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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE Good Decision Grant Program UPCOMING EVENTS March 8-9
March 29
March 29
March 29-April 3
March 30-April 2
April 1
April 11-12
April 12-14
April 13-18
April 21
April 22-24
April 24-25
April 28
April 30-May 2
May 1
May 1
May 6-7
May 16-18
May 20
May 20
May 22
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May 27-28
May 30
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Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/08-index.htm State Farm Companies Foundation, in partnership with MADD, is offering 15 $1,000 service learning grants to teach youth about underage alcohol use prevention or vehicle safety. The grant is open to teachers, school-based service learning coordinators or youth serving organizations. The grant deadline is May 1, 2008. This might be a great funding source, especially if you are working in the areas of healthy, safety or are looking for programming for teen audiences. For more information, visit www.pypm.org/grants/. Justin Crowe NO CHILD LEFT INSIDE CONFERENCE AT UTM No Chile Left Inside is a conference to explore the benefits of unstructured, outdoor play. It will be held Thursday, April 17, 2008, from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. the University of Tennessee at Martin Boling University Center. Registration will begin at 7:30 a.m. The deadline for preregistration is April 14. The fee is $25 and covers lunch and conference materials. Admission will be $35 at the door. Speakers included:
There will be breakout sessions for health care professionals, community leaders, childcare professionals, resource managers, youth leaders and parents. A promotional flyer and registration form is available from 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas08/attach/ncli.pdf. For more information contact Paula Gale via phone at 731-881-7326 or email at pgale@utm.edu. Daniel Sarver The portfolios submitted for citizenship and leadership competition were returned to the regional office during the State 4-H Leader Forum last weekend. Your regional staff will be making arrangements to get them to the counties in the near future. Steve Sutton REGIONAL WINNERS NAMED IN STATE 4-H CONGRESS ESSAY CONTEST Each year, Tennessee 4-H Congress delegates write an essay on the state theme. This year’s theme is “Tennessee 4-H: Wired for Success.” The state winner will be chosen from among the following three regional winners and announced at the Monday night assembly in the War Memorial Auditorium beginning at 8:30 p.m..
Each regional winner will receive a pen and pencil set and a $50 savings bond. The state winner’s award will be a desk set. You can read the winning regional essays at 4h.tennessee.edu/stcong/essay/regwin.htm. Steve Sutton ROCKETRY INFORMATION AVAILABLE Through a partnership with the National Association of Rocketry (NAR), National 4-H Council is able to make NAR resources available to 4-H volunteers free of charge. The materials include the NAR Member Guidebook and two CD's on model rocket building and flying. Please let interested individuals know these materials are available. To receive them, 4-H volunteers should send their name, email address AND mailing address to GetSETInfo@fourhcouncil.edu. More information about NAR can be found at www.fourhcouncil.edu/nar.aspx. Daniel Sarver STATE SHOOT SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 11-12 The 4-H Shooting Sports State Shoot will be held April 11-12 in Columbia. Registration and other information related to the event are located on the Tennessee 4-H Shooting Sports Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/shootingsports/. Included are:
All registration forms and fees are due by March 21 to me at the state 4-H office. Daniel Sarver TENNESSEE HISTORY FOR KIDS POSTERS FREE FOR TEACHERS Some of you may have seen the new Tennessee History for Kids posters which feature photographs from some of the virtual tours on www.tnhistoryforkids.org/ (places like the National Civil Rights Museum, Fort Loudoun, the Bicentennial Mall and the Alamo). Teachers love these posters, but the only way they can get one this year is through a state legislator, curriculum coordinator or 4-H county agent. If you would like to distribute posters to teachers in your county, just contact Bill Carey at bill@tnhistoryforkids.org or 615-477-1644 and he will mail you a box. Lori Belew TENNESSEE TO HOST 3RD ANNUAL SRTLC We are very excited to once again offer the opportunity to participate in the Southern Region Teen Leadership Conference, September 4 - 7, 2008, at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center in Crossville. The conference will focus on youth-adult partnerships by guiding participants to develop action plans which they will carry out in their home counties/states. This will not compete with your existing teen leadership training programs and will strengthen your training in youth-adult partnerships. The conference will be open to 4-H teens in the southern region and will be guided by an advisory committee. Please share the date with your high school 4-H members. More details will be coming shortly. Justin Crowe THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Goals are dreams with deadlines.
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