Website Updates
Our office is putting more and more of our forms and applications on our County website. Please check it regularly!
C.A.L Conference January 2013
Applications will be on our County website later this week. Limited to 15 youth from each of the counties in our section.
Achievement Night
The Sonoma County 4-H All Stars want to remind you that Achievement Night is October 20, 7pm at the 4-H Center. The theme is "An Evening in the Amazon" and we are encouraging you to dress up like your favorite jungle animal, wear your whites or show your club spirit. Bring your excitement and be prepared to share it by cheering on your club, its members and leaders. It's sure to be a great celebration as we have a few surprises for some of our favorite adult 4-H members.
~Jeannette, Josh and Ellorine
Can Your Club Help With a Community Service Project?
The Starcross organization (check them out online) has asked if 4-H could again help with the Twistee project. They are so appreciative! I have the materials ready to give out to clubs and will go out of my way to get them to you if you need to get started soon. We need to have all 3000 complete by Nov 15. Please contact me if your club is interested in doing some of these. ALL ages 5-100 can do them. Last night it took me 30 minutes to do 100.
I have them separated into bags of 250 or 500. If you can participate, just let me know how many you would like and how I can get them to you. Achievement night?
Calling ALL Primary Youth ages 5-8
Hope you are planning on dropping in at the Center on Oct 27 for PRIMARY SCIENCE and HEALTHY LIVING FIELD Day. We only have 10 signed up. It is going to be a FUN,FUN, FUN time..SO don’t mis it. Call Bonnie to RSVP even if you only drop by for an hour. Youth ages 5-8. Bring friends, introduce them to 4-H!
4-H SHOWCASE – coming soon to the 4-H Center!
Now that the 4-H Showcase has been moved to Saturday, November 3, your club and project members have more time to enter the contests.
The deadline for entry forms (not the actual entries themselves) is Friday, October 26. Make sure that you mail your paperwork to Lisa Jack at 194 Center Rd, Petaluma 94952 by 10/26. You can also mail or walk your completed forms into the 4-H Office on Aviation Blvd but the paperwork has to be delivered to the office by 4 pm by the due date.
There are contests to appeal to all age levels – model rockets, cupcake decorating, educational poster or display, aluminum foil sculptures, creative sewing poster, Lego sculptures, birdhouses, place settings, jewelry or recycling sculpture where entries can be a small appliance (like a toaster or a radio) that’s taken apart or any recycled materials that are then reconfigured into an original sculpture.
The Crafter’s Challenge contest is an exciting competition where members will be given craft supplies at the Showcase, a set amount of time and the theme for their craft entry. The clock will be started and the fun begins as crafters use their imagination & crafting skills to make the winning creation! Ribbons are awarded and competitors will be able to keep their artwork.
Another fun contest to enter will be the Club Chili Cook-off. Clubs pull together a team of four 4-H members and one adult advisor, conjure up their incredibly delicious chili recipe and bring it to the Showcase on the event day. The judges and public will get to taste their chili and vote on their favorite. One club will walk away with BEST CHILI bragging rights for the year and have their club’s name engraved on a perpetual trophy to be on display at the 4-H Center. So, dig up your grandma’s, uncle’s, or mother’s amazing chili recipe and get cooking!
You’ll find all the forms and contest descriptions on the Sonoma County 4-H website. For more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Lisa Jack at sonomagoat@comcast.net
Leaders…Can’t make it to the State Leader’s Forum This Year in Asilomar?
If possible, PLEASE BRING ONE ITEM TO NOVEMBER CCC donated from you or your club/project members. Those of us who are going Judy and Diana Hampton, will put together a basket so that Sonoma county will have representation.
Each county is requested to donate one or more ?County Baskets featuring items you feel are representative of all that makes your county the wonderful place it is. ( A local jar of jam or honey makes an outstanding donation.)Local non-perishable items making up county baskets are always hot items on the Silent Auction tables. Baskets usually include 5-10 items and have a value of $50 or more. The SLF 2013 Silent Auction Committee is hoping to get donations of "County Baskets' from all counties in the state. Can also be from a club or project.
"Adopt a Family Policy" still under state review
The State is still reviewing the policy on “adopt a family at the holidays.” Shannon Dogan, who spoke to us in August at Leader Training, knows it has been a popular practice with many of our clubs, and is such a heartfelt activity and is trying to work out the policy part of it. I will let you know as soon as I get word.
Get Wild!! Wildlife Project Meeting on Oct 24
Want to learn about wildlife and habitats here in Sonoma County and do some amazing activities? Plus make new friends from throughout the County. Join the Sonoma County Wildlife Project. Come to the meeting on Wednesday, October 24, 4pm to 5:30 at the 4-H Office in Santa Rosa. Come check it out!
To sign up, when enrolling online, add Countywide as a club and add Wildlife Project as the project.
For more information, contact Mary Engebreth at maryengebreth@comcast.net or Karen Giovannini at kgiovannini@ucdavis.edu
INTERESTED IN THRIVE?
Volunteers…..Interested in stepping into a new position and becoming trained in the Thrive! Program?? This is the last chance this year to register to become trained as Master Trainer. All expenses covered for the weekend of training at Davis. Call me if you are interested and I will put you in touch with the State Coordinator, Scott Mautte
They have just secured dates and locations in Davis for an additional 4-H Thrive Master Trainer Training for those that were unable to attend one of the four regional trainings that were previously offered. As before, travel expenses to, from and during the events are covered by the State Office. The training dates and locations are as follows:
December 1-2, 2012 (New Master Trainers Only)
UC Davis Conference Center*
550 Alumni Lane
Davis, CA 95616
The deadline to register for this training is November 15th, 2012
*Hotel Accommodations for this training will be made by the State Office at:
Comfort Suites UC Davis 1640 Research Park Drive Davis, CA 95616
To register for each event, go to the Master Trainer Training Website at: http://ucanr.edu/sites/4HThriveMasterTrainers/
Please review these friendly reminders:
• 4-H Thrive educational materials will only be available to counties that have a current 2012-2013 Master Trainer Team
• The above trainings will be the final Master Training Trainings offered during the 2012-2013 program year
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to call me.
Sincerely, Scott Mautte
From Bonnie:
Barbara from Petaluma called. She had two goats. One died. Now she has one goat that is very upset about the passing of her partner. She is a lovely Alpine goat, very docile, very friendly. She would like to find a home for her surviving goat and would welcome any suggestions from our 4-H community. She doesn’t know what to do and is very concerned for her goat. Please call 707-775-4344 Thank you.
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