Overnight camp planning for 2010 has officially begun!! Waseca County 4-Her's will go to camp June 16-18 (Teen Camp, grades 6-8) and June 23-25 (Youth Camp, grades 3-6). Mark your calendars! Coming soon... announcement of the 2010 theme and registration brochures!
Camp is held at Camp Patterson on Lake Washington, near Madison Lake, MN. Camping fees for this year are the same as last year!!!
Youth Camp - $75 for 4-H members, $85 for friends
Teen Camp - $80 for 4-H members, $90 for friends
The Waseca County 4-H Federation Board provides scholarships to those from Waseca County 4-H who attend camp, many clubs in the county also give a scholarship. Be watching you camp info (coming soon!) for the scholarship amount from the County. (Please note - if your family is struggling financially and the camp fees are preventing your child from attending camp, please know that we do have some need-based scholarships provided by the camping association that we are able to offer that cover half the camping fee. If you are interested in one of these scholarships, please contact Amy at the Extension Office.)
For youth in 9th grade and up, Camp Counselor applications are available from the Extension Office or online at http://www.extension.umn.edu/county/template/index.aspx?pID=4&countyID=83.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Myth Busters - It's going to be AWESOME!
Over the years, I've had some strange items on my shopping lists for 4-H events. Today's list for the Myth Busters Adventure just might be the strangest to date... taco sauce, pop rocks, vinegar, gelatin, navy beans, wool cloth, and soda pop, to name a few. What are we going to do with this stuff?????
Come check it out - tomorrow (Saturday, January 9th)from 9:30 am to 11 am at the East Annex. Be sure to check back early next week for pictures!
If you can't make it, there will be a new "Myth Busters" Project in a Box that you can check out to use with your club! (Taco sauce and pop rocks provided...)
Come check it out - tomorrow (Saturday, January 9th)from 9:30 am to 11 am at the East Annex. Be sure to check back early next week for pictures!
If you can't make it, there will be a new "Myth Busters" Project in a Box that you can check out to use with your club! (Taco sauce and pop rocks provided...)
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Weekend 4-H Events
A couple things happening this coming weekend in Waseca County 4-H ....
* Myth Busters Adventure - Saturday, January 9th - 9:30 am to 11 am at the East Annex - contact the Extension Office if you plan on coming (507-835-0600). We'll be doing really cool science experiments to test some myths!
* Ambassador Meeting - - Saturday, January 9th - 12 noon at the Waseca Pizza Ranch (Ambassadors should bring money if they want to eat); Retreat planning meeting to follow - contact Amy if you are an Ambassador and can't be there!
* Some Waseca County 4-H clubs will be meeting this weekend as well - Riverside Ramblers on Saturday morning, Waldorf Peppy Peppers on Sunday late afternoon, Palmer Sunbeams on Sunday evening - sounds like some cool things are in the works for these club meetings!
Post your comments after the event or club meeting and let us know what you did and what you thought of it!!
* Myth Busters Adventure - Saturday, January 9th - 9:30 am to 11 am at the East Annex - contact the Extension Office if you plan on coming (507-835-0600). We'll be doing really cool science experiments to test some myths!
* Ambassador Meeting - - Saturday, January 9th - 12 noon at the Waseca Pizza Ranch (Ambassadors should bring money if they want to eat); Retreat planning meeting to follow - contact Amy if you are an Ambassador and can't be there!
* Some Waseca County 4-H clubs will be meeting this weekend as well - Riverside Ramblers on Saturday morning, Waldorf Peppy Peppers on Sunday late afternoon, Palmer Sunbeams on Sunday evening - sounds like some cool things are in the works for these club meetings!
Post your comments after the event or club meeting and let us know what you did and what you thought of it!!
CLUB MEETING EXPERIENCE SURVEY
Don't forget to take the "Waseca County 4-H Club Meeting Experience Survey." It will only take a few minutes and we would love to have your feedback. Guess what?!? You can be completely honest because the survey is anonymous. Click here to take survey You have until January 25th to complete the survey... Thanks for giving us your input!
Waseca County Fair - 188 days away!
In just 188 days, our awesome Waseca County 4-Her's will be bringing their non-livestock exhibits in to the Waseca County 4-H Building to have them evaluated and show off their talents to the public! Are YOU ready???
The 2010 Waseca County Fair is July 14-July 18, with general project judging taking place on July 13 from 10 am to 4 pm.
As a reminder, here are the steps you should follow for a SUCCESSFUL 4-H Project -
1. Select project areas that interest you.
2. Make sure you are signed up for these project areas on your enrollment forms by APRIL 30th, 2010 if you want to exhibit the project at the county fair. If you have questions or can’t remember what you signed up for, contact the Extension Office.
3. Once you receive your reflection reports (records), you can begin thinking of what you want to learn in each project you signed up for. Make sure you write your project goals on your records.
4. Come up with a project that will help you reach the goals you set on your records. (For example, if you signed up for Child Development and you set the goal of learning how to keep children safe when you baby-sit, you might come up with a babysitting kit that could include a first aid kit and a home safety checklist.)
5. Use project curriculum available from the Extension Office to help you come up with project ideas and goals.
6. Begin working on your projects.
7. Be sure to keep notes when you work on projects, including when you learned things and what you learned, what didn’t go as planned, when you shared your project with someone else, etc. . . Later on these notes should be transferred on to your reflection records.
8. Attend any project workshops that may be held in the project areas that you signed up for. Watch the newsletters sent out from the Extension Office for more information – it always includes details of upcoming 4-H activities that are being offered to 4-H members.
9. If you want to exhibit your project at the County Fair in July, you will need to register your projects with the Extension Office by JUNE 15th, 2010. The middle of May you will receive a registration form and more specific instructions.
10. Remember that you should be completing projects as a way to reach the goals you have set for yourself – not just making something to bring to the fair.
11. Complete your project records and turn them in to the Extension Office by September 15th, 2010. Be sure to follow the guidelines that you receive with your records.
12. Contact the Extension Office for help if you get confused, stuck, or run out of ideas!
Best of luck to you as LEARN BY DOING!
The 2010 Waseca County Fair is July 14-July 18, with general project judging taking place on July 13 from 10 am to 4 pm.
As a reminder, here are the steps you should follow for a SUCCESSFUL 4-H Project -
1. Select project areas that interest you.
2. Make sure you are signed up for these project areas on your enrollment forms by APRIL 30th, 2010 if you want to exhibit the project at the county fair. If you have questions or can’t remember what you signed up for, contact the Extension Office.
3. Once you receive your reflection reports (records), you can begin thinking of what you want to learn in each project you signed up for. Make sure you write your project goals on your records.
4. Come up with a project that will help you reach the goals you set on your records. (For example, if you signed up for Child Development and you set the goal of learning how to keep children safe when you baby-sit, you might come up with a babysitting kit that could include a first aid kit and a home safety checklist.)
5. Use project curriculum available from the Extension Office to help you come up with project ideas and goals.
6. Begin working on your projects.
7. Be sure to keep notes when you work on projects, including when you learned things and what you learned, what didn’t go as planned, when you shared your project with someone else, etc. . . Later on these notes should be transferred on to your reflection records.
8. Attend any project workshops that may be held in the project areas that you signed up for. Watch the newsletters sent out from the Extension Office for more information – it always includes details of upcoming 4-H activities that are being offered to 4-H members.
9. If you want to exhibit your project at the County Fair in July, you will need to register your projects with the Extension Office by JUNE 15th, 2010. The middle of May you will receive a registration form and more specific instructions.
10. Remember that you should be completing projects as a way to reach the goals you have set for yourself – not just making something to bring to the fair.
11. Complete your project records and turn them in to the Extension Office by September 15th, 2010. Be sure to follow the guidelines that you receive with your records.
12. Contact the Extension Office for help if you get confused, stuck, or run out of ideas!
Best of luck to you as LEARN BY DOING!
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Movie & Pizza Party
We had a great time at the Movie & Pizza Party - We were celebrating sending almost 500 holiday cards for the "Holiday Mail for Heroes" program. WAY TO GO!
"Big 4-H Question - #1"
Every so often, I will ask a new “BIG” question when it comes to being part of the 4-H program either presently or in the past. We are looking for responses from 4-H members, parents, volunteers, and past 4-H members.
Your responses will be used in a couple different locations. Answers to the “Big 4-H Question” will be used to promote the 4-H Program to the Waseca County Commissioners and to the local community. Answers will also be placed at the Waseca County Fair on large posters that will be displayed in the 4-H Building.
Each time you submit an answer to the “Big 4-H Question” your name will be entered in a drawing at the 2010 Achievement Celebration for some great prizes.
Please send your responses to the Waseca County Extension Office by email at dobbe007@umn.edu, snail mail at 900 3rd St NE, fax at 507-837-5344, or leave your answer here as a comment to this post.
If you have any questions please call or email Amy at 507-835-0600 or dobbe007@umn.edu.
The first BIG 4-H question -
What has the 4-H Program meant to you?
Your responses will be used in a couple different locations. Answers to the “Big 4-H Question” will be used to promote the 4-H Program to the Waseca County Commissioners and to the local community. Answers will also be placed at the Waseca County Fair on large posters that will be displayed in the 4-H Building.
Each time you submit an answer to the “Big 4-H Question” your name will be entered in a drawing at the 2010 Achievement Celebration for some great prizes.
Please send your responses to the Waseca County Extension Office by email at dobbe007@umn.edu, snail mail at 900 3rd St NE, fax at 507-837-5344, or leave your answer here as a comment to this post.
If you have any questions please call or email Amy at 507-835-0600 or dobbe007@umn.edu.
The first BIG 4-H question -
What has the 4-H Program meant to you?
County Wide Fundraiser
Thank you to the enthusiastic volunteers who came to the Fundraising Committee Meeting tonight. What a great meeting!!!
Plans are now underway for Waseca County 4-H to hold a Garage Sale. We have many details to iron out at this point as far as time, date, location, etc... But 4-H families should start saving their GENTLY USED items they would like to part with to donate for the garage sale.
We will need lots of help with this project - if we all work together and have involvement for everyone, it will be a great event that will benefit the ENTIRE Waseca County 4-H Program. Make plans now to help - the committee would like to work in a Petting Zoo and Pancake Feed with the garage sale, so we will need LOTS of helpers!
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 2ND AT 6 PM AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE (FAIRGROUNDS). HOPE YOU CAN COME!
Plans are now underway for Waseca County 4-H to hold a Garage Sale. We have many details to iron out at this point as far as time, date, location, etc... But 4-H families should start saving their GENTLY USED items they would like to part with to donate for the garage sale.
We will need lots of help with this project - if we all work together and have involvement for everyone, it will be a great event that will benefit the ENTIRE Waseca County 4-H Program. Make plans now to help - the committee would like to work in a Petting Zoo and Pancake Feed with the garage sale, so we will need LOTS of helpers!
THE NEXT COMMITTEE MEETING FOR THE GARAGE SALE FUNDRAISER WILL BE ON FEBRUARY 2ND AT 6 PM AT THE EXTENSION OFFICE (FAIRGROUNDS). HOPE YOU CAN COME!
Committee Meetings
Tonight two committees will be meeting - the Fundraising Committee and the Community Service Committee. Please attend these meetings as these are two important aspects of the Waseca County 4-H program and we need your help and ideas!
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