Thank you for supporting 4-H!
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We beat last year's total fundraising on #GivingTuesday, with a total of $66,555 raised! If you didn’t have a chance to participate on #GivingTuesday, there’s still an opportunity for you to make a difference.
Tribute Gifts
Celebrate a special 4-H leader or volunteer with a gift in honor or memory of him/her. Tribute gifts are a meaningful way to say "thank you" while helping to support your favorite 4-H program.
Recurring Gifts
The CA 4-H Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now possible to set up a recurring monthly gift via credit card. A monthly gift can help with the family budget as well as provide support for your favorite program all year long.
Please go to
our donation page to make your year end gift, tribute gift or recurring monthly gift. Thank you for your generous support!
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On the California 4-H Grown blog:
Youth Engagement and Youth Voice
by Curtis Ullerich, CA 4-H Management Board Chair
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The California 4-H Management Board is a youth-adult partnership at the highest level of California 4-H. As with all impactful roles, we face our share of challenges. Two challenges we're digging into right now are:
1.Making participation in the management board more successful for youth
2. Increasing the level of youth voice present in all our decisions
Continue reading
to see how the Management Board plans to support youth participation.
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Don't miss the Youth Summits in January
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Have you signed up for one of the four Youth Summits in January? Don’t miss this chance to expand your leadership skills in a fun environment. Spend a weekend connecting with peers and start the new year with a fresh set of tools to take back to your club and county.
Register online by Dec. 31!
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The Management Board is offering a year-end special on the 4-H signs. You can Buy One Get One (BOGO) with free shipping if you order by December 31. Order your signs in time for all those 4-H events in the new year! Use the
Holiday Special order form
or
order online
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Mark your calendars,
State Field Day is June 2, 2018 this year
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NEW CONTESTS
In an effort to bring in more STEM activities, an Egg Drop Contest and Robotics Contest have been added. There will also be a contest for creating a flyer/ad to promote California 4-H. Check out the
State Field Day webpage
and look for more information coming soon!
STATE PRESENTATION DAY
2018 Categories have been updated for the Special Recognition, Impromptu, and Interview Contests at State Presentation Day.
This year’s focus areas for the
Special Recognition
category include meaningfulness, personal development, and sparks.
The
Impromptu Speech Topics
are related to STEM (Electronic textiles), Healthy Living (Meaningfulness), Citizenship (Personal Development), and Positive Youth Development (Mindset).
INTERVIEW CONTEST
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From the 4-H Military Partnership Program: "Up for the Challenge" curriculum
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The 4-H Military Partnership program offers webinars for staff working with military youth..
"Up for the Challenge" is a fitness, nutrition and health curriculum for school-aged, middle school and teen youth. It was written for military afterschool programs but is easily adaptable to any afterschool or 4-H club setting.
Learn more
about this curriculum and access the webinar.
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Register for Washington Focus trips by December 17
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Registration is now open for both Washington Focus trips! Register for the trips by December 17, 2017.
Citizenship Washington Focus
June 16-23, 2018
Citizenship Washington Focus Extended: June 16 - 26, 2018
Citizenship Washington Focus registration
Leadership Washington Focus
July 15 to July 20, 2018
Chaperones Needed
Adult Volunteers are invited to apply to chaperone one of the trips. Please see the
Chaperone page
for more information about chaperone expectations and requirements.
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Become a State Ambassador
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The California 4-H State Ambassador position is one of the highest service opportunities and recognition attainable in the University of California 4-H Youth Development Program.
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It's hot cocoa and marshmallows season! Want to have some engineering fun with marshmallows?
In this activity, youth
will use their critical thinking skills to construct a tall freestanding and structurally sound tower
using spaghetti, marshmallows, and tape.
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This year's National Youth Summit on Agri-Science is ramping up to be the best yet!
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Thanks to a new national partnership with Bayer, this year’s Agri-Science Summit is ramping up to be the best yet! Join delegates from across the country to explore Why science in agriculture is important, and why it matters to me and my community. The National Youth Summit on Agri-Science is a national conference for high school students, grades 9 through 12. Youth will discover the role science plays in our food, animals, and health.
Learn more and register.
Registration closes December 29, 2017.
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The 4-H Camping Conference is coming in April!
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By Emil Schaffner
2018 California 4-H Camping Conference
April 6 - 8, 2018
Redwood Glen Camp
Are you a camp staffer, director, or volunteer? If so, clear your schedule for the 2018 California 4-H Camping Conference in April. This is a great opportunity for anyone who simply loves and wants to improve their camp. From April 6-8, the conference is open to volunteers, teen staff, and adult professionals who work in camp programs. We offer a wide range of workshops, activities, speakers, and experiences that you don’t want to miss on a beautiful campsite, Redwood Glen, in San Mateo County.
All of the conference activities are aimed at exciting the leader and camper inside you. The best part about these workshops is they cover subjects that benefit the beginning staffer, director of a new camp, or veterans of the camping community. While you’re learning all kinds of new things to bring back to your camp, you’ll also have time to take in the amazing location and connect with the larger community of camp people throughout the state. These opportunities to learn and connect are what we do in 4-H and they’ll help you bring back so much to your camps.
Register now
and the early bird fee is only $160 until February 16th. We hope to see you on that first weekend in April!
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State Qualifiers for National Animal Science events
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Did you know there are six state 4-H contests that qualify 4-H teams for national 4-H competitions?
Check out these state qualifying events and start planning now to get your team qualified – you could be heading to the national competitions next year!
Contest:
Avian Bowl
Qualifier event:
Greater California Society of Poultry Fanciers, Fresno Fairgrounds, Feb. 24, 2018
National competition:
National 4-H Poultry and Egg Conference, Louisville, KY)
Contest:
Livestock Judging
Qualifier event:
College of Agricultural &Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) Field Day, UC Davis, Mar. 2-3, 2018
National competitions:
North American International Livestock Show, Louisville, KY and Western National Roundup, Denver, CO
Contest:
Dairy Judging
Qualifier event:
College of Agricultural &Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) Field Day, UC Davis, Mar. 2-3, 2018
National competition:
World Dairy Expo, Madison, WI
Contest:
Plant Science
Qualifier event:
College of Agricultural &Environmental Sciences (CA&ES) Field Day, UC Davis, Mar. 2-3, 2018
National competition:
National Junior Horticulture Assn. Convention, Indianapolis, IN
Contest:
Hippology, Public Speaking, Horse Bowl, Horse Judging
Qualifier event:
California 4-H Horse Classic, Murieta Equestrian Center, June 27-July 1, 2018
National competition:
Western National Roundup, Denver, CO
Contest:
Livestock Quiz Bowl
Qualifier event:
Livestock Quiz Bowl at the Grand National Livestock Exposition, Horse Show, and Rodeo, October 2018
National competition:
Western National Roundup, Denver, CO
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