The 2009 county fair season is coming to a close and so has the event that affords us and the 4-H Youth Development Program the opportunity to showcase the fruits of 4-H members’ labors. In many counties, the county fair is the single, largest event that brings together the many facets and populations of the community. I would like to take this opportunity to thank each of you, your local support staff and volunteers for the efforts that collectively make a 4-H display and/or county fair possible. Most folks find it hard to believe that this is something we work on year around. I have often thought that there are many who think we wave a magic wand and make everything appear, and thank goodness there are others who are willing to utilize vacation time from work to be by our side helping to make this happen!
Thanks for all that you do throughout the year to make our programs successful. See you at the State Fair ….. or if our paths don’t cross there …. at our fall retreat in September.
- Renée McKee, State 4-H Program Leader
Fall Youth Staff Retreat
Plans are being finalized for the fall youth staff retreat that will be conducted on September 30/ October 1. Overnight accommodations have been arranged for September 30 only at the University Plaza Hotel (formerly University Inn) in West Lafayette. We will be direct billing the hotel expense to campus, but will need you to make your own reservations (double occupancy) by August 30. The phone number for the hotel is 765-463-5511 or 800-777-9808 (please ask for the 4-H Youth Retreat block). If you have special dietary needs, please let Jane Robertson know (robertsonje@purdue.edu) to assist us with meal planning.
Our sessions will convene at the Beck Center on the Purdue University Agronomy Farm with a noon lunch/program on September 30. I hope that everyone has calendared this meeting and that you have enrolled via the staff development website to participate. Please note that this will include an evening session on Wednesday, September 30. Additional details will be available by September 1.
- Renée McKee, State 4-H Program Leader
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
Purdue Exhibits at the 2009 Indiana State Fair
Pioneer Our Land Pavilion
Visitors to the 2009 Indiana State Fair can learn more about themselves, animals, plants, insects and agriculture in a fun setting at the Purdue University Extension exhibits in the Pioneer Our Land Pavilion. A flyer with descriptions of the exhibits is available to download here.
Reception to Honor Mary Frances Smith
You are invited to participate in a reception honoring Mary Frances Smith (1911-2007), a long time 4-H Staff member and 4-H Icon, on August 15 at the 2009 Indiana State Fair.
An exhibit honoring Mary Frances will be placed in the 4-H Exhibit Hall during the entire State Fair. Friends of Mary Frances are invited to gather on August 15 at 9:00 AM at the 4-H Exhibit Hall for the “Cinnamon Roll and Coffee” reception to reminiscence and honor Mary Frances. We know that Mary Frances touched many lives, both youth and adults, in her career and we hope that you will be able to participate as recognition of the role she played in your 4-H career.
Please RSVP to Shelly Bingle-Coffman at sbingle@purdue.edu or phone her at 765-494-8483 by August 10 if you plan to attend.
Looking forward to visiting with 4-H Friends as we honor one of Indiana’s 4-H Icons.
- Shelly Bingle-Coffman, Executive Director, Indiana 4-H Foundation, Inc.
Operation: Military Kids (OMK)
OMK Opportunities and Resources
OMK still has funds available to help with supplies for Hero Packs, activities for children during deployment briefings, and/or county sponsored events. Up to $500 is available per event. Purchases will need to be made by September 10, but the actual project or event can be held after that date. We frequently receive feedback that the project or event was as meaningful to the adult and youth volunteers as it was to the military children. Please give us a call if you know of a group in your community that might interested in doing an OMK community service project.
Download the 2009 OMK County Sponsored Event application and letter.
Mobile Technology Lab
The MTL will be in the 4-H Centennial Hall at the Indiana State Fair, so please let people know of this opportunity to create Hallmark cards and messages for our deployed soldiers. We also want to thank Boone, Gibson, Newton, Pulaski, Vanderburgh, Wabash, and Warrick Counties for providing and assisting with the MTL in their counties in recent months. Steve and Judy would not be able to do this job without all of the fantastic help from Extension Educators and local volunteers!
Bugle Newsletter
Please watch for the September Bugle Newsletter letter for more information about OMK. We will also be including a brief introduction to Monique Spells, Youth Program Specialist, who replaced Cynthia Gatto in July. Cynthia is now a consultant with Military OneSource.
Monique can be reached at:
monique.spells@us.army.mil
Office: 317-247-3300, Ext. 85483
OMK Cell: 765-313-3423
Upcoming Events:
August 22 – OMK display booth at Purdue Calumet campus from 12-4
September 1 – OMK display at Service Learning Workshop, IUPUI, Indianapolis
September 19 (all day) – Kokomo family day event for Grissom Air Force Soldiers and their families
Please let us know if you or any local volunteers would like to be involved in any of these events.
- Judy Hauser and Steve McKinley
Indiana 4-H Day with Purdue Football
Just wanted to make sure you all are aware of the great opportunity to see the opening game of Purdue football at a reduced cost and celebrate 4-H Youth Development! Attached is a postcard that has all the details. Feel free to distribute/forward to your 4-H Youth, Club leaders/other volunteers, or anyone in the community that loves 4-H. We have reserved a block of just 400, so get your tickets before we sell out!
| When: | Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 |
| Time: | 9-11am Ticket pick-up with a free light breakfast; Kick-off at Noon |
| Where: | Agricultural Administration Bldg./ Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium |
| Address: | 615 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907 |
The first 100 tickets sold will have the chance to get on the field prior to the game!
Purchase group tickets for $25 (normally $40) by calling the Ag Alumni Office at 765-494-8593. Visa and MC accepted.
- Shelly Bingle-Coffman, Executive Director, Indiana 4-H Foundation, Inc.
Shooting Sports
Fall Workshop: September 11-13, 2009. Registration deadline is two weeks before the workshop begins (August 28). You can get the registration form and IDNR health form from the 4-H Shooting Sports leader webpage (www.four-h.purdue.edu/shooting_sports/). See Indiana Certification Workshop for the registration and health forms and a link to the IHEA website. Or, you can go to the Indiana Hunter Education Association (IHEA) website (http://www.inhea.com/) An agenda for the weekend is available at the IHEA website (to help attendees plan).
Reminders:
- Natalie Carroll
Wildlife Habitat Evaluation CDE
The Wildlife Habitat Evaluation Career Development Event (invitational) will be held Saturday, October 3, 2009 at Purdue’s Wright Center (Martell Forest property). Registrations, with payment ($10/participant), are due September 18. Registration forms are at the 4-H judging website: www.four-h.purdue.edu/cde/. The WHEP CDE guidelines were revised last year to include an animal identification activity and the oral reasons will be given by teams (rather than individuals). See the 4-H/FFA Judging Handbook for the updated guidelines. Training materials are available at www.four-h.purdue.edu/whep/.
This is an invitational event so any team may enter (4-H, FFA, Open). Open teams are any that include at least one member not enrolled in 4-H or FFA or a combination of 4-H and FFA members. Open teams should use the 4-H/FFA CDE registration form but add an extra box to indicate they are an "Open" team. Open teams will not qualify for the national 4-H and FFA events. The top 4-H team qualifies to attend the National 4-H Wildlife Habitat Evaluation contest. Participants to the national 4-H event must be enrolled in 4-H and aged 14-19. The top FFA team advances to the FFA Environmental & Natural Resources Management Career Development Event.
- Natalie Carroll
Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault (MESA)
Registration is now open for the 10th Annual Multicultural Gathering, “Called Together to End Sexual Violence” which is co-sponsored by the National Sexual Violence Resource Center.
Date: October 6-7, 2009 Where: Adam’s Mark Hotel, 2544 Executive Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46241 Registration: $50.00 Lodging: $94.00 Please request the Purdue University block of rooms to receive conference rate.
Some of the scheduled presentations:
MESA is a statewide program housed on the Purdue University campus that works to engage and mobilize under-served and under-represented communities in sexual violence prevention efforts. MESA has ongoing efforts in Migrant Farm Worker, Native American, Latino and other Multicultural communities. For more information or to receive registration information, please contact mesa@ydae.purdue.edu
- Kimber Nicoletti, Director of Multicultural Efforts to End Sexual Assault (MESA)
Indiana 4-H Youth & Adult Congress, October 10, 2009
This year’s Indiana 4-H Congress will be held in Indianapolis on Saturday, October 10, 2009. Registration will begin at 8:45 a.m. and the program will conclude at 4:00 p.m. Below are details about 4-H Congress:
Promotional flyers for Youth and Adult Congress are attached to this issue of the CCC.
Thank you for helping us to promote this event to your members and adult volunteers!
- Steve McKinley
Lesson Plans
Lesson plans, based on 4-H Natural Resource project manual activities, are available at
www.four-h.purdue.edu/natural_resources/Resources/Lesson%20Plans/LessonPlans,Activities.htm
(or, go to www.four-h.purdue.edu/natural_resources/, click on Resources for Educators and then Lesson Plans. Many are now available in Spanish and all will be available in Spanish by the end of the year.
- Natalie Carroll
National Soil Project
4-H members can be citizen scientists and contribute data to a national research project at Northeastern University. Dr. Geoffrey Davies and a research team are working on a project to do soil analyses of agricultural topsoils from different parts of the U.S. 4-H clubs can help to collect samples that can be analyzed to give a much clearer assessment of the health of the Nation's soils. 4-H members and families can help to contribute to this national soil research project. The program announcement with details about how to contact Dr. Davies for more information is available here.
- Natalie Carroll
VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT
Adult 4-H Volunteer Day
Included in the electronic version of the June 2009 CCC was information for your 4-H Volunteers regarding the Indiana State Fair 4-H Adult Volunteer Day, which will be held on Saturday, August 15th.
The attachments included an invitation letter and the two-page schedule for the day (the schedule is designed to be printed front-to-back). This information may be distributed to your 4-H Volunteers along with an admission ticket to the Indiana State Fair (taken out of the allotment you receive from the Indiana State Fair).
- Steve McKinley
4-H Volunteer Vision
The August “4-H Volunteer Vision” is available here for your use with volunteers.
- Steve McKinley
2009 North Central Region Volunteer Forum
The 2009 North Central Region Volunteer Forum will be held October 1-4, in Lincoln, NE. Registration information regarding the Forum is on the Nebraska 4-H Web site at: http://4h.unl.edu/volunteers/forum.htm. Early registration continues through August 15.
- Steve McKinley