graduating teens, and a large grant to the 4-H County Council. So, along with the auction lot rebates, this is an amazing win-win event for Sonoma County 4-H! Community Club Leaders or auction lot committees please contact Lisa at the 4-H Foundation’s office and let her know of your club’s interest in donating an auction lot for the September Alumni & Friends BBQ. Please let her know the theme of your auction lot and the approximate value. You can email her at 4-foundation@sbcglobal.net or call the office at 584-9284 and leave a message. BEWARE! -- September 20th is just around the corner so now is a great time to pull your club’s auction lot together, submit it and if it is a live auction lot, get it listed in our fundraiser program!

SONOMA COUNTY 4-H REPORTER

From Our President... Welcome to the beginning of our new 4-H year. The fairs are behind us, summer is over, record books are done and the kids are back in school! Just in time to start over with meetings and project planning. The revolving world of 4-H..... Our first CCC meeting is September 2nd. Remember, if you want to be on the agenda or if you have any special announcements, let me know. Our next meeting is October 7. By then, our new Board members will be feeling a bit more relaxed. Thank you in advance to the 4-H

All Stars and the Officer's Training Committee for the Installation of Officer's and Officer's Training on Saturday the 6th. Our 4-H All Stars are busy planning Achievement Night which will be held on October 11 at the 4-H Center. Bring your club spirit and help us celebrate the many achievements of our members, leaders and our clubs. Mark your calendars, the 4-H Foundation Alumni and Friends BBQ is September 20. Wonderful BBQ, great silent and live auction items, beautiful setting and friends and family everywhere. ~Cheryl

September 2008

Officer’s Training is September 6th, 9:00-11:00 AM at the 4-H

Center. Be there so

you’ll be ready for your first

club meeting!

New Leader Orientation dates

2

Countywide Community Service

3

4-H’ers wow the judges! 4

Poster Contest 5

State Office Info 6

Horse Show! 7

Calendar and contacts 8

Inside this issue:

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

Is Your Auction Lot Ready For “Shingle Shindig?” On September 20, 2008, the 4-H Foundation of Sonoma County is having their annual BBQ fundraiser celebration and the theme is “Shingle Shindig”. As we have in past years, the Foundation is inviting all 4-H clubs and projects in Sonoma County to participate in our silent and live auctions at the Alumni BBQ. Clubs will have the opportunity to donate an auction lot (or two or three) to the BBQ and the Foundation will rebate part (or all) of the sale price back to your club. Several clubs in past years have been able to add hundreds, even thousands of dollars to their club’s treasury. Last year’s BBQ profits of $37,000 went back to the 4-H program in the form of grants to the clubs, scholarships to our outstanding

mailto:foundation@sbcglobal.nethttp://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu/files/55289.pdf

The EMS project will be offered another year. Again this project will have members become CPR Certified, and learn the value and importance of an EMS worker. Also learn how EMS workers serve others in saving lives and property. We are planning another great field trip to the SRJC Public Training Academy where 4-H members volunteer and act out in a scenario to help the newly trained EMTs practice on real people for different emergency techniques when saving lives. This last year was the best time our 4-H members had there, learning what it takes to become an EMT.

This year we are planning to visit a Fire Station and visit Reach helicopter. Come and join the fun on how this project teaches 4-H members early skills if they plan on making a career working as an EMT, Paramedic, Fire

Countywide EMS is Ready to Roll

Starting this year, the California 4-H Youth Development program is changing how enrollment in the program is handled. For the past 7 years, we have been using a very outdated system. This year, the system is all new- and it’s online! The program is called 4hOnline, and it is in use in Texas and Florida. The new system allows families to update their enrollment online at any time, and club leaders to view their club’s enrollment and print reports and labels. If you don’t use the internet, that’s okay too- the system is still beneficial! This year, the 4-H Office has decided to switch over to the new system in small steps. So what does this mean for you right now?

• Because of the change, we cannot reuse our old enrollment forms, so everyone will have to fill out a blank enrollment card this year.

• Enrollment forms will be due to your club leader by FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17TH. Once the 4-H Office has entered your enrollment, you will receive an email (if you have provided an email address) giving you a password to log into the system, and telling you where you are in the enrollment process. This won’t be until mid/late November. Each month, we will be giving you updates on the changes as 4-H enrollment goes online! If you have questions, please call the 4-H Office.

CA 4-H Introduces its New Enrollment System– 4hOnline

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appointed as an agent of the University and to receive liability insurance coverage when performing as

a 4H leader. Please call the 4H office to make a reservation– 565-2623.

Mark Your Calendars– New Leader’s Orientation Dates 6:30pm at 4H Center in Rohnert Park September 17 (Wednesday) October 14 (Tuesday) November 13 (Thursday) January TBA These are the scheduled dates for the upcoming fall. Every leader must attend this one-time orientation before you hold project meetings, sign Fair forms or work with youth. This is a University of California requirement in order to be

Attending New Leader Orientation is required by the University, and is one of three steps

taken to become a certified 4-H leader .

Fighter or a Police Officer.

Our meetings will be at the 4-H office, on the FIRST THURSDAY of each month. Starting October 2, 2008 at 6:30pm. However, some days maybe changed, when there's a planned field trip.

*We are looking for a new 4-H Leader and a 4-H Teen Leader to take on this project for next year 2009-2010. If you are interested in taking on this

project, come and join in the EMS project this year and see how the project teaches 4-H members about the EMS field.

To join this project contact: Cathy Calcagno-Williams (Leader) or Angelica Calcagno Riebli (Teen Leader) at 707-887-

8328.

2008-2009 Countywide Community Service Project

Are you interested in wild animals? Would you like to learn about how animals interact? Do you have questions about animal behavior, food, habits? Then the Sonoma County Wildlife Project is for you! Last year’s theme was “Backyard Wildlife,” where members learned how humans interact with wildlife to both attract and repel select creatures. The project doesn’t have a theme for next year yet, so we’ll be deciding at the first project meeting. The project meetings are chock-full of fascinating discussions and hands-on activities. There are creative craft projects and delicious snacks at

every meeting. We meet on the fourth Wednesday of every month for the most part, at the 4-H Center in Rohnert Park, from 4:00 to 5:30. We usually have a field trip in November, and the December nature craft meeting is earlier in the month for your convenience. This is an excellent project for primary and older members alike. If you have any questions, please contact the project leader, Mary Engebreth, at (707) 996-2981, or e-mail her at maryengebreth@comcast.net.

Countywide Wildlife is Ready

Stanford hospital to Cloverdale, where he works as a deputy sheriff, while they were waiting for a new heart for 3 year old Ben. RMD has 47 housing units, a children’s activity center, a teen recreation center, computer center, family library, communal kitchen, dining room and multi-purpose room to create a sense of community among families. They operate 365 days a year, 24 hours a day, providing the children and families with a variety of programs and activities to help relieve their stress. Bring your decks of cards (Uno or regular playing cards) to the monthly CCC meeting or to the 4-H office September through May.

GOAL: 500 decks by June 1, 2009!

4-H is collecting NEW decks of cards to donate to the Ronald McDonald House. RMD houses families while their children are receiving treatment for life threatening illnesses. The cards will go into a gift bag, given to the families when they arrive. Mission: Ronald McDonald House at Stanford creates a home-away-from-home and supportive

community for families of children with life-threatening illnesses receiving specialized treatment at local hospitals. Families who live 50 miles or more away from the hospital can

stay at the RMH for $10 per night. Like the family of Ben Thorton: In 2006, his dad traveled back and forth from

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Would You Like to Take Your Project Countywide? As our new year begins we are always looking for new Countywide Projects. Are you a leader who would like to expand your club project and provide knowledge to a larger group? Are you a volunteer who would like to start up something new? In the past few years we have had a wide variety of projects start up- financial literacy, lapidary, EMS, just to name a few. Contact the county office, 565-2681 if you have an idea and we will get you started! Sonoma County 4-H has awesome volunteers!

The North Central Sectional Citizenship Conference will be doing a large nature preserving project this year. Our group will participate with the other counties to keep our community safe and green.

Fill out your enrollment form and include Citizenship on your schedule. Contact Linda Lynch (431-7433) with any questions.

Want to make a difference in your community? County Wide Citizenship Project could be just what you are looking for to round out your 4H career this year. We will be looking into the voting processes along with different kinds of community services, field trips and of course, the California State Focus. You need to be in 8th grade to be in this project.

Countywide Citizenship is Looking Forward to Fall!

mailto:maryengebreth@comcast.net

This is a comment post on Breeders World from Gail Christian, our lamb judge. For those of us involved with livestock shows and showing, we could all learn a valuable lesson from the Sonoma Co. Fair. It was my pleasure to judge the market lamb and meat goat divisions and showmanship for the 2008 Sonoma Co. Fair, Santa Rosa, Ca. Yes, I found excellent quality livestock at this huge county fair, just as I find at most places that have given me an opportunity to judge (I have judged from Orlando, Florida to Palmer, Alaska the past six years). What set this show apart from a lot of places where I have judged was the support shown to the youth participants. It didn't matter if it was the FFA or 4-H division, as the finger pointed to the class winner, a huge roar and applause went up for the winner and other participants from the winners youth group, advisors, leaders, parents, and spectators. This was the most vocal group of supporters I have ever encountered. I tell you, for this ol' codger, it made my heart pound and the adrenalin flowed...Both youth groups showed in their official uniforms. I have never seen a more impressive clean cut group of young men and women. I did not hear one foul word, and, it was nothing but yes sir and no sir from these young people and this went on for three days. Also, as you go into some of these (especially inner city) neighborhood schools, shopping malls, McDonalds and you see these young men expose themselves with their pants top below the rear end and their underwear showing and these young girls exposing everything and then some) that God blessed them with, many covered with tattoos, lip and body piercings… Be glad that most of our leaders and officials, especially in rural areas, have chosen to maintain and support the 4-H and FFA and the men and women who so dedicate their lives to leading these young people...Sonoma County, and all the other counties that support 4-H and FFA, I take my hat off to you...Thanks for choosing to get involved into something so positive...JMO...Gail Christian

4-H’ers Wow the Judges

All Star’s Corner... Well fair time is almost over and school and the new 4-H year is about to begin. The All Star Team congratulates all that participated at all of the fairs and wish you luck in your up coming 4-H year! We are always around to help your clubs in any way that we can.

We would like to invite all Officers to the 2008 Officers Training on September 6th. This is an event all officers throughout the clubs should attend. They will receive important information that will help them to make this 4-H year great. This is also where they

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will be officially installed by the All Star team.

Another upcoming date to remember is October 11th, the date of this years achievement night! Everyone is always welcome to attend. We will be handing out many important awards to outstanding members through out the county. So come and receive awards, cheer on other members or just have a good time.

We hope to see you all at Officers Training and Achievement Night!

-Cynthia Hinde, 2008-2009 Sonoma County 4-H All Star

In order to be considered a club in good standing, the following 4 requirements must be met:

1. Send a club rep to each CCC meeting during the year, to vote, gather information, and share it with your club. It does not have to be the same adult each month. You MUST sign in and stay for the whole meeting.

2. Club leader attendance at the August Leader Training, held the last (or second to last) Saturday in August each year.

3. Recruit one adult volunteer to be the ChickenQue rep for the year. This person attends one monthly meeting January through March. Provide the office secretary with contact info for your CQ rep as soon as possible during the year, so that mailings can be sent.

4. Each member needs to sell 4 ChickenQue tickets in order to raise funds for the 4-H program.

Requirements to be a 4-H Club in Good Standing

A Note to Club and Project Leaders: Please remember to fill out your usage slips when you use the 4-H Center, and remember to return the keys you borrowed. Please, call the 4-H office to cancel any reservations you make and are not going to keep– doing so opens the Center up for others to use it.

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The 4-H Center is available for rent by the general public for day or evening. The 4-H Foundation is

News from the Foundation asking leaders, volunteers and parents to talk to friends, neighbors and co-workers about renting the Center. Renting out the Center is a win-win situation: the Foundation defrays the cost of maintaining the building and your friends get a GREAT place to hold meetings or events.

For more information on Foundation topics, visit the Foundation online at www.4hfoundationofsoco.org .

how much I’ve missed out in the past, and that’s not going to happen again. I urge all adult leaders to join me and all the other leaders in the state for this great weekend of encouragement and fun. Sign up by Sept. 5th online. If you have any questions, call me, Linda Lynch at 431‑7433. See you there!

Upcoming Leader Event: State Leader’s Forum

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Attention all leaders: The State Leadership Forum is coming up November 7‑9, 2008. As usual it is set in Monterey at the Asilomar Conference Center. This adult leaders-only conference is like the State Leadership Conference for the 4H members, with different kinds of workshops, inspirational speakers, recreation and friendship building. Although I’ve only gone once, I realized

THEME: NATIONAL 4-H WEEK October 5- 11, 2008 (Please include on your poster) We would like to get the word out about 4-H in your community, so we are asking those of you who are interested, to design a poster about “Why One Should Join 4-H.” The poster should include a number to call, and something you think would interest kids and adults in your community. The poster can be de-signed to promote your club or for the county as a whole. This is what you will need to do if you would like to participate.

• Design a poster to recruit members and adults to join 4-H. Posters should be 14” by 22” • Bring it to the October Council meeting October 7, 2008 7:00 pm) to be viewed and approved

by the County Council Membership. No late posters accepted! • Find an approved place to put your poster in the community. • Mail/fax the Verification Form to the county 4-H office postmarked by Friday, October 10th

(see below). Receive a pin! This is a fun and creative opportunity to publicize 4-H. We hope many of you will participate! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - -- - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Verification Form

Name ___________________________________________________________ Club ______________________________________________________

Address_____________________________________________________________________________________________Phone__________________

Topic(s) of poster (animal, arts/crafts etc.) ___________________________________________________________________________________

Name of Business, or person’s property where displayed_______________________________________________________________________

Signature of Adult or business where displayed _______________________________________________________________________________

Bring poster to the October council meeting, fax form to 565-2623, or mail it to: 4-H Office133 Aviation Blvd Suite 109 Santa Rosa, Ca 95403 FORM due by Friday October 10, 2008

Attention all members! Annual Poster Promotion

http://www.4hfoundationofsoco.org

The Countywide Dog Care and Training project returned in 2007/2008 and is continuing in 2008/2009! We have space for a few new members. Meetings start in October and continue monthly through May. Members will learn about their dogs including how to train and care for them. The project will encourage members to show at the Cloverdale Citrus Fair, Sonoma-Marin Fair and Sonoma County Fair in 2009. Members will also be encouraged to participate in the Dog Care and Training proficiency and to do a dog-related presentation at Presentation Day in February 2009. The project is lead by Teen Leader Cynthia Hinde under the guidance of Kelly Hinde. The project is limited to 25 members who will be asked to commit to the project and attend at least 80% of all scheduled project meetings. Members who attend 80% of scheduled project meetings (see below), complete a project record, show their dog at least once at a fair, and do a related presentation at County Presentation Day will receive a project pin. Members who have 100% attendance will earn a 100% attendance pin. This project is open to 4-H members who are able to personally work with their dogs without adult/parent assistance and are willing to commit to the 80% attendance requirement. All participating dogs must have FULL vaccinations, including DHLPP and Rabies before participating. This means no puppies less than 4 months of age! Proof of vaccinations is required at the first meeting! Questions? Call Cynthia at 578-6221 or 292-2959. Project sign-ups will be at the first meeting on October 12. Remember, this project is limited to 25 members!

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Countywide Dog Care and Training Wants You!

SONOMA COUNTY

discipline of muzzle loading. They will be certified as leader trainers and are eligible to serve as shooting sports leaders for clubs or counties and they may also instruct and certify shooting sports volunteers. There is no fee for the course but class size is limited. To get more information or register for the class contact John Borba at: jaborba@ucdavis.edu or telephone 661-868-6216.

Shooting Sports Leader Trainer Course

Muzzle Loading Discipline

5 Dogs Range - Bakersfield, CA

Saturday, 10/18/2008 – 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, 10/19/2008 – 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Upon successful completion of this course, 4-H leaders will be certified in the shooting sports

Muzzle Loading Training Coming up

Lancaster County, PA 4-H Interstate Exchange program is looking for an exchange for either 2009-10 or 10-11 with any interested California 4-H groups. Scenic Lancaster County Amish country is centrally located close to Gettysburg, Philadelphia, Harrisburg, Washington DC and Hershey. For those interested, please contact Sharon Sherick at ssherick@dejazzd.com.

The volunteer leader website is a new interactive and growing site that can be seen at http://ucanr.org/4-hvolunteers/. There are sections that will change monthly, a 4-H Blog, 4-H Volunteer Voices, and updates in the program. We hope you'll enjoy seeing all the resources you need in one cen-tralized location. In order to build this new section of the website, please send any recent stories of 4-H in the news in your community that you would like to share. You can email these stories to: fourh-stateofc@ucdavis.edu .

4-H Fur N' Feathers show - Ventura County 4-H will be hosting its 2nd annual 4-H All Breed Shows & Jr. Showmanship Events on November 15, 2008. Entries are due by October 30th. For more information, please click http://ca4h.org/4hresource/updates/attach/FurFeathers2008.pdf. *** Please note - The Premium Book listed on the flyer will soon be posted on the website.

Want to help judge at the 2008 State 4-H Record Book Competition? Adult 4-H volunteer leaders are in-vited to apply to act as judges at the State 4-H Record Book Competition. Judge's arrive by 1:00pm on December 5 and judge December 5 through 7. Applications are due September 30, 2008 and available at http://www.ca4h.org/4hresource/ir/recordbook/StateJudging2008/2008-Record-Book-JudgesApp.pdf

Info From the State 4-H Office

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Applications are posted on the county website.

For information call the Healdsburg 4-H Horse Leaders: 707-431-2218 daytime, and 707-431-2161 evening.

North Counties 4-H Horse Show will be held on Saturday September 20th, 2008 at Hoof Beat Park in Healdsburg. Show begins at 8:00 am.

There will be 40 classes English and Western offered, and super awards will await the winners.

Pre-entries close Sept. 15th.

Kick Up Your Heels for the North Counties Horse Show

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On Memorial Day members of the Independence 4H club delivered potted plants to the Veterans Section of Santa Rosa Memorial Park as a way to thank the veterans and their families for service to our Country. The club decorated the pots, planted red white and blue flowers in them and then placed a hand made thank you card in each pot. We then placed the flowers on the veterans’ graves during

the Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery. Many of the families of the veterans personally thanked us and took the flowers home to

enjoy. Santa Rosa Memorial Park general manager Laura was very excited about our project and wrote “your project is wonderful and it’s so nice to know that there is someone, and hopefully more, who are instilling pride in our children for the country they live in and for all of those who serve our freedoms”. A lot of people look at Memorial Day as just another day off but we learned the true meaning of the holiday and are proud of our club and all those who served our country.

-Adrianna Begley, Age 9, Independence 4H

Independence 4-H Members Say Thank You to Veterans

Eligibility: This project is open to all Sonoma County 4H members aged 8 years and older.

Costs: For insurance purposes each 4H participant must join the Santa Rosa Mineral & Gem Society at a cost of $15 per year. Shop fees are $2 per meeting. Rock specimens will be provided or

participants may provide their own rocks.

Meetings at the Santa Rosa Mineral & Gem Society Shop located at 5690 Old Redwood Highway, Santa Rosa 95402 on the First

Saturday of each month from 9:30 AM to Noon beginning 10/4/2008, 11/1, 12/6, as well as 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4 , 5/2/2009.

For More Information:

Mike Fynan: 707-569-0565

Brett Lee: 707-799-3030

Educational Goals and Objectives:

• Learn the basic science of rock and mineral identification techniques such as hardness, color, specific gravity as well as visual techniques.

• Learn the safe and proper operation of mineral working machinery such as saws, grinders and polishers.

• Learn basic lapidary (rock polishing) techniques.

• Learn mounting techniques to create finished jewelry from a polished specimen.

Outline of Project Completion Requirements:

• Attendance of 80%. (Make-up dates will be available for approved excuses).

• Demonstrate proper lapping technique.

• Demonstrate mounting of specimens using DOP wax.

• Complete a minimum of one piece from rough rock to finished mounted stone in a setting.

Countywide Lapidary is Going to “Rock” and Roll!

SEPTEMBER 1 Labor Day– 4-H Office Closed 2 CCC meeting 7pm 4-H Center 6 Officer’s Training 9am 4-H Center 11 Countywide Rabbits 15 Proficiency forms due to the 4-H

office– no late forms accepted 16-17 County Record Book Judging 17 New Leader Orientation 6:30pm 4HC 20 Co. Vet Science 10am 4-H Center

20 Foundation Barbeque 20 North Counties Horse Show 22 Camp planning 7pm 4-H Center 24 Co. Wildlife 4pm 4-H Center 30 Ex. CCC 7 pm 4-H Center 30 State Record Book apps due

Upcoming 4-H Events… OCTOBER 2 Co. EMS 5pm 4-H Office 2 Co. Public Speaking 6pm 4-H Office 4 Cloverdale Scarecrow Competition 5-11 National 4-H Week 7 CCC meeting 7pm 4-H Center 9-12 Tolay Fall Festival 11 Achievement Night 12 Co. Dogs 2pm 4-H Center 14 New Leader Orientation 6:30pm 4HC 15 Foundation Grants due– go to

www.4hfoundationofsoco.org for the application!

16-19 Tolay Fall Festival 17 Enrollment forms due to your club

leader! 18 Co. Vet Science 10am- Tolay Fall

Festival 22 Co. Wildlife 4pm 4-H Center 27 Camp Planning 7pm 4-H Center 28 Ex. CCC 7 pm 4-H Center

National 4-H: http://areyouintoit.com California State 4-H : http://ca4h.org Sonoma County 4-H: www.ucanr.org/soco4h National 4-H Council: www.fourhcouncil.edu Volunteer resources: http://ucanr.org/4-hvolunteers Project ideas: http://www.extension.iastate.edu/4H/ProjectLinks.htm UC Cooperative Extension- Sonoma County: http://cesonoma.ucdavis.edu 4-H Foundation: http://www.4hfoundationofsoco.org/ Email: 4hfoundation@sbcglobal.net

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Read the Reporter online! Go to www.ucanr.org/soco4hnews

Articles for the October Reporter are due September 5th. Please email them to jeludovise@ucdavis.edu.

133 Aviation Blvd. Suite 109 Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Phone: 707-565-2681 Fax: 707-565-2623

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE EXTENSION

Evelyn Conklin-Ginop, 4-H Youth Advisor Elconklinginop@ucdavis.edu Judy Ludovise, 4-H Program Assistant Jeludovise@ucdavis.edu Kati Fein, 4-H Secretary kfein@sonoma-county.org

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2008-2009 4-H DAIRY REPLACEMENT HEIFER APPLICATION FORM

MEMBER:

CLUB: YEARS IN 4-H:

ADDRESS:

CITY: ZIP:

PHONE:

AGE: DOB: GRADE IN SCHOOL: ACRES:

BREED CHOICE:

1. 2.

HAVE YOU EVER HAD A REPLACEMENT HEIFER BEFORE? IF YES, HOW MANY?

OTHER PROJECTS NOW ENROLLED IN:

DAIRY LEADER'S SIGNATURE:

RECOMMENDATION OF LEADER:

The deadline for the 4-H Dairy Replacement Heifer Application is NOVEMBER 1, 2008. Please mail application to Pat Groverman, 400 Ormsby Lane, Petaluma, CA 94954. Since 1958 the 4-H Dairy Replacement Heifer Project has been popular. Heifers will be placed from January to April. These heifers will be from one week to two months old (usually three weeks of age). Members enrolled in this project, raise the heifers, show them at fairs, have them bred, and sell them two and one half years later as heavy springers at a special 4-H Dairy Replacement Heifer sale. The process for securing a heifer is: 1. The 4-H member and parents should understand that this is a commitment to a two and one-half year project. The applicant must be currently enrolled in a 4-H Club. 2. Once a decision has been made to apply, the member should fill out the above application and contact the local dairy leader for a recommendation and signature. 3. The dairy leader will make a recommendation to the Replacement Heifer Committee by the application deadline. When making a recommendation, the leader should note interest, dependability, and parental support. These criteria are very important!! In the past, some members have been very negligent in turning in required information, such as vaccination, breeding dates, Bill of Sale, and contact. 4. The Dairy Replacement Heifer Advisory Committee will review all applications and select the members who will receive heifers. 5. Applicants will be notified in December, by mail whether or not they will be receiving a heifer. 6. Only in rare cases do first-year members receive heifers. Primary membership does not apply. 4-H members residing on dairy ranches can apply. 7. Members are not eligible after they are 16 years of age or reached their junior year in high school.

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