| Volume 9, Number 22 | July 1, 2005 |
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2005 Colorado State Fair Teen Clerks and Adult VolunteersCommitted adults and teen clerks are once again called to help out at the state fair, 4-H Camp Tobin. Please refer to the April 22 issue of 4-H Update on our 4-H web page for the following teen clerk forms.
Please recruit immediately and mail all applications to me at: State 4-H office, 134 Aylesworth Hall NW, Fort Collins, CO 80523-4050 or fax them to 970.491.5108. Thank you! - Susan Cuckler Wanted: Freshmen 4-H'ers Attending CSU!Agents, please encourage your 4-H'ers who are attending CSU as freshmen 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. The person selected is eligible to continue to serve as a Scholar throughout their college career-advancing to each grade level-as long as their grades and activity commitments are met. The freshmen applicants must be willing to make a four-year commitment. To apply, interested persons enrolled at Colorado State University must submit the following to Becky Fry, 131 Aylesworth Hall NW, Fort Collins, CO 80523-4050 by October 15, 2005.
Please direct questions to Becky (970.491.1537), or rfry@coop.ext.colostate.edu. Thank you! - Ellen Butler 2005 Scholarship RecipientsListed below are the scholarship recipients that were recognized at the 2005 State 4-H Conference. Congratulations to all of you! - Ellen Butler Colorado Agricultural Development Authority (CADA) Jacob Bouchard, Fremont County Portouw Family 4-H Photography Scholarship Adam Blackford, Otero County Audrey Sandstead 4-H Scholarship Dana Flook, Larimer County Howard E. and Marjory M. Smith Scholarship Kerrie Schafer, Phillips County Bill and Barbara Holthaus Family 4-H Scholarship Jessica Peale, Mesa County Kimberling Family Scholarship Mindy McAllister, Pueblo County 2005/06 State Senate OfficersListed below is a list of the newly elected State Senate Officers and Advisors for 2005/06. - Ellen Butler Biz McManus, Douglas County, President State Senate Advisors Steve McEndree, Baca County, Leader Advisor Colorado Afterschool Advocates Declare Trip to Congress 'Inspiring and Successful'Local afterschool supporters recently returned from a two-day visit to Washington, D.C., where they met with Members of Congress as part of their participation in the fourth annual Afterschool Challenge. Jan Carroll, 4-H Youth Development Specialist at Colorado State University Extension, declared the visit "inspiring and successful." Joining Carroll on the trip were Shirley Farnsworth (Denver Public Schools), Joyce Reid (Knowledge Learning Corporation School Partnerships) and Larry Bolden and JoAnn Levesque (Littleton Public Schools). Sponsored by the Afterschool Alliance, the May 18 Afterschool for All Challenge included a "Breakfast of Champions," where Members of Congress and afterschool advocates pledged to work for more adequate funding of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) federal afterschool program. The event was attended by Members of Congress and top legislative aides. At the breakfast, Senator Ken Salazar was honored. Participants then fanned out across Capitol Hill for more than 100 meetings with Members of Congress and their staff members. Jan Carroll and her group met with Representative Marilyn Musgrave, as well as staff representatives of Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, and Representatives Joel Hefley and John Salazar. The goal of the visit was to increase federal funding for afterschool programs. The President's proposed Fiscal Year 2006 budget freezes funding for the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative - the chief federal funding stream for afterschool programs - at just under $1 billion. That is less than half of what Congress and the President authorized in the landmark No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The resulting $1.25 billion shortfall would be enough to provide afterschool programs that would serve another 1.75 million children. In meetings with Members of Congress and staff, Carroll shared newly released data from America After 3 PM: A Household Survey on Afterschool in America, conducted for the Afterschool Alliance and funded by the J.C. Penney Co., Inc. The study is the first comprehensive national household survey on what children do after school. The data, which focuses on working families - those in which both parents or the single parent holds a job - is based on a survey of more than 30,000 U.S. households and include both national and state-level data. State-specific data for 30 states are available at www.afterschoolalliance.org/press_room.cfm. Among the study's national findings:
The Afterschool for All Challenge was sponsored by the Afterschool Alliance, a nonprofit public awareness and advocacy organization supported by a group of public, private, and nonprofit entities dedicated to ensuring that all children and youth have access to afterschool programs by 2010. For more information on America After 3 PM, go to www.afterschoolalliance.org For more information on the trip, contact me at 970.491.2707. - Jan Carroll |
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