Orleans Parish 4-H agents

are currently out in the

community recruiting and

training volunteers to lead

new 4-H Clubs that are

forming throughout the city.

Located in the basement of

City Hall at 1300 Perdido

Street, the dedicated em-

ployees of Orleans Parish 4-

H are working to promote

youth development in the

New Orleans area. Agents

Hendrix Broussard, Veroni-

ca Del Bianco, Elizabeth

Gambel, Cristina Santo, and

Casey Versailles are availa-

ble to the public to answer

questions about forming a 4

-H Club at your school,

after-school program, or

other community organiza-

tion.

Contact us today!

Calling all Orleans Parish 4-

H'ers. We need your creativi-

ty! Enter our contest and devel-

op a new name and a new logo

for our newsletter. The

logo should represent both 4-H

and our unique parish, plus be

printable in black and

white. The winner, first runner-

up, and second runner-up will

receive gift cards, $20, $15, and

$10, respectively, as well as a

certificate of recognition. All

entries should be sent to Orle-

ans Parish 4-H office by Friday,

February 10th, 2012.

Orleans Parish 4-H agents re-

cruit 4-H leaders at a recent

Teach for America Summit.

New 4-H Clubs Starting Across NOLA

I N S I D E T H I S

I S S U E :

Parent’s Corner 2

Family Night Out at

Good Shepherd

2

National Youth

Science Day

2

New 4-H Club at

Success Prep

Academy

3

The Miss-Lou Project 3

Request to all 4-H

Reporters

3

Broadmoor Helping

Hands 4-H Club

4

2012 Spring Garden

Show

4

Contest: Name This Newsletter

Orleans Parish 4-H D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 1 1

CONTACT US

Orleans Parish 4-H

Hendrix Broussard

Veronica Del Bianco

Elizabeth Gambel

Cristina Santi

Casey Versailles

1300 Perdido Street

Suite BW15

New Orleans, LA 70112

Office: (504) 658-2900

Fax: (504) 658-2923

www.lsuagcenter.com

www.suagcenter.com

Mark Your Calendar Jan 20-22, 2012 4-H Fashion Camp

Feb 12-20, 2012 LSU Livestock Show

February 4-H Cookery Contest

March 9-11, 2012 Jr. Leadership Conference

April 14-15, 2012 Garden Show

P A G E 2

Mentor: Someone

whose hindsight

can become your

foresight.

Family Night Out at Good Shepard

National Youth Science Day

Parent’s Corner by Beth Gambel, Orleans Parish 4-H Coordinator Welcome to the Orleans Par-

ish 4-H newsletter!

We in Orleans Parish are turn-

ing over a new leaf! We have

a brand new staff of three 4-H

Agents. Cristina Santi is lead-

ing our Mentoring and Charac-

ter Education program, Casey

Versailles will give leadership

to the traditional general 4-H

program and Veronica Del

Bianco is giving focusing on

leadership, citizenship and

environmental science. Hen-

drix Broussard, our Southern

University Youth Development

agent, gives leadership to the

agricultural projects with em-

phasis on school gardening and

poultry projects.

We hope that your child has a

wonderful 4-H experience and

that you will see the benefits

gained from their belonging to

this organization. 4-H is the

world’s largest youth organiza-

tion where children pledge

their Heads, Hearts, Hands,

and Health to improve their

lives and the lives of others.

Though 4-H experiences our

objectives are to help children

use their HEAD to make ap-

propriate decisions, their

HEART to learn how to re-

spect and care for themselves

and others, their HANDS to

serve their families and com-

munities; and their HEALTH to

be the healthiest person they

can be.

Each month this column will

provide information that you

may find helpful as you contin-

ue to be the best parents you

possibly can be!

solar oven in which they made

s’ mores. A history of solar

energy and uses around the

world was also taught to them

such as drying foods to pre-

serve them, evaporating sea

water to harvest salt, and bak-

ing and simmering.

Special thanks to Domino’s

Pizza in Belle Chasse for do-

The 4-H club at Crocker Arts

and Technology School partici-

pated in the annual National

Youth Science Day which takes

place the first week of Octo-

ber. The theme this year was

dealing with wind power. The

group also successfully did an

experiment with solar power.

They designed a pizza box

nating the pizza boxes.

—Hendrix Broussard

one soon so let Ms. Jones

when everyone in the family

can join.

We are looking forward to a

great school year coming up

and having everyone in 6th and

7th grade participate in 4-H

and the upcoming mentoring

program.

Congratulations to Kennede,

Myles, Reggie, Trent and Alijah

who won the t-shirt contest!

Great job!

- Cristina Santi

Youth and Families with Prom-

ise Mentoring Program at

Good Shepherd had their first

Family Night Out on Novem-

ber 10th, 2011.

Thanks to all of the families

that came out! We had great

food, great times, and great

company! Special thanks to

Ms. Leslie Jones who made it

all happen.

We are aiming to do another

O R L E A N S P A R I S H 4 - H

A stu-

dent uses

alumi-

num foil

to insu-

late his

solar

oven.

New 4-H Clubs at Success Preparatory Academy

P A G E 3

Success Preparatory Academy (SPA) is dedi-

cated to developing college-bound students

for leadership and lifelong learning. By

partnering with 4-H, they have additional

support to

assist them in

accomplishing

their mission.

Together, 4-H

agents and the

teachers of

Success Pre-

paratory Acad-

emy are teach-

ing the 4th and

5th grades students about citizenship, lead-

ership, and civic engagement using 4-H cur-

riculum.

The students’ first lesson was about defining

the qualities of a good leader and determin-

ing if they wanted to be a club officer.

Club elections will be held by early Decem-

ber. Expect them to be spirited, said Upper

School Dean Erik Kelt. Enthusiasm is on of

Success Preparatory Academy’s core values!

-Veronica Del Bianco

individual names. Include author name

for byline.

Send articles to:

Veronica Del Bianco at

vdelbianco@agcenter.lsu.edu

or

1300 Perdido Street, Suite BW15, New

Oleans, LA, 70112..

4-H Club Reporters are encouraged to

submit articles for publication in the

Orleans 4-H Newsletter. Share your

club activities, successes, and upcoming

events.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions are due on the 15th of the

preceding month (i.e. Nov. 15th for

December newsletter). Please label all

documents and pictures with club and

the gardening, they see it as their

own project they do not have to be

reminded to water the crops or

pull up grasses”.

Harvest time is coming soon and

the youth at the naval air station

will be ready to reap the fruits of

their labor. They did a thinning on

November 8, 2011 in the collard,

cabbage, and shards beds. They also planted

Detroit Red beets and Dinner Lettuce. A

tasting will be scheduled in the month of

December.

The B.W. Cooper Y.E.S. club planted a

youth community garden of on the front

lawn of the Earhart Blvd subdivision. The

group planted romaine lettuce, cabbage,

green onion and collards. Marry Atkins a

nutrition educator teaches to the children

the nutrition facts of the vegetables they

planted. When the crops are ready a vol-

unteer from the community will cook

them and have a tasty day of nutritional

foods. - Hendrix Broussard

The Miss-Lou Project is really having an im-

pact on the youth at the naval air station and

Crocker Arts and Technology School. Stu-

dents are gaining independence by taking

responsibility for the garden. At Crocker the

principal states “they really are engaged in

Orleans Parish

4-H Agent

Veronica Del

Bianco with the

Tulane Class

4-H Club at

SPA.

The Miss-Lou Project

Club Reporters: We Want Your News!

Ben Frank-

lin Elemen-

tery’s 4-H

Club sent in

this photo

of their

November

Broadmoor Helping Hands 4-H Club at Market, Fest

P A G E 4

On Saturday, November 5th, members of

the Broadmoor Helping Hands 4-H Club

visited the Crescent City Farmer’s Market

on the corner of Magazine and Girod

streets.

Mr. Justin Pitts talks about his farm to the 4-

Hers. He has pigs, cows, chickens, goats on

300 acres in Mississippi.

Cionne and Troy admire the locally grown

flowers and herbs.

Special thanks to Emery of the Crescent

City Farmers Market for giving the 4-H’ers

the rundown on the organization of the

market.,

The Broadmoor Helping Hands 4-H is cur-

rently recruiting members in the Broadmoor

area. Meetings are held once a month on a

Saturday. If interested, contact them via

Facebook or contact your local 4-H agent

for more information.

Tori, Cionne and Bridget with Ms. Beth at

the Broadmoor Fest.

tional plants appropriate for our area and

improved plants and new shrubs that will

be sold at local garden centers. The Gar-

den Show also encourages gardening activ-

ities and planting that stimulate the horti-

cultural industry, while providing quality

plants and garden products available for

purchase by the general public. Look out

for the 4-H Discovery Kids Tent, which

will feature many exciting hands -on gar-

dening activities and competitions! We

welcome any suggestions for activities that

you would like us to host at the tent.

Can’t wait to see you there!

- Casey Versailles

We are now full speed ahead with planning

the 2012 Spring Garden Show! The show will

be held April 14th and 15th, at the Botanical

Gardens in City Park. The Show is spon-

sored by the LSU AgCenter’s Cooperative

Extension Service, The Metro Area Horticul-

tural Foundation and The New Orleans Bo-

tanical Garden. The purpose of the show is

to educate the public on where to obtain

gardening products and services and what

garden clubs or plant societies are located in

the Metro New Orleans area. Show patrons

will also learn about the new as well as tradi-

2012 Spring Garden Show

Did you know…? 4-H’ers across the nation are responding to challenges every day in their communities and their world. As the youth development program

of the nation’s 109 land-grant universities and the Cooperative Extension System, 4-H fosters an innovative, “learn by doing” approach with

proven results. The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, a longitudinal study conducted by the Institute for Applied Research in

Youth Development at Tufts University, shows youth engaged with 4-H are:

Nearly two times more likely to get better grades in school

Nearly two times more likely to plan to go to college

41 percent less likely to engage in risky behaviors

25 percent more likely to positively contribute to their families and communities.