Weekly 4-H Update
:: Volume 10, Number 6 ............................................................ :: February 10, 2006
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Reminders:
- Feb. 17-19: Youth Fest, Monument
- Feb. 21: 4-H Roundtable conference call
- March 1-5: Western Region Leaders’ Forum, Salt Lake City, UT
- March 10: Citizenship-Washington Focus applications due
- March 25-30: National 4-H Conference, Washington, DC
Have Your Story Featured in the 2008 National 4-H Calendar!
National 4-H Supply Service wants to hear about your favorite 4-H project and why it is meaningful. Your story could be used in the 2008 National 4-H Calendar. Sending in a submission may even get you a free gift certificate towards your next purchase of merchandise from the 4-H Source Book!
The 2008 calendar theme is “My Favorite 4-H Project.” It will be up to 4-H members, volunteers, parents, staff and partners to furnish the stories that will be featured. These personal testaments must tell the what, when, where, why, and how; so everyone can understand how 4-H projects are meaningful.
One story for each month will be featured in the calendar and the author will receive one $10 gift certificate towards a future purchase in the 4-H Source Book. Please limit your entry to 125 words due to the space restrictions of the calendar. Don't forget to include your contact information.
Please e-mail, fax or mail your stories by April 30, 2006 to: Maria Cascioli, National 4-H Supply Service, 7100 Connecticut Avenue, Chevy Chase, MD 20815; e-mail mcascioli@fourhcouncil.edu; phone: 301.961.2948; or fax 301.961.2937. — Ellen Butler
Horse Project Helmet Survey
The State 4-H office and the State 4-H Horse Committee are conducting a survey to retrieve information from around the state regarding the use of protective helmets by Colorado 4 H members enrolled in the horse project. The survey can be accessed on the Colorado State University Equine Extension website at:
www.equineextension.colostate.edu
This web-based survey will be active from February 10 through April 14, 2006. I am requesting that all county Extension offices have at least one agent respond to the survey and I also encourage you to have as many of the 4-H horse project members, parents, and leaders in your county to respond to the survey as well.
The results of the survey will be presented at the next State 4-H Horse Committee meeting which will be at the Adams County Extension office on April 14, 2006 at 10:00 a.m. The subject of helmet use in the horse project will be addressed at this meeting. I will take the recommendations from the committee as well as the compiled survey results to make a decision regarding State 4-H office policy on this issue. Agents, parents, members, and leaders are welcome to attend.
If you or any 4-H member, parent or leader would like to speak with me prior to the horse committee meeting, please contact me at 970.491.1152.
I appreciate your input on this important issue. — Jeff Goodwin
International Update
4-H/Japanese Exchange Programs
Japanese exchange students have 100 percent medical coverage and may participate in host family vacations. 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.
Summer Exchange – Host families are needed for approximately 75 Japanese boys and girls, ages 12-21. Japanese teens from the Labo and Lex organizations arrive in Colorado on July 25 and join host families on July 27 after orientation by 4-H staff. Teens from the Utrek program arrive in Colorado on July 25, joining their host families on July 29 after orientation and a camp in the mountains. Both groups return to Denver on August 22 and depart for Japan on August 23.
High School Exchange – Colorado will also host 10 Labo, Lex and Utrek Japanese high school exchange students, ages 16-18. These participants stay with host families and will attend Colorado high schools from July 2006 through mid-June 2007. They are proficient in English and will attend an additional intensive English language class before 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.
For further information about the 4-H International Program please contact me at 970.491.2711 or Courtney.Loflin@colostate.edu —Courtney Loflin
