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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS IN THIS ISSUE Head, Heart, Hands and Homeruns! UPCOMING EVENTS April 16-17
April 17
April 25
April 29-May 1
May 1
May 1
May 1
May 5-6
May 11
May 15
May 15-17
May 19
May 19
May 21
May 21
May 26-27
May 29
May 30
June 2
June 2
June 2
June 9-12
June 15
June 18
June 19-20
June 22-27
June 23
June 23-26
June 24-28
June 29-July 2
June 29-July 2
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/09-index.htm
Please join us on Friday, May 8, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. for 4-H Night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium when the UT Volunteers baseball team takes on South Carolina. This is a great opportunity for counties to provide a fun and inexpensive outing for county Honor Club members, All Stars and other 4-H groups. A general admission ticket for this game is only $4.00 plus a $1.00 processing fee. Here's how to order your tickets now...
Note that all ticket orders go directly through UT Sports and not the state 4-H office. A flyer promoting this event can be found at 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas09/attach/4hbaseball.pdf. Please share this flyer with your 4-H members and volunteers. We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville. Justin Crowe JUSTIN CROWE NAMED TO CITIZENSHIP MISSION MANDATE TASK FORCE Ryan Schmiesing, program leader, National 4-H Headquarters has announced Justin Crowe, Extension specialist, Tennessee 4-H Youth Development, as a member of the Citizenship Mission Mandate Task Force. Justin will serve with the co-chairs Dorothy Freeman and Gail Long as the task force works to ensure citizenship as an integral and important component of the 4-H Youth Development program. In the next twelve months the Citizenship Task Force will:
Congratulations to Justin on his appointment to this important effort. We know he will represent us well and has lots of talent and ideas to bring to this national team. Steve Sutton KNOXVILLE SPRING JUNIOR CATTLE EXPOSITION ENTRIES DUE APRIL 9 All entries for the Knoxville Spring Junior Cattle Exposition are required to be completely entered into the on-line system by 5:00 p.m. EDT on Thursday, April 9. Also keep in mind that it is still required for you to submit all KSJCE 'hard copy' entries, entry fees and appropriate registration forms and/or lease agreements to Dr. James B. Neel in the state Extension animal science office by April 9 for registered and commercial heifer entries. (Market steer entries were due in February.) You may access the online entry program from the Department of Animal Science (animalscience.ag.utk.edu/) by clicking the 'KSJCE Online Entry Procedure' link located under the 'For Agents' area on the 4-H livestock program, 4-H beef project page or by the direct URL below. Be sure to open this site directly in a Web browser window and not through Lotus Notes. animalscience.ag.utk.edu/Beef/4-HLivestockEntryProcedure-KSJCE.html Your username for the program is your University-wide email address (NetID@tennessee.edu). For example, Jim Neel will log into the entry system by entering jneel@tennessee.edu. Your entry program password is your unique, six digit UT personnel number. Thank you in advance for helping keep the entry process for the Knoxville Spring Junior Cattle Exposition as smooth and error free as possible! Emily Tipton MARION COUNTY TAKES TENNESSEE STATE LIFESMARTS TITLE The Marion County 4-H LifeSmarts team captured the Tennessee State LifeSmarts championship by successfully fielding questions about real-life marketplace issues at Lebanon on March 7, 2009. Team members were Ethan Simmons, Brian White, Holly Prince and Lauren Hammer. Teens from across the state first competed online for a chance to go to the in-person state finals. The state champion Marion County High School 4-H’ers have qualified for the national LifeSmarts competition to be held April 25-28 in St. Louis, Missouri. They will be accompanied by Extension 4-H agent Vicki Lofty and Marion County High School principal Sherry Prince. “LifeSmarts participants have gained many of the consumer “smarts” they’ll need to make it in the real world”, said coach Vicki Lofty. “We’re proud to have Marion County 4-H represent Tennessee at this nationals.” Vicki Lofty NOT TOO LATE TO AUDITION FOR PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE Applications are still being accepted for 2009 Tennessee 4-H Performing Arts Troupe. Live auditions were held on March 28, but interested youth may still apply via video tape/DVD. There are openings for male and female vocalists and dancers. Each vocalist must have at least one selection with musical accompaniment. A dancer or vocalist may also include a group performance where the individual is clearly identified. It is desirable for all vocal applicants to include at least one selection that includes movement and dance. Video auditions are due April 17 and should be sent to:
Audition applications are posted on the Performing Arts Troupe Web site at 4hperformers.tennessee.edu/. You can also download a promotional video of the troupe. We are excited about this unique opportunity for our talented youth! Please promote the troupe to your 4-H members. Contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Justin Crowe "OUR HANDS TO A LARGER SERVICE" A HUGE SUCCESS! Delegates to the 2009 Tennessee 4-H Congress learned the importance of service as they collected recreational items for Metro Parks and Recreation's senior citizen program and crayons/coloring books for the Children's Miracle Network. This year's Congress delegation collected an astounding 4,500 items for the Children's Miracle Network and over 300 recreational items (including bingo sets, board games, etc.) for Metro Parks and Recreation. A special thanks to everyone who donated to these two worthy organizations. 4-H members really exemplified what they could do when they put their hands to a larger service. Justin Crowe PHOTO SEARCH DEADLINE IS JUNE 15 Counties should send their 4-H Photo Search entries to the state 4-H office by June 15. Each county is eligible to submit up to ten entries for state judging. All entries should relate in some way to 4-H. Competition is open to junior high and senior 4-H members. A 4-H’er may enter by submitting either a print and the negative, a color slide or a diskette containing the photo in a digital format along with a completed entry form. The information you will need to conduct your county competition is available online:
Steve Sutton 4-H delegates, volunteers and agents attending the 62nd Tennessee 4-H Congress have an important follow-up assignment... to say thank you to the donors who helped make Congress possible. Most delegates wrote a couple of thank you notes while at Congress, but more need to be written. For names and addresses of donors, and tips on how to write good thank you notes, please visit the 4-H Foundation Web site at 4hfoundation.tennessee.edu/thankyouships/. Mark Gateley RECOGNITION FOR VOLUNTEERS AND 4-H FAMILIES Recognition is one of the components of the 4-H Youth Development program. We have volunteer leaders and volunteer families that are committed to family, youth and their community. They are making a difference in their community and motivating others to be involved as well. The Tennessee 4-H recognition program offers two recognition opportunities for 4-H volunteers. You probably have several deserving nominees in your county. Please take some time to review the requirements for each award.
If you have a volunteer that has been nominated in the past but did not receive the award, consider re-submitting an updated application. Make sure they still meet all requirements. Carmen Burgos THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
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