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TENNESSEE 4-H IDEAS VOLUME 05 - Issue 39 IN THIS ISSUE Children’s Literature On Floods And
Natural Disasters UPCOMING EVENTS October 1-2
October 2-8
October 6-9
October 15
October 15
October 17
October 30-November 3
November 25-29
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 CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ON FLOODS AND NATURAL DISASTERS As youth from Hurricane Katrina and Rita begin to settle into our communities, there are several good resources available to assist agents in talking to the youth and their peers about their experiences. Below is a link that contains bibliography information about specific children’s literature that may be helpful. Reading about floods, understanding what causes floods, and talking about natural disasters in general will help children who have experienced a flood to communicate their feelings and fears.
Amy Gallimore Wrye In recognition of National 4-H Week, ESRI has announced it will offer a software grant program for U.S. 4-H clubs in 2006. Proposals will be accepted from 4-H groups to conduct community mapping projects using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and GPS (Global Positioning Systems) technologies. 4-H members are preparing for 21st Century careers. Many of these will be in geospatial technology -- identified by the U.S. Department of Labor as one of the fastest growing job categories in the U.S. Geospatial knowledge will be essential for success in science, engineering and technology careers. Many traditional 4-H programs are beginning to integrate geospatial knowledge, building a strong foundation for future learning. ESRI will award grants of GIS club software and learning resources
to U.S. 4-H groups whose community mapping project proposals are
approved. Since 2004, forty-four states have been awarded ESRI
GIS software grants for 4-H clubs to carry out community mapping
projects. These projects apply spatial technologies to natural
resource, agricultural and community awareness 4-H projects in
both rural and urban neighborhoods. 4-H GIS/GPS community mapping
projects have contributed to their community’s understanding
of biodiversity, climate change, deforestation, environmental pollution,
food production, freshwater supply, health and disease, mountain
development, poverty reduction, rural development, tourism, urbanization
and other key issues. More about 4-H GIS/GPS projects can be found
on the Web at Proposals for ESRI GIS software grants for U.S. 4-H will be accepted from January 1 through March 30, 2006. Applicants will describe their existing GIS/GPS programs and efforts, if any, and their plan for using GIS in their local program for 2006. To register for notification of the 4-H grant application and selection guidelines, p lease register to receive an email notification from ESRI on 4-H grant opportunities at www.esri.com/grants. If you have a question about the ESRI GIS grants for 4-H, send
an email to John Toman TARGET S.M.A.R.T. SCORES HIGH IN LIFE SKILLS OF RESPONSIBILITY AND TEAMWORK If you have ever wondered or been asked about the benefits to campers participating in Target S.M.A.R.T. Campboree, (shooting sports camp), you can begin with looking at the testimonials of the campers and the life skills enhanced. Adults who serve as leaders in shooting sports programs and campers who participate will tell you they get a lot of hands-on instruction and discipline practice. They also have fun and form lasting relationships with other campers, caring adults, and teen leaders. Target S.M.A.R.T. Campboree participants were asked the following questions and responded from “most often” to “least often” with the following:
Life skill evaluations serve to further validate the benefits of Target S.M.A.R.T. camp participation. Responsibility (IR) and teamwork (BG) were the two areas used for evaluation. In responsibility, the family average was 4.27, and teamwork was 4.32 indicating participants often-always felt their skills in these two areas were enhanced. The following statements had the highest “mean” scores:
If you have not already done so, plan your new 4-H year with evaluation
in mind – you’ll probably be rewarded for the great
work that you do through evaluations that validate your efforts. TENNESSEE 4-H’ER WINS STATE MAKE-IT-YOURSELF-WITH-WOOL Samantha Newman, Grainger County 4-H member and ninth grader at Rutledge High School, won the State Make It Yourself With Wool Contest in Fayetteville on September 16. Samantha will represent Tennessee in the National Make It Yourself With Wool Contest in January. The contest will be held in Pheonix, Arizona. The Make It Yourself With Wool Contest promotes the beauty and versatility of wool fabrics and yarns. It also encouraged personal creativity in sewing, knitting, crocheting, spinning and weaving wool fabrics and yarns. Karen Nelms TENNESSEE 4-H’ERS TAKE HONORS AT MID-SOUTH FAIR Tennessee 4-H members did quite well in competition at the Mid-South
Fair this year, bringing home more than $1400 in prize money. Tennessee
fielded contestants in the
Others competing at the Mid-South Fair included Dakota Dillon,
Hardeman County Congratulations to all our contestants and thanks to their 4-H agents for making them aware of these opportunities. Steve Sutton THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver.
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