Volume XXV Edition I
January 2008
Source: McFarland, M.
and Huebner, A. (2002). YouthWorks Self Study Guides. Kansas State University.
New 4-H Outstanding Citizenship
Award Sponsored by Indiana Society Sons of the American Revolution (INSSAR)
This award was announced during the fall of 2007 and provides an additional
opportunity to recognize a 4-H member from each county. Award guidelines are
posted on the 4-H website under educators/scholarships/awards or from the
following direct
link.
Upcoming 4-H Youth Development Staff
Development Opportunities
The agendas for the January Moving Ahead Training for tenured 4-H field staff
and the February Skills Café are nearly finalized and will be emailed
along with lodging/per diem instructions to those who enrolled through the
staff development website.
4-H Emblem Graphics
This note serves as a gentle reminder that the most current 4-H emblem graphic
should be utilized as we move into the new 4-H Program year. I continue to
see the emblem with the words “protected under” printed on county newsletters,
enrollment forms and other materials. To be certain you and your clerical
support staff have the most recent emblems for use see the National 4-H Headquarters
website
http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/emblem/4h_emblems.htm
I appreciate each county’s attention to this detail.
- Renee McKee, State 4-H Program Leader
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
An Update from The Indiana
4-H Foundation
Exciting
News!
In 2008, The
Indiana 4-H Foundation is preparing for an exciting transformation that will
help it take the next step in becoming the thriving foundation that can do
even more for Indiana’s 4-H youth. After careful consideration and thoughtful
discussion, the Board has decided to forge a closer partnership with Purdue
University and the College of Agriculture, including future relocation of
the Foundation to the West Lafayette campus.
The benefits of this move are tremendous. While the 4-H Foundation will remain an independent 501 (c) 3 not-for-profit corporation, Purdue will provide a salary and benefits package that will allow the Foundation to hire an Executive Director who can drive development efforts. The location at Purdue will also provide us with professional fundraising expertise and a day-to-day connection with the 4-H staff who are developing programs to serve 4-Hers across the state. This integration will ensure that the Foundation is raising funds for the programs that most need support.
We believe these changes are vital to the future of the Indiana 4-H Foundation in its mission to develop financial resources to support Indiana 4-H Youth Development. While the Foundation’s move to Indianapolis almost two decades ago was the right move then, we all know the world has changed and the past two years have been particularly challenging for the Foundation. We are fortunate to have had a number of people with a heart for 4-H step up to staff the Foundation at a time when having permanent employees wasn’t feasible.
We’d particularly like to thank Beth Stickles McDaniel, who resigned from the Board in 2006 to serve as Executive Director on a contract basis, and is now returning to her management consulting business. Beth put in more hours than we could ever pay her for, and we are indebted to her for her expertise and great work on behalf of the Foundation. Her efforts, along with those of our Board and other dedicated volunteers, have not only maintained but advanced Foundation operations and our financial position during this time.
As quickly as possible, the Board will work with Cooperative Extension Director Chuck Hibberd to hire an Executive Director who will serve as the chief promoter and face of the 4-H Foundation. As we hire permanent staff and make the transition to a new location over the next few months, you can contact the 4-H Foundation by calling Nola Gentry at 765.463.4988 or Annie Watts Cloncs at 765.522.2300. Or, leave a message at the Foundation office at 317.692.7044.
We are excited about this opportunity to take the Indiana 4-H Foundation to the next level so we can better serve the youth of our state. Thank you for your past support. We look forward to your continued support in 2008 and beyond. We hope to see you on April 2 at our Annual Meeting where you will hear more about these exciting changes. In the meantime, please call either of us.
New
Officers Elected
At
the December 14 Board of Directors meeting, these officers were elected for
2008: President - Nola Gentry, Vice President - Bob Grimm, Secretary - Marcy
Kuhn, Treasurer - Monty Korte.
- Nola Gentry, President (765.463.4988) and Annie Watts Cloncs, Past President (765.522.2300)
WOW!!
2008
International 4-H Outbound Opportunities
| Destinations |
Length |
Dates |
Age |
Youth Location |
|
| New ! |
Australia |
1 month |
June 16-July 17 |
16-19 |
Anywhere IN |
| New ! |
Finland |
1 month |
June 14-July 15 |
15-19 |
Anywhere IN |
| New ! |
Norway |
1 month |
June 30-Aug 4 |
16-19 |
Anywhere IN |
| Japan |
1 month |
July 9-Aug 7 |
12-19 |
Anywhere IN |
|
| Poland |
12-14 days |
late June-July 1 |
high school preferred |
NE Indiana |
Great opportunity for Junior Leaders! Applications due by February 1. Contact Lee Stanish for details.
- Lee Stanish
Annual Great Backyard Bird
Count
Join the
Great Backyard Bird Count, February 15-18, 2008!
It’s fun. It’s free. It takes as little as 15 minutes, and it helps the birds.
See the website (www.birdsource.org/gbbc)
for statistics, a map from the GBBC of 2007, and more!
- Natalie Carroll
Junior Pork Day- Clint
Rusk
Operation:
Military Kids
Supporting
Children of Military Families
The Indiana
Operation: Military Kids team will be hosting a one-day training, “Supporting
Children of Military Families,” on Thursday, March 13, 2008, from 9 a.m. –
4 p.m. (ET). The training will be held at the Hamilton County 4-H
Fairgrounds in Noblesville.
The training will help equip community members to work effectively with children of military families. Topics for the program will include: understanding the military; deployment cycle; strengths, stressors, and methods to support military children; methods to identify and connect with military children; community resources available; and a town hall interview with military experts.
The target audience for this program are community teams of at least 6 members each, consisting of Extension Educators, school personnel (administrators, counselors, nurses), and other community members who are interested in supporting these children. By the end of the training, county teams will have developed a plan of action that will better enable them to support the military children in their communities.
Extension Educators had the opportunity to enroll in this course through the Staff Development Web site early last summer. Those who did not enroll at that time may still do so through their District Director’s office. Lunch and the registration fee to attend the training will be provided through the OMK grant. The participants’ only expense will be transportation.
An agenda
and a registration form for this training are available at the links below..
Please feel free to distribute these to members of your community and encourage
them to submit their registration. We are asking for all registrations to
be submitted by Friday, February 29, 2008.
Download
"Supporting Children of Military Families" registration form
Download
"Supporting Children of Military Families" agenda
Please contact us if you have any questions!
OMK
County-Sponsored Events
The 2007-2008
OMK grant includes funding for County-Sponsored Events again this year. Up
to $500 per event may be requested to support local OMK programming that relates
to the OMK mission of providing support to military children. The most recent
information letter and funding application are available for your use at the
link below. We look forward to expending all of our funds allocated to county
events this year!
Download
2008 OMK County-Sponsored event information letter and application
Speak
Out for Military Kids
Speak Out
for Military Kids (SOMK) is a speaker’s bureau for students in grades 7-12,
with or without a military background. The next SOMK training session is scheduled
for February 1-2, 2008, at the armory in Evansville, IN. Registrations are
due by January 25, 2008.
During the training, students will have the opportunity to learn more about challenges that military children face and methods by which they can share these experiences with their home communities. We would appreciate your assistance in identifying individuals who would be strong SOMK candidates. Download a registration form, flyer, and press release for those who are interested. Questions regarding SOMK may be directed to Carla Kidwell (kidwellc@purdue.edu), Randy Brown (browngr@purdue.edu), Steve, or Judy.
If you have questions regarding OMK, please ask!
- Steve McKinley and Judy Hauser
4-H
Shooting Sports
Reminder: Exploring
4-H members (pre 4-H members) may not handle firearms. Purdue’s
liability coverage does NOT extend to anyone other than 4-H members and certified
instructors. Parents and siblings (non 4-H members) may not be allowed
to handle or shoot firearms at 4-H events.
Spring Workshop: March 28 – 30, 2008. Registration forms, IDNR health forms (not 4-H), and payment are due March 17. They are available on-line at www.inhea.com/ or through the Indiana 4-H shooting sports website. (Scroll down to Training & Camps.) Early registration is recommended because many disciplines fill for the spring workshop (especially rifle and archery). Remember that Purdue policy requires 4-H shooting sports education instructors to have successfully completed a certification workshop, in addition to the usual county volunteer leader screening. The screening should take place before the certification workshop, if possible.
The Hunting and
Wildlife discipline is highly recommended, particularly for the younger 4-Hers.
It is a great way of introducing youth to the outdoors and the wildlife that
we enjoy in
Fall Workshop: September 5-7 2008, Registrations due: August 22, 2008
Younger 4-H members: It is up to each county Extension Youth Educator working with their Shooting Sports Education Instructor Team to decide the appropriate age to begin this program in your county. The decision should be based on the ratio of instructors to youth, the maturity level of the youth, the disciplines offered, your instructor's level of comfort when working with the younger youth, and the size of equipment you have. The hunting and wildlife discipline has many group activities and may be the best choice for younger 4-H members.
- Natalie Carroll
Wildlife
Habitat Evaluation CDE
The Wildlife Habitat
Evaluation CDE will be held on Saturday, April 12 at Ross Camp in Tippecanoe
County. Team registrations are due March 28, 2008, with payment (or
PO). This is an invitational so any 4-H, FFA, or independent team is invited
to participate. The Wildlife Habitat Evaluation CDE is an excellent tool to
increase youth understanding of wildlife ecology and management practices.
Participants evaluate wildlife habitat by identifying wildlife foods, evaluating
aerial photographs and working as a team to write a management plan. Youth
learn the lifelong skills of teamwork, observation, analysis, concentration,
communication, and presentations (oral and written). Knowledge gained through
studying and competing in this event will help participants understand how
to create a wildlife habitat, wherever they live, throughout their lives.
The CDE features a true team activity and open-ended problem solving, skills
that many educators are striving to teach high school youth. Teaching tools
and additional information are available at www.four-h.purdue.edu/whep. (Note:
Trips to national competitions are available for 4-H and FFA teams only.)
- Natalie Carroll
Animal Affidavits
The 2008
versions of the animal affidavits are available at the links following this
article. Both forms are also available in PDF format on the 4-H WEB site.
The regular form (4-H 836) will be required for each market lamb, meat goat
wether, steer, barrow and gilt entered at the 2008 Indiana State Fair. Exhibitors
of dairy cows, pigeons, poultry, rabbits and waterfowl, whose animal(s) is/are
selected for drug testing and/or the 4-H
Download
4-H 836 Animal Affidavit
Download
4-H 836 H&P Affidavit
- Clint Rusk
Schoolyard
Habitats – Gardening for Wildlife
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has a wildlife habitat certification program for informal educators. See their schoolyard habitat website (www.nwf.org/schoolyard/) for information about how your wildlife project members might have part of your fairgrounds or an after-school program certified. If your club members are interested in obtaining the NWF certification, they should consider using any of the following resources: WHEP CDE team (trained in wildlife habitat evaluation), Purdue’s wildlife website (www.purdue.edu/wildlife), and the NWF website.
- Natalie Carroll
4-H
Science Workshops
Science Workshops
are scheduled for June 11-13, 2008 and delegates will be
housed at Harrison Residence Hall (non-a/c). Reservations are due May 15,
using the “Science Workshop Conference Registration Form 2008.” It has been
posted to the 4-H website and may be downloaded from any of the Science Workshop
registration form buttons. The form is the same for all workshops. It is an
Excel form to be typed into, and it will tally up your total payment which
is due to Purdue by May 15. All workshops cost $130 and include housing, four
meals (two dinners, two breakfasts), and workshop educational materials.
The 4-H Science Workshop Educators Handbook and Science Workshop Recruitment Brochure has also been posted to the 4-H website under workshops.
Note: in 2009 delegates will be housed in an air-conditioned residence hall.
- Carl A. Broady and Clint Rusk
Animal Sciences Workshop for
Youth
The
2008 Animal Sciences Workshop for Youth will be held on June 11-13.
Please get the word out to the youth in your county who might be
interested in attending these educational days at Purdue University. Your
county received a videotape at the 2001Youth Staff Retreat to use to promote
the Animal Sciences Workshop for Youth and to recruit students to attend.
Please show this tape at your livestock club meetings in future months to
spark the interest of high school age 4-H members.
- Colleen Brady and Clint Rusk
Zebra
Mussel Mania Traveling Trunk
If you like to do
club or classroom science activities you may want to borrow the Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant College Program Zebra Mussel Mania Traveling Trunk. It is available
from five locations around
- Natalie Carroll
Citizenship Washington Focus- Carl A. Broady
2008
State Public Speaking
The theme will be
“Mastering Life Skills through 4-H.” It is broad in nature and 4-H members
should be able to focus on skills that are important to themselves or what
doors 4-H has opened.
- Carl A. Broady
4-H
Band and 4-H Chorus
Band and Chorus recruitment
flyers and applications have been posted on the 4-H website. Applications
for these two workshops continue to be hard copy for each director determines
acceptance and placement within the groups. Band cost will be $150 for the
3-days and Chorus will $225 for the 5-days.
- Carl A. Broady
4-H
Youth Round-Up
4-H Youth Round-Up
dates are June 23-25 and participants will be housed in Tarkington and Wiley
(non-a/c) residence halls. The cost for 4-H Round-Up will $135 for the 3-day
event and includes four meals. The 4-H Youth Round-Up Registration Form is
an Excel form and can be downloaded from the 4-H website. Please type your
information into the form and send the form along with payment to Purdue Conferences.
Participants attending will be enter through ED and sent electronically.
The schedule will be much the same as 2007 and Grant Baldwin from Ozark, Missouri will be our keynote speaker and workshop presenter. See the Round-Up flyer available here to help promote this great event for young people. You may download it from the 4-H website also.
Note: in 2009 delegates will be housed in an air-conditioned residence hall.
- Carl A. Broady
State
Fair 4-H Exhibit Entry and Release, non-walking exhibits
4-H non-walking exhibits
(posters, crafts, sewing, etc.) will be accepted on Tuesday, July 29 from
8 AM to 9 PM. Those counties still in Fair operation may enter their exhibits
on Wednesday, July 30 from 8 AM to 12 Noon.
Perishable exhibits (beekeeping, floriculture, foods, gardening) will be entered on Monday, August 4 from 10 AM to 2 PM.
Release of these exhibits will be on Monday, August 18 from 8 AM to 9 PM only.
- Carl A. Broady
Indiana Beef and Dairy Steer Enrollment Form2. Please alphabetize the completed white copies of the form (by the 4-H member’s last name) before sending the forms to our office. It would also be helpful, if you would check to be sure the forms are filled out completely (including the required signatures). Thanks for your help with these forms.
- Clint Rusk
Livestock Changes
for the 2008 Indiana State Fair
Swine
- Clint Rusk
Youth PQA Plus Certification
Minimum Standards
for the Youth PQA Plus Program
as of January 1, 2008
Age
Re-certification Period
Educators
Content
PQA Plus certification
is not mandatory, but may be required by the packer in your area. Swift and Co. in
Louisville, KY will only bid on hogs at county fairs where the 4-H members
have been PQA Plus certified. If you are in a southern
There is a Youth PQA Plus curriculum available from the National Pork Board (NPB). You may order an instructor’s manual from NPB by calling 1-800-456-7675 and asking for the PQA Department or by going to the NPB website at: http://www.porkboard.org/PQA.The curriculum booklet also comes with a CD-ROM, which contains all of the material in the book, plus a PowerPoint presentation. The National Pork Board also has an interactive Youth PQA Plus training module available on their website that was developed in 2005.
Purdue also has an interactive website for certifying 4-H members in PQA Plus: http://www.ces.purdue.edu/PQA. This site should be used to certify 4-H members who cannot attend regular county PQA Plus training sessions. There is a PQA Plus quiz to go along with the interactive site that can be utilized to certify youth on an annual basis, but will not substitute for the test from the National Pork Board available to intermediate and advanced youth who are seeking multiple year certification. Results of Purdue’s on-line quiz can be sent directly to your county office. For more information, contact Eric Adams at 765-496-6806 or ewa@purdue.edu
- Clint Rusk
PROJECT CURRICULUM AND RESOURCES
Entomology
Resource
The book,
Arthropod Collection & Identification, Laboratory and Field Techniques
is an excellent resource for 4-H entomology members that are interested in
collecting insects. The authors are Purdue Entomology faculty, Dr. Chris Oseto
and Dr. Tim Gibb. This book includes chapters on: Equipment and Collecting
Methods, Agents for Killing and Preserving, Storage of Specimens, and a whole
section on Classification. ISBN-13:978-0-12-369545-1, ISBN-10:0-12-369545-7.
- Natalie Carroll
4-H
Project Exhibit/Manual Changes
I believe ALL project
exhibit changes have been posted to the 4-H website.
Computer project will not have a new manual in 2008 and there are no exhibit changes. Please use your current supply and if you need to make photocopies of the manual, please do so for this year.
The following manuals are at the printers and should be in MDC by the end of January. Watch for the notice from Kathy Lester as to their arrival.
Genealogy Forms–All forms are posted on the 4-H website in Excel format to be downloaded by the 4-H member. There are black and white versions and colored version. This is a individuals choice as to wishing to print in black and white or color. In the Excel forms there are various tabs, across the bottom, within the file for the 4-H member to click on once in the file to obtain additional forms needed. Forms posted are:
- Carl A. Broady
VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT
Tenured
Volunteer Recognition
Each year we recognize
those volunteers who have completed at least 20 years of service in the 4-H
program (and each subsequent five-year anniversary…25, 30, 35, etc.).The 2008
recognition program will be held during 4-H Day at the Indiana State Fair
on Saturday, August 9th.
This year you will be able to submit your tenured volunteer names via ED. Richard Fox will be holding a training session on how to enroll these volunteers via ED after the first of the year. Stay tuned for more details! Please complete this registration whether or not you have volunteers to be recognized.
Please double-check the spelling accuracy of your volunteers’ names so that we can recognize them correctly!
Please note that if you have volunteers who will be recognized for 50 or more years of service, we need a brief description of the work they have done to include in the program at the State Fair. Thank you!
- Steve McKinley
4-H
Volunteer Vision
The January
“4-H Volunteer Vision” is available here
for your use with volunteers.
- Steve McKinley
“VolunteerIN, 4-H Toolkit for Success” Training Series
On Tuesday, January
29, the 2008 “VolunteerIN, 4-H Toolkit for Success” lesson
plans will officially be launched. The lessons this year focus on the “Mastery”
concept. To begin the second year of the materials, an IP Video program will
be held on Tuesday, January 29 and repeated on Thursday, February 21 (the
same program will be offered on each date). Each program will be held from
7:30-9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (6:30-8:00 p.m. Central Time). The 2008 program
will include portions of the following lessons: Experiential Learning Model,
Skill-a-Thon, Mock Judging, Life Skill Development, and Goal Setting.
Counties are encouraged to join together to offer this IP video program for their volunteers. IP Video sites may be enrolled by visiting: http://1144sms/ipevents/. Look for programs #1245 (Jan. 29) and #1246 (Feb. 21). Be certain that you enroll your site prior to the deadline! This IP program will be recorded and placed on the State 4-H Web site as a streaming video within a couple of weeks of the program.
On or around January 15, a VolunteerIN CD will be distributed to all 4-H Youth Development Extension Educators. This CD will contain 8 complete lessons for 2008. Each lesson has a detailed plan, a PowerPoint with notes pages, a fact sheet to distribute to the volunteers, and a quiz (with a key). Some lessons also contain worksheets and activity files. The CD also contains IRB-approved evaluation forms for the training series.
A promotional flyer is available to download here. Feel free to use this flyer and logo to help promote the series to your volunteers via mail, newsletter, e-mail, etc. The flyer has a place for you to include local contact information. The January issue of the Volunteer Vision also includes promotional information regarding the VolunteerIN program.
Check with your area’s 4-H Volunteer Development Committee member for more information.
- Steve McKinley and Randy Brown
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
2008
Awards/Scholarships Due February 1
Entries are due February
1 and include Indiana 4-H, Plant Science Achievement Scholarship, Indiana
4-H Accomplishment Scholarship, Indiana 4-H Foundation Scholarship-Senior
Year, National 4-H Youth Congress Trip, and the 4-H Club Scholarship. Entries
of individuals will be done through ED. See the ED website for instructions.
It will be much the same procedures as used in past years on entries of Scholarships,
Science Workshop and Round-Up delegates.
Physically mail the application forms to me at the State 4-H Office and enter the delegates name and which scholarship/trip they are applying through the ED electronic process.
Download a listing of important dates concerning these awards, scholarships, and trips.
- Carl A. Broady