4-H Clover Clipper. Waushara County 4-H Family Newsletter November/December 2016

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1 4-H Clover Clipper Waushara County 4-H Family Newsletter November/December H Member and Leader Recognition Hope to you see you Sunday, November 6th to spend the afternoon with 4-H friends learning what other clubs and members did this year and thanking our many great volunteer leaders for their contributions! Join us in the Courthouse Demo Room on November 6th. Please arrive by 12:45 with a dish to pass. At 1 pm we will convene to recognize our clubs for their accomplishments. We will then enjoy a great potluck meal! Following the potluck, we will recognize our members and leaders for their individual accomplishments. Bring a dish to share and serving utensils. Beverages, plates, cups, and plastic ware will be provided. Your generous donations in the past have resulted in each member receiving a door prize! 4-H Leader Learn-In Are you a club officer, club organizational leader or a NEW 4-H Volunteer? If the answer is YES, please plan to attend the November 12 Leader Learn-In from 9 to 11 am in the Courthouse Demo Room. Agenda items include: 4-H Member Opportunities Club Officer Roles Being a 4-H Volunteer for New and Experienced Leaders Welcome our new 4-H Program Advisor Hi, my name is Heidi Hensel-Buntrock and I am the new Part-Time 4-H Youth Development Program Advisor as of November 1 st. Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I have lived in Waushara County my entire life, and was a member of the Wautoma Roadrunners 4-H club for 10 years. I still exhibit at the Waushara County Fair and this year had open class entries in Flowers, Vegetables, Knitting/Crocheting, Canning, Home Environment and Cultural Arts. I am very excited about the opportunity to work with the youth and the 4-H Program in Waushara County. I look forward to meeting all the members, leaders and parents at upcoming club meetings and activities. Let's make 2017 a great year in 4-H! 1

2 Trip and Award Opportunities Youth interested in any 2017 award and trip opportunities (except space camp) should request the appropriate application materials. These opportunities include Explore Wisconsin, Older Youth Trip, Citizenship Washington Focus, Leadership Washington Focus, State 4- H and Youth Conference, National 4-H Congress, Key Award, and Leaders Association Scholarships. No applications will be accepted after January 6, Applications postmarked January 6 or earlier will be accepted. Please note that interviews this year are on January 22 at the Waupaca County Courthouse. For more information and application materials visit member-resources/trips/ Key Award: This award recognizes youth that have shown consistent growth in 4-H, have developed their leadership ability and been helpful to members of their club and community. Leaders Association Scholarship: Scholarships in the amount of $100 are available to members graduating from high school in 2017 or members enrolled in college during Wisconsin 4-H and Youth Conference: Youth grades 7 to 10 are selected to experience campus life on the UW-Madison campus June Delegates attend large group seminars and performances as well as small group seminars focusing on project related topics. Citizenship Washington Focus: Two youth in grades 10 to 12 (minimum age 15 during trip) may participate in this program. Youth have an opportunity to see their federal government in action, participate in mock citizenship activities and tour historic and cultural sites. Delegates select from one of three weeks: June 17 - June 25 June 24 - July 2 or July 8 July 16. Leadership Washington Focus: Youth currently in grades 6-8 may participate in this program. The program will take place at the National 4-H Youth Conference Center, just 1 mile from the Washington, D.C. border. Participants are immersed in the culture and history of our nation through on-site workshops at D.C. s most spectacular sights. The dates for the trip are July 16-21, National 4-H Congress: Delegates in grades and no older than 18 as of Jan. 1, 2017 attend workshops, participate in a community service project, listen to nationally recognized speakers, and tour the Atlanta area. This event is November Explore Wisconsin: Youth currently in grades 6-8 spend three nights and four days exploring the cultural, historical, geographical/ geological, political and economic aspects of one geographic region of Wisconsin. This trip generally takes place in July with exact dates determined by delegates as a group. Older Youth Trip: Youth currently in grades 9-13 spend three nights and four days exploring the cultural, historical, geographical/ geological, political and economic aspects of one geographic region in the Midwest. This trip generally takes place in July with exact dates determined by delegates as a group. 2

3 Youth Leadership One of the unique aspects of 4-H is the club meetings are run by youth officers! This is an excellent opportunity to become confident talking in front of groups, helping 4-H members get to know one another, determine what your club will do to make your community a better place to live and to have new experiences! Shared here is the roles and responsibilities of club officers to help those fulfilling these roles this year and to inspire those interested in these roles in future years. CLUB OFFICER ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES President: Plan the business part of the meetings with other officers and volunteer leaders Know and follow parliamentary procedure to conduct an orderly 4-H Club meeting. Call the meeting to order and direct the business meeting. Provide opportunities for all club members to be heard. Get everyone to participate. Vice President: Preside at meetings in the absence of the president. Know parliamentary procedure so that you can conduct an orderly 4-H Club meeting. Know the duties of the president. Work closely with the president, leaders, and other officers on all Club activities. Help plan 4-H Club programs. Stand and read minutes of the last meeting when the president calls for them. Make corrections to minutes as presented by 4-H members of the Club. Read correspondence received by the 4-H Club and send any correspondence as directed by the Club. Treasurer: Keep accurate records of all the money taken in and paid out by the 4-H Club. Make deposits of money to the bank; write checks requested by the 4-H Club, and pay bills authorized by the Club. Give a report of money received, bills paid, and amount on hand at each 4-H Club meeting. Reporter: Caller Write a report of each 4-H meeting and submit it to the UW Extension Office for publishing in the Clover Clipper. Write articles about special 4-H events and club news for your local newspaper. Contact 4-H members to remind them of upcoming 4-H Club meetings and events. Secretary: Keep an accurate record of the proceedings of all meetings. Conduct roll call at the request of the president and record attendance. 3

4 Beef Market Animal Project Members Members signed up for market beef should be advised that the weighin will be on December 10 from 11 am to 1 pm. If inclement weather is predicted, an announcement will be made on Friday if the weigh-in is being rescheduled. If you know of a new family taking the market beef project, please advise them of this date. State Fair Animal Entries State fair animal exhibitors must be 12 to 19 years of age as of January 1 of the year they are showing. If you are interested in showing animals at the 2017 State Fair, you may wish to bookmark the following website to keep up to date on exhibit information: wistatefair.com/competitions/juniorlivestock/. Please also notify the UW- Extension office of your interest as state fair notifies us when items are posted that are of interest to youth livestock exhibitors. Badger Kick-off Classic The annual Badger Kick-off Classic Prospect Steer and Heifer Show is being held December 2-4 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison. Visit for more information. Help Plan Project Days We need your family s input for the 2017 Project Discovery Day. We are holding Project Discovery Day on Sunday, February 26 so we have more time to plan. Sessions are 60 minutes in length and are targeted toward beginner level participants. Discuss ideas at your November club meeting and send them with your club leaders or send them to barb.barker@uwex.edu. Topics and the name of someone who could present the session are preferred. We will brainstorm names of presenters at the meeting if you have an idea but no one to teach it. There may also be a Project Workshop Day in March targeted toward intermediate and advanced skill levels. These sessions will be 2-6 hours in length. Horse Project Meeting Nov. 14 All 4-H Horse Project Members are invited to a horse project meeting on November 14 at 6:30 pm in the Courthouse Demo Room. This meeting will help you become familiar with horse breeds through some fun games. There s many opportunities to learn about your favorite, or one of your favorite animals in addition to riding. There s art, woodworking, clothing, photography, Hippology (study of horses in a fun interactive way) and quiz bowl. In December a Horse Project Holiday Potluck and Party will be held on December 12 beginning at 6 pm at the Courthouse. Rabbit and Poultry Association Meeting November 21 The Rabbit and Poultry Association is off to a great start! Their monthly meetings will be for members of both rabbit and poultry projects. Officers were elected at the October meeting. Wyatt Aton did a poultry demo with his D'Anver Chickens and Abby Haese did a rabbit demo with her Tans Rabbits. November poultry demo will done by Adam Krause and Rabbit demo will be Paige Doede. 4

5 Wanted: Adult Volunteers We are thankful for all of our Waushara County 4-H adult volunteers. We are always looking for talented people to be project resource leaders, chaperones for trips, and summer camp staff. Enrollment forms for new volunteers are available from the UW-Extension office and club organizational leaders. All first year adult leaders are required to attend a Volunteer Orientation session, complete an online mandated reporter training, sign a volunteer behavior agreement form and authorize a confidential background check. The next Volunteer Orientation session will be held during the Leader Learn in on November 12 from 9 to 11 am. Leader Learn-In Each year one or more volunteer leaders from each club and association must participate in an Annual Volunteer Leader Training. This year s session will be offered at the Leader Learn-In on November 12th from 9-11 am. This year s topic is Youth Opportunities. In addition to this topic there will be individual officer sessions led by experienced club officers! Adults will be updated on 4-H policies and best practices. New 4 -H Volunteers are invited to complete their 4-H Volunteer in Preparation Training. Club Activity Insurance Information The Waushara County 4-H Leaders Association takes out annual accident insurance which covers members and leaders that are participating in scheduled 4-H meetings and activities with volunteer adult leaders present. It also covers when the members and leaders are in transit to and from such activities. Activities which are not included in this are downhill skiing, tobogganing, tubing, and sledding. Periodically these have been club activities. If clubs wish to include these activities they can take out activity insurance from the same insurance company for a minimal fee per person. Their website is h-insurance#fourh. If you have a higher risk event where additional families are participating you should take out this coverage in addition to the annual accident insurance as these events are not covered under the annual insurance. Volunteer Background Checks Repeated Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development s policies require a background check to be conducted every four (4) years for 4-H volunteers. The UW-Extension office will continue conducting those checks for all re-enrolling volunteers in their 4th, 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, etc year of enrollment. You will receive two s in regards to the process and have a week to respond to the request. All information is entered into a secured server. Thank you to our Volunteers! Please remember to thank your club and project leaders for sharing their time and talents with you. There are many behind the scenes things our 4-H volunteers do to make 4-H clubs fun, a place to do new things and a group that gives back to the community. When they ask for help, please consider how you can help with some of your clubs activities and projects. 5

6 Youth Opportunities 4-H Missions in Space Program Boldly go where other 4-Hers fear to tread. Participants will complete a simulated Space Shuttle Mission, experience training simulators, tour the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama April and learn about being an astronaut 4-H members in grades 6-8 may apply (maximum age of 15 at time of trip). Transportation is provided from Wausau, Madison or Milwaukee. The cost is approximately $550, but 1/3 of the cost can be offset by applying for a scholarship from the Leaders Association. Check out the Space Camp webpage at Registration is through 4-H Online and closes December 31. Priority will be given to new space campers. Pizza Fund Raiser Clubs interested in selling pizza to support projects they wish to do this year will receive information about the fund raiser in November. Pizza making day will be at the Wautoma High School on February 25. Club News The Blazing Stars met on October 4th at the Courthouse. Roll call found 10 members present. The club held a rabies clinic on October 15th in Plainfield, the Fall Hike will be at the Ice Age trail right after the rabies clinic. Club is signed up for the November 2017 courthouse bulletin board. Community Service project was at the Plainfield Meal site on October 28th, with pizza and games. The annual achievement day will be November 6th. Leader Learn in will be Saturday, November 12th for all new officers. Thank you to Mhari and Lynn Gohlkefor being excellent treasurers these past few years and congratulations to Lauren Good and Erica Carlson for graduation from 4-H. Officers for 2017 were also voted on at this meeting. Pine River Rainbows monthly meeting was held on October 2nd, Pledges were led by Amber and Laura Babcock. The Paws with a Cause Can was passed around for donations. Food donations were also collected for the Poy Sippi Food Pantry. Members were reminded to continue to collect Milk Moola Milk Tops from Kwik Trip and turn them in to Mrs. Brooks. Our month for the courthouse bulletin is May, The club decided to go to Flyte s Fieldstones Corn Maze for October s fun activity on October 15th. Members will be helping Mrs. Nehring clean her yard on October 29th in conjunction with Make a Difference Day. Club members will participate in the Election Day bake sale from 3-8:30 pm. Members are encouraged to bring baked goods and soups to sell. Leader Learn In will be held November 12th at the courthouse. A motion to donate to The Lost Companion Cat shelter was denied. Sackett made a motion to donate $50 to Waushara Crime Stoppers for equipment and other needs, motion passed. Cloverbuds and Explorers learned about leaves and made leaf presses. The next meeting will be November 6th at 6:30 pm. 6

7 Youth Fair Board Representatives Sought The Fair Board is seeking one additional non-voting youth representative to join their Board. Youth representatives must be 16 years old and will serve a two year term. Representatives are expected to readily voice your thoughts and be involved as more than an exhibitor. It is the intent the youth attend the meeting without a parent. To be considered for the open position this year, please submit a letter indicating your interest to the UW-Extension Office by November 27. What s an ME Form!? ME stands for Member Evaluation. These forms must be completed for all trip and award applications. All trip and award applicants are also required to complete an interview. For members who have never participated in an interview before, this can be intimidating. And those ME forms...confusing, right? We don t want this to be a negative experience for you and we want you to know we are here to help! Come to the ME Workshop on November 12th at 11 a.m. (after Leader Learn-In) for valuable tips and tricks for completing an award winning ME and mastering the interview! This workshop is open to all members interested in applying for the trips or awards outlined earlier in this edition of the Clover Clipper you don t need to attend the Leader Learn In to participate in this. Welcoming New Families Making new families in your 4-H club feel welcome will help your club be more successful. Here are some ideas you can implement to make sure new families feel welcome that Linda Pomplun is sharing after participating in a program on the Heart of Belonging. Make a first impression positived. Speak to each person as they arrive saying hi wit a smile, If you know their names call them by it Hi Jon. Make sure you acknowledge something positive about each person. Making all feel welcomed. Making sure the youth feels comfortable and safe by using activities and breaking the ice between all. Use praises like nice job or way to go will help build each person to feel good about themselves. There are basic needs for youth to feel safe, to belong, having self worth, to gain independence, to have quality relationships with peers. Having feelings of pride and to expand their skills and knowledge. Having them know that success is possible for each of them. We as adults can help in the development of the youth in guiding, coaching, listening to each Youth. Tell them about New Family Nights at the Courthouse in January and July. Other families have said they are very helpful. Some clubs have held their own new family nights. 7