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DIANNA COLGAN TRICIA STOUDER JANET MARTIN County Youth Coordinator Regional 4-H Youth Specialist Urban 4-H Youth Specialist dmish@iastate.edu trew@iastate.edu jmmartin@iastate.edu

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NEWS & REMINDERS FROM IOWA STATE EXTENSION & OUTREACH

JOHNSON COUNTY 4-H FAMILY SEPTEMBER 2014

September 2014 4-H Families- WOW! Where do I begin except to say thank you to everyone for making Johnson County Fair a great success! All of our project leaders, Youth Development Committee, Youth Council, club lead-ers and parents: we cannot thank you for all of the time and effort you gave to make this an enjoyment for all involved. With that being said, planning is underway for next year to be even bigger and better! We have some plans under way to bring back some old favorites. Stay tuned for information on some win-ter fun coming your way! If you know of any parents of older youth that are interested in vol-unteering we have a couple possibilities that we are searching for. Please contact the Extension Office to find out more information. No previous experience required!

WHAT’S INSIDE:

Dates to Remember

Re-Enrollment Time

National 4-H Week

Record Book Information

Volunteer Spotlight

Photo Recap

Johnson County Youth Outreach Educator

CAMIE MARSHEK

County Youth Outreach Educator

cmarshek@iastate.edu

September 2014

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IMPORTANT 4-H Dates to

Remember:

September 2014

1 Re-Enroll for 4-H Time

11 Youth Council Meeting

October 2014

1 Record Book Due to Extension Office

1 Award Forms Due to Extension Office

5-11 National 4-H Week!!!

16 Youth Council Meeting

18 New Volunteer Training Opportunity

30 Fall Leaders Meeting

November 2014

13 Youth Council Meeting

23 Awards Night– South Slope

4-H PLEDGE I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE,

AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.

NEWS & REMINDERS FROM EXTENSION

Like us on Facebook!

Johnson County 4-H

If we get to 400 likes before

Fair, special giveaways and

THANK YOU REBECCA!!

We were lucky to have Rebecca Haugland was our 4-H Summer

Program Assistant this year. Rebecca was a Johnson County 4-Her in

the MacBride’s Pride 4-H club. She has now entered her junior year at

Iowa State University, majoring in Agricultural Communications with a

minor in Agronomy. We had a wonderful summer and fair with Rebecca

and wish her all the success in the world!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!!!

January 31, 2015– Extravaganza

January 2015– New Member Night

February 2015– Winter Surprise for ALL

February 17, 2015—Leaders Meeting (Req)

April 26,2015– Johnson County Classic

July 27-30 2015– FAIR

September 2014

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MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

County News

THANK YOUS, THANK YOUS, THANK YOUS! It is very important for each 4-H member to take the time and write a thank you to your award sponsors! Please take the time to express your gratitude. Don’t forget to send a special thanks to Consumer Cooperative. They were gracious enough to donate the t-shirts that each member received this year! We couldn’t have made this possible with-out the help of donors! Consumers Cooperative If you need any addresses please 3500 2nd Street contact the Extension Office. We Coralville, IA 52241 would be happy to assit!

THE NEW 4-H YEAR HAS BEGUN! HAVE YOU?

IT IS TIME TO RE-ENROLL

RETURNING FAMILIES – To begin the process, you will need to visit http://

iowa.4honline.com. This will be the 4th year you will be allowed access to your own rec-

ords. This means that you do not need to create a new profile. Your family already

has a record, and you will need to access that existing record in order to update and re-

enroll your 4-H'er for the 2014-2015 year. You might notice a change in the required

fields. Please be diligent with even the non-required fields and fill out as completely as

possible. Be sure to update the t-shirt size. Find help sheet at

www.extension.iastate.edu/4hfiles/EnrollmentDocs/MemberReEnrollment.pdf.

NEW FAMILIES – To enroll in Iowa 4-H online, you need a computer, internet access,

a valid e-mail address and a web browser. Help sheet for NEW FAMILIES enrollment

process can be found at www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/page/4honline-information-

families-and-leaders.

Please feel free to contact the office if you have any problems or questions with this re-

enrollment process.

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NATIONAL 4-H WEEK OCTOBER 5-11, 2014

What can you do to promote 4-H?

Club pride boards at your school

Fly a 4-H Flag

Volunteer

Make banners or signs for a local store

Where your 4-H shirts

Recruit new members

Several Youth Council Members will be going around to area schools to give short

presentations to try and involve more kids in our Johnson County 4-H program. Please

let us know if you would like us to come see your school or other group!

COUNTY

September 2014

FAIR PHOTOS

A big THANK YOU to Hills Bank & Trust Co for all their time spent at the fair. A member

of their staff was here daily taking pictures of members and their projects. This year

Hills Bank was kind enough to provide a website for everyone to enjoy. Please take a

look and reminisce about the fun you had. INest time you happen to see a Hills Bank

employee or stop in don’t forget to mention how much you appreciate what they do for

Johnson County 4-H’ers! http://www.hillsbank.smugmug.com/ password is Clover2014

(it is case sensitive).

LEFT OVER PROJECTS

As much as we enjoy seeing everyone's project at fair time, it is time to take

them home! Please make a point to come pick up your items as soon as possi-

ble. We would really appreciate it.

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COUNTY FAIR UPDATES CON’T

It’s that time of year again. . .Record Book Deadlines

Each leader has their own individual deadline and expectaitons, but use this tip sheet

as a guide to get you started. Forms are available on the county wepage or feel free to

stop into the office anytime.

Philosophy of 4-H Record Keeping

The purpose of 4-H record keeping is to teach how to keep records, which is an im-

portant life skill. Record keeping is an ongoing process that does not end when the 4-H

year ends. Youth are encouraged to select from a variety of alternatives to meet their

individual record keeping needs and learning styles. The following forms (see below)

are available in the Extension Office or online at: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/

johnson/page/johnson-county-4-h-recordkeeping-forms. The forms available through

the website are set up to be typed into and then printed for clean and legible records!

Each Record Book Should Have:

Yearly 4-H Summary

Project Records

Member Self-Evaluation.

Livestock Records

Remember to check with your leader about their dealine and requirements

June 2014

Training for New 4-H Volunteers- Save the Date

If you are a new club leader, clover kids leader or assistant leader you do need to go to a

one time training and risk management class. This is paid for in full by our county. The

next one is Saturday, October 18th is Washington County. Please take a moment to reg-

ister at http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4h/volunteertraining

If you are unable to make this date please contact Camie at the Extension Office.

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STATE INFORMATION

4-H AWARDS NIGHT

SAVE THE DATE

The 2014 Johnson County

Awards Eventwill be held

Sunday, November 23, at the

South Slope Community

Room in North Liberty. More

details coming soon. See you

there!!

Johnson County 2014 4-H Hall of Fame Honorees

Richard and Joyce Oberman. Both Richard and Joyce have been long time supporters of

Johnson County 4-H. Each served as club members and on various committees through-

out our program. We thank them for all their time and service they have donated to our

programs.

CWF INFORMATION AVAILABLE

Citizenship Washington Focus 2015 is a nine-day

trip for 4-H youth in grades 9-12 which provides a

setting to experience both leadership and citizen-

ship in an up-close, unique way at the National 4-H

Center. Youth who have participated in previous

trips reported CWF as the single most educational

highlight of their 4-H career.

The 2015 trip will take place June 5-13. Members

of 4-H and adult chaperones will travel by chartered

bus to Washington D.C. Please contact the Exten-

sion Office if you would like more information.

June 2014

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & ACHIEVEMENTS

4-H MOTTO TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER

I know you are out there having

fun, doing activities and performing

community service projects. Share

that 4-H spirit with the rest of us!!!

Volunteer Spotlight

This great county is made up of countless individuals that give their time and money to make these pro-grams successful. Let’s say thank-you! Send me a little note nominat-ing who you think should be our spotlight volunteer. If you have a picture of them feel free to send it along. If not that’s ok- just start sending them. We will continue this monthly in our newsletters.

Send me your club news!

Volunteer of the Month

After the successful summer we

have had here at the Johnson

County Office it is so hard to pick

just one volunteer to spotlight.

We want to express our THANKS

to the Johnson County Fair Board

Association. Without they tireless

effort we could not have had such

wonderful fair. Thank you for all

you do to support our 4-H’ers!

4-H MOTTO TO MAKE THE BEST BETTER Page 5

Just a few

examples of why

our 4-H members

are so AMAZING!

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