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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 03 - Issue 30 IN THIS ISSUE Annual Rally Day For Afterschool Programs UPCOMING EVENTS August 5
August 15
August 15
August 15
August 15-24
August 31
September 5-14
September 5-14
September 19-28
September 20
September 21-25
October 2-5
October 3-4
October 5-11
October 9-11
October 25
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/03-index.htm ANNUAL RALLYING DAY FOR AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS As many as 15 million youth in the U.S. have no place to go when the school day ends. The hours after school are full of possibilities for young people to get involved in risky, dangerous behavior, so it's important for youth to have safe place to go when the bell rings so they can engage in healthy, positive, fun activities. To that end, there's an annual rallying day for afterschool programs called Lights on Afterschool! This year's event is on October 9. On that day, thousands of afterschool programs across the country will hold rallies to let people know that afterschool programs are vital supports for children and families. For more information or to register your event and receive a free planning kit, visit www.afterschoolalliance.org/loa_2003/index.cfm. Patrick Hamilton MID-SOUTH FAIR SPEAKING AND CAREER PURSUIT ENTRIES DUE SOON Please remember tapes and resumes for the Mid-South Fair Agribusiness/4-H Public Speaking Contest and the Mid-South Fair 4-H Career Pursuit activity are due in the state 4-H office by August 15. The following URL’s will give you information on these events:
This is a great opportunity for 4-H members enrolled in the public speaking project or for any 4-H member with an interest in developing workforce skills. We will select four finalists to represent our state in the junior division and three finalists in the senior division for the Agribusiness/4-H Public Speaking Contest. Three finalists who are senior 4-H members will be selected for the Career Pursuit activity. Each contest offers a $300 first place award, $200 second place award and a $100 third place award. Last year Tennessee 4-H’ers won eight of the nine awards offered in these events and brought back $1700 in prize money. Please encourage your 4-H members who are interested. Steve Sutton ROCK EAGLE REGISTRATION DEADLINE EXTENDED Several calls have come in to the state 4-H office regarding registration materials for Rock Eagle. The original deadline to submit registration materials was August 1st. To help ensure Tennessee has a large delegation in attendance, I have worked out an agreement to extend the registration deadline to August 8th. This means all materials must be in the state 4-H office by this date. Please use this time to recruit additional volunteers and staff to attend. You may download the registration form at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas03/attach/SRLFRegForm.pdf. If you have questions regarding the Southern Region Volunteer Leader Forum, please contact me at 865-974-2128. See you in Georgia! Patrick Hamilton SERVICE LEARNING PORTFOLIOS FOR NATIONAL CONGRESS DUE AUGUST 15 Remember that Level II 4-H’ers applying to be a service learning delegate to National 4-H Congress must submit a service learning portfolio to the state 4-H office by August 15. Additional information may be found in the May 30 issue of Ideas at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/4hideas03/03-21.htm.The portfolio may be downloaded from the forms page of the 4-H website at http://www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/4hforms. Direct questions to Lori Jean Mantooth at LMantoo1@utk.edu or 865-974-7322. Lori Jean Mantooth THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.
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