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4-H Tip Sheet April 2006
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2006 4-H YOUTH & COMMUNITY ATV SAFETY GRANTS.
Application Deadline: April 12th --- State 4-H Office
Contact:
schaconas@fourhcouncil.edu
Funding provided by Specialty Vehicle Institute of America
The 2006 4-H Youth & Community ATV Safety Grants offers grants in the amount
up to $7,500 for new applicants, up to $2,000 for the 2005 grant recipients
for continuation grants (2005 grant recipients may apply for a new grant if
their focus is new and has a broader reach). This grant is open to
4-H/Extension groups in local communities, in
counties, and at the state level. This program provides opportunities for
young people and adults to address critical ATV Safety issues in their
communities, county, and/or state. Youth are empowered to lead the planning,
implementation, and evaluation process with minimal mentorship from adults.
Youth will learn how their leadership can result in community collaborations
that amplify the impact of their project.
Grants are offered only to 4-H/Extension Programs in the United States and
its territories. If you are not a part of 4-H, we encourage you to contact
your local Cooperative Extension office and become a project collaborator!
Information and the grant application can be found at
http://www.atv-youth.org/grants.aspx on the bottom of the page
under "2006 ATV Safety Grants."
Completed applications are emailed as an attachment to your state 4-H office
by April 12th for review. Your state 4-H office will then forward your grant
application as an email attachment to:
2006ATVsafety@fourhcouncil.edu
<mailto:2006literacy@fourhcouncil.edu>. Applications must be received via
email, as an attachment, in our email inbox no later than Monday, April 17,
2006, 5PM, EST.
If you have any questions, email
schaconas@fourhcouncil.edu , or call at 301-961-2858. McNally |
KANSAS 4-H’ERS RECOGNIZED FOR OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE -- Lauren
Hoge, 14, of Linwood, Leavenworth county, has been selected as a State
Honoree in the 2006 Prudential Spirit of Community Awards. Honoring
outstanding community service by young Americans, the awards are part of a
broad initiative created by the Prudential companies to encourage young
people to become involved in community service. Lauren collected donations
of new and gently used books for children staying at Safe Homes, a local
shelter for abused women and children. As a State Honoree, she receives
$1,000, an engraved silver medallion, and an all-expense-paid trip to
Washington D.C.. While in the nation’s capital, ten of the 102 State
Honorees will be named America’s top youth volunteers for 2006.
Franklin County 4-H’er, Ashley Guenther, was recognized with a Certificate
of Excellence for her efforts.
Other Kansas 4-H members nominated include:
Randi Cressler, Sheridan County
Elizabeth Kretzmeier, Allen County
Marty Lager, Sheridan County
Aimee Ostermeyer, Leavenworth County
Caitlin Powell, Johnson County
Congratulations to all of these young people for their initiative,
creativity, effort, impact and personal growth! Gerhard
ggerhard@ksu.edu |
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Bridges Out of Poverty -- April 11th
and 12th, 2006, Bridges Out of Poverty workshop will be
offered at the Sedgwick County Extension Education Center, Wichita, KS. The
workshop is to help you gain a better understanding of all social classes,
especially poverty. The workshop will help you gain an understanding of
challenges and strengths of the different social classes. The workshop is
designed to help you partner with groups (especially those in poverty) to
create opportunities of success. Day two will focus on redesigning Extension
programs to better serve the people you work with (FCS, 4-H, Community
Development and/or Agriculture).
Registration for this workshop is on the 4-H website at
http://Kansas4-H.org. Registration is $40 for Tuesday only and $50 for
the full conference. Registration deadline is March 31, 2006. More
information about the workshop can be found by clicking on the green
register button on the 4-H website. Fink |
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REMINDER: FCS 4-H Educational Tour -- The 4-H FCS
Action team is hosting an educational tour for 4-H’ers to learn about
several businesses in the Wichita area on Saturday, May 6, 2006. Businesses
may include
Willams-Sonoma, Panera Bread bakery, and a quilting and weaving studio. This
event is open to 4-H members, age 10 years-of-age and older and their
parents/chaperones. A $5 registration fee is being charged for the event and
must be postmarked by April 15, 2006. The event is limited to 50 people.
Registration form with more details can be found on the State 4-H website
under “Whats Hot”. Fink |
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Bids Requested For Fall Shooting Sports Instructor Workshop. The State
4-H Shooting Sports Action Team is requesting bids from county/district
certified shooting sports programs to host the Fall 2006 Instructor
Workshop. The event begins on 1 PM Friday and continues through 4 PM on
Sunday. It cannot be held the weekend of October 14 due to a conflict with
the State 4-H Shotgun Match. Hosts would need 7 meeting type rooms for
classroom/conference-type instruction as well as adequate range facilities
for all of the disciplines. Sufficient lodging and meal services for
approximately 50 people are also required. Bids are due Monday, March 20,
2006. If you have questions or wish to apply, please contact Ms. Randi Lutz,
State 4-H Shooting Sports Coordinator, (913) 845-2456. Gerhard
ggerhard@ksu.edu |
National 4-H Congress Chaperons. This is an open call for staff or
volunteers who would like to apply as chaperons and attend the 2006 National
4-H Congress in Atlanta, Georgia, November 24-28. We are still in need of
two to three adults to travel with our delegation of approximately 40 youth
and participate in the Congress program. All expenses are covered. The
application form may be found at:
http://www.kansas4-h.org/Events/Chaperones/Default.htm. This
site mentions a deadline of October 15, 2005. Please ignore this, complete
the application and forward it to directly to Gary W. Gerhard at the State
4-H Office. Responses by May 15 would be greatly appreciated. Volunteer
applicants must be VIP registered. Gerhard
ggerhard@ksu.edu |
CHARACTER COUNTS! Pillar Two- Respect. The cornerstone of respect is to
show solemn regard for the worth of people, including yourself. There are
two aspects of respect: 1) What you think of others; and 2) How you treat
others. Respect is the duty to treat everyone with respect - not to respect
everyone in the sense that we hold all people in high esteem or admire them.
Treating people with respect means letting them know that their safety and
happiness matter, that they are important and worthy simply because they are
fellow human beings. There are seven basic rules of respect:
1) Honor the Individual Worth and Dignity of Others- People are not things.
All of us have a basic right to be treated with dignity. The well-being of
all people is important; no person should be used simply as an instrument of
another’s needs. Value and honor all people for themselves, not what they
can do for you or to you. Respect the dignity, privacy and freedom of all
individuals.
2) Show Courtesy and Civility- DO: Use good manners and be courteous and
civil to everyone. DON’T: Use put-downs, insults, yelling or ridicule to
embarrass or hurt others. The simple rituals of saying “please”, “thank you”
and “excuse me” acknowledge the importance of others as not merely things
but as individuals entitled to respect.
3) Honor Reasonable Social Standards and Customs- Judge others on their
character, abilities and conduct, not on such matters as race, religion,
gender, where they live, how they dress or the amount of money they have.
Respect means we honor traditions, customs and beliefs important to others.
Respect means we behave according to accepted notions of taste, propriety
and decency. Honoring reasonable social standards and customs includes
dressing, speaking and acting in a manner that is neither offensive nor
inappropriate in its context.
4) Live by the Golden Rule- Do unto others as you would have them do unto
you. The Golden Rule, in one version or another, has a prominent place in
all major religions and philosophies (i.e. Confucius, Aristotle, Judaism,
Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, Christianity). Do only those acts which you are
willing to allow to become universal standards of behavior applicable to all
people in similar situations. Ask yourself, “If everyone did it, would it be
a good thing?”
5) Accept Differences and Judge on Character and Ability- Intolerance,
prejudice and discrimination are disrespectful. Be tolerant, respectful and
accepting of those who are different from you. Listen to others and try to
understand their points of view and opinions.
6) Respect the Autonomy of Others- Respect requires us to honor the inherent
right of all people to autonomy. It is disrespectful to withhold information
people need and want to make informed decisions about their own lives. All
people, including maturing children, should have a say in decisions that
affect them. It is disrespectful to withhold information others need to
control their own destiny. We show respect and teach responsibility by
providing young people with the opportunity to participate in decisions that
affect them.
7) Avoid Actual or Threatened Violence- It is disrespectful to abuse,
insult, demean, bully, or physically harm any person. DO: Resolve
disagreements, respond to insults and deal with anger peacefully and without
violence. DON’T: Use threats or physical force to get what you want or to
express anger.
“If you have some respect for people as they are, you can be more effective
at helping them become better than they are.” - John Gardner
Gerhard ggerhard@ksu.edu |
Spring State 4-H Shooting Sports Match. The Spring 2006 State 4-H
Shooting Sports Match will be held Saturday, April 22, at the Barton County
Fairgrounds, in Great Bend. Details have been e-mailed to local Extension
offices, mailed to Extension Unit Shooting Sports Coordinators and posted on
the Kansas 4-H Shooting Sports web homepage
http://www.Kansas4-H.org/ShootingSports/Default.htm
Disciplines to be included are archery, air rifle, air pistol, and BB gun.
Deadline for entries at the State 4-H Office is 5 PM Wednesday, April 5,
2006. Relay information will be returned to participating Extension Unit
Shooting Sports Coordinators during the week of April 10. Gerhard
ggerhard@ksu.edu |
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Photo Adventure Camp The Photography Action Team
is proud to announce the 11th Annual Photography Adventure Camp, June 7-9. The
camp is for youth ages 13-16 who want an in depth photography experience.
Campers do not have to be enrolled in the photography project (although it
helps). Full information is planned to be on the web before March 15.
Registration will be on-line and start April 15. Buchele
rbuchele@ksu.edu |
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State 4-H Venturers Are Headed to Colorado
Designed as a sampler of outdoor adventure activities, the 2006 4-H
Venturer's program will take place June 24-July 2 in central Colorado. The
program activities include white water rafting, rock climbing, hiking,
mountain biking, canoeing/kayaking, caving, camping and outdoor cookery.
Teens and adults will work in partnership as they explore the great outdoors
in the Flat Top Wilderness Area. The program fee for the 9 day trip is $500,
which includes training programs, transportation, meals, equipment, program
and campground fees. Teens must be 14 years of age by January 1, 2006 and
adults must be VIP Registered Volunteers. The Shakedown Training is
mandatory, taking place June 2-4 at Rock Springs 4-H Center. Last December,
each office received a CD containing a Power Point Presentation as well as
both a black and white and color version of the 2006 marketing flyer on the
2006 Summer Adventure. These can also be found and downloaded from the 4-H
Venturers website,
http://www.Kansas4-H.org/venturers Another great marketing tool is the
4-H
Venturers Video, which is available for purchase ($10) from Distribution.
Knowing that a picture is worth a thousand words (or more!), we thank you
for sharing these visual marketing pieces with your 4-H leaders and members. Check out the
4-H Venturer's website,
for more details. Registrations are due April 1st in the State 4-H Office.
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"K-State For Kids" Stickers Your State 4-H office
now has the round "K-State For Kids" stickers available. They are
approximately 1 1/2" in diameter and have a green and white background with a
green 4-H logo in the middle and a purple KSU powercat logo at the top. The
words "K-STATE for KIDS" are also printed in purple. Each sheet contains 30 stickers and costs only $2.00 plus
shipping. If you are interested, contact Karen Knox at 785-532-0742 or email
her at
ksknox@ksu.edu.
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Centennial Service Project -- Have you shared the
Centennial Service Project Information and Report Forms with your 4-H
Clubs? A number of 4-H clubs annually work to fight hunger in their local
community and we want to hear about it. In 4-H we pledge our hands to larger
service, and specifically this year to celebrate the Centennial we are
pledging to fight hunger in Kansas. There are needs right in your community
wherever you are. Hunger and food insecurity in Kansas are not limited to
poor families in urban communities; a Kansas Health Institute study found
that rates are similar in rural and urban parts of our state. We are asking
that when 4-H clubs or groups collect food, work in a food bank or soup
kitchen or donate money or homegrown produce to hunger causes, that they
report it. We will be taking reports through mid August and are excited to
highlight our collective effort at the Kansas State Fair.
Information about the Hunger Project:
http://Kansas4-H.org/Events/Centennial/ServiceProject/ServiceProjectInfo.pdf
Simple Reporting Sheet:
http://Kansas4-H.org/Events/Centennial/ServiceProject/projectreport.pdf
Please share your neat projects. You have already seen several highlighted
in News Briefs and we are looking for more neat ideas. Also be thinking
about county or district wide food drives, could you do that in cooperation
with 4-H Day? The County Fair? A judging contest? Another county or
district event? We look forward to hearing from you.
There is
still time for your county, or district or 4-H Clubs to take part in the
State 4-H Centennial Service Project. Here are a few creative thoughts for
activities that could still be planned:
*Hold a casual day, everyone brings a can
or makes a donation to dress casual. Could a 4-H club make arrangements for
that to happen at your courthouse or at a business in town?
*Wash Away Hunger – A car wash for cans
and donations.
*Fill’er up - Fill a bus, fill a truck or
fill a shopping cart with food.
Remember the food your group collects stays
right in their communities. We just want to know what you did, how much
money or food your group collected, how many hours you worked or how many
pounds of fruits or vegetables were donated. You can get the simple report form here:
http://www.kansas4-h.org/Events/Centennial/ServiceProject/Default.htm
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VIP Volunteer System Training. Screening and orientation of our 4-H
volunteers is important. The VIP
Review and Revision Task Force has completed their task and are ready
to share the results of their work.
VIP Volunteer System Training dates and sites available:
April 6-Fredonia, Wilson County Courthouse
April 6-Garden City, SWREC Meeting Room
April 26-Rock Springs 4-H Center, Flint Hills Building
April 26-Hays, Ellis County Extension Office Meeting Room
Each session will begin with gathering at 9:45 a.m. with the session
starting promptly at 10:00 a.m. We will conclude at 3:00 p.m.
Topics of the training will include the revisions of the 4-H VIP
application, policies and procedures; plus a look at a total Volunteer
Development Management System. Because of the importance of volunteers to
creating a Safe Learning Environment and the importance of risk management
to the KSRE system, all Extension Units will be
expected to be represented at one of these training sessions.
Information about the training is available at:
http://www.Kansas4-H.org/Events/Trainings/VIPTrngBrochure.pdf
Please register on-line at
http://www.Kansas4-H.org Registration deadline for Fredonia and
Garden City sites is March 24 and for the Rock Springs and Hays sites is
April 14. If you can not register on-line, please register with Corrine Huse,
at the NE Area Office, chuse@ksu.edu, 785-532-5833 for Fredonia or Rock
Springs or register with Rita Dome, at the SW Area Office, rsdome@ksu.edu,
620-275-9164 for Garden City or Hays. Please be sure to include which
training site you will be attending.
Registration fee is $5.00 which will include lunch and all materials. Make
check payable to the Kansas 4-H Foundation. You may pay on site. Mack/Buchele/VIPTask
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Basic 4-H Operations Training Session. Basic Ops 1 is set for April 17
& 18 in Manhattan. This training is
now part of the New Agent Training Cycle, but anyone in the system that
would like a refresher course is welcome.
Basic 4-H Operations I training begins at 1 p.m. on Monday, April 17 and
goes through 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 18. All sessions will be held in
Throckmorton Hall, Room 2002 on the K-State campus..
Topics to be addressed include: 4-H Financial Management, VIP,
Accountability to the 4-H mission, Learning through Events, Risk Management,
Program Planning, Program Management and more. Training brochure can be
found at
http://www.Kansas4-H.org/Events/Trainings/basicopsbrochure.pdf
Cost to attend is $20 payable to the Kansas 4-H Foundation. Please contact
Diane Mack at: dmack@oznet.ksu.edu
by April 7 if you plan to attend. Mack/Hinshaw |
"The Stuff You Need to Know" 4-H Promotional Posters. All local
Extension Offices will receive a free set of 17" X 22" promotional posters
in celebration of the 4-H Centennial. This set of five "The Stuff You Need
to Know"
4-H promotional posters highlights five different project areas. These
posters, developed by the 4-H Marketing Action Team, are designed to help
you promote 4-H in your local community. This free set of posters will be
distributed at Discovery Days.
We heard requests at 4-H Updates last December that local offices also
wanted a set available in the smaller, 11"x17" inch size. If you wish to
order a smaller set, you will need to do so through KSR&E Distribution. The
posters will be listed on the next system wide order form as "4H-934 -`The
Stuff You Need to Know´- 4-H Promotional Posters. A set of five - 11" x 17"
promotional posters. Posters highlight five different project areas."
Mack/4-H Marketing Action Team. Mack |
Operation Military Kids - Ready, Set, Go Training. Now is the time to
inform your community leaders about the area training which will be taking
place the first of May. You will want to invite anyone who has a passion for
helping kids, this could include ministers, school personnel, law
enforcement, counselors, 4-H leaders to name a few.
The training will include understanding the military process, exploring
issues that arise because of deployment, tools to help the community support
children and youth of National Guard and Army Reserve families and how to
create an action plan for your community. See more information on the 4-H
website:
http://www.Kansas4-H.org/Events/RegOMK.pdf
The trainings are scheduled for -
May 2- Kansas Highway Patrol Training Academy, 2025 Iron Street, Salina
May 4- Johnson Co Extension Office, 11811 S. Sunset Dr., Olathe
May 8- William Carpenter Building, Fairgrounds, Scott City
May 11- Community Building, Fairgrounds, Eureka
Domsch, adomsch@ksu.edu
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4HCCS Materials---The new pre-print order form will be coming from Ext.
Distribution very soon. You should be receiving a new reference 4HCCS 2006
Catalog to use to make your selections, if not, you can go
to www.n4hccs.org to view a catalog. We just received this information from
CCS, thus the Kansas Order Form will need to be returned by April 15 to
allow time to submit the state order. If you would like to pick up a few of
the current pubs that are being revised for this fall, CCS is having their
annual March Close-out Sale for remaining copies of Bicycle, Computer
Mysteries, Dairy Goat and Sheep. Just go to the website to place an order
for close-
out material. Adams |
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4-H Beef Ear Tags---It has come to our attention that if you are
getting ready to use the newer white tags that have a more brittle black
button, you will need a tagger with a red blunt pin! Distribution will soon
be getting some of these new taggers, but call them immediately if you need
one as they do not normally purchase large quantities. Adams |
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Camping Research.
We know that 4-H Camp is a wonderful
way to reach young people and that the benefits are many. Recent research
from the American Camping Association, the first-ever national research
study on the benefits of the camping experience provides scientific evidence
that camp as an American institution is a powerful force in youth
development. I would encourage you to visit the website to view the document
and findings from this research. These findings might just help you market
your camp program too. http://acacamps.org/research/
Click on Youth
Development Outcomes of the Camp Experience. Hinshaw |
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Campference.
The Kansas 4-H Youth Leadership Council is
excited to introduce Campference!!! This event is focused on 4-H members
ages 12-14, and will be held June 24-27, 2006, 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. Campference will
feature workshops about opportunities in the 4-H program, and activities to
energize youth while learning leadership skills and how to better interact
with others. Participants will meet other youth from around the state of
Kansas, and have the opportunity to establish lasting friendships.
Complete information will be available during the week of March 20, and a
note will go out on the counties listserv when the material is posted to the
web.
Hinshaw on behalf of Campference
Committee Members Barrett Smith, Edwards County and Wesley Callahan, Douglas
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Powerful YOUth on 4-H
Trails: Walking Trail Initiative Takes Shape!
Though still in its
"infancy", an exciting new camp activity awaits you at Rock Springs 4-H
Center. The new Sunflower Walking Trail has been built at Rock Springs and
will be ready for use during the June camping season. Thanks to the work of
Rock Springs,
K-State Research and Extension, K-State Collegiate 4-H and the
Sunflower Foundation, the Sunflower Trail will be a model for trail
development in communities across Kansas! For those camps that
offer additional alternative activities during camp, the .25/mile walking
trail will work well. For those of you already doing "healthy lifestyle"
programming, this would be a great tool for you to use with a group this
year. For the 2007 camping year, the trail's natural grasses, new signs and
"Trail Mixx" information guides will enrich the walking experience for all. In 2007, the 4-H
walking trail initiative will also include project kits and information
suitable for 4-H club and group Healthy Lifestyle projects. For more information
contact Joan Kahl, <jkahl@ksu.edu>, Mike Bradshaw <mhb@ksu.edu>, Elaine
Johannes <ejohanne@ksu.edu> or Beth Hinshaw <bhinshaw@ksu.edu> --
Johannes |
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