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4-H Inspires Kids to Do! November, 2018
Inside This Issue 4-H Open Enrollment 4-H enrollment season kicked off with 4-H and Mini 4-H Open House Saturday, October 27th. Enrollment details can be found on page 2 of this newsletter. Thank you to the many volunteers and 4-H members who made the event a success. First generation families had the opportunity to view projects, participate in activities and talk with those passionate about LaPorte County 4-H. If you have not enrolled or re-enrolled Join 4-H and Make the Best Better!
MaryJo Moncheski & Gayle O’Connor
4-H Council I hope everyone is excited about the 2018-19 4-H season! As many of you might have heard, there are a few changes going on in 4-H Council. The most significant is the transition of 4-H Council finances, once handled in the Extension Office, back with 4-H Council. Revised bylaws are up for vote at Thursday’s, November 8th meeting at 6:30 in Small Projects Building. 4-H Council Meetings are open to the public, all (4-H members, parents and volunteers) are welcome to attend!
Volunteers are needed to fill various Council Committees (fundraising, awards, projects and recognition) as we support meeting the needs of youth in La Porte County. Come have your voice heard!
If you have questions or comments about 4-H Council, feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 219-878-7777. Thank you for being involved in LaPorte County 4-H !
Jeremy Smith, President
Open Enrollment for members and volunteers
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Pleasant Clovers Community Service Inspire Kids to Do, Learn & Grow
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Youth-Adult Partnerships 3-4
Jr. Leader News Beef Committee 4-H Volunteer Workshops
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4-H State & National Opportunities
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Calendar
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4-H & Volunteer Enrollment Period Oct. 1, 2018 - Jan. 15, 2019
Indiana 4-H enrollment period for volunteers and 4-H members is October 1, 2018 thru January 15, 2019. Online enrollment can be found at https://www.4honline.com/. Please come to the Extension Office if you do not have access to a computer or need assistance enrolling. Extension Office hours are Monday thru Friday 8a.m. - 4p.m. or call 219-324-9407.
Frequently Asked Questions: ❖ Do I need to enroll annually? Both 4-H members and volunteers
enroll annually. It is not until your membership is listed as “active” status on 4Honline that you are covered by 4-H liability insurance (American Income Life). For the safety of all, before youth attend meetings/events and volunteers work with youth you MUST be in “active” status. Horse members MUST be in “active” status to be on a horse. Shooting Sports members MUST be in “active” status to participate.
❖ Is there a fee to join Mini 4-H and 4-H? Mini 4-H has a county program fee of $5 per member. 4-H members pay a state fee of $15 per
member. For hardship circumstances, please contact a 4-H Youth Educator at 219-324-9407.
❖ Do I have to pay to be considered a member or volunteer? 4-H Member enrollment is not considered complete until all membership fees are paid. Volunteer enrollment is not considered complete until you are listed as “active” status on 4Honline, which includes being current with Youth Safety and Reporting Child Abuse Training Module. Renewed every 2 years.
❖❖ How do I complete the Youth Safety and Reporting Child Abuse Training Module? 4HOnline (https://www.4honline.com/)
● Login to your 4HOnline account ● Click “Training” above the Personal Profile information heading. ● Click the”Sign Up for a Training” button. ● Click “Sign Up” next to the raining title
PAPER-BASED (unable to access 4HOnline ● Contact La Porte Co. 4-H Educator 219-324-9407 ● Obtain a paper copy of the training and take in the presence of an Educator. ● Complete the quiz with 100% accuracy.
❖❖ Can I be reimbursed for 4-H fees if I find my family is too busy to participate? Unfortunately, the State Program fee is non-refundable.
4-H Member Information Session Thursday, January 24th 6:30 p.m. Extension Conference Rm.
No matter what project youth are participating in, it is important to start the 4-H year off right! 4-H Extension Educator Gayle O’Connor will cover the following topics: 4-H Online, FairEntry, tips to support your 4-H member, La Porte Co. Clubs, 4-H projects, YQCA requirement for animal projects, and an opportunity to have questions answered.
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4-H Community Service Pleasant Clovers 4-H Club. It was brought to the Pleasant Clovers’ attention La Porte County Foster Care Children are in need of backpacks and personal items. When sent to a new foster home, each child has their items shoved into plastic garbage bags and over time results in lost care items and personal items. 4-H Leaders and members set a goal to collect and donate new backpacks filled with personal care items such as toothpaste, toothbrush, hairbrush, diaper and wipes, a blanket, book or stuffed animal. By donated filled backpacks a foster child will be able to carry their own things when moving during a difficult time. Pleasant Clovers filled 18 backpacks. Leaders and members would like to thank the community for helping them with their successful donation drive.
Inspire Kids to Do, Learn and Grow Volunteers receive 60 free inspirational hands on activities to help youth grow into true leaders. Download your guide at https://4-h.org/inspire-kids-to-do/. An Inspire to Do List highlighting 30 fun and simple skills-building activities is also available at http://4-h.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/4H-30-Days-of-Doing-Inspire-to-Do-List.pdf.
Youth-Adult Partnerships The what, why, and how of bettering programs, communities, and people through cross-generational collaboration.
Youth-Adult Partnerships are:
● Youth and adults working together in a positive, mutually respectful environment with the recognition that each group contributes unique strengths to the relationship.
● A process that takes place over time, with small successes leading to big changes. ● Collaboration- it’s hard, but worth the intentional effort to come together.
Youth-adult partnerships take intention and time to build because they push the boundaries of how the two groups traditionally interact… so how do we get there?
● Adults: must be willing to share their power and responsibility. ● Youth: must be willing to gain power and take on responsibility. ● Both: forget the assumptions they have about youth and adults as individual populations, and start treating
each other the way they would treat their peers.
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Youth-Adult Partnerships (cont.)
If these relationships are challenging, why make the effort to partner with youth? What are the benefits of
youth-adult partnerships?
What are some foundational values to start building our youth-adult partnerships? ● Recognize that everyone has a unique perspective to share. That all voices at the table have value, and
that each individual should be listened to equally. ● All parties need to publicly acknowledge that they respect each other. ● Understand the difference between doing something with youth, and doing something for youth.
Moving forward with building youth-adult partnerships in your community? First off, way to go! This process requires buy-in from all parties involved. Once you have that, here are some best practices to help you stay on track:
● Equal voice, participation, responsibility ● Establish a common goal and an inclusive environment. ● Build open communication and deliberate training/support. ● Treat each other as individuals, not representatives of an entire population. ● Acknowledge the process and ask for help when you don’t know where to go next. ● Respectfully discover, question, and disagree. Because of the power dynamic of traditional youth-adult
relationships, these take time and effort to establish. ● Ensure that both parties feel mutually responsible for the success (or failure) of a project or effort.
Are you wondering how to establish and maintain these values and best practices? Here are some tools to help:
● Set guiding principles as a collective group at the beginning of your partnership ● Seat youth at the front of the room, away from parents ● Intentionally create time for icebreakers and team-building activities ● Give everyone meaningful roles, and distribute workload evenly ● Use name tags or table tents to learn and use everyone’s names
Zeldin, S. & Petrokubi, J. (2011). Youth-Adult Partnerships: Involving Youth in Decision Making. ACT for Youth Center of Excellence. Powerpoint Presentation. O’Neil, K. & Pleskack, S. (2009). How do Youth-Adult Partnerships Impact 4-H Programs? 2007 North Central Regional Volunteer Forum: Evaluation of Youth Adult Partnerships in Action. Adapted from: Innovation Center of Community and Youth Development, et al. (2003). Youth-Adult Partnerships: A Training Manual. Tokoma Park, MD.
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Junior Leaders For the November community service activity, please bring canned items, old/gently worn winter clothes or coats to be donated to the Salvation Army and Georgie’s Gift. A box will be in the Extension Office until November 30th. Meetings are the 1st Monday of every month except in December. December 2nd we will be spending time at Hamilton Grove Retirement Community in New Carlisle at 12:30pm-2:30pm as part of the December service-learning activity. The address is: 31869 Chicago Trail, New Carlisle, IN 46552. Join us for a bowling party afterward at Casey Lanes in LaPorte from 3-5pm. Junior Leaders only need to bring $5 (shoe, games, and pizza included in price). Please bring a white elephant gift ($5 max) if you would like to participate in the optional gift exchange.
Junior Leaders voted to incorporate an optional opportunity for leadership called Interstate 4-H Exchange. In July 2019, Junior Leaders will travel to Murray County, MN for a week to learn about Minnesota 4-H. Youth will stay with host families of participating MN 4-Hers, discover sites and attractions, and meet new friends. In July 2020, Junior Leaders will host the Murray County, MN 4-H members and show them Northwest IN. This is a great opportunity to develop communication, leadership, citizenship, independence, empathy and cultural awareness skills.
This is a 2 year commitment as participants must be able to host in 2020. LaPorte County will be the 2nd county to participate in this program in Indiana! Feel free to e-mail MJ for more information at [email protected]. We will have another informational meeting in December. For those interested, a $100 non-refundable deposit is due January 31st. This will lock in your 2-yr commitment. For more information on Junior Leaders visit: http://bit.ly/LPJuniorLeaders
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Beef Committee Beef Committee will meet December 5th at 6:30pm in the Extension Office. Beef tagging days are December 28th and 29th.
New this year, Beef Committee voted to add a Market Heifer Class to Tuesday's show at the 2019 LaPorte County Fair. Information regarding the new class is as follows:
● Market Heifers to follow the Market steers weight rules and tagging guidelines as stated in the Premium Book
● All Market Heifers will be palpated at weigh in at the Fair by the attending veterinarian to determine they are not bred and qualify for the Market Heifer class. If the Market Heifer is determined to be bred they will not be eligible for the Market Heifer class but will then be sorted to the appropriate heifer class
● Market heifers will have a class to be broken in to weight class(es) per the beef committee's decision ● Champion and Reserve Champion Market heifer will be eligible to compete for the the Grand Champion
Market Beef drive
Should you have any questions, please contact Mark Parkman, Beef Committee Chairperson at 219-916-3733 or [email protected].
4-H Volunteer Workshops 4-H Forum: Tues., Jan. 15, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. in Extension Conference Rm. Club Leader and Project Superintendent role expectations and project descriptions reviewed. If you are not able to attend please contact Gayle O’Connor ([email protected]) or MaryJo Moncheski at ([email protected]) at 219-324-9407.
Back to Basics (4-part series): Created to support volunteers understanding of 4-H program, processes, and procedures. Different topic focus at each session held in Extension Office Conference Room.
● Tuesday, Feb. 5 @ 6:30 p.m. ● Wednesday, Feb. 27 @ 6:30 p.m. ● Tuesday, March 19 @ 6:30 p.m. ● Tuesday, April 2 @ 6:30 p.m.
tive meeting addressing the following topics: enrollment, liability, and Youth Safety Training. Other topics to be discussed are Indiana 4-H Mission Statement, first generation families, club description, financial reporting,
Weather Cancellation Policy
It is the policy of La Porte Co. 4-H Program that when school is cancelled or released early from the regular school day due to weather, all 4-H activities and events for that day are cancelled.
Newsletter: Printed Copy Subscription
Upon becoming an “active” status 4-H volunteer or member with 4-Honline, the La Porte Co. 4-H “Note”able newsletter will be sent to you via e-mail. If you would like to receive a hard copy, please call the Extension Office (219) 324-9407 and request to be placed on the newsletter mailing list.
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CALENDAR
2019 Fair Dates LaPorte County Fair July 7-13, 2019
Indiana State Fair August 2 - 18, 2019
Visit https://extension.purdue.edu/LaPorte for additional dates/date changes.
November, 2018 8 Thur. 4-H Council Meeting 6:30 p.m. Small Projects Building 12 Mon. Veterans Day OFFICE CLOSED 12 Mon. 4-H Swine Committee Meeting 6:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 14 Wed. 4-H Dairy Committee Meeting 6:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 14 Wed. 4-H Rabbit Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m. Extension Office Kitchen 19 Mon. Purdue Extension Board Meeting 6:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 20 Tues. 4-H Horseless Horse Meeting 6:00 p.m. Community Building 20 Tues. 4-H Horse and Pony Meeting 7:00 p.m. Community Building 22 Thur. Thanksgiving Holiday OFFICE CLOSED 23 Fri. Thanksgiving Holiday OFFICE CLOSED 26 Mon. VOLUNTEER RECOGNITION BANQUET POSTPONED - TBD 28 Wed. Jr. Leader Officer Planning Meeting 6:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 29 Thur. Poultry Committee Meeting 6:00 p.m. Extension Office Kitchen
December, 2018 2 Sun. Jr. Leader Community Service 12:30-2:30 p.m. Nursing Home TBD 2 Sun Jr. Leader Holiday Bowling Party 3-5 p.m. Casey Lanes 5 Wed. Beef Committee Meeting 6:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 19 Wed. Youth Quality Care of Animals w/ MJ 6-7:30 p.m. Extension Office Conf. Room 24 Mon.. Holiday OFFICE CLOSED 25 Tues.. Holiday OFFICE CLOSED 28 Fri. Beef Tagging TBD Fairgrounds Horse Barn 29 Sat. Beef Tagging TBD Fairgrounds Horse Barn 31 Mon. Holiday OFFICE CLOSED Jan. 1 Tues. Holiday OFFICE CLOSED
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