• June 22-25: State 4-H Conference, CSU campus
• June 26-July 3: Citizenship-Washington Focus, Washington, D.C.
• July 5: University holiday, offices closed

Opportunity for Freshman 4-H'ers Attending CSU

Please encourage your 4-H'ers who will be attending CSU as freshman next fall to apply to be a 4-H Scholar. The 4-H Scholars promote the positive experiences they had in 4-H and spend up to 20 hours a month representing 4-H at key activities, speaking at public events, and meeting with stakeholders and donors. For their efforts, each Scholar receives training, public relations support materials, reimbursement for expenses, and a $1,500 annual stipend toward college expenses.

Look for more information on how to apply next fall.
— Katy Kohnen

Army, 4-H Join Forces to Support Youth

A joint Army/4-H initiative will provide support, recreational, social and educational programs to youth in Colorado whose parents are suddenly deployed to Iraq and elsewhere due to the Global War on Terrorism.

Operation: Military Kids (OMK) is an Army/4-H initiative to support military families right in our own backyard. When National Guard, Army Reserve and other military parents living in civilian communities are mobilized, their children suddenly have different needs. Now they are "military kids" but they still "look the same" to teachers, friends and the rest of the community. However, their lives have been turned upside down!

More information to follow in 4-H Update next week.
— Jan Carroll

Outstanding 4-H Volunteer Leader Needed

We still need applications for Outstanding 4-H Volunteer Leader. I will accept these through June 14. The application form can be found on the 4-H web site: 4hweb.ext.colostate.edu/scholarship/handbook.shtml. Click on Volunteer Recognition on the Awards, Opportunities and Applications Handbook link under Member/Leader resources to down load the application. Let me know if you have questions.
— Katy Kohnen

Chaperon Applications Needed

We still need chaperon applications for all state events such as National 4-H Conference, National 4-H Congress, and Citizenship Washington Focus. I will accept applications through June 14. The application form can be found on the 4-H web site: 4hweb.ext.colostate.edu/scholarship/handbook.shtml. Click on Adult Chaperon Opportunities on the Awards, Opportunities and Applications Handbook link under Member/Leader resources to down load the application. Please call 970.491.1301 if you have questions.
— Katy Kohnen

International Update

Host Families Needed
Japanese Inbound Summer Exchange - Host families are needed July 23-Aug. 18 for Japanese exchange students, ages 12-17. All participants are 100 percent medically insured with 4-H insurance purchased in the United States. Participants may partake in host family vacations or weekend camping trips. This program focuses on everyday life of the American family; traveling and touring is not expected. Teens from hosting families in Colorado can subsequently be eligible to participate in an exchange program to Japan during any of the following summers until they are 21 years old.

Japanese High School Exchange - Host families are needed from mid-August, 2004, through mid-June 2005 for boys and girls, ages 16 and 17. Students stay with families and attend local schools. They are 100 percent medically covered with 4-H insurance. They participate in the daily lives of their host families and are proficient in English. They will have attended an intensive orientation program in Seattle prior to arriving in Colorado. Families who host a high school delegate are eligible to receive a $1,000 scholarship toward the cost of sending their son or daughter to Japan for one month.

Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX) - Host families are needed from mid-August, 2004, through mid-June, 2005, for boys and girls 15-18 from the former Soviet Union countries. This program is funded by the U.S. State Department. Students are proficient in English and are charged with learning about democracy and the free enterprise system.

IFYE Host Families are needed for two, three-week slots.

Austria - Stephan Hackl (IFYE Ambassador) - male - age 25 (June 22 - Aug. 1). Stephan speaks German and English. He is employed by the Austrian Poultry Health Service. He enjoys sports, swimming, biking, music, traveling in the mountains, and meeting with friends.

Luxembourg - Tanja Renckens (IFYE Representative) - female - age 20 (June 22 - Sept. 3). Tanja speaks German, French, and English. She is currently a student and enjoys sports, traveling, and riding.

Germany - Sandra Schroeder (IFYE Representative) - female - age 19 (June 22 - Sept. 3). Sandra speaks German and English, but has also studied Latin and French. She is currently a student and leader of the rural youth group in her town. She enjoys choir, playing accordion, swimming, theater, handicrafts, and meeting new people.

Switzerland - Ben Steinman (IFYE Representative) - male - age 19 (July 18 - Sept. 3). Ben is a farmer and has cows, pigs and crops. He is interested in tractor pulling.

Please contact me at 970.491.2711 for host family applications and further details.
— Courtney Loflin

Volunteer Opportunity at Champ Camp

Jennah Montag, one of our former State 4-H Senate officers contacted us about an opportunity to volunteer at a camp for children with asthma. If you know of someone over the age of 18 who might be interested, they need twenty cabin counselors.

This year, Champ Camp will be held July 10-17 at Glacier View Ranch in Ward, Colo. Registration is open to children ages 7-14 with moderate to severe asthma. The theme for camp this summer is "discovery." Campers will discover new things about themselves, as well as new ways to manage their asthma and feel in control of their condition.

Each year, more than one hundred volunteers, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, behavioral specialists and others work hard to ensure that Champ Camp is safe, fun and educational. More volunteers are needed this year. For more information or to volunteer, contact Jennah Montag at 1.800.LUNG.USA or e-mail jmontag@alacolo.org. Visit their Web site at www.alacolo.org.
— Dale Leidheiser