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Record Book Workshop
MaryJo Moncheski, AmeriCorps VISTA
November 2013
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Workshop Objectives
Discuss the purpose and importance of a
4-H Record Book
Help participants understand what
content “counts” in the record book
Provide tools for record book success
and completion
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Resources
For the Record- Member’s Guide to
Completing 4-H Records
Maricopa County 4-H Record Book
Workshop Handout
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Record Book: What is that?
A written summary of 4-H activities and
projects
Shows progression of educational experiences
Documents skill development, learning
experiences, and accomplishments in member’s
project area
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Why?
Measures growth through the years
Lists how you’ve helped others (“hands to larger service”)
Showcases the knowledge you’ve learned
Develops a variety of skills:◦ Financial management
◦ Organizational
◦ Communication
◦ Goal setting
◦ Decision-making
◦ Reflective
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When Do We Complete Them?
Begin October 1st
Complete by September 30th
New members start at the time of
enrollment
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Where Can I Get a Record Book?
Members receive their Member Record when they first enroll in 4-H.
Member Records must have the following criteria:
◦ Must have a primary project listed
◦ Must have previous and current years listed
◦ Should list projects thought to be "completed"
◦ More completed projects=greater chance of trip, scholarship, and award selection
The Project Record is given to each member at the yearly enrollment. Members need a Project Recordevery year for every project in which they are enrolled.
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How are Record Books Judged?
Check the Yavapai County 4-H website
for updated information on the criteria
used for judging:
https://extension.arizona.edu/4h/yavapai/r
ecord-book-101
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Where do I Begin?
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4-H Leadership- What Counts?• Any activity where you led,
planned, or implemented
something (IE: fundraiser,
educational trip, community
service event, civic activity,
workshop)
• Camp Counselor at a 4-H
Camp
• Attended JOLT or on JOLT
Staff
• Club Officer
• Committee Office or
Member
• Actively attended Leaders’
Council Meetings
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Community Service
Examples of Non-
Meaningful vs. Meaningful
Community Service
• Babysitting for free vs.
Tutoring youth after-school
• Helping at a food drive vs.
Organizing a food drive
• Mopping floors at a rec.
center vs. Beautifying a
community park
Community service should
impact you just as much as it
impacts the community. It
should also be fun!
Visit University of Nebraska-
Lincoln's 366 Community
Service Ideas for more fun
ways to volunteer.
Good Examples of 4-H Community Service
• Park cleanup
• Using photography skills to help animal shelters
market adoptable pets
• Volunteering at senior-assisted living home,
veterans hospital, youth mentoring program (Big
Brothers Big Sisters or Boys and Girls Club), adult
center, etc.
• Planning and implementing a county-wide food
drive
• Organizing a blanket drive for ill-stricken youth or
military youth
• Adopt-a-Soldier/Adopt-a-Platoon
• Organizing a blood-drive
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How Can I Chose a Good
Community Service Activity?
• Who will I help by participating in this activity?
• Why should I participate in this activity?
• How will my participation in this activity
benefit my community/people?
• http://www.volunteermatch.org/
• http://www.utextension.utk.edu/4h/sos/project
ideas/index.htm
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How Do I Know I Learned
Something?
• What did I know about my community before participating in this activity?
• What do I know about my community after completing in this activity?
• What did my community look like before I participated in this activity?
• What does my community look like after I completed this activity?
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4-H Contests, Activities, and Events
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Recognition
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Participation Other Than 4-H• School Teams, Clubs, Activities- Student Council, Theater,
Football, Band, Orchestra, Choir, Newspaper, Yearbook, etc.
• Community Clubs- Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, FFA, Saddle
Clubs, etc.
• Church youth groups
• Other camps you’ve been a counselor or camper
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Photographs