Spring Co-op Classes
It is time to choose classes for the Spring 4-H coop. We need to know what your 4-H member will be taking for coop classes. Choose one from each of the class periods listed below. We need you to reply by February 19, 2010
1st Period Classes (Please have your 4-H member pick one)
Electricity- or Jewelry/Crochet-
Teachers- Kelly & Shelly Teachers- Angela & Denice
This class will be a continue where last This class will cover both making jewelry and learning
semesters class ended. If you did not take basic crochet. There will be a supply fee. (Hopefully
this class last co-op check in with the Kelly to under $10 per 4-H member.)
get a list of supplies you will need.
2nd Period Classes (Please have your 4-H member pick one)
Entrepeneurship- or Microwave Cooking/Cake Decorating-
Teachers- Denice & Tina Teachers- Susie, Doris & Melissa
This class will teach the 4-h member to This class will spend 4 weeks cooking and 4 weeks build a business, from choosing their on cake decorating. They will use the microwave
business to being able to sell their product to cook. Students will get to cook and eat their own and make money from their talents. food. The last 4 weeks of the coop will be spent learning basic cake decorating. You will need a,
aaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassfasaaaaaaa saaaaa basic cake decorating set. You may be asked to donate from your home pantry.
Please pick one class from each period for your 4-H member. We need to know the final choices by this Friday February 19, 2010. (There will be a separate class for the clover kids this co-op as well so they will not need to pick from the above list.)
Co-op is Postponed for Friday Oct 23rd
There are a couple of families that are suffering from the flu this week so in order to avoid spreading the bugs further we will be postponing this week’s co-op class and extend the co-op to Friday, November 13. Thank you all for understanding and we look forward to seeing you on Friday, October 30.
Now go out and be well!!!
Beginning Clown Workshop
If your child has a hankering to learn more about clowning and possibly do it as a project this year, this sounds like a great resource to utilize with the project curriculum supplements linked here. You can order the Clown curriculum by clicking here and click the link to the 4-H (Missouri 4-H Members Only) and browsing the drop down menu to “Clowns”.
FREE BEGINNING CLOWN WORKSHOP
Northland Clown Guild Alley 217& RSVP Clowns will present a free beginning clown workshop on Saturday, October 3, 2009 at North Kansas City Hospital , from 9 AM – 5 PM. It will be held in the Skyview Room of the main hospital, 2800 Clay Edwards Drive, North Kansas City , Missouri . The history of clowning will be taught, along with a make up demo, costuming, and the use of props. There will be hands on time for the make up and costuming. Demonstrations will include magic, face painting, juggling, balloon twisting and comedy. The Happy Store and Fantastic Clowning & Magic vendors will be there to help with all your clown needs. The hospital cafeteria is available for lunch. Alley 217 & RSVP Clowns have held 2 regional conventions and 8 previous workshops with 100+ years of combined clowning! Come and join the fun-learn to be a clown! RSVP to Sweet Pea at 816-734-0636 or e-mail us at clownalley217@hotmail.com.
Sponsored by: The Northland Clown Guild Alley 217 of Clowns of America International and The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Jackson, Clay and Platte Counties, Missouri , a United Way agency. Alley 217 is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art of clowning and to bringing joy and happiness to everyone since 1991!
Help Jackson County 4-H Program Recieve $400
Receive $400 for your County 4-H Program
Thanks to generous support from John Deere, a $400 award will be presented to one county from each state (and one U.S. territory) with the highest number of individual Biofuel Blast results survey submissions between October 1st and October 30th, 2009. The awards can be used toward the implementation and promotion of science, engineering and technology programs in your county. After youth complete the experiment, make sure that they go here to fill out the survey so your county can compete for the award!
In addition, of those who submit their results through the Biofuel Blast experiment survey, five youth names will be randomly selected to receive a 32GB third generation iPod touch. The five youth will also be able to designate a 4-H club, school classroom, or youth organization to receive one of the pictured Fuel Cell Car Experiment kits. Click here for official drawing rules.
Ask the Expert
Dr. Bruce E. Dale, Professor of Chemical Engineering at Michigan State University, will be taking questions from youth and adults interested in learning more about biofuels. He is a leader of the recently established Department of Energy Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) who work to develop cellulosic ethanol and other bioenergy sources. University of Wisconsin Extension worked closely with the GLBRC to develop this year’s National Science Experiment – Biofuel Blast!
Click here to learn how you can submit questions for consideration. Answers will be posted before 4-H National Youth Science Day, October 7, 2009.
Don’t Forget, Promote Your Events!
Just a reminder to email us at 4-HNYSD@4-H.org with details about your upcoming 4-H NYSD events. Please include event dates, locations, and contact information to be added to the map of 4-H National Youth Science Day events!
4-H National Youth Science Day is only three weeks away – pass the word!
Ice Cream Recipe
For those of you that want to re-create the ice cream treat we had at the last meeting, here is the recipe! Feel free to modify it and come up with your own gourmet specialty! If you do, please be sure to comment below with your new recipe so we all can try it. If you take pictures of your results, please send them to the hc4H list and we’ll post them here!
1 cup milk
1/2 cup whole cream
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup sugar
Place all the ingredients in a bowl and stir together well until the sugar is dissolved. Pour mixture into a sandwich sized zip-lock-style baggie.Make sure the seal is well sealed.
Place ice cubes with liberal amounts of salt stirred in another bowl and mix well. This lowers the freezing temperature of the ice and allows the ice cream to solidify quickly. We used between a half a box to a whole 1 pound box of ordinary table salt to a bag (about 8 pounds) of ice.
Fill a gallon size baggie half full with the ice. Place the ice cream mixture baggie on top of the ice and fill the remaining bag full of ice. Seal closed the outside bag and gently toss for approximately 10 minutes until the inner ice cream baggie becomes firm and frozen. You might want to wrap it with a towel, as it does become very cold! Carefully remove the inside baggie from the outside baggie when it has reached the firmness you desire, and your treat is ready to enjoy.
This idea was liberally borrowed from http://www.howtoons.com .
Orientation Meeting
We had a gangbuster turnout to our Orientation Meeting on Friday, September 11! Kudos to our speaker, Cammy Marble, for bringing her presentation from the VFW Ladies’ Auxiliary on Citizenship. I know the youth were pleased to have the goodie bag she shared with everyone too. Here are the photos that were taken during the meeting last Friday. Do you see yourself in any? Click on any thumbnail to view a larger picture.
Orientation Meeting Friday 9-11-09
Just a quick reminder that our Orientation meeting is tomorrow!!! If you didn’t get to make it to our open house, not to worry, you still have time to join 4-H this year and be involved with our co-op.
We are meeting at the East Independence Church of Christ on 291 Hwy, just north of 23rd Street in Independence. If you need directions, please click on the orange “Directions” tab. Please arrive at 9:45 a.m. so we can start our meeting promptly at 10 a.m.
If you would please print out the Youth Membership and health forms and fill them out as much as possible for each child, it would greatly streamline the meeting tomorrow. If you want to become a volunteer and help lead some project(s), you can also print and fill out the Adult volunteer application and health forms. A quick link to the forms can be found on the blog post here:
http://homescool4h.org/?p=108
4-H dues for the youth are $20 per year per child. This fee includes an insurance that covers that child during 4-H sponsored activities. Fees for the Adult volunteers are $2, which covers insurance for the volunteer as well.
We will be having a fun demonstration of making ice cream tomorrow and a brief program on citizenship in addition to our regular monthly business meeting. We are planning for a fun year, and we hope you can join us!
Jackson County 4-H Code of Conduct
Character Development is the cornerstone of the 4-H program, and therefore the Jackson County 4-H Council and Equine Council expects all people involved with the 4-H program to exemplify the six pillars of character, Trustworthiness, Fairness, Respect, Responsibility, Caring, and Citizenship. To make sure that you are aware of these expectations, ALL 4-H members, parents and volunteers who wish to be considered in good standing will need to sign this Jackson County 4-H Code of Conduct in order to be enrolled in the Jackson County 4-H program. Please click on the link, print it out and bring it with your membership and health forms to the Orientation meeting Sept. 11th.
Members, parents and volunteers are being asked to sign these forms and return them with their completed enrollment forms. However, if a signed code of conduct is not returned with enrollment forms by May 1st of the current 4-H year, 4-H members and leaders will be considered inactive, meaning they will be ineligible to compete for the current 4-H year.
This code of conduct will need to be signed every year of membership or volunteering, they will be kept on file in the Extension Office.
If you have any questions about the code of conduct, please contact the Jackson County Extension office at 816-252-5051.
Homeschool Expo
We have been invited to have a table at the Homeschool_Expo to be held at the Midwest Genealogy Center, 3440 S Lee’s Summit Road in Independence on Wednesday, November 11th from 9 am to 12 noon. There are going to be several neat things going on that day geared towards the homeschool community. Put this on your calendar to come by and see the educational things that Mid-Continent Library has to offer for your homeschool!
County Wide Shooting Sports October Meeting
The Shooting Sports club will be having its next meeting on Tuesday, October 13 at the Blue Springs 4-H Office at 7:00 pm. Anyone interested in participating in any of the shooting sports projects (numbered from 740 to 749) SHOULD attend this meeting. Fall safety meetings will be held at the Blue Springs office on October 18 and November 1. You must attend both days for certification. Call Susan to pre-register and to get times. Remember, all shooting sport project meetings must be led by a state certified instructor, so you must attend the county-wide meetings and shoots if you are enrolled in these project areas.