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Welcome to Oahu 4-H's online newsletter.
Contents |
President’s Message |
I hope everyone had a great 4-H year. It sure did go by really fast! This past month we had our annual achievement banquet. Thank you, Renni Fay and Sara for chairing this event; you both did a great job.
At the achievement banquet the photography entries were exhibited. All of the pictures and judging sheets were given back to the leaders of each club. The majority of white ribbons came from the senior division. At this level, the judges were looking for higher level of quality of photos and were more meticulous than other divisions. I hope this will encourage you to continue participating and search for that ideal photo. All together there were 91 entries with 4 purple ribbons. I would like to thank all the participants and congratulate them for doing a great job.
Since this is my last message I want to take the time to thank the people who made this year possible. First off, I would like to thank this year’s executive board for accomplishing their tasks and making the effort to come to the meetings. This was the first year that 4-Hers took the initiative to chair the events. Many of the events and projects were chaired by an executive board member, and again I would like to thank you.
I would also like to thank Aunty Rose for advising the board and helping us through this entire year. The executive board and I could not have made it through the entire year without your help.
Lastly I would like to thank the other agents, parents, 4-Hers, and 4-H leaders for participating, supporting, and helping in enforcing the 4-H goals.
I would like to thank all the 4-Hers for giving me the privilege as serving as your 2005-2006 Oahu County President. I look forward to next year with Amber as your new President. I’m sure you will all give her your support. Have a great summer!
Hannah
Calendar of Events |
AUGUST |
1 |
Military 4-H Site meeting- Urban Garden Center, 9 am |
9 |
Operation: Military Kids team meeting- Schofield Barracks, 9 am |
24, 25 |
4-H 101 Training-Fort Shafter Youth Center, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm |
SEPTEMBER |
2-4 |
Mini Youth Leadership Forum- Camp Erdman |
| Oahu Events |
| • Children and Youth Day 2006 |
Sunday, October 1, 2006
State Capitol
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
We have taken your suggestion from the 4-H banquet to publicize and recruit more 4-H’ers by participating in the Children and Youth Day.
We shall have two hands-on, take home activities, 4-H video showings, and feature the 4-H juried curriculum. We shall distribute 4-H flyers and various posters. Last year, there were 30,000 youth in attendance. You can also tour for free, State Capitol, Iolani Palace Gallery, Washington Place and the Hawaii State Art Museum; delicious food; great entertainment; and the booths.
We Need You! Please help us by manning our 4-H booth and activities and by talking to those that visit our booth. We shall have easy activities to teach the children. You do not have to be there all day. Let me know what your schedule for this day will be. If your club wants to teach something, let me know.
Please bring your own chairs, snack/drinks, lunch and wear your 4-H uniform. Call Maryknoll at 453-6053.
| • I Want To Join 4-H |
Joshua is an 8 year old boy that lives in the Leeward area and he wants to join a 4-H club. Please call me and I shall let Joshua know which club has invited him to join. He is an art lover, talkative, has a sense of humor and sociable. Call Maryknoll at 453-6053.
Aloha!
| • Mini Army Hawaii Youth Leadership Forum |
Camp Erdman
September 2-4 2006
The Hawaii Army Child and Youth Services is inviting four 4-H members and one adult volunteer chaperone to take part in their mini Youth Leadership Forum over the Labor Day weekend. 4-H’ers must be incoming 9th-12th graders.
The leadership forum will focus on Character counts and will train participants to provide Wonderwise (science and math) learning experiences for middle school youth. The Army will cover food and lodging costs for the 4-H’ers and their chaperone.
Participants must remain at the camp site from 9 am on Saturday until camp breaks at 4 pm on Monday and be willing to conduct Wonderwise learning experiences in their community.
Those interested in taking part in the Youth Leadership Forum are asked to contact Claire Nakatsuka via email at nakatsuk@hawaii.edu or phone 956-7196 by July 26, 2006. This is a great opportunity to not only gain leadership skills but also form working relationships with our military teens.
| • 4-H’er and Army Teens Add Fun Experiences
to National Guard Youth Camp |
Maui 4-H members Megan Tokeshi and Marni Tabata and East Hawaii 4-H’er Nathan Evans joined Schofield Teens Deborah Ybarra, TJ Hancock, Josh Howie, and Xavier Ferrell and Aliamanu Teens Charmaine Tomilinson and Rodderick Barrows to provide a superb day long of Wonderwise learning experiences for the youth participating in the National Guard Youth Camp. Mr. Cliff Duro, camp director commented that the campers enjoyed every minute of the session. Thank you also to Esther Yap, Myla Gumayagay, Carol Ikeda, Alexis San Nicholas, Candice Arnold and DeAnn Acosta for their assistance in coordinating these work sessions.
Kudos also to Aliamanu Teens Carlos Vazquez and David Pellot (and our USDA Specialist Bob Greenberg) for leading an outstanding session on animation and the use of the Animate Your World software for the camp participants. In addition to leading the presentation, the two youth dedicated hours to setting up and folding down our 15-station Mobile Technology Lab including adding peripherals and installing software on each machine.
| • 2006 Oahu County Show Results |
Dillingham Ranch
June 24, 2006
Our sincere thank you to Dillingham Ranch for hosting our 2006 county show at their facilities. There were poultry and rabbit cloverbud shows for members 5-8 years old.
Mahalo to all the clubs, volunteers, 4-H members, and supporters that participated to help make the show a success and helped in various ways that included: potluck lunch setup, silent auction setup, donations from families for the auction, announcements, getting and setting up the scale, cleanup, setup of the hog pens (and making sure they don’t run away), getting the award plaques, hauling the animals to slaughter, presenting cloverbud ribbons, and to our honorable judge Mr. Ron Sakugawa, a Maui hog rancher.
The results in order of appearance:
• Hog Pen of 1 Champion Czarina Antolin-Kadokawa; Res. Champion Presley Vanderstroom.
• Hog Pen of 1 Showmanship Champion Senior Exhibitor Julieanna Quilinderino; Res. Champion Presley Vanderstroom
• Hog Pen of 1 Showmanship Junior Exhibitor Champion Hunter Quilinderino; Res. Champion Wyatt Rita
• Dairy Heifer Champion Presley Vanderstroom; Res. Champion Sydney Porter
• Dairy Heifer Showmanship Champion Levi Rita; Res. Champion Sydney Porter
• Market Lamb Champion Presley Vanderstroom; Res. Champion Jessica Silva
• Market Lamb Showmanship Champion Senior Exhibitor Jessica Casson, Res. Champion Julieanna Quilinderino
• Market Lamb Showmanship Champion Junior Exhibitor Jessica Silva, Res. Champion Wyatt Rita.
Steve Nagano
| • 2006 Oahu Judging Finals Results |
Lyman Ranch
May 13, 2006
Our sincere thank you to Mrs. Veronica Lyman and Lyman Ranch for hosting our 2006 Oahu Judging Finals. Mahalo to our judges: Brent Buckley, Halina Zaleski, Paul Eguires, and Monique Vanderstroom; and to the handlers, scorers, group handlers, and parents for their support and encouragement.
The senior judging team members are: Julianna Quilinderino, Anohea Lyman-Salazar, Brittany Kinoshita, and Brandi-Lee Farinas
The junior judging team members are: Jessica Silva, Shelby Rita*, Wendell Kaneakua, and Sydney Porter. *Note: Hunter Quilinderino was 5th place in junior judging and will replace Shelby on the team
| • North Dakota... Here She Comes! |
Congratulations to Pot Of Gold’s Hannah Wong for her winning entry in the Lewis and Clark Youth Rendezvous Contest sponsored by the National Guard. Her essay “Loyalty Leads to Unity” has earned her the opportunity to be one of two youth from Hawaii to receive an all expense paid trip and a chance to participate in the Rendezvous, which is an event for students who will be high school juniors or seniors. The event is centered on the 200th anniversary of the Corps of Discovery and the exploration of the west and will take place August 13-18, 2006 in North Dakota. Happy travels, Hannah!
Other Opportunities |
| • 2007 Western Region 4-H Forum |
January 11-15, 2007
Sheraton Crescent Hotel
Phoenix, Arizona
"4-H is 105 Degrees of Fun"
This forum will emphasize a strong Youth & Adult Partnership presence both in participants attending and workshops presented. Space is limited: Only 400 Spaces - Register Early!
More information: www.cals.arizona.edu/4-h. Scholarships available for Hawaii participants.
Mahalo!
Maryknoll Spotkaeff
| • National 4-H Week Marketing and Media Resources Kit
Now Available |
Join the 4-H community to celebrate during National 4-H Week - October 1-7, 2006! The National 4-H Week kit is now available and contains a wide of marketing and media relations materials to help you successfully promote National 4-H Week events and activities in your community.
Visit 4HMediaResources.org to view the kit. The kit contains logos, print materials, ads, media relations materials, tip sheets, activity ideas and more. New this year are a variety of Web banners, the 4-H Helps activity planning guide, and materials to promote National 4-H Week to donors and leaders throughout your community. Be sure to check back often, as more items will be added regularly.
Many of the materials are available in a version that you can easily save and open in Microsoft Word, customize with your community and contact information and print on color printers. All files are in .jpeg (graphics), Adobe .PDF and Microsoft Word. There is a link on the site to help you download the Adobe Reader software.
We hope you find these materials helpful and look forward to promoting National 4-H Week across the 4-H community. Once you have used the site, please take a moment to fill out our survey so we can make National 4-H Week 2007 even better!
If you have any questions, please contact Allyson McMahan at amcmahan@fourhcouncil.edu or 301-961-2915.
| • World's Largest Thanksgiving Dinner to Honor Veterans |
All schools are being encouraged to organize “America’s All Stars’ World's Largest Thanksgiving Dinner" to honor and thank (at Thanksgiving) all veterans from WWII to the present.
This nationwide, service-learning project will raise money for children and families affected by the ongoing Middle East conflicts. Proceeds will go to the USO.
Visit www.4allstars.org to download a Dinner Planning Guide and Press Kit that will walk you through planning a community-service dinner at your school, church, or civic organization and to listen to a 60-second PSA. The dinners will be held in school cafeterias, armories, and civic centers nationwide on the same day, November 16, 2006, the Thursday BEFORE Thanksgiving.
Please send this to everyone you know, especially those in school and to those serving, or who have ever served, in the Armed Forces—this will be very meaningful to them and their families. You can sign up your school or organization at www.4allstars.org or on SERVEnet.
Let's all join together to put on the World's Largest Thanksgiving Dinner, invite every veteran in your community as your (free) guest, and make this Thanksgiving especially meaningful for those affected by the war.
| • Red, White & Green Youth Action Campaign |
"The Red, White & Green Youth Action Campaign, a new joint project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute and Youth Service America, announces the availability of 60 grants for young people, ages 15-25, to create community service projects that address climate change. The $500 grants will support younger Americans as they develop their voice and impact public policy on the critical issue of climate change.
The ambitious three-year Red, White & Green Campaign is intended to encourage widespread youth engagement on the issue of climate change leading up to the 2008 national presidential election. Grantees will bring their project results and their public policy recommendations to Washington, DC for a three-day Youth Summit in late 2007."
Deadline: September 1, 2006
URL: http://www.redwhiteandgreen.org/
4-H Clover Corner News
For additional articles on 4-H youth development nationwide, check out the National 4-H Clover Corner News at http://www.4hblogs.org/ccn/
If you have a disability and require special assistance during any of our planned 4-H activities, please call the applicable County Extension 4-H Youth Development Agent two weeks prior to the event.
We welcome your story ideas and 4-H job listings. Please e-mail them to cchang0789@yahoo.com or nakatsuk@hawaii.edu
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