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Hey Everyone!

We are on our last month of the year, and may I say the busiest. So much Christmas shopping to do it’s like a zoo out there. Just this past week, Stacie Nakanishi, Dayna Domingo, and I arrived back from National 4-H Congress. We left on Thanksgiving Day and were joined with 12 other, fun and crazy delegates from the other islands, along with two fun loving leaders. We had a lot of fun and met so many new friends on this trip. This was such a wonderful, eye opening experience. I hope that all of you 4-H’ers will try your best to get to congress next year, that means turning in your 4-H Portfolio on time and believe me you will have a BLAST!. This month we also have our Fashion Show on the 2nd, Food Show workshop on the 7th and our Food Show forms are due on the 30th. The Food Show theme this year is Pot Luck, Local Foods and Kraft, this means that you may cook or bake anything you would like. This year’s Food Show workshop will be getting help from Mililani’s FCCLA club decorating holiday cookies, also joining us is the very talented Chef Henry “Shig Cop”. I hope that everyone will be able to participate.Happy Holidays everyone.

The Oahu County 4-H Fashion Show held on December 2, was a very successful event thanks to chair club FCCLA whose advisor is Linda Uyehara. The Hollywood theme of “Lights, Camera, Action” was well received by the audience. Congratulations go to Maile Miki who won the Top In Show award for the senior division. With the Hollywood theme, each participant walked down the red carpet onto the stage. The show was awesome with lots of prom gowns. The FCCLA members and Mrs. Claire Masumoto did a fantastic job decorating the stage. Ai-Lynn Nguyen and Terence Vaquilar were great emcees.

The Just Us club prepared the high tea for lunch with food donations from all the clubs. Sakaye Nomura did an excellent job of coordinating the tea and decorating the serving table with a Christmas look.

The following clubs did mini workshops: Warriors, Just Us, FCCLA and Pot of Gold. The mini workshops were a great idea, but we need to see how we can better utilize those workshops.

Thank you also goes to Pot of Gold for securing the judges, Cloverkids for registration and Aunties Gail and Erlene for helping with the scoring. This year’s fashion show really turned out to be a “special event” for those who participated.

Back in September a team of Kyrra Lau-Eglinton, Hannah Wong and Linda Lau AhHee participated in a workshop calledHealth Rocks. They learned key health messages and skills such as critical thinking, how to manage stress, how to handle peer pressure and how to communicate effectively. Special emphasis is placed on tobacco use prevention. The Health Rocks! Healthy life curricula series will allow participants to experience activities that help them learn and adopt many important skills and to teach others.
The two day workshop was held at the Pagoda Hotel. As a result of the workshop, the team developed a plan of action to do a lesson in the community. They applied for a grant from the Mississippi State University to assist them with the project. They received a $250 grant to carry out their project. Congratulations to Kyrra, Hannah and Aunty Linda for working on this project.

Hope all of you have turn in your forms by the deadline. Now you are working on the testing your recipes, practicing setting up your display and will be ready for the Food Show on January 26, 2008 at the Pearl City High School. Hope to see you there.

Hey 4-Her's! This year's upcoming County Camp is going to be held February 22-24. Estimated cost for the Camp is $30 for 2 nights (including food and lodging). If anyone in your club is interested in attending, we would like an estimated head count as soon as possible. We need a definite head count by January 6. and the payment for the County Camp due by January 26 (food show night). If you have any questions or want to give your head count, contact Ross Shibata at crybabycartman@hotmail.com

Also, the February Council Meeting is planning on being held during the Camp, and that is the meeting where we will be taking nominations for next year's executive board. If you or anyone is unable to attend the meeting and want to nominate someone, you may e-mail Ross Shibata at the above address and give your nominations to Ross.

Lastly, we were wondering if anyone had suggestions for activities for camp. If you have any suggestions you may also e-mail Ross, as well as any other questions you may have about camp.

Calling All 4-H Enthusiasts! Join us in showcasing what 4-H'ers are doing on Oahu. You can do a demonstration, make an exhibit, help with Germ City, and even inspire others with your own creation. Show the public what 4-H members can do as representatives of College.

Call Rose at 622-4185 with your plans to participate. If you get us your information fast, we maybe able to publicize your participation.

The 4-H Club Leaders’ Federation of Hawaii has two positions open to all Oahu registered 4-H leaders: Federation Secretary and Oahu County Representative. Length of service will be for two years, 2008-2010.

The Federation Secretary will work with Bertha Kaui who will be the President in 2008. The Secretary will help plan meeting agendas, take minutes, and handle correspondence. Meetings will include two executive board meetings a year and one general membership meeting every other year.

The Oahu County Representative will also attend the same five Federation meetings. The representative will be responsible for keeping the Oahu county leaders informed of Federation business and will represent the Oahu county leaders at the Federation meetings.

For more information or to volunteer for a position, please contact Bertha Kaui, Federation President-elect, at bkaui@earthlink.net. Or, contact a county agent and he/she can forward the message to Bertha.

The Constitution Committee of the 4-H Club Leaders’ Federation of Hawaii has revised the current Constitution and Bylaws and has proposed that the Federation adopt the revised Bylaws at the next State Conference scheduled for April 4-5, 2008 in Maui.

The revisions were made so that the new Bylaws reflect what is currently being done, could be easily read, could be understood, are in proper order so that one can find things, are correct according to the Federation rule book RONR, and are in a modern and up-to-date language. The reorganizing of content and change of language does not affect anything that is currently being done within the Federation.

To review the revisions or if you have any questions or concerns, please e-mail Bertha Kaui, Federation Constitution Chair, at bkaui@earthlink.net by February 29, 2008. Or, contact your county agent and he/she can forward the message to Bertha.

ESRI is pleased to offer a 2008 GIS Grant for U.S. 4-H programs, the grant guidelines and application for the Introductory and Intermediate grants are found at the links below. The 4-H grant application period will be from January 1, 2008 through February 28, 2008.
Application deadline: February 28, 2008
Please send your completed application and letter of support to 4–HGIS_external@esri.com no later than Feb. 28, 2008. You will receive an email acknowledgement that your application has been received.
Please download and save both the Grant Application and the Grant Guidelines to your computer.
2008 4-H Introductory Grant Application Details.

Under the 2004-2007 GIS Grant for U.S. 4-H program, ESRI has awarded 4-H Clubs in over 500 U.S. counties with ArcView and ArcPad software and Virtual Campus training. GIS technology was used by youth to help make a difference in their community service projects.

The Christopher Columbus Awards Program
"The Christopher Columbus Awards Program combines science and technology with community problem-solving. Students work in teams with the help of an adult coach to identify an issue they care about and, using science and technology, work with experts, conduct research and put their ideas to the test to develop an innovative solution. Maximum Award: $25,000, an all-expense-paid trip to Walt Disney World to attend the program's National Championship Week and a $2,000 U.S. Savings Bond for each student team member. Eligibility: middle-school-age (sixth, seventh, and eighth grade) children; teams do not need to be affiliated with a school to enter. Deadline: March 17, 2008."
URL: http://www.christophercolumbusawards.com/

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