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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 05 - Issue 01 IN THIS ISSUE 4-H Congress Essay Contest UPCOMING EVENTS January 18-19
January 24
January 28-29
February 1
February 1
February 18
February 19
February 25-27
February 26
March 1
March 5
March 5
March 5
March 7
March 10
March 19
March 19
March 20-23
March 22
Tennessee 4-H Home Page: 4h.tennessee.edu Online version of Ideas: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas05 Ideas index: 4h.tennessee.edu/ideas05/05-index.htm Each delegate to Tennessee 4-H Congress will prepare an essay of no more than 500 words on the theme: “Youth at Work: A Generation to Lead the Nation.” Each region will submit one essay for state competition. A state winner will be chosen from the three regional winners. Essays will be judged on the following scale:
Regional winners receive a pen and pencil set and a $50 savings bond. The state winner receives a desk set. The awards are donated by The Southern Farmer magazine (pen and pencil sets and desk set) and the Former University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture Workers Association (savings bonds). Lori Jean Mantooth 4-H CONGRESS REGISTRATION DATABASE AVAILABLE The electronic registration database for State 4-H Congress is now available. The email regarding delegate selection and registration fees was sent on November 29. Regional offices shared county quotas in December. Counties may now register delegates and leaders on-line at https://ext1.ag.utk.edu/4H/4HRegist.nsf (login using Lotus user name and default password) or through the Lotus Notes system (file - database - open - change server to ext1.ag.utk.edu/EXT/UTIA - 4-H folder - 4-H Congress Registration). All Congress participants - including Representatives, Senators, Congress officers, public speaking contestants, citizenship and leadership finalists, Tech Team members, volunteer leaders, and Extension staff - should be registered through the electronic database. The deadline for Congress registration is February 14, 2005. Lori Jean Mantooth 4-H PERFORMING ARTS TROUPE AUDITION TAPE DEADLINE EXTENDED Audition tapes for the 4-H Performing Arts Troupe need to be postmarked by January 24 and mailed to Pat Whitaker, Area 4-H Specialist, 5201 Marchant Drive, Nashville, TN 37211. Applicants should apply online at http://4hperformers.tennessee.edu/ or copy the application and mail it along with the video tape. Encourage your youth to check out the dates for 2005 posted on the Web site and make sure they are available for those rehearsal and show dates prior to applying. Remember we are looking for youth diverse in race and gender to represent the Tennessee 4-H youth development program through performing arts. Pat Whitaker TSUNAMI RELIEF SERVICE LEARNING PROJECTS As schools return from the holiday break and 4-H meetings begin again, we are all faced with the tragedy of the tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Countless people across America are already organizing projects to help those affected by the tsunami. UNICEF and Do Something, two organizations with a track record of strong service learning, have created new materials to help educate and fundraise in the classroom and community. UNICEF Youth Action Tsunami Relief has a step-by-step guide to planning and organizing a fundraising activity, the latest news on the tsunami relief efforts, and downloadable canister wrappers for use in fundraising. A 2-page guide to youth action for tsunami relief is also available. Do Something: Kids Tsunami Relief Fund provides ideas for youth-led fundraising, discussion questions, resources for parents and teachers to talk to young people about the disaster, learning activities related to water and population, and examples of youth-led projects. Find more information and the links to UNICEF and Do Something
from the National Service Learning Partnership at Lori Jean Mantooth VOLUNTEERISM NUMBERS ON THE RISE The Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor
reported December 17, 2004 that the number of volunteers rose from
September 2003 to September 2004. About 64.5 million people participated
in volunteer work at least once during the study period, up from
63.8 million for the similar period ended in September 2003, and
up from 58.8 million for the period ended September 2002, the first
year of the study. The percentage of the American population who
volunteered during the past year remained the same level as in
2003 at 28.8 percent. Patrick Hamilton YOUTH WATER CAMP: SIGN UP NOW FOR SUMMER Tennessee youth will again have the opportunity to participate in a Youth Water Camp sponsored jointly by UK Cooperative Extension and UT Extension along with other partners. The dates are July 12-14 at the Kentucky Leadership Center in Jabez, Kentucky (on Lake Cumberland). The promotional materials and contact information can be found at www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas05/attach/water_camp_brochure.pdf and www.utextension.utk.edu/4H/ideas05/attach/water_camp_flyer.pdf. There are limited quotas for each state, Slots are already filling so if you are interested, contact Ashley Osborne at 859-257-2505 or arich2@uky.edu. Jill Martz THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the
more I have of it.
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