The 4H Tip Sheet
A Monthly Newsletter
April 2012
IN THIS ISSUE...
DEADLINES
Mar 15 Horse Action Team Application deadline Mar 15 K-State Animal Sciences Leadership Academy applications due Mar 15 Livestock Fair Management Clinic registration deadline Mar 21 Grow 4-H Grants Application deadline Mar 23 Registration due for Livestock Fair Management Clinics
April 2 T-Shirt Design Contest entries due April 2 Basic Operations Training registration deadline April 15 TRAC16 Photo Adventure Camp Registration Deadline April 16 KAE4-HA Spring Development Conference Registration due April 20 Fair Judges Training Registration due
May 1 Registrations due for Beginner and Advanced Horse Judging Camps May 1 Photo Adventure Camp Registration Deadline May 1 Standard of Excellence Delegates due to the State 4-H Office May 1 Nominations for 2- and 3- year old horse snaffle bit projects due to local Extension offices May 15 Centennial Delegate nomination for 4-H National Congress deadline May 15 4-H Campference Registration due (as long as there is still space, which is first come first serve) May 15 Photo Action Camp fees & participation forms due to Rachel Harmon
Aug 1 State Fair entries for 2- and 3- year old horse snaffle bit projects due to the State 4-H office
2012 MAJOR KANSAS STATE FAIR 4-H CHANGES
Major Kansas State Fair Changes for 2012
Note: More detailed changes can be found by viewing the
Exhibitor Handbook on the State 4-H Website.
1. A new Recycled Clothing Class (4006) has been
added.
2. We have re-named Judging Contest Classes to
better indicate that both a Team entry and Individual contestant names are in
separate classes. This is to facilitate
posting of results on KSFAIR and the website. 3. Dog Show will have a $5/person entry fee due to
State 4-H Office by August 15.
4. Dog Show Agility class order will be level 1, 3,
2.
5. Four new Entomology classes have been added
featuring insect photo collections in 3-ring notebooks.
6. New instructions for photography class 4807 –
Video
7. Photo Judging Contest has a $5 entry fee per
team or individual per Extension Unit.
Payment is due to State 4-H Office by August 15.
8. Six new 4-H Horse Show classes have been added
which required re-numbering of almost all existing horse show classes.
9. All 4-H Horse Identification papers will be
checked during check-in at the State 4-H Horse Show.
Two versions of the 4-H portions of the State Fair Book will be posted on the web. A Word version will list changes for 2012 in red and can be used by Extension Units to copy and paste sections into their local fair books. The pdf version will be the official version to be used as a reference. Adams
LIVESTOCK FAIR MANAGEMENT CLINIC
Livestock Fair Management Clinics have been set for April 3, 2012 at Pottorf Hall in Manhattan, Kansas and April 4, 2012 in Garden City, Kansas. The clinics are designed for county fair board members, Extension agents and volunteers involved in local livestock fair management and leadership. This professional development opportunity consists of an activity filled day to increase awareness and knowledge and provide a forum for open communication for individuals working with local livestock fairs across Kansas. K-State faculty and staff will facilitate discussion directly related to livestock activity at local livestock fairs in Kansas.
More information and printable registration forms will be available at: www.YouthLivestock.KSU.edu. Registrations forms are due March 23, 2012. For more information contact the Youth Livestock Program at 785-532-1264. Tomascik
KANSAS 4-H T-SHIRT DESIGN CONTEST
The Kansas 4-H Youth
Leadership Council is holding the 2nd annual,
Design Contest for their next T-Shirt that will be sold starting in the
summer of 2012. Any current 4-H member is encouraged to submit a design.
Submissions are due by Monday, April 2, 2012. Click Here for Information and the official submission form.
Hinshaw and the Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council PR
Committee
4-H RECOGNITION UP-DATE
4-H Scholarship – Announced at the end of March
4-H Kansas Award Portfolios – Announced by April 15
Emerald Circle Banquet – May 31, 6:30 p.m., Manhattan
Clarion
Van Horn
4-H HORSE INFORMATION
Affective March 1, 2012, the Kansas 4-H Horse Board has been
dissolved
The 4-H Horse Action Team is recruiting new members. All interested
4-H members, volunteers and agent are encouraged to complete the Kansas 4-H
Action Team application at http://www.kansas4h.org/p.aspx?tabid=16. Van Horn
KAE4-HA SPRING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE DETAILS
The 2012 KAE4-HA Spring Professional Development Conference will be April 24-25. The theme will be “Plug into Technology.” The 2012 program will focus on increasing new skills in technology featuring technology guru Cyndi Danner-Kuhn from Kansas State University.
Your KAE4-HA Professional Development Committee has worked hard to bring you an excellent professional development conference. The cost in 2012 will be only $40.00 for KAE4-HA members and for new staff hired since the last spring conference. Non-members are welcome too, and pay only $80.00. Please share this information and registration information with other Extension professionals who may be interested. The conference will be held at the Great Bend Area Wetlands Education Center, and the Front Door, Inc. in Great Bend.
The registration is due April 16, 2012. We will again be using the Google Documents registration system. You will still need to process your check, but you will be able to register sign up for meals, and answer some technology questions – all on-line. To register, visit or paste into your browser:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dHpMX3dLNUVpOWJ2Y2JkOUdkeERnSGc6MA#gid=0.
For more information, call 785-462-6281 or email Deryl Waldren.
4-H CAMPFERENCE REGISTRATION IS OPEN
4-H Campference is focused on
youth ages 12- 14 (before January 1, 2012), and will be held June 15-18, 2012,
at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Participants will experience the feel of a
conference, while enjoying the “camp” activities Rock Springs 4-H Center has to
offer. This is a great transitional opportunity, as tweens go from being a
camper to attending educational conferences. Campference will feature workshops
about opportunities in the 4-H program and how to better
interact with others. Participants will meet other youth from around the state
of Kansas. Registration is open now, and you can register online here: 4-H Campference Registration. You will find all the needed information and an informational video on the Campference Page. Space is limited, so encourage young people to register early. Deadline is May 15 or sooner if space is filled.
Hinshaw, Maass and the Campference Committee
4-H HORSE SNAFFLE BIT 2 -AND - 3 YEAR OLD NOMINATIONS
Nominations for 2- and 3- year old horse snaffle bit
projects are due in the local Extension Office by May 1st. Along with
the nomination, the 4-H member must submit the Horse ID and a $10 fee.
The nomination form, a copy of the horse ID (including a color picture of
the horse) and fee needs to be forwarded to the State 4-H Office. Three-year
old snaffle bit projects must have been nominated the previous year and did not
have to be shown to be re-nominated.
State Fair entries for these projects are
due August 1 in the
State 4-H Office.
Van Horn
FAIR JUDGES TRAINING - WICHITA - APRIL 30
A Fair Judges Training will be offered in Wichita on Monday,
April 30, 2012 at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center.
Subject Areas will include: Foods, Foods Preservation,
Clothing Construction, Fashion Revue and Arts and Crafts: Sketching, Drawing and Painting. Click here for the flyer. Registration is due April 20, 2012.
You can register online here: Fair Judges Workshop Registration
Hinshaw and Besthorn
INBOUND IFYE'S NEED SHORT TERM HOSTS FOR SUMMER 2012
Details on inbound International 4-H Youth Exchange participants are now available and placements have begun on a first come first choice basis. Any family who would like to experience another culture and share Kansas daily life and 4-H, should try a short-term hosting experience of two-three weeks to find our how easy it is. They just include the IFYE in what their family is doing and the exchangee has a unique experience.
Kansas expects three IFYE’s for three months who will have four host families the following periods:
1. June 18-July 7/8 2. July 7/8-July 28/29 3. July 28/29-Aug 18/19 4. Aug 18/19-Sept 8/9
Available for the three month period:
Frida - Sweden Spring 2012 H.S. grad, farm experience, 4-H member & leader, likes nature, animals. (Period 4 is reserved).
Leo - Switzerland Grew up in farm village and has herded cattle and fed cattle and pigs, trained as a mechanic and in business; likes playing music, outdoors and outdoor sports.
Till - Germany Grew up on a farm, completed agriculture and construction mechanic apprenticeship, interning with a farm equipment company specializing in harvesting equipment, Landjugend (4-H counterpart) member, likes cars and antique tractors.
Available periods 1, 2 and 3:
Derek Hollander - Australia manages a family farm store, interested in all types of farming, active in Rural Youth (4-H counterpart), likes outdoor sports (Period 2 reserved).
Available periods 1 & 2 or for two- or three-week periods, June 18-July 27:
Christina - Austria Farm background, student in nutritional sciences and tourism management, active in Landjugend (4-H counterpart), interested in outdoor sports, teaching primary/handicapped children.
Daniela - Austria Dairy farm background, works as an administrative assistant for town government, enjoys music, nature, cooking, individual sports and being with kids, she likes to learn languages and cultures. She’d like to stay on a farm for at least one family.
"Male" - Taiwan Works as a 4-H professional in the Taiwan National 4-H Office. We would like to place him with 4-H staff and families who can involve him in local 4-H activities. If a county is involved in 4-H camp at the end of June, it can be included.
Applications and information on hosting may be found on the 4-H web site at: http://kansas4-h.org. Scroll down for Host family information.
For more information, contact Mary Kay Munson at 785-238-3631 or munson@ksbroadband.net. Munson
KSU ADVANCED AND BEGINNER HORSE JUDGING CAMPS
Beginner Section - June 11, 2012 This camp is designed for youth that have had very little experience judging horses and would like to learn more about note taking and oral reasons. Emphasis will be placed on the placings of classes commonly seen in Kansas judging contests.
Advanced Section - June 7-8, 2012 This camp is designed for youth that have some experience judging horses and would like to learn more about note taking and oral reasons. Emphasis will be on the placings and reasons of classes commonly seen in Kansas judging contests.
More information and printable registration forms can be found at www.YouthLivestock.KSU.edu under Judging Camps. Registration is due by May 1, 2012.For more information you may call 785-532-1268 or email Teresa Douthit. Tomascik
PHOTO LEARNING AND PACTICE OPPORTUNITY
SATURDAY APRIL 28, 2012, BOTANICA, 701 North Amidon Avenue, Wichita, KS
SPONSORED BY: BOTANICA AND KANSAS 4-H PHOTO ACTION TEAM
This event is for 4-H Photography members, Leaders, Junior leaders and Parents. Cost
of the event will be your admission price into Botanica, ($7.00, $5.00 youth 3-12)). After paying
admission, check in at the 4-H table near the admission gate.
Orientation will start in the main meeting room at 9:00 AM. No preregistration required, just show up learn and shoot. It's going to be a great day.
Following
the orientation, short learning workshops and photo opportunities will
be given in various locations through out the Gardens and the main
meeting room. The presentations will be approximately 15 minutes
followed by time for the participants to apply what they have learned to
shooting opportunities. Presentations will be repeated at the same
locations every 40 minutes till 2:00 pm. Participants can come and go
and shoot all day till the Gardens close.
TOPICS OF SHORT PRESENTATIONS: Backgrounds and Etcetera Bubbling in the Garden Butterflies “if Butterfly garden is open” Creative Angles Depth of Field How to judge photos in a contest
Planning /Presenting a Judging Contest
Mirrors, Metals and Mylar, oh My
Buchele
DISTRICT HORSE SHOW DATES
South Central – July 6, Kingman Activity Center,
Kingman
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Chair – Kelsey Holcomb, Cowley County
South West – June 26, Finney County Fairgrounds,
Garden City
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Co-chairs – Elly Sneath, Meade County and Bill
Haney, Kearny County
South East – July 10, State Hospital Arena,
Parsons
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Chair – Julie Traxson, Labette County
North East – July 11, Douglas County Fairgrounds,
Lawrence
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Chair – Susan Patton, Meadowlark District,
Oskaloosa
North West – July 10, Norton County Fairgrounds,
Norton
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Chair – Clint Milliman, Thomas County
North Central – July 6, Saline County Expo
Center, Ag. Hall, Salina
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Co-Chairs – Carl Garten and Sarah Maass, Central
Kansas District, Salina
East Central – July 10, Douglas County
Fairgrounds, Lawrence
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Chair – Rod Schaub, Frontier District, Lyndon
Van Horn
A SEWING SAFARI ADVENTURE CAMP
Family and Consumer Sciences Action Team is excited to announce a NEW project specialty camp. "Find Your Wild Side: A Sewing Safari Adventure Camp" will be held June 27-30 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. It is designed for boys and girls ages 10-13 who want to learn more about the clothing project. During the camp they will make four projects, learn about fibers and fabrics, design a t-shirt, and plan a fashion show as well as have time to enjoy some of the Rock Springs activities. All fabrics, supplies, and equipment campers need to complete these projects is included in the camp fee of $165. Camp is limited to 30 youth (4-Hers and friends), so sign up early before the June 1 deadline.
We are also looking for a few volunteers to help during the entire camp or for a single day. Camper Registration, Camp flier, Volunteer Job Description and Volunteer Registration can all be found under "What's Hot" on the 4-H Website at: http://www.kansas4-h.org/p.aspx?tabid=387. If you have questions, please contact Linda Biles at 785-357-0978 or sewandsewbiles@aol.com.
Biles
KANSAS FOSTER CARE RESOURCE FAMILY GRANTS
Kansas 4-H Youth Development, the Kansas 4-H Foundation and Saint Francis Community Services are working together to provide funding opportunities for foster children. The purpose of the Kansas 4-H Resource Family Project and Camp Grant Programs is to provide financial assistance for foster youth and their resource families who want to participate in learning opportunities available through 4-H. Kansas 4-H is open to all youth ages 7 through 18 wanting to expand their learning opportunities. 4-H focuses on developing confident, capable, caring, responsible citizens. 4-H offers a wide range of project areas that youth may learn from, ranging from agriculture to food and nutrition to aerospace and photography. Although being involved in the local club can provide an opportunity for youth to learn from each other and contribute to others through community service projects, volunteers and family support are also important elements of 4-H as volunteers and parents serve as club and project leaders that guide and mentor youth.
Family Grants
- Foster children must enroll as 4-H members through their local extension office. Eligible 4-H members can only apply for one 4-H project and one 4-H camp grant per year.
- Grant funds are for the purpose of starting or enhancing a 4-H project during the 4-H year such as purchasing a camera, craft supplies, clothing, feed, equipment, etc.
- Eligible 4-H members may request funds for supplies and equipment needed for participating in a pet or livestock project; however, funds are not available for the purchase of pets or livestock.
- Grant funding cannot include meal expenses.
- Items and supplies purchased from grant funding for 4-H projects become the property of the eligible 4-H member.
- Liability, maintenance and warranty of the items and supplies purchased become the responsibility of the eligible 4-H member.
Grant application and instructions available on the Kansas 4-H Web site: http://www.kansas4-h.org/p.aspx?tabid=17 Van Horn
NEW APPROACHES TO RECRUITMENT
New Approaches to Recruitment , Trainer: Susan J. Ellis An online seminar as a part of Everyone Ready, Log in or register at: http://www.4-h.org/volunteerism.
After recognizing the fundamentals of the recruiting process
that have not changed, learn to freshen your approach by considering new ways to
design volunteer work, new places to look for volunteers, new ways to present
the opportunities, etc.
Learning Objectives:
After completing this seminar and discussing its content,
participants will be able to:
Assess their current recruitment efforts and diagnose
strengths and weaknesses.
Demonstrate an understanding of targeted marketing to reach
different prospective volunteer audiences.
Articulate the direct connection between volunteer work
design and recruiting the best volunteers
Update old approaches to recruitment to reach out more
effectively to potential volunteers today.
Log in or register at: http://www.4-h.org/volunteerism. Buchele
REPORTING VOLUNTEER IMPACT
Don't miss the online self study, "Reports with Clout Showing the Impact of Volunteers"
by Susan Ellis; it will move to the archives March 19.
Reports about volunteers are often limited to the number of
people and hours served. Broaden your perspective and commitment about
reporting and learn to develop reports that demonstrate volunteers are integral
to your organization.
See reporting as a strategy to educate the entire
organization about volunteer engagement. Move beyond reporting just simplistic head counts to sharing
more meaningful data. Choose from a variety of topics that can be part of a
volunteer program report. Be an effective voice for volunteer effort.
Log in or register at: http://www.4-h.org/volunteerism. Buchele
25 TIPS FOR OPTIMIZING ONLINE COMMUNICATION WITH VOLUNTEERS
25 Tips for Optimizing Online Communication with Volunteers is the title of a new downloadable publication
by Energize Inc. It is Susan Ellis's Topic of the Month. The web address to download the publication is
http://www.energizeinc.com/promo/E-mail_with_Volunteers.pdf. The publication addresses general issues, frequency and length, email subject bars, and other hints. Great ideas on how to
more effectively communicate with volunteers (and staff!)
I have checked this out and it is full of very valuable information and tips. It is well worth the time to read it. Buchele
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