/attach/PolicesandProcedures.pdf. The training fee is $60.00 and must be submitted with the registration form by July 30, 2007. The county 4-H Extension agent’s signature is required on each form. The fee includes instruction, materials, all meals and lodging at W. P. Ridley 4-H Center. Form F600-B: Adult Activity and Event Acceptance Form must be brought to training. Each volunteer's F809: Adult Volunteer Leader Application should be on file in the county Extension office prior to participation. Participants should bring bed linens or sleeping bag, pillow, towels and other personal items. Daniel Sarver NATIONAL 4-H WEEK PROMOTIONAL KIT COMING SOON! National 4-H Week is just a few months away! This year's National 4-H Week will highlight 4-H's work in science, engineering and technology (4-H SET). Stay tuned to www.4-HBrandNetwork.org to access the National 4-H Week promotional kit, which will be added to the site throughout the month of July. The kit will include all the great marketing and media relations materials necessary to help you successfully promote National 4-H Week events and activities in your community. To learn more about 4-H SET, go to www.fourhcouncil.edu/scienceengineeringtechnology.aspx. Please contact Allyson McMahan at amcmahan@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2915 if you have any questions. Steve Sutton NEW 4-H VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT PROMOTIONAL KIT DEBUTS 4-H's first national 4-H Volunteer Recruitment promotional kit recently debuted on the 4-H Brand Network. With a brochure, bookmarks, posters, Web banners and additional items being added soon – the 4-H Volunteer Recruitment promotional kit has quick and easy tools for 4-H staff, youth and volunteers to promote 4-H and the satisfaction of the 4-H volunteer experience in their communities. Stay tuned to www.4-HBrandNetwork.org for materials throughout the year or go to www.4-hbrandnetwork.org/secure/logIn.aspx to provide feedback about additional materials you would like to see featured on the 4-H Brand Network. Carmen Burgos PLANT SCIENCE GROUP COMPETES SERVICE AT YMCA The plant science delegates at Academic Conference spent Thursday afternoon completing a service project at the YMCA of East Tennessee. This group of seven junior high 4-H volunteers spent four hours working on the gardens pulling weeds and picking up trash. You can find a photo of the group on the YMCA Web site at http://images.ymcaknoxville.org/cansler/index.htm. All 15 project groups at Academic Conference did service activities throughout the Knoxville area. Other service locations included Kiwanis Fresh Air Camp, Goodwill Industries, STAR, HABIT, Ronald McDonald House, Lawson McGee Library, 2nd Harvest Food Bank and the Salvation Army. In addition, some groups made education games to take back to their county Extension offices. Steve Sutton SINGLE TOPIC, PARENT-READY MATERIALS AVAILABLE Do you need single topic, parent friendly handouts? Check out Teen Talk at www.parenting.umn.edu. Click on "Families with Teens" on the left, then on Teen Talk. The series of 12 topics has been revised and re-packaged to meet your needs. You will find these topics: sports (winning isn't everything), employment, bullying, school success, peer pressure, parties, dating, sex, communication, and use of tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. You can order single topic packs of 25 for $8.00 or the variety pack with all 12 topics for $4.00. Teen Talk is appropriate for community forums and parenting programs on these topics as well as one to one consultations with parents and families of teens. For more information about these and other parenting resources contact University of Minnesota Extension Family Relations Educators, Colleen Gengler, cgengler@umn.edu, phone 888-241-4635 or Kathleen Olson, kaolson@umn.edu, 888-241-4536. Steve Sutton SURF AND SAIL WITH CYFERNET’S JULY 2007 MISSION OF THE MONTH Just in time for the sizzling summer heat, CYFERnet dives into another cool Mission. Learn about waves, wind power and boat building through exciting experiments, investigations, creative activities and some healthy competition.
Visit www.cyfernet.org/4htech/missions.html for complete details. Steve Sutton SWEEPSTAKES TENNESSEE MARKET LAMB AND COMMERCIAL EWE AWARD The Tennessee Sheep Producers Association is providing a recognition program based on a point system for recognizing the exhibitors of the top market lambs and commercial ewes in the state. This is to be based on their participation in several shows following Expo.
Ben Powell TENNESSEE 4-H SHOOTING SPORTS WEB SITE The Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports Web site is available for your viewing at 4h.tennessee.edu/shootingsports/. On it you can find useful information about upcoming events, policies, etc. One of the newer features is information on 4-H fun shoots. Click on "fun shoots" to find out about these events happening across Tennessee. If your 4-H program has a 4-H fun shoot you would like to put on the Web, send a flyer to Daniel Sarver at dsarver@temmessee.edu.. In addition, note the next 4-H Shooting Sports leader training is scheduled for August 10-11, 2007. Information on this even may also be found on the Web site. Daniel Sarver THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Nothing makes it easier to resist temptation than a proper bringing-up, a sound set of values - and witnesses.
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