November 2023 4-H 4-1-1 Newsletter

Lake County 4-H - November 2023 Newsletter

"Autumn air, cool and fresh, brings the season of Thankfulness and Gratitude after the hot summer and bounty of harvest. Thankfulness is an emotion expressing appreciation. Gratitude is an attitude of appreciation under any circumstance of life. When you experience gratitude, you feel grateful for something or someone in your life and respond with feelings of kindness, warmth, and other forms of generosity. Gratitude on the deepest level is a reflection, acknowledgment, and acceptance of our worth and worth of others honoring individual differences. An attitude of gratitude means making the conscious habit of expressing appreciation on a regular basis for big and small things alike." ~Jean

Enrollment Now Open for 2023/2024 4-H Program Year!!

4-H Enrollment has now opened thru Zsuites for the 2023/2024

4-H Program Year. To find out information and how to enroll please visit our site at https://ucanr.edu/4henrollment.

Please make sure to look at the enrollments tips and watch any help videos prior to enrolling.

If you have any questions contact the 4-H Office at 707-263-6838 or email Nicole at nmgentry@ucanr.edu.

Camp 2024

Steering Committee Meeting

November 8, 2023

Lakeport 4-H Office

6:30 p.m. in person

Contact Jean for a zoom link.

Adults and Teens 16 and up needed to join camp steering committee.

Contact Jean if interested:

jgoulart@ucanr.edu

Just as a reminder the Public Speaking requirement will be reinstated for participation at the 2025 Lake County Fair.

Make sure to sign-up for Presentation Day this year to start getting practice in! Presentation Day will be in February 2024 more info coming soon!!

2023 Veterans Day Ceremony

November 11th

Konocti Vista Casino

Ceremony starts at 11:00 a.m. please be there by 10:45 a.m.

All clubs should be making Veterans' Day cards!!

Please have completed cards to the 4-H Office by Friday

November 10th!!

4-H Office Closures for November

November 23rd & November 24th

Camp Teen staff applications

letters have been mailed to 4-H members ages 14 and up.

Applications are due back

December 11 2023.

Interview for Dean and Director positions will January 3, 2024.

The First Teen staff camp meeting is January 17, 2024 at the Lakeport office.

If you did not receive a letter don't worry!!

Simple email Nicole and let her know nmgentry@ucanr.edu.

Online Application:

https://surveys.ucanr.edu/survey.cfm?surveynumber=41650

Paper application: https://ucanr.edu/campteenstaff

Congratulations

Elaina French!

Elaina is in Lake County, CA Blue Heron 4-H Club and has been chosen to participate in the 2024 Devil’s Garden

Colt Challenge.

This is a program that places a young wild horse with a 4-H or FFA youth in California or Southern Oregon.

If you have never heard of the program, check out this page:

https://www.devilsgardenucce.org/post/colt-challenge-faq

Congratulations and thank you

to all the 4-H clubs!

Everyone worked hard and got their year-end paperwork into state 4-H office on time!

Please continue to encourage your members and leaders

to re-enroll and invite others to join as well!!

Posting online on the schools bulletin boards or the parent pages is a great way to advertise.

Are you interested in participating in an archery project?

We have had several interested 4-H members sign up for the Countywide Archery project already. The project will begin with recurve bows. Equipment will be provided and the project will take place in Hidden Valley Lake.

More info will be provided to members that sign-up.

The 4-H minimum age is 9 years old as of December 31st.

If you are and would like to find out more info and sign-up please contact Jean Goulart at jgoulart@ucanr.edu

Upcoming Trainings Offered by Jean!!

Email to inquire: jgoulart@ucanr.edu

Club treasurer training is with a club adult and youth in the Lakeport 4-H office. Please call or email to schedule. Time is available after school and in the evening.

New Record book trainings are being scheduled with the clubs. Please call or email to schedule.

Project Leader trainings will be in person at the Lakeport 4-H office. When you complete the training you will receive a personalized 4-H name tag. Fill out the poll to let us know what works for you:

https://surveys.ucanr.edu/surveyadmin/summary.cfm

(Please note this training does not replace the required

eXtension trainings for new or re-enrollment)