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February 2014 No. 450CONTENTS
4-H CAMP Facility Camp Program North Dakota 4-H Camp Counselor Applications Due NDSU Extension Service Camp Counselor/Intern Spring ND 4-H Camp Improvement Days
4-H ONLINE 4honline
AMBASSADOR PROGRAM 2014 Extension Youth Conference
CITIZENSHIP IN ACTION Citizenship in Action
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS Citizenship Washington Focus
CLOVERBUD
Cloverbud materials are on the web!
EDUCATIONAL TRUNKS 4-H Educational Trunks
JUDGING UPDATES Winter Judging Events North Dakota Winter Show – State Crop Show
LEADERSHIP/VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT North Central Region Volunteer e-Forum 2013-2014
MISCELLANEOUS North Dakota 4-H is now on Facebook! nd4hnews.ning.com Junior Master Gardener Program
NORTH DAKOTA 4-H FOUNDATION, INC.
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PLEDGE YOUR HEART TO 4-H: GIVING HEARTS DAY 2014! Scout Case IH Raffle ND Foundation Scholarships 4-H Recognition Volunteers Needed! Other
OPERATION MILITARY KIDS OMK and 4-H Military Partnerships
OUTDOOR SKILLS/NATURAL RESOURCE EDUCATION Southwest District Indoor Archery 300 Northeast District Indoor Archery 300 Northeast District Air Rifle 3 position 60 shot Upcoming Trainings State Match Date Set
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 4-H Youth Development Spring Training 4-H Youth Development Program Planning Youth Development Curriculum/Packaged Program Update
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY 2014 4-H Aerospace Event 2014 4-H Film Festival Voices of 4-H History GEAR-Tech-21 Camp
STATE FAIR State Fair Changes Project Expo at State Fair
4-H CAMP
Adrian Biewer, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
State 4-H Camp
FacilityWe continue to work on the rendering of the 4-H building project. It is scheduled to be finalized and put out for construction bids this month. Camp Program The statewide camp committee is finalizing the marketing toolkit. We have started on developing the brochure, posters, website, and online registration. We plan to complete the materials in time for the March registration “Go Live” deadline.
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Katie Tyler, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
North Dakota 4-H Camp Counselor Applications Due
Encourage former 4-H’ers to apply for this wonderful opportunity to be a summer camp counselor at the North Dakota 4-H Camp in scenic Washburn, ND! Must be at least 18 years of age.
NDSU Extension Service Camp Counselor/Intern
Responsibilities include assisting in the development and implementation of research-based educational programming in camping and youth development while working under the supervision of the 4-H State Youth Specialist and ND 4-H camp chairs. Qualifications for the internship include the completion of at least two university semesters of undergraduate coursework (achieved at least a sophomore status by the 2014 fall semester). There will be up to three NDSU Extension Camp Counselor/Intern positions available during the summer of 2013. There will be a total of four counselor positions at camp this summer.The application deadline for all NDSU Extension internships is January 27, 2014.
Spring ND 4-H Camp Improvement Days
Please hold April 24 and 25 on your calendars to attend the 4-H Camp Improvement Days at the ND 4-H Camp in Washburn, ND. Time will be spent on projects for the 2014 camping season. More information to come. If you are willing to volunteer or have a project you would like to add to the list of camp improvements, please let Katie Tyler know ([email protected] or 701-857-7682).
4HONLINE
Dean Aakre, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
4honline
Please encourage your families to enroll using 4honline, but remind them (repeatedly) that if the family is already involved in 4-H, they have an account and NOT to create a new account. As county manager, do not accept the pending application if it is a duplicate, instead, contact the family and have them re-enroll with their existing account, then you can delete the duplicate account while it is still pending.
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AMBASSADOR PROGRAM
Samantha Roth, Stark-Billings County [email protected]
2014 Extension Youth Conference
EYC 2014 will be held June 16 – 19 on the NDSU campus – start recruiting!! Watch for PR and registration information to help spread the word to young people in your county.
CITIZENSHIP IN ACTIONKatie Tyler, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
Citizenship in Action
The 6th annual Citizenship in Action event will be held February 16-17, 2014 in Bismarck. The program will begin at 1 p.m. on Sunday and conclude by 3 p.m. on Monday, February 17.
Youth will: learn how the state executive branch works, have the opportunity to showcase their
citizenship projects, share ideas on how to have a greater impact in
the community, use their voices to present ideas for positive
change, and learn more about the history of 4-H and the
Extension Service in ND.
The event is sponsored by the NDSU Extension-Center for 4-H Youth Development and the North Dakota 4-H Foundation.
Registration InformationThis program is for any youth age 13 to 18 who is interested in citizenship and the political process. For every ten youth, at least one adult chaperone must accompany; counties may combine to share chaperones. Chaperones must register and pay the same fee as youth participants. If any parents are planning on attending they will be considered a chaperone and will need to register and have completed the youth protection policy process.
Registration will be Sunday, Feb. 16, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 1030 Interstate Ave. E., Bismarck.
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The cost per participant is $65 and is available through 4honline. The deadline for registration is February 3, 2014. With the registration fee, participants will get a free t-shirt, materials for the event, lodging, and meals during the event.
Lodging and Chaperone InformationEach county will be designated hotel rooms and are responsible for making room assignments accordingly. On February 4, counties will be sent the number of hotel rooms assigned and must turn in who will be in each room to Karla Meikle by February 12. Room arrangements should be based on two to four youth/room and assigned by age. If a county has only one participant, we will work to match them with another county.
Chaperones will not room with youth participants and will be assigned two to a room. Per our Youth Protection Policy, an adult should not share a room with one minor child who is not his/her child. Youth should room with other youth. If the situation dictates that an adult and a youth must share a room, there should be several youth present with a single adult. If a chaperone wishes to room by alone, they will be responsible for making their own room reservations at their expense.
Marketing the Event to your Local CountyA poster has been attached to this message for you to use for local marketing. All participants will receive more information regarding the schedule and dress code via email once they have registered.
CITIZENSHIP WASHINGTON FOCUS Dean Aakre, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
Citizenship Washington Focus
We are planning for Citizenship Washington Focus. North Dakota will attend week 1 – June 1-7. The cost for the CWF trip will be $1600 and is paid for by the individual or county sending the delegate. Please let me know if you will have any delegates. A registration form will be posted on the 4-H web site.
We may have a delegation to Leadership Washington Focus designed for youth entering grades 7 through 9. The dates are July 15-19. Let me know if you think you might have interest LWF. Cost is likely to be around $1300 (depending on price of airline tickets).
CLOVERBUD Monique Snelgrove, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
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Cloverbud materials are on the web!
Six Cloverbud lessons, a leader’s guide, and parent brochure are available for download or to print on the ND 4-H website. Hardcopy of each publication is also available at Ag Comm. Distribution.http://www.ndsu.edu/4h/member_information/cloverbuds/
A Cloverbud promotional toolkit is also available for download on the web. The toolkit features North Dakota’s very own Clover Bear graphics, and photos, plus a Facebook cover photo and profile picture.
EDUCATIONAL TRUNKSLinda Hauge, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
4-H Educational Trunks
The educational trunks are a great resource for supporting the educational component of the 4-H youth development experience. They include hands-on lessons, directions and most of the necessary materials to conduct a lesson on topics related to many subject matter areas in 4-H.
Descriptions of the trunks available from Fargo can be found at http://www.ndsu.edu/4h/staff_resources/material_check_out/educational_trunks/trunk_descriptions/
Descriptions of the trunks available from Morton County can be found at:http://www.ndsu.edu/4h/staff_resources/material_check_out/educational_trunks/western_trunk_descriptions/
Trunks are housed at the Distribution Center in Morrill Hall on the NDSU Campus and in the Morton County Extension office in Mandan. You must reserve these trunks online using your Outlook calendar. Instructions for reserving a trunk can be found at: http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/4h/Staff_Resources/TrunkReservations.pdf
Managing these trunks without county staff help would not be possible. These expectations must be met for counties to continue to use the 4-H trunks.
1. Inventory and reporting form must be returned with the trunk or faxed to 701.231.8568.
2. If these forms are not returned with the trunk and pieces are missing, counties using the trunk will be charged for missing items.
3. That office will be restricted from reserving future/additional trunks until the bill has been paid.
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In order to prevent your office from receiving a charge for a missing item, it will be of utmost importance that you do an inventory of the trunk when you receive it and when you return it. If something is missing when you get the trunk, please notify the Center for 4-H immediately.
Inventory sheets are available in each trunk.
If you have questions related to these trunks, please contact Holly Halvorson at [email protected] or call 701. 231.9218.
JUDGING UPDATESDean Aakre, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
Winter Judging Events
First – a couple of notes from Justin Crosswhite:Little I contest is February 14th. Registration – 7:00-7:45 am, Contest starts promptly at 8:00 amPre-registration at http://www.123contactform.com/form-790209/2014-Little-I-Livestock-Contest
State 4-H contest similar to past contests. The possibility of a 7th class (market lambs) exists, BUT WILL NOT BE CALCULATED IN CONTESTS’ SCORES THIS YEAR.
Second - contest opportunities from Minnesota:Minnesota will be hosting a bowl competition at the University of Minnesota - Crookston campus on February 1. They have extended an invitation to North Dakota counties to participate. It will include horse quiz bowl as well as other livestock areas. The Invitational has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/northernmn4hprojectbowlinvitational Any questions you can contact Chad Torstveit at 218-964-5689 or [email protected].
North Dakota contests: Please send dates of judging events you are hosting and/or post them on http://nd4hnews.ning.com/ . Be sure to include which contests are included in your event (livestock judging, crops judging, hippology, etc.) I will put together a list of those events. Here are a few dates:
Napoleon FFA Alumni 4th Annual FFA & 4-H Livestock, Crops and Ag sales event - February 1
McLean County hippology contest, Underwood City Hall - February 1 at 1:00
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Northwest Minnesota 4-H Knowledge Bowl, University of Minnesota Crookston – February 1 (includes horse quiz bowl and many animal project areas)
Little I - NDSU, Fargo - Friday, February 14 (livestock, crops, hippology)
Badlands Contest, Bowman - February 22 (livestock, crops)
Oakes Contests, Oakes
Southeast Judging Classic - Saturday, March 1, 2014 - Lisbon High School
NDWS - Valley City, Friday, March 7 (crops, hippology)
NDWS - Valley City, Saturday, March 8 (livestock)
North Dakota Winter Show – State Crop Show
Please encourage your 4-H members to exhibit in the state crop show held at the North Dakota Winter Show. A good crop show exhibit starts with a good quality sample of grain. Gather that now for work on it through the winter months. The exhibit size is two quarts for seeds of wheat, durum, oats, barley, sunflower, rye, peas, lentils, beans, and shelled corn. One quart is exhibited for flax, canola, grasses, small seeded legumes, millet, and seeds of similar size. Ear corn is exhibited with ten ears.
LEADERSHIP/VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENTRachelle Vettern, Leadership/Volunteer Development [email protected]
North Central Region 4-H Volunteer e-Forums 2014
Looking for a great training opportunity for your 4-H Volunteers that you can bring right to your county office? The North Central Region Extension Volunteer Specialists, in cooperation with NCR 4-H volunteers, have partnered to provide 4-H Volunteer e-Forum webinars. These are wonderful educational events for 4-H Volunteers and Extension staff members.
The first two e-Forums had wonderful participation across the NCR region. Thanks to Cass, Burleigh, LaMoure, McIntosh, Mountrail, Ramsey, Rolette and Oliver counties for participating!!!
There are two more e-Forum webinar opportunities. I hope you will consider hosting one or more of these events in your county. They are a wonderful way to join 11 other NCR states in receiving 4-H Volunteer training virtually. If you are interested in hosting, please contact me. Counties who host this series of online trainings will receive $100 for each event to cover some of the costs of hosting which may include stacks, handouts etc.
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Future e-Forums will be held:
Tuesday, January 14, 2014 - Using Technology to enhance your 4-H Experience - the last day to register online is January 13, 2014. Monday, February 3, 2014 - Exploring the Science of 4-H Projects - the last day to register online is February 3, 2014.
To register for the future webinars and download the Host Site Facilitator Resources and Session Handouts please visit: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/ncrvd/eForum2013.cfm
To get an idea of the format of the e-forums you can view the Adobe Connect archives of the 2011 4-H Volunteer e-forums at: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/ncrvd/NCRVF2011.cfmThese online archives are wonderful training resources too.
I look forward to hearing from you about hosting a site.
MISCELLANEOUSNorth Dakota 4-H is now on Facebook!
North Dakota 4-H is on Facebook. Check out pictures and upcoming events or post your own comments and pictures. If you have any questions, please contact Holly at [email protected] or 701-231-7251.
Dean Aakre, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
nd4hnews.ning.com
As the new 4-H year starts, you are encouraged to post questions and information on the http://nd4hnews.ning.com/ web site. The site is open to anyone, but you must join the site to post information. Please check it out.
Junior Master Gardener Program
Thanks to all who have coordinated Junior Master Gardener programs this past year. We will have grants available in 2014. Look for an announcement in the next few weeks.
NORTH DAKOTA 4-H FOUNDATION, INC.Cheryl Kuhn, ND 4-H Foundation Development [email protected]
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PLEDGE YOUR HEART TO 4-H
Giving Hearts Day: February 13, 2014Dakota Medical Foundation (DMF) and Impact Foundation have selected the ND 4-H Foundation to participate in the 2014 Giving Hearts Day, a 24-hour online fundraising event that will be held on February 13, 2014. Contributions of $10 or more will be matched (up to $60,000). To support North Dakota 4-H and have your donation matched, simply go to www.impactgiveback.org on February 13 and click on the Giving Hearts Day “Donate” button. Scroll to the 4-H Foundation of North Dakota. With your help, the ND 4-H Foundation can raise a tremendous amount of funding to support 4-Hers across the state of North Dakota. If the ND 4-H Foundation is one of the top ten organizations to receive the most online contributions, we will receive additional funding from DMF! Save the Date and Spread the Word! This is a one-day only opportunity to double your gift in support of ND 4-H youth development programs! (Promotional materials will be sent to counties to help promote this day of state-wide giving)
Scout Case IH Raffle
The Scout Case IH Raffle will not be continued this year. The Foundation is currently exploring other ways to partner with Case for this year and may move forward with the Raffle in future years.
ND Foundation Scholarships
Scholarship opportunities are available to present and former North Dakota 4-H members through the 4-H Foundation. The application form can be completed online or printed and mailed. Scholarship applications must be postmarked or received by March 1. If you would like to help review applications and select scholarship recipients please volunteer to serve on the scholarship committee! We need you!
4-H Recognition
4-H Hall of Fame: This award is given to outstanding leaders and volunteers that have been involved in 4-H for 15 years or more at the local, county, or state level. Application forms are available online and must be postmarked or received by May 1.
North Dakota 4-H Century Families: Any families whose years as a 4-H member, leader, and/or volunteer add up to 100 or more are eligible. If your family or a family you know qualify, please visit the website for an application form or contact your local extension office. Applications are accepted any time but must be received by May 1 to participate in our recognition events.
Volunteers Needed!
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Looking for a new way to help North Dakota 4-H continue growing great leaders? Please consider joining us on a foundation committee or recommending volunteers. Opportunities include:
Committees: The Clover Classic Golf committee (Oxbow/Fargo tournament):
August 19, 2014 help us raise funds by securing tournament sponsorships, teams or raffle/door prizes. It all culminates in a day of golf, fun and food out on the course! (The Clover Classic West will be not be held this year. A new even is planned in its place. See next bullet.)
NEW! The Clover Classic Shoot fundraising event: May 31, 2014, Capital City Sporting Clays, Bismarck. Help us plan this brand new event and raise funds by securing tournament sponsorships, teams or raffle/door prizes.
Scholarship Committee: review scholarship applications and help select recipients. May also help in identifying and securing new scholarships as well working with current scholarship donors.
Other: Looking for Volunteers college age or older who could volunteer at the
Foundation Office to assist with:o Mailingso Phone Callso Newslettero Special Events
Contact the 4-H Foundation 701-231-8569 to learn more about these and other opportunities!
We welcome your ideas and need your passion!
OPERATION MILITARY KIDSDiane Hahn, ND OMK Program [email protected] OMK and 4-H Military Partnerships
Operation: Military Kids has just completed 5 years of programming in North Dakota! The OMK program has seen a number of changes over those years, with all the federal budget cuts. But we feel fortunate that although our program has felt the impacts of this in some ways, funding has continued to be available, allowing us to continue this important work.
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Now, more than ever, collaboration with community partners is vital for the success of the program. Extension has played a major role in helping us reach ND military youth and provide opportunities for them to build life skills and increase resilience. On behalf of the OMK State Team, I’d like to say “THANK YOU!” to all the Extension/4-H folks around the state who have supported this work in any capacity: instructing educational sessions at a day camp or other event, hosting a community event for military youth and/or families, helping with marketing, participating on the OMK State Team, providing a venue to hold a youth event, chairing or providing activity leadership at camp, or just helping the local office and community to be more aware of military youth and their needs.
Another funding resource which supporting work with military youth is the 4-H Military Partnerships grant. This grant focuses on enhancing the presence and depth of the 4-H Club experience on the Minot and Grand Forks Air Force bases as well as working to connect geographically dispersed military youth with a local 4-H club. We know there are over 5000 military youth (ages birth -18yrs) living in communities across ND so there are abundant opportunities in almost every county to reach out to this special population and expose them to the life-changing experience of 4-H.
Upcoming events for military youth and families:
Winter Holiday Party in Fargo, Jan. 19. Sponsored by the local American Legion Auxiliary, special programming for youth 12 and older http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/4h/OMK/2014WinterHolidayPartyMilitaryKids.pdf
OMK Red Cross Babysitting Clinic for Military Youth in Minot http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/4h/OMK/2014OMKRedCrossBabysitterCourse.pdf
OMK Technology Day Camp in Grand Forks http://www.ndsu.edu/fileadmin/4h/OMK/2014OMKTechnologyDayCamp.pdf
If you want to find out more about ways you can support this work, please contact Diane Hahn at [email protected] or 231-9601.
OUTDOOR SKILLS/NATURAL RESOURCE EDUCATIONAdrian Biewer, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
Shooting Sports
Southwest District Indoor Archery 300
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The Southwest District Tournament at the Burleigh County Extension Office on January 18 is nearly full even with expanding it with one more relay. Registration closes noon January 13. The divisions are bare bow and freestyle in the three age divisions. The registration is through 4-H Online. Tournament limit is 120 and 4-H members only.
Northeast District Indoor Archery 300
The Northeast District Tournament at the Towner County Extension Office in Cando will be on February 15. Registration closes noon February 10. The divisions are bare bow and freestyle in the three age divisions. The registration is through 4-H Online. Tournament limit is 120 and 4-H members only.
Northeast District Air Rifle 3 position 60 shot
Ramsey County is planning an air rifle match on February 15 in Devils Lake. Equipment will be available to use. If enough participants request, we will have the shooting equipment such as shooting stands and rifles on site for the match. Request them from me or you can use one of Ramsey County air rifles for a small fee. (They are probably sighted in real good!) This is the same day as the archery match so we hope will take advantage of both match opportunities.
Training
Archery training will be in Grand Forks on January 25, February 1 is archery in Benson County in Minnewaukan, and February 1 is McHenry County in Towner. If you are planning an air rifle or archery training, please try to get them in before April. April and May are busy months for our staff and once graduations and field work sets in, our volunteers become scare.
State Match Date Set
The air rifle state match will be Saturday April 12 at the Burleigh County Extension Building in Bismarck. This is the first year that the air rifle match will not be held at camp. The state match will be a 3 position 60 shot sporter rifle for juniors and seniors. Beginners will compete in a benchrest match.
Karla Meikle, Morton County Extension [email protected]
Upcoming Trainings
The Summer Shooting Sports event will be held August 9 & 10 in Bismarck. Trap will be held Saturday, August 9 at Capital City Gun Club in Bismarck. Sporting Clays and Skeet will be held August 9 & 10 at the Capital City Sporting Clays. There will be a Shotgun instructor training on March 1st at the Burleigh County 4-H Building. This training is for any adults who want to work with youth. Once completed, the instructor certification will be good for 6 years.
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Please contact Karla Meikle at 701-667-3340 for more information on these trainings.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTSharon Query, 4-H Youth [email protected]
4-H Youth Development Spring TrainingApril 9-11, 2014NDSU Campus, Fargo
Please mark these dates on your calendar for training. We will be working with the NDSU Department of Human Development and Family Science to co-sponsor Dr. Richard Lerner for a campus visit. We will be able to have Dr. Lerner discuss the Positive Youth Development Study for part of our in-service the morning of April 11. Other training topics will include Quality Indicators, Live Real Mentor, tours (Microsoft, Scheels, & Unglued) and much more. Registration details will come after the first of the year.
4-H Youth Development Program PlanningJanuary 30-31, 2014Comfort Inn, Bismarck
Plans are in the works for the 4-H Youth Development Program Planning meeting to be held January 30-31, 2014 in Bismarck. We will do some work as an entire team, but most of the time will be devoted to individual program teams (what we used to call curriculum committees) to work. More information to follow SOON.
Rachelle Vettern, Leadership/Volunteer Development [email protected]
Youth Development Curriculum/Packaged Program Update
WHEN: February 5-6, 2014 Wednesday, February 5th from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at Comfort Inn Thursday, February 6th from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at Comfort Suites
WHERE: Comfort Inn and Comfort Suites, Bismarck
ACCOMODATIONS: A block of rooms has been set aside at the Comfort Inn for February 5 at state rate under Center for 4-H until Monday, January 20. Please call 701-223-1911 to make your reservation. A block of rooms has been set aside at the Comfort Suites for February 5 at state rate under Center for 4-H Character Counts until January 29. Please call 701-223-4009 to make your reservations.
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REGISTRATION: Please register here by Friday, January 24
COST: The cost of the training is $20 per day to cover lunch, materials, and supplies
Below is the agenda for the Update along with a description of the curriculum and packaged programs that will be covered.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2014 at Comfort Inn10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 4-H Essential Elements11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch provided12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Navigating Romantic Teen Relationships1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Are You Ready? The College Transition3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Break3:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Living Online: Middle School, H.S., & Caring Adult4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Evaluation
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2014 at Comfort Suites8:00 a.m. - 1:20 p.m. CHARACTER COUNTS! in 4-H Youth Development, lunch provided at noon1:20 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Take a Stand: Anti-Bullying Curriculum
Curriculum/ Program Descriptions
4-H Essential ElementsThis curriculum was designed to help youth development professionals understand the importance of positive development by presenting the 4-H Essential Elements as central to helping young people become competent, contributing adults. It provides a wealth of resources to 1) engage youth development professionals (e.g., 4-H agents/educators) in building the capacity of volunteers, and 2) perpetuate the Essential Elements in programs.
Navigating Romantic Teen Relationships This curriculum is an interactive educational program that assists teens in the decision making process of romantic relationships. The curriculum encourages teens to analyze and apply topics such as gender influence, relationship progression, and desired character qualities.
Are You Ready? The College Transition The curriculum, created by University of Wisconsin Extension, aims to help students and their parents plan ahead for a smooth transition for post-secondary opportunities. This program helps high school seniors and their parents understand and manage the normal conflicts that result from this transition, increase communication skills, and create a plan for the student to use when faced with conflicts or issues.
Living Online: Middle School, H.S., & Caring AdultDiscover ways to help middle and high students, their parents and caregivers learn to better manage their online presence. Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram,
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Facebook, and others will be discussed. The new curriculum pieces developed by NDSU Center for 4-H will be shared for your use in counties.
CHARACTER COUNTS! in 4-H Youth Development CHARACTER COUNTS!SM is a program to strengthen the character of today’s youth and adults. It is built on the consensus that no matter how diverse our opinions, personalities and backgrounds, there are ethical principles that clearly define us at our best. CHARACTER COUNTS! (CC!) teaches the 6 pillars of character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. These principles are important because they are the foundation of the behavior expectations for youth and adults involved in ND 4-H youth development. This session will focus on how to assist 4-H leaders, parents and staff in incorporating CC! into your 4-H program.
Take a Stand This set of three 4-H curricula from Texas Extension Service, aims to teach strategies to children and teens to reduce bullying. Topics include conflict resolution, bullying, communication, etiquette, teamwork, and cultural awareness. The curriculum is written for Grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12.
SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGYLinda Hauge, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
2014 4-H Aerospace Event
The ND 4-H Foundation, UND Department of Aerospace Science along with NDSU Extension – Center for 4-H Youth Development will once again be sponsoring the 4-H Aerospace Event which is scheduled for April 27-28, 2014 at UND School of Aerospace in Grand Forks. This program is open to youth ages 12-15 who are interested in learning more about the field of aerospace science. Youth must be accompanied by a chaperone. A brochure is being developed and will be sent to each county office.
Online registration will be available around January 15, 2014. Registration will take place through 4-H online so each county office will have to give approval for the registration. Any adult from your county that registers to come as a chaperone must go through the child protection screening procedure before they are allowed to serve as a chaperone. Counties are responsible to seeing that this is complete before the event.
Registration is limited to 75 youth and will be taken on a first-come first-served basis. Late registrations will be placed on a waiting list, if the program fills. You do not have to be a 4-H member to attend this event. When more details come out, please share this information with 4-H youth, schools and other organizations that might be interested in this event. If you have questions, call 701-231-7251 or email [email protected]
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2014 4-H Film Festival
It isn’t too early to encourage youth interested in filmmaking to start planning and creating a short film that they can enter in the ND 4-H Film Festival and in the National FilmFest 4-H. The North Dakota 4-H Film Festival will be held on Sunday, July 20, 2014 during the ND State Fair in Minot. The information for the 2014 contest has been updated on the 4-H website and can be found at http://www.ndsu.edu/4h/programs_events/state_4_h_contests/other_contests/#c197885
4-H members ages 11 and over are encouraged to create and submit a video. Teams of one to four members may submit a film, but at least one of the team members must be a current 4-H member. Films can be one - ten minutes in length.
There are five categories for the 2014 4-H Film Festival: Narrative Animation Documentary 4-H Promotional Voice of 4-H History
The top three entries in each category will be showcased at 2 p.m. on Sunday, July 20 at the North Dakota state fair in Minot. A $100 cash prize will be awarded to the top entry in each division and a $100 cash prize will be given as the People’s Choice award.
Details, registration forms and more information is available on the 4-H web site.
Voices of 4-H History
The 1914 Smith-Lever Act provided federal funding to the Extension Service in every state. To honor this 100 year milestone, the National 4-H History Preservation Team is leading an Oral History program to capture local success stories of Extension and 4-H.
4-H members are encouraged to interview 4-H alumni, volunteers and supporters to share their stories.
The goal of the Voices of 4-H History project is to collect information that reflects personal and community-based 4-H history and illustrates the program’s richly significant story.
We know that North Dakota has many former and current volunteers and 4-H members that have wonderful stories to tell. An example from Utah can be found at http://4h.missouri.edu/go/events/filmfest/2013/films/lareejones.htm Please encourage your 4-H members to use the 4-H filmmaking project to
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preserve some of these memories. We certainly don’t want ND to be left out of this national project.
You can find more about this project at http://4-HHistoryPreservation.com/Voices
GEAR-Tech-21 Camp
GEAR-Tech-21 is an innovative program that brings robotics, GPS and GIS together. This camp is open to any youth who will be going into grades 5 – 8 in the fall of 2013. (You don’t have to be a 4-H member to attend this camp.) We have scheduled this camp during Extension Youth Conference, June 16 – 19 on the NDSU campus, so youth interested in attending will be able to ride the bus to Fargo.
Youth attending will:
Build and program robots. Operate a handheld GPS receiver. Put your science, technology, engineering, and math skills to work. Apply robotics, GPS, and GIS technologies to geo-tracking, navigation,
and mapmaking. Discover opportunities with 3D printing. Find out about careers in science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics including robotics, GPS/GIS, natural resource management and agricultural technology.
Complete fun robotics challenges.
Registration will be open in 4honline and a brochure can be found on the ND 4-H website.
STATE FAIR
Dean Aakre, 4-H Youth Development [email protected]
State Fair Changes
Do you know of a lot change needed for the state fair 4-H exhibit list for next year? Please send your suggestions to me or to the curriculum committee working with the project area.
Sharon Query, 4-H Youth [email protected]
Project Expo at State Fair
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We often get asked why 4-H’ers can’t participate in both Project Expo and Clothing Revue at the ND State Fair and the answer is because they are both scheduled at the same time. To remedy the situation, we are proposing that if a 4-H’er would like to participate in both events, they would be slotted for judging for Project Expo at 9:45 a.m. (one hour earlier than the rest of the participants) and then be able to participate in Clothing Revue the rest of the day. We are looking for feedback, so please send comments to [email protected].
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