October 2012 - MSU Extension · Explore YOUR MSU Resource in Glacier County National 4-H Week...
Transcript of October 2012 - MSU Extension · Explore YOUR MSU Resource in Glacier County National 4-H Week...
Explore YOUR MSU Resource in Glacier County
Dear 4-H Members, Parents, & Leaders, It is beginning to feel like fall outside and as such it is time to gear up for another exciting year in 4-H. We are hoping that this year will be both exciting and challenging for all of you and help you develop leadership skills. Speaking of challenging this year, we were selected to be part of a test group for a new online 4-H enrollment process. Unfortunately it is not ready to roll out right now, when all of you are anxious to get started. The State 4-H Office is working on getting this program up and running in the next couple of weeks. We had a great discussion at the recent 4-H Council meeting about what it is that youth should be getting out of 4-H, and many leaders are concerned about the service and community involvement of many youth. In addition another concern that came up was the participation of the youth enrolled in 4-H participating in the club activities. After a very thought provoking discussion it was determined for this year that as leaders, all of us will strongly encourage club participation. The 4-H pledge is, “I pledge my Head to clearer thinking, my Heart to greater loyalty, my Hands to larger service, and my Health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my World.” The challenge then is what as participants are you doing to reach those objectives? Are you reaching out and giving back to the world around you or are you just enjoying the ride? Speaking of giving back, 4-H has established a great presence in the area and many people are willing to donate to help a service oriented organization succeed. We need to make sure with the fundraising that we are doing, that we give back to the community. Not necessarily monetary donations but one of the great things we can give is our time. It may be as club participation in community cleanup days or finding unique ways to volunteer. Also, many clubs are starting to accumulate sizeable funds and those funds are for the kids. One quote that I like about those funds is “they were earned by the kids for the kids and not for their retirement.” Let’s use those funds for fun things that the kids would like to do and include community service projects as an option. By giving back to the community both it and us will be better people because like the 4-H motto says, “To make the best Better.” I’m excited to see what new education growth we can make this year and let’s make this the best year so far. Keep up the great work!! Damon Bunting Glacier County Extension Agent Thought for the month: “You can’t cross the sea by merely staring into the water.” Rabintranath Tugor
Damon Bunting Glacier Co Extension Agent MSU Extension Courthouse Annex 1210 E. Main Cut Bank, MT 59427 [email protected] (406) 873-2239 Kate Gordon Administrative Assistant [email protected]
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Scholarship/Awards
4-H Citizenship Seminar
October 2012
Glacier County
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National 4-H Week “Join The Revolution of Responsibility”
National 4-H week is October 7-13th.
A group of judges will be going around to check out the 4-H clubs window displays. Please contact the office and let us know where your window display is.
Round Table Discussion: October 14th from 2:00-4:00pm Location: First Presbyterian Church, 201 South Central Ave
Achievement Day: October 28th at 2:00pm Location: Senior Citizen Center, 715 East Main Street
The theme this year will be “Halloween” so dress up in your costumes. There will also be a pumpkin contest. Bring your decorated pumpkin, favorite dessert, or anything pumpkin.
Don’t forget to turn in any nominations you may have to the Extension Office by October 10th!
NATIONAL 4-H SCIENCE DAY October 10th
This years experiment is the Eco-Bot Challenge.
For the experiment, you can purchase a kit with all of the supplies for about $25 which contains materials for five Eco-Bots.
For more information on National 4-H Science Day go to: http://www.4-h.rog/4-h-national-youth-science-day/nysdhome.aspx
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*BUTTER BRAIDS*
Don’t forget that we are doing our Butter Braids fundraiser. Or-der forms need to be turned into the Extension Office by the 26th. If you need an order form please let Kate know, she will get you one.
SCHWAN’S FUNDRAISER
August 3rd was our Schwan’s fundraiser. We totaled $578.32 for this fundraiser. Breakdown: $421.92 from actual food sales $56.40 in cash donations $100 Knute, Schwan’s Man, do-nated from his own pocket. (If you see him, give him a BIG THANK YOU)
2012-2013 Enrollment
The State 4-H Office is still working on getting our new enrollment program up and running. We expect that it will be available to families in the next couple of weeks. Your family will re-ceive information on how to enroll electronically either through email or mail, depending on how you receive your newsletter. If it is not convenient for you to enroll online, please come into the office and we will assist you with the enrollment process.
In the meantime, please let the Exten-sion office know what books you will need to order for this year. If you need help please come in and talk to us. We can look over the new Clover to-gether and figure it out. Kate will be making a list of books that need to be ordered so that we can get them all at once.
HORSES & LIVESTOCK
By vote of the Montana 4-H Horse and Montana 4-H Livestock Commit-tees, Butte was chosen as the loca-tion for the 2013 Montana 4-H Horse and Livestock Leaders Forum. Please save the first weekend of February for this event. The tentative dates are February 1-3, 2013. Silver Bow County is making final arrange-ments on hotels and facilities and will have a request for workshop proposals out soon. Please watch your email for updates as more infor-mation becomes available.
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NESTLE VERY BEST IN YOUTH
AWARDS
Nestle will honor youth who are
making a profound impact on their
communities by giving a $1,000
contribution to the charity of each
young person’s choice. Winners
will also be sent to the “Very Best
In Youth Awards” ceremony in Los
Angeles. For more information,
visit:
http://
verybestinyouth.nestleusa.com/
public/default.aspx
The application deadline is Novem-
ber 8, 2012.
PRUDENTIAL SPIRIT OF
COMMUNITY AWARDS
The Prudential Spirit of Com-
munity Awards program,
sponsored by Prudential Fi-
nancial in partnership with
the National Association of
Secondary School Principals,
recognizes individuals in
grades 5-12 solely on the basis
of their volunteer activities.
4-H’ers can apply online at:
http://spirit.pudential.com
or
www.nassp.org/spirit
Applications must be submit-
ted by November 6, 2012.
2013 Youth in Action
Award
National 4-H Council is
now accepting applications
for the annual “Youth in Ac-
tion” award., to presented at
the 4-H Legacy Awards
Gala in New York City on
April 18, 2013! This award recognizes
an outstanding young person from
your 4-H program who is realizing
4-H’s vision for youth driving positive
change in their communities.
The 4-H “Youth in Action” award is
open to 4-H members and recent
alumni ages 16-21. Applicants should
have led a project, service or event
that:
-Identified a problem in their
community;
-Included 4-H as part of the
solution; and
-Made an impact in resolving the
issue.
Please download 2013 Youth in Action
Award Guidelines for complete details.
Applications must be submitted by
Thursday, November 1st.
For questions email Jennifer Bellamy
at:
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2013 MONTANA 4-H CITIZENSHIP SEMINAR
The 2013 Montana 4-H Citizenship Seminar is scheduled for March 2-4, 2013 in He-lena. The days have been changed to Saturday-Monday to minimize the number of days youth miss school.
Activities will take place in the State Capital building, other state buildings, and the Bill Hamilton Building at the Lewis & Clark County fairgrounds.
The Leadership Team will determine an appropriate service-learning project and each delegate and county will be given the opportunity to contribute. Each delegate is expected to sponsor one potential “bill” suitable for the 4-H Legis-lature to act on. This should be submitted, electronically, to Stephanie Davison ([email protected]) or Torie Bunn ([email protected]) by Febru-ary 1, 2013, along with your other registration materials. Prior to the event, the bills will be reviewed and grouped appropriately into committees in order to determine the first phase of committee work.
History Bowl– counties may send teams of two individuals to compete in the Mon-tana History Bowl. A preliminary written test given on March 2 will determine the teams to participate in the final event.
Eligibility: 4-H members must be 14 years of age by October 1, 2012 and must NOT have previously attended Montana 4-H Citizenship Seminar. It is recommended that participants are older youth who have had education and experience in vari-ous components of citizenship. Each county will be allotted two delegates if regis-tered by the February 1 deadline. After February 1, registration will be open to al-ternates on a first-come, first-served basis. Past experience show alternates have been able to attend.
Returnees: Several Returnees will have the opportunity to serve as the Leadership team. The application deadline is December 1, 2012. The Leadership Team will have one face-to-face meeting in Bozeman prior to the Seminar.
Chaperones: Each delegate is expected to have an adult as a designated chaper-one. Chaperones are asked to “act” as lobbyists during the legislative process.
Housing: Each county delegation must make its own housing arrangements.
Fees: There is a $70 registration fee for each adult and youth to offset program costs as well as delegate and guest meals. The Montana 4-H Foundation is contrib-uting $2000 to the event.
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE YOUTH EXCHANGE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR U.S. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
The U.S. Department of State announces scholarships for American high school students to study abroad: The National Security Language Initiative for Youth (NSLI-Y) offers merit-based scholarships to U.S. high-school aged stu-dents for overseas study of seven critical foreign languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hindi, Korean, Persian (Tajik), Russian and Turkish. This program is designed to immerse participants in the cultural life of the host country, giv-ing them invaluable formal and informal language practice and sparking a life-time interest in foreign languages and cultures. Applications for summer 2013 and academic year 2013-2014 programs are due November 1, 2012. Visit www.nsliforyouth.org for more information. The Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) Abroad Program offers scholarships to American high school students to spend the 2013-2014 aca-demic year in countries that may include Bosnia & Herzegovina, Egypt, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mali, Morocco, Oman, South Africa, Thailand, Tuni-sia, and Turkey. This post 9/11 program focuses on increasing understanding between people in the U.S. and countries with significant Muslim populations. The application deadline is January 16, 2013. Visit the YES Program’s website for more information. The Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) was established in 1983 to celebrate German-American friendship based on common values of democracy. Secondary school students live with host families, attend local schools, and participate in community life in Germany. Young professionals and high school graduates of vocational studies ages 18-24 study and partici-pate in practical training. Scholarships are now available for academic year 2013-2014; application deadlines vary by U.S. region and range from Septem-ber 2012 to January 2013. For more information and application deadlines, visit the organization in charge of recruitment for your state at USAGermany-Scholarship.org The American Youth Leadership Program offers opportunities for American high students and educators to travel abroad on a three– to four-week-long ex-change program to gain first-hand knowledge of foreign cultures and to col-laborate on solving global issues. Several different organizations implement this program, and each has organized an academic and experiential educa-tional exchange focused on dialogue and debate, leadership development, and community service. Recruitment areas and application deadlines vary, so please check the American Youth Leadership Program website for more infor-mation.
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PROGRAMS International:
Outbound: Applications for chaperones and delegates are due January 1, 2013.
Outbound opportunities include Argentina, Australia, Finland, Japan, Tanzania
and IFYE.
IFYE: Reporting requests are due to Stephanie Davison by December 15, 2012.
Citizenship: Citizenship Washington Focus: June 8-15. Application deadline for chaperones
and delegates is January 1, 2013.
Citizenship Seminar: March 2-4, 2013, Helena, MT. Application deadline to
include all forms and the submission of a bill is February 1, 2013. Leadership
Team applications are due December 1, 2012.
Summary of dates and deadlines:
December 1, 2012 Citizenship Seminar Leadership Team applications due
December 15, 2012 IFYE reporting request forms due
January 1, 2013 All Outbound applications due
Citizenship Washington Focus applications due
February 1, 2013 Citizenship Seminar applications and bills due
March 2-4, 2013 Citizenship Seminar event in Helena
June 8-15, 2013 Citizenship Washington Focus in Washington, D.C.
GREYTAK CALENDARS
Greytak calendars will be here soon. Check with the Extension Office next month to get them. This is a great fundraiser, your club
makes $1.50 off of each calendar sold. The Glacier County 4-H Council makes $1.00. Now’s the time to
get out selling them for the new year. It is hard to believe that a new year is coming soon! These also make GREAT
Christmas presents!!
Making a Difference in Glacier County
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Calendar of Events
October
7-13th National 4-H Week
8th Round Table Applications Due into Extension Office
10th National 4-H Science Day
Accept/Decline forms are due at the Extension office
11th Last PBS showing of 4-H:Six Montana Stories
14th Round Table Discussions
18-20th Ambassador Fall Training
26th Butter Braids orders into Extension Office
28th Achievement Day
November
1st Youth in Action applications deadline
6th Pudential application deadline
8th Nestle application deadline