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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 04 - Issue 41 IN THIS ISSUE Family Volunteering: Time Together - Time
To Act! UPCOMING EVENTS October 31-November 4
November 15
November 26-30
December 4-5
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ Online version of Ideas: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/ Ideas index: www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas04/04-index.htm FAMILY VOLUNTEERING: TIME TOGETHER - TIME TO ACT! Each year, National Family Volunteer Day is strategically held on the Saturday before Thanksgiving as a means of “kicking off” the holiday season of giving and service. National Family Volunteer Day is November 20, 2004. In addition, National Family Volunteer Day begins National Family Week (November 21-27, 2004), sponsored by the Alliance for Children and Families. To learn more about that week, visit www.nationalfamilyweek.org. Families can participate in National Family Volunteer Day in numerous ways. To find a Volunteer Center in your area that may already be participating in the day, call or log on to 1-800-VOLUNTEER.org. If you and your family want to organize your own activity to support the day, visit www.FamilyCares.org for family volunteer project ideas, educational resources, games, and much, much more! An online document featuring helpful information to agencies and businesses participating in the day, including fact sheets, project ideas, sample press releases and media materials can be found at www.pointsoflight.org under the resources section. Patrick Hamilton MCMINN COUNTY RETURNS FROM NATIONAL DAIRY JUDGING CONTEST McMinn County participated in the National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest in Madison, Wisconsin, September 27. Team members included Brad Barham, Cole Carmichael, Betsy Doughtery and Jennifer Jenkins. The team was 15th overall out of 30 teams and 4th in Jerseys. Brad Barham was the 9th high individual in the contest. Highlights of the trip included judges practices at Hoard's Dairyman Farm, Barless Jersey Farm and Sunshine Genetics. The group also toured the Hoard's Dairyman Printing, National Dairy Shrine Museum and NASCO Supply Company. The team visited the World Dairy Expo where they got to see over 3000 head of cattle along with the world Jersey champion. The team was coached by Whitey and Blan Doughtery. Parents attending included Rick Barham, Rod Carmichael, Blan and Kathey Doughtery and Bobbie Jenkins. The Tennessee 4-H Dairy Endowment, along with many local sponsors assisted with the travel expenses for the trip. Steve Sutton PILOT COUNTIES FOR LIFE SKILL INSTRUMENT TESTING NEEDED The Life Skill Evaluation System (LSES) committee is looking for counties to pilot test the instruments used to measure the life skills of building relationships, leadership, responsibility, positive self-esteem and teamwork. For pilot testing purposes, these scales would probably best be used with a group who has participated in programming focused on one of these life skills such as a club leader training program or several meetings with an emphasis on positive self-esteem or teamwork. Junior high and senior members, Honor Club or All Star members, and others who have been involved with in-depth activities for several years would also be appropriate groups to survey. As a pilot county, you will be expected to ask 20 or more youth to complete beginning, intermediate and advanced level surveys for one or more of the life skills. Completing all three should take no more than 20 minutes. You will also be asked to participate in a November or December conference call and review A Roadmap for Documenting Impacts (distributed at the April 2004 Training) prior to completion of the surveys. Surveys should be returned to the state 4-H office by March 1, 2005 for data analysis in preparation for the April inservice. This is a great way to be on the cutting edge of the development of the LSES system, collect impact data and provide valuable feedback to the LSES committee. Please consider your involvement in this project. Please contact Jill Martz by email (jmartz@utk.edu) or phone (865-974-7436) if you are interested. Jill Martz TARGETING POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT: RESPONSIBLE CITIZENSHIP Exploring the Life Skill of Responsible Citizenship Exploring Citizenship and County 4-H Programs Jill Martz TEMPLATES FOR ACTIVITY AND SUPPLEMENTAL SHEETS NOW AVAILABLE Many agents, volunteers and specialists have expressed interest in developing activity and supplemental project sheets. Fifteen activity sheets and two supplemental sheets are currently available on-line, with several more in process. All available sheets are at the beginning level. The goal is to have at least one beginning, intermediate and advanced activity sheet for every project, as well as sheets to supplement the project at each level. The templates for developing activity and supplemental sheets are now available at www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/projects/template.htm. The templates are in both PDF and Microsoft Publisher. The process for developing and submitting the sheets is as follows:
Please contact Alice Ann Moore or Lori Jean Mantooth at 865-974-2128 for further information. Lori Jean Mantooth THIRD QUARTER HONOR CLUB SUMMARY The following link (www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/honorclub/howmany.htm) will provide you with a summary of the 2004 Honor Club initiates through September. The Central Region continues to lead the state with 102 initiates. Trousdale is the top county in the state with 15 initiates, followed by Henry and Knox with 14 and Grainger with 13. Amy Willis is our student assistant working with Honor Club this year. If you have Honor Club applications to be approved, be sure to use a summary form to list the applicants and allow enough time for Amy to review and approve the applications in time for your initiation ceremony. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Some of the secret joys of living are not found by rushing from
point A to point B, but by inventing some imaginary letters along
the way.
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