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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 2008 4-H Beekeeping Essay Announcement and Rules UPCOMING EVENTS
September 6-9
September 7-16
September 7-16
September 15
September 18-19
September 22-30
September 22
September 28-29
October 4-7
October 7-13
October 13
October 19-20
October 21-25
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 2008 4-H BEEKEEPING ESSAY CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENT AND RULES The Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees, Inc. is again sponsoring its annual 4-H beekeeping essay contest. The contest is open to all active 4-H members. The contest announcement and rules may be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/beeessay/ and downloaded in a print friendly format at 4h.tennessee.edu/beeessay/BeeRules.pdf. Essays must be received in the state 4-H office no later than February 1, 2008. Please encourage your 4-H members to participate. Our Tennessee 4-H’ers have been finalists in years past and received cash awards. Steve Sutton ADVANCED LEADERSHIP ACTIVITY PAGES NOW AVAILABLE We are pleased to offer the following new 4-H project activity pages. The pages have been posted to the "Project" pages on the Web site. Each activity sheet is available in both color or 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 4h.tennessee.edu/projects/actsheets.htm.
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@utk.edu or by phone at 865-974-7434. Lori Belew The following is an excerpt from an article originally published in the 2007 January/February issue of Camping Magazine. The article is "The Values of the Traditional Camp Experience: The Power of Play," by David Elkind, Ph.D.
David Elkind, Ph.D., is a professor of child development at Tufts University. Dr. Elkind's research in the areas of perceptual, cognitive and social development of young children fueled the books, The Hurried Child, All Grown Up and No Place to Go, Miseducation and Grandparenting: Understanding Today's Children. To see the entire article, go to the American Camping Association Web site at www.acacamps.org/campmag/0701elkind.php. Daniel Sarver CARROLL COUNTY 4-H’ER HIGHLIGHTED ON MISSISSIPPI STATE WEB SITE Holly Lott, a poultry science major at Mississippi State University, is currently spotlighted on the university’s Web site. Holly is a freshman from McKenzie and a Carroll County 4-H member. She was active in 4-H public speaking and land judging. To read more about Holly, go to www.cals.msstate.edu/. Steve Sutton FREE RESOURCE FROM NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH Science of Energy Balance: Calorie Intake and Physical Activity gives consideration to physical activity and energy expenditure. Lessons and activities reveal what energy is; how our bodies use it; how we spend our time; how serving sizes on food labels compare with the amounts of food we eat; and how many calories are associated with various foods. Students analyze data and design experiments to learn how genetics, food availability and exercise affect weight changes in mice. The Web site includes interactive materials for students and can be accessed at http://free.ed.gov/resource.cfm?resource_id=1949. Carmen Burgos PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF COMMUNITY AWARDS APPLICATIONS The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards program, sponsored by Prudential Financial in partnership with the Association of Secondary School Principals, recognizes individuals in grades 5-12 solely on the basis of their volunteer activities. Young volunteers can apply through middle and high schools, county 4-H programs and other officially designated local organizations. This year's application period runs through October, so please don't delay! Make your 4-H members aware of this opportunity today and encourage those who qualify to complete an application by October 31, 2007. Your county 4-H program can select one middle level local honoree for every 1,000 members (or portion thereof) in grades 5-8 and one high school local honoree for every 1,000 members in grades 9-12. Once you have selected your local honorees, you must submit their applications by November 7, 2007, to a state-level judging committee, which will pick the top youth volunteers in each state and the District of Columbia. All of these state-level judging committee, which will pick the top youth volunteer in each state receive silver medallions, $1,000 awards and a fabulous trip to the nation's capital for several days of national events. In Washington, a national selection committee will name America's top 10 youth volunteers for 2007. Each will win an additional $5,000, a medallion, crystal trophy and a $5,000 grant from the Prudential Foundation for a charitable non-profit organization of his or her choice. More information and applications can be found at www.prudential.com/spirit. Amy Gallimore STATE FALL JUDGING DAY IS OCTOBER 13 Fall judging day is scheduled for Saturday, October 13, on the University of Tennessee, Knoxville campus. Registration will be at 1:00 p.m. with competition at beginning at 2:00 p.m. The event will climax with an awards banquet at 5:30 p.m. in the Hollingsworth Plant Science Auditorium. Competition will be for senior judging teams only (9th-12 grade as of January 1, 2007) in the following areas:
Details concerning registration for the event will be available at a later date. Contact your regional office for the dates of your consumer decision-making judging, forestry judging and outdoor meat cookery events. Steve Sutton TENNESSEE 4-H FOUNDATION SETS ALUMNI IDENTIFICATION AS GOAL The Tennessee 4-H Foundation Board of Directors has identified as one of its goals for 2007-08 the identification of former 4-H members. The Foundation is working toward developing a database and adding 5,000 to 10,000 names of former 4-H'ers to it during the coming year. Why? Former 4-H members are extremely valuable to county 4-H programs, as well as the statewide program, in terms of being potential sources of volunteers and donors. By maintaining an active data base that county programs have access to (not open to the general public for security reasons), the Foundation hopes to provide valuable assistance to county Extension staff conducting 4-H youth development programs. As details are worked out with the UT IT staff for the development of a Web-based intranet database, the Foundation is moving forward with the collection of alumni names and information. In addition to the Tennessee 4-H Alumni site, the Foundation Web site now includes a registration page for former 4-H members. Please go to 4hfoundation.tennessee.edu to view the site and to register yourself as a 4-H alumnus. Mark Gateley TENNESSEE DELEGATION TO NATIONAL 4-H CONGRESS Tennessee will be represented by 40 young people from across the state at the National 4-H Congress, November 23-27, in Atlanta, Georgia. The 2007 delegation is anxiously awaiting the "Congress experience." They will participate in a program that includes a visit to Olympic Park, the Coca-Cola Museum and Underground Atlanta. Delegates will see the Carter Center and the Martin Luther King Center, attend a cultural event and tour other sites of interest. They will complete service projects benefitting the Atlanta community and be honored by past Tennessee Congress delegates with a luncheon at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Tennessee’s delegates to National 4-H Congress were selected as senior level II project winners during the 84th annual Tennessee 4-H Roundup this summer at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. You can see the Tennessee delegation and read a brief bio of their project accomplishments at 4h.tennessee.edu/natcong/. Check out the National 4-H Congress Web site at www.national4-Hcongress.com for additional information on the event. Steve Sutton TENTATIVE 2008 CALENDAR OF EVENTS POSTED TO WEB SITE A tentative calendar of events for 2008 can now be found on the Tennessee 4-H Web site. You may access the calendar by clicking on the “Calendar” button on the main page... 4h.tennessee.edu. Please note this is a tentative calendar. Additional dates will be added as they are determined. Steve Sutton UPDATE REGARDING BLUE RIBBON DATA UPLOAD TO SUPER ENROLLMENT MODULE Instructions to upload 2006-2007 4-H enrollment data will be sent soon. For this process to take place successfully, it is critical data in Blue Ribbon be accurate. Please remember, this is a one time procedure. After this upload, your enrollment information will be in SUPER. We will not be able to upload from Blue Ribbon after this year. The following information will be uploaded: member name, address, phone number, gender, race/ethnicity, date of birth, residence and grade. Please check that this information is accurate. There is a possibility residence will not upload. This issue is being addressed, but we are not sure if it can be resolved in a timely manner. Additional information such as club, parent name, projects, activities and awards will not be uploaded. Once the upload is complete, there will be a list of files that did not upload. The last sentence will indicate how many files uploaded. I tested 10 counties. During testing, a very small amount of files did not upload. This number fluctuated by county ranging from 5 to 58. These numbers are relatively low compared to the total number of member files that uploaded successfully. The procedure did not take long. I am aware that in some counties, due to your Internet connection speed, SUPER functions at a slower pace. The time span to complete the upload procedure fluctuated between 10-20 minutes. For a county that has over 1,000 members to enroll, the upload will save days of work. Once the data is uploaded to SUPER, you will be ready for SUPER enrollment module training! Joseph Donaldson will be conducting training sessions. Dates will be provided by your regional office. I f you have questions or concerns, please contact me by phone at (865) 974-2128 or by email at cburgos@utk.edu. Carmen Burgos WASHINGTON STATE 4-H EXCHANGE OPPORTUNITY Thurston County in Washington State is looking for a 4-H club or county 4-H program in Tennessee to partner with for an interstate exchange. A description of the county is included below.
Alice Ann Moore THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
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