Mark Your Calendars... November 2011 President s Article. Camp Dates announced for 2012

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1 CITIZENSHIP LEADERSHIP LIFE SKILLS California 4-H Youth Development Program UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SONOMA COUNTY 4-H REPORTER November 2011 President s Article What an amazing job our All Stars and their advisors did with Achievement Night! The night was filled with recognitions of our outstanding members, leaders and community partners! I was so proud of what Sonoma County 4-H Clubs do for our community and how involved they all are with making the clubs and communities a better place to live! Outstanding job! Congrats and thank you to our All Stars Genevieve, Erin, Jesse & Ben as well as their Advisors Karyn and Cheryl! Just a reminder to clubs to get your enrollment in to the 4-H office on time. With the reduced staff we will be working hard to keep everything up to date as quickly as possible. We hope to have it run smoothly but if you have any problems, please call Judy or I and we will try to work through any problems. We thank everyone for their support and patience! The Salvation Army has again asked us to participate with their bell ringing during the holiday season. My club has been doing this for the last few years and I cannot tell you what a great experience it is for all of us. It is wonderful to see our 4-H members interact with the general public to help another agency while promoting the 4-H program. I encourage you all to consider becoming involved. We will be having someone from Salvation Army come to the November CCC meeting if you are interested in more information. I want to wish everyone a very wonderful Thanksgiving holiday! Enjoy family, friends and traditions. Also, a reminder there will be NO CCC MEETING IN DECEMBER We will see everyone January 3 rd 2012 at the 4-H Center in Rohnert Park. -Diana Inside this issue: State Leaders Forum 2 C.A.L Conference 2 Project Leaders 2 Service Learning 3 Pygmy Goats 3 Dairy Goats 3 Consumer Field Day 3 Camp Steering Comm. 4 Jr. Master Gardener 4 Presentation Day 4 Orientations 5 Primary Members 5 COTS 5 Upcoming Events 6 Mark Your Calendars... Camp Dates announced for 2012 Camp 1: June with staff coming in on the 24 th, campers on the 25 th. Camp 2: June 30 July 6 with staff coming in on the 30 th, campers on the 6 th.

2 Page 2 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 2011 State Leaders With the H year soon upon us it s time to start plans for the upcoming 4-H year. As members of the 2011 State Leaders Forum Committee, we hope those plans include State Leaders Forum at the beautiful Asilomar location on November 11-13, More specifically, our hope is that you will help us support this educational and networking opportunity for 4-H Leaders by helping us offset costs of the event by assisting with donations for the Silent Auction. The SLF Silent Auction helps to defray some of the costs of State Leaders Forum, offers the opportunity to showcase and share some of your county s offerings, allows leaders throughout the state to sample items from another location in this wonderful state, is tax deductible and is an exciting part of SLF. tive of all that makes your county the wonderful place it is. Local non-perishable items making up county baskets are always hot items on the Silent Auction tables. Baskets usually include 5-10 items and have a value of $50 or more. If you collect items with a dollar amount greater than $100 you might consider splitting it into more than one basket. The SLF 2011 Silent Auction Committee is hoping to get donations of "County Baskets' from all counties in the state as well as individual, "Club" and "Project" based baskets. C.A.L Creating a Leader Leadership Training Conference. This year's conference is titled "Where Leaders are Discovered!" The conference will be held on January 27, 28, & 29, 2012 at Walker Creek Ranch, Marin County. This is a conference for interested 4-H youth 11 years or 6th grade - 12th grade. The allocation for each county is 15 spaces for youth. All counties are required to send one chaperone for up to 8 youth per gender. Participants are required to send their registration packets and a $25.00 checks deposit (made out to Sonoma County 4-H Council) to the County 4-H office by November 30, After due date, you will notified of total cost. See your club leader for an application or call the 4-H office for a copy. A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not -John Quincy Adams Project Leaders We would like to encourage all of our project leaders to set up their meeting dates and times this month and share them with your families. Everyone is very busy and letting our families know when, where and what time the dates of their meetings will help to reduce confusion and frustrations on everyone s part. It is so easy to think that we will get to it and life happens! Our 4-H Program feels that project are the key to a successful 4-H experience. We are always so impressed by the variety of projects offered and the creative project leaders who develop these experiences for our youth. We would also like to encourage parents to attend monthly club meetings so they can keep informed on upcoming activ- PLEASE BRING ONE ITEM TO NOVEMBER CCC mtg if possible. Each county is requested to donate one or more County Baskets featuring items you feel are representaities throughout the county. It is also important to support your project leaders through volunteering to help them when needed and to respect their time by having your members to the meetings on time and picking them up promptly at the end of the meetings. Together our leaders and parents can create a wonderful learning environment for our young people.

3 SONOMA COUNTY 4-H REPORTER Page 3 Service Learning Opportunity for Poultry Members Do you want to learn what goes into putting on a poultry show? Did you know that shows are typically hosted by volunteers to support the ongoing development of quality animals? This supports agriculture and our economy. The Cloverdale Citrus Fair poultry show needs a few youth to help with its annual Poultry show on Saturday, February 18, H members who are 9 years and older and in a poultry project can help set up the show learning how coops are assembled and classes arranged on Friday evening. A few older members (14 and older) are needed on Saturday during the show to help exhibitors coop in, clerk for the judge, and run the showmanship competition. Finally, help with clean up is also needed. In addition to learning more about exhibiting poultry competitively you earn credit for your Record Book for a multi-county event and a special thank you gift! Those who help may still exhibit their birds and participate in showmanship. Interested? Contact Kelly Hinde at or at hindekelly@gmail.com Are you interested in Dairy Goats? Come join our county-wide Dairy Goat project. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month. Our next meeting is November 16th from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Learn about the different goat breeds, feeding requirements, etc. For information contact: Karen Clemmer with Forestville 4-H at kmclemmer@att.net Heidi Dieffenbach-Carle with Penngrove 4-H at hdieffenbach-carle@comcast.net County Wide Pygmy Goat Project The County Wide pygmy Goat project is about ready to begin! Everyone that is interested in learning and showing Pygmy Goats are welcome whether you already own a pygmy Goat or are just starting out. Our first meeting will be on November 15th at Wilson School in Petaluma at 6pm. We will plan additional meetings that night. Lisa Robbins Binkie899@aol.com Please come join us for this year s North Central Section Consumer Science Field Day. The event will be held on November 5, 2011 at the San Joaquin County Robert J. Cabral Agricultural Center, 2101 E. Earhart Ave., in Stockton. The Field Day provides members and leaders with experiential education on leadership, citizenship, healthy living, food and nutrition, clothing and textiles, fashion revue, consumer education and technology! Throughout the day you will participate in sessions led by UC staff, adult 4-H volunteers, teen colleagues and others. Here is the link for the online registration for the Field Day:

4 Page 4 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 4-H Camp Steering Committee The 4-H Camp Steering Committee is a sub committee of our County Club Council which meets to discuss the many issues involved with camp such as the budget, requirements for our teen staff, approval of dates for Camp, hiring of employees, recruiting volunteers and advertising for campers and makes recommendations to the CCC. It also sets and works toward both short and long-term goals for Camp. This year we will be meeting every other month. The November meeting is Thursday, November 17 at 7pm at the 4-H Center in Rohnert Park. Future meetings are January 26, March 22 and May 24, also at the 4-H Center in Rohnert park at 7pm. This is a wonderful opportunity for YOU to become involved in the decision making entity of 4-H Camp. Attending camp next summer is not a requirement. We are especially looking for adults with ties to Camp II and youth from both camps. All meetings are open to everyone and we value your input. If you would like to attend a meeting or would like to be on an list to receive more information, future agendas, minutes of the meetings, etc. please let us know at campsteering@gmail.com. Thank you for your support of Sonoma County 4-H Camp Local Gardening, Food and Food Preservation -Jr. Master Gardner 4-H Project The University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) is planning to increase local food production and access, by brining Master Gardeners, 4-H members and community supporters together to develop a Jr. Master Gardener program. This program se resources from UCCE to enlarge existing programs, thus increasing outreach in a new program area that uses Sonoma County Community Gardens to teach gardening, food production and food preservation skills to youth in a 4-H Countywide community project. This project looks to increase leadership skills to the youth of Sonoma County. UCCE is looking for interested individuals to develop this innovative county wide project. For more information, please contact, Dr. Stephanie Larson at or slarson@ucdavis.edu I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture -George Washington Coming Soon...Presentation Day 2012 It s not too soon to be thinking about Presentation Day! Mark your calendar for Saturday, February 4, 2012 and hold the date. Begin to think about doing a presentation do you have a favorite project you want to share with others, want to learn more about a topic and then teach others about it, need presentations toward your next star? This is your chance! Look for more details in the December/January issues of the Reporter! Kelly Hinde

5 SONOMA COUNTY 4-H REPORTER Page Orientations Required for New 4-H Volunteers 6:30-8:00 pm at the 4-H Center in Rohnert Park Fingerprint service available by Truscan at these meetings. Come at 6:00 pm if you need fingerprints November 7 (Monday) January TBA All leaders and youth must be enrolled in a livestock project by Feb 1st 2012, in order to be eligible to show at the fair *Change this year This meeting will cover UC requirements/policies only. Attendance is required in order to be appointed as an agent of the University and to receive liability insurance coverage when performing as a 4-H leader. *Optional Project Leader Training available with Judy by appointment at the 4-H office in Santa Rosa Please call the 4-H office (707) to make a reservation for the orientation Primary (Clovers) 4-H Members Youth are eligible to participate in 4-H if they meet the following criteria: (As stated in chapter 5) Primary members must be 5 years old or in kindergarten by December 31st of the program year. Youth enrolling or turning nine on or after January 1 must participate as a primary member until June 30th. Primary members cannot enroll in large animal projects. Approved primary member animal projects are dogs, rabbits, rats, cats, poultry, cavies, mice, embryology, bees, entomology, marine science, pygmy, Nigerian and dwarf goats and therapeutic animal projects. Committee On The Shelterless (COTS) In April of last year Live oak 4-H showed their community service by decorating small canvas bags and filling them with toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, shampoo, etc) to give to those who are in need. Committee On The Shelterless (COTS) in Petaluma is an organization that helps people who are hungry and those who are Primary members who exhibit in shows and fairs, do so based on their age/grade as of December 31st of the program year regardless of when the fair or show is conducted during the calendar year. Primary members may not participate in pre-junior (fair pee wee ) showmanship classes as a 4-H member. Coverage under the 4-H accident/illness insurance program and protection under UC s liability program is not extended to include pre-junior showmanship classes. See Chapter 7, Experiential Learning in the 4-H Youth Development program, Primary Member Fact Sheet and Primary Member FAQ for more information. homeless. Last month Live Oak 4-H delivered those bags filled with toiletries to COTS. It was a great feeling to help those people who really need it. Joseph Murnin Reporter Live Oak 4-H

6 CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION 133 Aviation Blvd., Suite 109 Santa Rosa, CA Phone: (707) Fax: (707) Judy Ludovise 4-H Program Assistant Stephanie Turner 4-H Secretary (Part-Time) ANR NONDISCRIMINATION AND AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY STATEMENT FOR UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PUBLICATIONS REGARDING PROGRAM PRACTICES July, 2008 The University of California prohibits discrimination or harassment of any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy (including childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth), physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), ancestry, marital status, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services (as defined by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994: service in the uniformed services includes membership, application for membership, performance of service, application for service, or obligation for service in the uniformed services) in any of its programs or activities. University policy also prohibits reprisal or retaliation against any person in any of its programs or activities for making a complaint of discrimination or sexual harassment or for using or participating in the investigation or resolution process of any such complaint. University policy is intended to be consistent with the provisions of applicable State and Federal laws. Inquiries regarding the University s nondiscrimination policies may be directed to the Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Director, University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources, 1111 Franklin Street, 6 th Floor, Oakland, CA 94607, (510) Upcoming 4-H Events... December 09 Thrive 4-H Center Office Closed Articles for the Dec/Jan Reporter are due by November 5 th. Please articles to: jludovis@sonoma-county.org PLEASE NOTE NEW ADDRESS We re on the Web! Sonoma County 4-H: California State: 4-H: 4-H Foundation: