2006 PINE TREE STATE 4-H FOUNDATION
Wayne Rich Scholarship
APPLICATION FORM is now available online at: http://extension.unh.edu/4H/4HProgs.htm
Application Deadlines: County 4-H Staff must send approved applications to the New Hampshire State 4-H Office to be received by April 15, 2006.
Eligibility: The qualified candidate must be: 1) a current member of 4-H who is currently active in 4-H activities or recent alumnus; and 2) a graduating high school senior, a college freshman, or an individual who has graduated from high school, but has delayed going to college for no more than one year.
Call Michele King at 603-862-2199 or email at michele.king@unh.edu with any questions.
ATTENTION STUDENTS:
Trustees of Abbie Sargent Memorial Sargent Scholarship Fund are now accepting applications for the 2006 award(s). Applicants must be a resident of New Hampshire, a graduate of an approved public or private high school with at least average grades and able to demonstrate a financial need. Acceptance to an institution of higher leaning for either part or full time with preference being giving to those involved in agriculturally related studies. Deadline for Applications are March 15, 2006. Please download and return completed application along with three personal references, current official transcripts, and a statement from applicant regarding goals. For more information or to request an application be mailed to you, contact Melanie Phelps.
Deadline March 15, 2006
Visit the NH Farm Bureau website for the application. http://www.nhfarmbureau.org/
Information on the 2006 Dairy Cattle Judging Clinic is now available on the website at http://extension.unh.edu/4H/4HPubs/dryclinc.pdf
It can also be found on the Events Page under Dairy at http://extension.unh.edu/4H/4HProgs.htm.
We now have a single page, double sided flyer, detailing camp information at both locations.You may find this flyer useful in distributing camp information to schools and youth groups in your area! Please contact me if you're interested, and I'll e-mail it to you. Thanks for all of your efforts to "get the word out"! jody.jackson@unh.edu
We had a very good dairy quiz bowl held in North Haverhill on Saturday, February 11, 2006.
Here are the results for use in your newsletters.
SENIORS
Team:
1. Cheshire : Ariel Garland, Emily Malnati, Tristan Benedict, Jessica Dahl
2. Cheshire/Coos: Jessica Chickering, Diana Tullar, Zachary Mason
3. Grafton: Ian Cleaves, Abby Patch, Dan Noyes
4. Merrimack: Eric Glines, Samantha Silver, Kathleen Dole, Katie Blye
Individuals:
1. Jessica Chickering
2. Ian Cleaves
3. Ariel Garland
4. Jessica Dahl
5. Zachary Mason
6. Abby Patch
7. Emily Malnati
8. Tristan Benedict
9. Eric Glines
10. Katie Blye
JUNIORS
Team:
1. Grafton: Helen Cleaves, Joslin Goss, Alex Patch, Jasper Page
2. Cheshire: Kourtne Flanders, Sam Duquette, Chelsea Kruse, Isiah Davis
3. Cheshire: Suzanne Chickering, Caitlin Robison, Bryant Tullar
4.Coos: Caleb Mason, Tyler Barrows, Kelly Mason, Lucas Deblois
5. Cheshire/Grafton: Cathrin Goss, Meagan Dowley, Taran Benedict
6. Merrimack: Molly Dole, Joshua Bourassa, Si Robertson
Individuals:
1. Suzanne Chickering
2. Kourtne Flanders
3. Alex Patch
4. Caleb Mason
5. Jasper Page
6. Cathrin Goss
7. Sam Duquette
8. Caitlin Robison
9. Meagan Dowley
10.Joslin Goss
Here are the results from Horse Bowl, held on Saturday February 11, at the Belmont Middle school. Seniors had a full slate of teams with 12 and the juniors had one more than last year with 7 teams.
Here are the results that you can use in your newsletters.
2006 Senior Horse
Quiz Bowl
Individual
1. Katherine Crosby* (Ch)
2. Jennie Fogg* (B)
3. Lindsey Galliher (M)
4. Molly White* (H)
5. Rebecca Vogel* (Ch)
6. Ashley Jones (R)
7. Emilee Lavigne (R)
8. Lester Barthelemy (R)
9. Megan Jacques (G)
10. Alicia Fair (Ca)
11. Leah Salloway (St)
Teams
1. Belgian (Ch), Katherine Crosby, Rebecca Vogel, Jeremy Kelleher, Michael Ferreira
2. Fresian (B), Jennie Fogg, Erin Greenhalgh, Matt Dodge, Katie Ledoux
3. Oldenburg (R) Andrew Davis, Emilee Lavign, Bronwyn Field, Ashley Jones
4. Percheron (G + M) ) Marcie Gowen, Megan Jacques, Rebecca Borger, Alicia Fair
5. Dutch Warmbloods (R) Katie Post, Mary Sandholm, Ashley Welsh, Lester Barthelemy
6. Suffolk (M) Lindsey Galliher, Jocelyn Tanner, Bridget Rozak, Emily McCormick
7. Clydesdales (H) Molly White, Heidi Dolan, Alyssa Birt, Becca Hinds
8. Trakehners (Sr) Leah Salloway, Hannah Shoer, Katie Howard, Kala Billings
9. Breton (R + Ca) Sarah Ebner, Brendon Daly, Amanda Cook, Lindsay Turner
10. Cleveland Bay (Co) Chris Joyce, Dan Berry, Travis Joyce, Jessica Gilman
11. Hessian (Su + Ch) Ella Littlefield, Victoria LaBelle, Sam Allen, Ellie Neff
12. Hanoverian (H) Hannah Hebert, Linsay Bernard, Ruth Newhouse, Shawna Sutton
*Denotes State Finalists
2006 Horse Quiz Bowl
Junior Contest
Individual
1. Maggie Vogel (Ch)
2. Margaret Jackson (R)
3. Jessie Fogg (B)
4. Erin Spalding (M)
5. Andrea Smith (Ch)
6. Anna Heron (Su)
7. Kelly Hart (Sr)
8. Katherine Bush (Sr)
9. Hannah Eismen (Sr)
10. Hannah Jackson (R)
Teams
1. Welch (Ch) Margaret Vogel, Andria Smith, Catherine Temme, Maggie Dana
2. Assateague (Sr) Katheryn Busch, Hannah Eismen, Haley Parodis, Kelly Hart
3. Icelandic (R) Margaret Jackson, Hannah Jackson, Hannah Proulx
4. Shetlands (B) Jessie Fogg, Mewgan Guarino, Jessie Stowell, Michelle Stover
5. POA (Su + M) Robin Pomkoski, Anna Haron, Nicole Robinson, Erin Spaulding
6. Connemara (H) Alyssa Cramb, Breeanna Brennman, Liam Cashin, Paige Sutton
7. Halflinger (R) Patrick Kirby, Hannah Estrich, Sarah Herron
Animal Approval form checklists are now available on the Staff Intranet page at:
http://www.extension.unh.edu/4H/staff/4Hstaff.htm
Also available is a brief letter to be returned with completed approval forms.
The Eastern States Exposition Trustees Scholarship application is availble on the website at: http://www.extension.unh.edu/4H/4HForms.htm
Any current New Hampshire 4-H member who is a high school senior, who will be attending a school or college beyond high school in the fall. Selection will be based on 4-H participation, career goals, and financial need. Applications are due to the State 4-H Office on March 1, 2006.
The Charles W. Buck Memorial Scholarship Fund annually presents one memorial award in the amount of $400.00. To qualify a student must be a resident of New Hampshire. They do not have to be currently attending school in New Hampshire. This award will be given to a graduating high school senior or an undergraduate student majoring in agricultural studies, including pre-veterinary.
The eligibility requirements and application are available on the website at: http://www.extension.unh.edu/4H/4HForms.htm under 4-H Member Resources
You asked for it and it is now available. Please visit the new 4-H Staff Intranet page. You can find the link to it on the 4-H Youth Development Staff Resources page, look for it just below the link to the Gazette Blog!!
The user name and password are the same as you would use for the other staff intranet page but this page contains only 4-H information!
At this point only the State Activities Day information is posted, however we will be moving other information there as we see the need. If there is a document you feel belongs there, please send the name of the document and it's current location to Michele King and we will see that it gets moved/added.
You've all probably seen this NH breakout http://www.childrennh.org/StateBriefNHFINAL.pdf.pdf from the recent Center for the Study of Social Policy report http://www.policymatters.us/, but if you haven't, you may find its data useful for grantwriting, county funding requests, bolstering support for programming, coalition-building, etc.
The 4-H Camps brochures are printed and ready to go! Please contact Jody Jackson (phone 862-2132, jody.jackson@unh.edu) at the Camp office to let us know how many you'd like for distribution. You can also visit the web page at http://www.extension.unh.edu/4H/4HCamps.htm Thanks - we look forward to hearing from you!
February 02, Department of Homeland Security DHS launches Ready Kids.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Advertising Council
Thursday, February 2, launched Ready Kids, a family-friendly tool to help
parents and teachers educate children, ages 8-12, about emergencies and
how they can help their families better prepare.
The Ready Kids program launched at Andrew Jackson Language Academy in Chicago with a roundtable discussion led by DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff and an interactive presentation for families by local first responders.
Ready Kids is the newest addition to the successful Ready campaign, a national public service advertising campaign designed to educate and empower Americans to prepare for and respond to emergencies, including natural disasters and potential terrorist attacks. Secretary Chertoff said, "We hope the Ready Kids Website and in-school materials will help facilitate discussions about this important subject and encourage all families to get an emergency supply kit, make a family emergency plan and be informed about the different emergencies that can happen."
Ready Kids fact sheet:
http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0847.xm
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Ready Kids Website: http://www.ready.gov/kids/index.html
The 2006 Teen Conference promotional flyer is now available on the website at http://ceinfo.unh.edu/4H/Docs/4HNews/TCFlyr06.pdf
The registration brochure will be available in early March. Registrations will be due in the State 4-H Office May 9.
Please contact Michele King at michele.king@unh.edu or 862-2199; or Jolee Chase at jolee.chase@unh.edu or 641-6060 with any questions.
There has been a request to clarify the relationship we are suppose to be having with Boys and Girls clubs based on the national MOA. This MOA is with National 4-H and Boys and Girls club for one year with the potential for renewal. It is made in connection with the 4-H Afterschool program. There is not an official MOA with National 4-H Headquarters.
You will find the MOA on the Staff Resources web page http://www.extension.unh.edu/4H/4HYDSR.htm. Please use for conversations with BGCA if it is helpful to you. It is intentionally quite vague to fit all purposes.
Wendy
First Pioneer has asked that we help promote this opportunity through county offices/newsletters. Please see details below.
First Pioneer has an annual scholarship program to assist with defraying the cost of post-secondary education. A $1,000 award is made for each of First Pioneer's 15 branch office regions.
The application and eligibility requirements are available on their website, http://www.firstpioneer.com/about/L3/investing.htm
The deadline for applications to all be in our Enfield, CT office is April 21, 2006.
The February issue of Health and Health Care in Schools is online.
In this issue:
Survey Finds Increase in Drug Use Before Age 13
Screening High School Students for Suicide Risk: A Report on the Suicide
Risk Screen (SRS)
Marketing to the Young: The Tobacco Industry and Flavored Cigarettes
Drug Companies Caution on Pandemic Vaccines
FDA Approves Inhaled Insulin for Treating Diabetes
Read the e-journal at:
http://www.healthinschools.org/ejournal/ejournal.htm
The 4-H Science Enrichment Education for Kids (SEEK) and NatureMapping
Program is an innovative 12-week experiential science program designed to serve home schooled youth in Arkansas. It was recently named a Program of Distinction by our federal partner. SEEK strives to meet the science education and life skill development needs of home schooled youth. Curriculum is drawn from NatureMapping, Project WILD, Project Learning Tree, Project WET, Wonders of Wetlands, Project Underground, CCS curriculum, and grade appropriate school text books. For a full report on the program go to: http://www.national4-hheadquarters.gov/about/pod-set/4h_seek.pdf
Want some help working with our increasingly diverse audiences? The National Extension Diversity Center posts new articles monthly. In the February issue you will find:
1. A deeper look at why we have African-American History Month
2. African-American children’s books
3. Recruiting Latino middle school youth to an overnight camp
4. Learn about Personal Effectiveness in a Diverse Society
Source: Ann C. Schauber, Oregon State University, Director Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School; Program Director, Project Director, National Extension Diversity Center. e-mail: ann.schauber@oregonstate.edu
4-H staff are often approached by local businesses and organizations on the issue of accepting computer 'castoffs' for our youth programs. To help us with possible concerns about accepting old computers, the CYFERnet Team is collecting information about the process, benefits and costs of using this strategy to equip a computer lab. If you have experience with this issue, please share your process and considerations with Trudy Dunham. She will compile responses and send the results back to us. Specific questions to answer follow:
Contact: Trudy Dunham, Program Director CYFERnet / goCyberCamp
University of Minnesota Extension Service Center for 4-H Youth Development
EMAIL: dunha003@umn.edu
Accepting Donated Computers - Survey Questions
- How do you decide what companies / organizations to go to?
- How do you approach the companies? What do you ask?
- What questions do you ask about a potential donation?
- Is there a checklist you use to determine whether a castoff computer is a good deal for you?
- In general, are there some rules or procedures you would suggest for
setting up a lab of castoffs?
Send your responses to Trudy Dunham at dunha003@umn.edu
Harvard Family Research Project has launched the Family Involvement Storybook Corner in partnership with Reading Is Fundamental. The goal of this new web source is to provide information on using children's storybooks with family involvement themes to engage families in their children's education and encourage family-school-community partnerships, all while supporting literacy. Family involvement storybooks can be used to promote the awareness, discussion, and practice of family involvement in a wide range of settings -- including family literacy programs, family support and parenting programs, out-of-school time programs, and ESL programs.
Go to http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/storybook/index.html
Storybook Corner provides an annotated bibliography of storybooks with family involvement themes for ages 4-8. You can also download a teacher lesson plan and parent handout for using a multicultural storybook to promote involvement. Future Storybook Corner resources will include an annotated bibliography of storybooks on family involvement among Latino families, tools for reaching out to Latino families, and information on their own research-inspired family involvement storybook -- "Tomasito's Mother Comes to School," a story about building home-school connections for an immigrant Latino family.
This years Spaces Conference is scheduled for April 8, 2006 at the Cooperative Middle School in Stratham, NH.
The flyer is now available on the Extension website at http://ceinfo.unh.edu/4H/4H.htm
Registration brochure will be available on the website shortly. For more information contact Lynn Garland or Rick Alleva at the Rockingham County office at 603-679-5616
Would you like successful strategies for recruiting and retaining immigrant youth? The National Collaboration for Youth plans to help their affiliates improve in the delivery of services to immigrant youth. To do this, they are surveying to find out what is happening at both national and local levels. They hope this results in identification of promising practices related to where organizationa would most like assistance. The survey only takes 5 to 10 minutes, and you don't have to answer all questions if you don't have the data requested. To help with this effort, the survey can be found at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=177361729039
Contact: Pam Garza, Director
National Youth Development Learning Network
National Collaboration for Youth/National Human Services Assembly
1319 F Street, Suite 402
Washington DC 20004
(202) 347-1080 15
(202) 393-517 (fax)