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Welcome to Oahu 4-H's online newsletter.
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Happy Easter Everyone!
I hope you had a great spring break and are re-energized to finish out the 4-H year with a bang! There are still many opportunities available for 4-H members to participate and learn through their experiences. I encourage all of you to take advantage of what 4-H offers because you will definitely grow and develop through your efforts.
Please mark your calendars for our next council meeting scheduled for April 15, 2007 at 3:30 p.m. We will be electing the officers for the 2007-2008 Oahu County Executive Board at this meeting. In order to be elected, all candidates must be present to run for office. Remember, nominations will be accepted at this meeting so it is not too late to become an officer for the upcoming year. To me, being an Executive Board officer definitely provided me with rewarding experiences to develop my leadership skills and grow as an individual. I would highly recommend this opportunity to all 4-H members.
Later in the month, the Communications Fair will be held on April 28, 2007 at Moanalua High School. I hope many of you registered for this great opportunity to express yourself and strengthen your communication skills. Effective communication is critical to success.
In addition to these activities, I hope everyone is working on their record books and Senior Portfolios. Hopefully, we will have representatives from Oahu County selected to attend National Congress.
- Amber Kuitunen
APRIL |
15 |
Council meeting, 3:30 pm, Urban Garden Center |
15 - 21 |
National Volunteer Week – “Inspire By Example." |
17 |
Military 4-H Site coordinators meeting, 9:30 am, Urban Garden Center |
28 |
Communications Fair, UH Ag Sci |
28 |
Camp Zama 4-H Fair |
MAY |
15 |
Senior Portfolios due to one of the Extension offices at 4:30 pm |
25 |
County Portfolio winners due to State 4-H Program Leader |
| Oahu Events |
| • Oahu 4-H Organization Officer Nominations |
Corresponding Secretary:
Hi! My name is Valerie Inafuku and I’m running for Corresponding Secretary and Historian. Next year I will be a Junior at Mililani High school. I have been in 4-H for about seven years now in the Pot of Gold 4-H club. I enjoy singing and have been in choir since the third grade. I also like to take pictures & write poems or short stories. After I graduate I would most likely want to be either a Journalist/photographer or an English/music teacher. I have been playing piano for nine years now. I keep myself busy in 4-H, AP classes, Chorus, Marching Band as a percussionist, Winterline, Jazz band, Lacrosse, and Student Council. I have been the Recording Secretary for my class for two years now. I am the current Historian for 4-H for the year 2006-2007. 4-H has really taught me leadership skills and also confidence to get up in front of pretty much anyone and talk. It has also taught me how to work with anyone to get something done and responsibility. Being on the Council was a great experience and I hope to continue it. Please vote for me at the council meeting! (:
Anyone who wishes to be a part of the 2007-2008 Oahu 4-H executive board, please attend the Elections Council Meeting on April 15 @ 3:30 pm (Urban Garden Center)!
Hannah Wong
| • I Want To Join 4-H! |
I am in kindergarten at St. Joseph's School in Waipahu. I live in the Honolulu area. Won't you please invite me to join your 4-H club? I love music and dance and my favorite pastime is doing all types of arts & crafts. Please call Maryknoll at 453-6053.
This mother in Kaneohe wants her son to join 4-H. She is also willing to help if we organize a club. Do you know of anyone in Kaneohe that could help? Please call Maryknoll at 453-6053.
Maryknoll Spotkaeff
| • Exciting 4-H News from Kuhio Park Terrace! |
The New Communities Project is busy again at Kuhio Park Terrace (KPT)! The 4-H Youth Development Program is an opportunity of a lifetime for the youth in the community. Here are updates of what’s happening with 4-H at the PACT/Community Teen Program:
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Marylei (front left) and Sheena (in orange) of the 4-H Girls Rock, Kathleen (in blue) of TLC , and Jess Botti (Teen Center Staff) decorate the tables for the Family Board Game Night. Glenda, a 4-H Girls Rock member, (in the background) works with her dad on drawing pictures on the table. |
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| • 4-H Plant Club |
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Ft. Shafter has a new and very exciting club up and running! The 4-H Plant Club has ten school age children working very hard on a gardening project located on the facilities. The children have planted 9 different types of common vegetables. The 4-H’ers are taking great pride in their garden. They have seen tiny seeds grow into vivacious plants. In the up coming weeks the vegetables will be ready for harvest.
| • National Guard Youth Camp |
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| Launching newly designed Rockets |
Hula Hooping during the Obstacle Course |
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| Fast Food Analysis and Awareness | Taste Testing New Foods |
The Army National Guard held a Youth Camp March 26-30 at Bellows Air Force Base. The seventy plus children were able to experience many different activities which included four different 4-H sessions, ranging from fast food awareness to physical fitness, healthy eating, and learning about building and launching rockets.
| • 2007 Health Rocks!® |
Mississippi State University Extension 4-H (MSU-ES 4-H) is working with National 4-H Council to support implementation of the Health Rocks! Healthy Life Program this year. Selected local community sites must reach a minimum of 200 youth participants in an out-of school setting. Organizations selected as community sites will receive a grant of up to $2,000 through MSU-ES, curricula, training, and incentive items at no charge. Selected community sites will send a team of three (two teens between the ages of 14 and 18, and one adult leader) to a training session to be held at the C. A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, July 6-8, 2007. Travel will be arranged and paid by MSU-ES. An agenda and schedule for this event are available at http://msucares.com/4h_Youth/health_rocks/index.html.
Anyone interested in this program is encouraged to submit a proposal to MSU-ES 4-H. Proposals must be received by 5:00 p.m. CDT, April 23, 2007. Proposals may be e-mailed, faxed or mailed to the contact person listed in the RFP - not National 4-H Council. Decisions will be announced on or before May 1, 2007. Questions regarding the Request for Proposal are encouraged and should be submitted to Dr. Susan Holder at susanh@ext.msstate.edu or Dr. Rae Wilkinson at raew@ext.msstate.edu.
The Request for Proposals can be found at: http://www.fourhcouncil.edu/HealthWellnessSafetyProgram.aspx
| • Internet Photo Essays |
"Internet Photo Essays," comprising lesson plans for 8 sessions, introduces 12 to 14-year-olds to tools and techniques that can be used to create original digital content about issues, trends and happenings that are important to them. This project is targeted to 12 to 14-year-olds because at that age, current events, social issues, politics and history are common themes in students' schoolwork, in the literature and media they are exposed to, and in their personal lives. The emphasis on multimedia and Internet skills is intended to help youth gain the advanced technology skills they need to pursue higher education and employment.
| • YSA Youth Venture Program |
Are you a young person? Do you have an idea that will make EVERY DAY National & Global Youth Service Day? Do you need the funding and resources to get things going?
YSA Youth Venture can help!
The Youth Service America/Youth Venture Program is a unique partnership between Youth Service America and Youth Venture that helps youth engage in community service and develop as young social entrepreneurs. YSA Youth Venture helps make every day National & Global Youth Service Day (N&GYSD) by providing funding and support to young people (ages 12-20) who want to create new, sustainable, civic-minded organizations, clubs or businesses called Ventures.
Examples include:
- A youth center designed to keep youth out of trouble with music and art programs
- An anti-peer pressure education campaign
- A bike repair shop with a vocational training program
- An assembly program touring inner city schools combining music with an anti-drug/violence performances
For an application, applications tools and more information about the YSA Youth Venture Partnership Program, please visit www.youthventure.org/ysa.
Application Submission Deadline: May 14th, 2007 5:00 pm EST. U.S. Applicants ONLY.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 nakatsuk@hawaii.edu
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