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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Electric Camp Assistants Selected UPCOMING EVENTS May 16-18
May 20
May 20
May 22
May 22
May 27-28
May 30
May 30
May 31
June 2-6
June 3
June 7-14
June 10-13
June 12
June 13-14
June 15
June 23-26
June 24-27
June 24-28
June 25
June 30-July 3
June 30-July 3
July 1
July 7-10
July 14-17
July 17
July 18-19
July 21-25
July 29-August 3
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 4-H ELECTRIC CAMP ASSISTANTS SELECTED Twelve senior 4-H members have been chosen to serve in a leadership role during 4-H Electric Camp, June 24-27, 2008. These 4-H’ers were selected on the basis of their leadership experience, involvement in the electric project and recommendation of their 4-H agent and regional program leader.
Steve Sutton Last year the 4-H Youth Development Department printed a 4-H Pledge poster to be used in classrooms or any conference room or classroom where you have 4-H meetings. The poster is approximately 18 X 24 inches. We have copies availabale. You may order posters from the mail room. Call to order at 865-974-7300. Ask for the 4-H Pledge poster. Alice Ann Moore 4-H Sheep Conference is three weeks away... May 31. Have you registered? This year’s conference will again be held in Cookeville at the Hyder-Burks Arena on the Tennessee Tech campus. Cost for the conference is $10 per person payable when you arrive. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.CDT, and the program should be completed by 5:30 p.m. Program details can be found on the 4-H Web site at 4h.tennessee.edu/sheepconf/. We need a count! To register send the name(s) of those attending in your group and years of sheep project experience for each 4-H member. Contact Ben Powell at 615-237-0300 or benthomaspowell@gmail.com; or Dwight Loveday at 865-974-7344 or hloveday@utk.edu. If you want to nominate teen leaders for a leadership role at the conference, the deadline is May 15. Nominations need to be make by a county 4-H agent or Tennessee Sheep Producer Association member. Send nominations to Ben Powell or Dwight Loveday. 4-H agents and/or volunteers are also needed to work with Dwight Loveday to develop skillathon stations (2-4 learning activities per topic) and serve as resource person for that station. Contact Dwight Loveday if you are interested. Location: Hyder-Burks Arena is located in Cookeville at 2390 Gainesboro Grade. Take Exit 286 from I-40 onto Willow (Hwy 135 N). Go 3.3 miles and turn left on 12th Street (Hwy 290 W). Go 2.2 miles and look for the large arena on the left. A map is available from the Hyder-Burks Web site at www.tntech.edu/hyderburks/. Steve Sutton DID YOU GET YOUR ACADEMIC CONFERENCE BUS SCHEDULE? The 4-H Academic Conference bus schedules were emailed on May 5 to those counties having delegates. If you have delegates attending this event and failed to receive a schedule, please let us know. Steve Sutton KNOX/WARREN COUNTIES BOAST LARGEST ACADEMIC CONFERENCE DELEGATIONS Registration is in for Junior High 4-H Academic Conference, and Knox County’s 10 delegates make it the largest group attending. The event will be held on the campus of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, June 10-13, 2008. The top five counties for Academic Conference are as follows:
Congratulations to these counties for their success in promoting this event and to all agents who made this educational opportunity available to their 4-H members. Counties are responsible for entering their delegates in SUPER. Please verify your delegation is correct (gender, grade, etc.) once they have been entered by running a report on your county. You can view the information, but will not be able to make changes. Please let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected. Steve Sutton OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE VOLUNTEERS AND 4-H FAMILIES Have you every wondered how 4-H could offer learning experiences, activities and events if we depended on salaried staff only? Volunteers have a significant role in 4-H at all levels... an essential element to the size and scope of programming efforts. We have two opportunities to convey our appreciation and recognize volunteers for their efforts and impact on youth. The awards will be presented at Roundup in July. Please read the following and determine if you have deserving nominees in your county.
Nomination forms should be sent to your regional office. Check with your regional office for regional deadlines. Both nomination forms are due in the state office by Monday June 2, 2008. Carmen Burgos TENNESSEE 4-H ROUNDUP WEB SITE UPDATED We now have the Web site updated for the 2008 Tennessee 4-H Roundup. The URL is 4h.tennessee.edu/roundup/. The site is designed to acquaint 4-H members and volunteer leaders with Roundup and those events associated with it. A promotional brochure will soon be available that you can download from the site. Steve Sutton TAE4-HW SERVICE AWARDS ANNOUNCED At the recent TAE4-HW annual meeting, 18 members were recognized for outstanding service to the 4-H Youth Development program. Congratulations to the following:
Donna Bradley THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Birthdays are good for you. The more you have, the longer you live.
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