In this issue:
1. National Night Out
2. Kids at the Park
3. National Youth Science Day- Rockets to the Rescue!
4. New Council Officers
5. SLC Orientation- Mandatory
6. VEC Training
7. New Club
8. New Comic Book Creation Project
9. Archery Storage Locker
10. Restarting Livestock Judging Project!
1. National Night Out- Volunteers Still Needed!
On Tuesday, August 5th in Downtown Hollister, NATW's National Night Out: America's Night Out Against Crime, will be taking place at 5- 8 PM. Organizations throughout the county set up booths to encourage community involvement. It's a great way for clubs to meet their outreach goals, so the All-Stars are putting together a booth.
There will be four shifts to man the Hollister 4-H booth: 4:30-5:30, 5:30-6:30, 6:30-7:30, and 7:30-8:30. The first and last shifts will cover set-up and take-down. If clubs could sign up for a shift and provide the three youth volunteers and three adults are needed for each shift, it would be a great way to reach the county. Christina Bless is handling this part of the preparations, so please contact her with which shift your club would like to cover.
Come help us show Hollister's youth that there are alternatives to being bored and getting into trouble!
Dena & Christina Bless
(831) 635-0300 – home
(831) 801-4818 – Dena's cell
star8ranch@yahoo.com – Christina's email
2. Kids at the Park
Date: August 2013
Location: Dunn Park
Time: 10am-2pm
This is a another great event in our community which Sarah Gomer has offered to lead as a part of her Emerald Star Project! There will be fun and games and maybe even some education too!
Feel free to attend and spend some time in the sunshine or even contribute to your clubs annual outreach by volunteering for part or all of the event!
If you are interested in volunteering and helping out with this fun day in the sun please contact Sarah Gomer at 831-245-9614.
3. National Youth Science Day- Rockets to the Rescue!
Don't know what National Youth Science Day is? Wonder what activities we will be doing? Check out the website!
http://www.4-h.org/4-h-national-youth-science-day/
We are looking for a few more volunteers to help facilitate this fun event in our county! We would like both youth and adults to help and we will provide an orientation on the activities that will happen at the event.
Please keep in mind that if you have never lead a project this would be a great way to get some experience with lots of support!
Please contact the office if you are interested!
4. New Council Officers!
Thank you so much to our outgoing Council officers!
President- Mike Mansmith
Vice President-Lisa Tobias
Secretary- Shelley Bettencourt and Judi Johnson
Treasurer- Darcy Rodriguez
Reporter- Raylene Rogers
And Congratulations to our incoming Officers!
President- Brent Shepard
Vice President- Susan Stricker
Secretary- Judi Johnson
Treasurer- Lois Pape
Reporter- Alicia Liddle
5. SLC Orientation- Mandatory
We will be having our mandatory SLC orientation for all members planning to attend SLC on Sunday August 10th at 3pm.
Orientation will last 1 hour and will include important information about the dress code and code of conduct.
Please RSVP to the office by Friday August 8th.
6. VEC Training Reminder
This is a reminder for the enrollment coordinator for each club- if you would like to come and review the online enrollment system please come on by! I will be available to work with you, go over some examples, troubleshoot, etc. Please RSVP to the office if you are available and would like to attend!
Date: August 7th
Location: 3228 Southside Rd Hollister Ca 95023
Time: 6:30- 8:30 or whenever we are done
7. Officially Welcoming Pacheco 4-H Club!
I would like to officially announce that we have reopened the Pacheco 4-H Club! Our new club in excited to start off the new year and expand their membership!
Pacheco has given me a list of the projects that they plan to have and I have included it below:
-Leadership (9yo+up)
-Comic Book Creation
-Outdoor Adventure
-Rabbits
-Rifle Shooting Sports (10yo+up)
-Horse & Pony (9yo+up)
-Swine
-Beef
-Poultry
-Lambs
-Beginning Geo Caching
-Foods & Nutrition
If you are interested in joining Pacheco 4-H please contact Susan Stricker at stricker700@netzero.net
8. NEW PROJECT: COMIC BOOK CREATION
Have you ever wanted to create your own comic book? Well, in this project you can! We'll be covering all aspects of comic creation, and by the end of the project, you'll have made your own comics. There is a $35 project fee, due at the first meeting, to cover books (that the project will share) and starting materials, but you can come to the first one to see if it's what you want to do for sure before you pay the fee. If you saw Christina Bless' presentation at any of the Presentation Days, you'll have an idea of what will be covered and the final product.
This is a county-wide project, so we've been told you don't have to do a transfer form; you can just put it on your enrollment form as you're enrolling in projects right now. If you have any questions, please feel free to give us a call at the numbers below.
Come jump into the amazing world of comic book creation!
Dena & Christina Bless (Pacheco 4-H)
(831) 635-0300 – home
(831) 801-4818 – Dena's cell
9. Archery Storage Locker
Project leader looking for a full sized gym locker to store project materials!
I am looking for a more secure way of storing the Archery equipment. If you have any ideas or know of any place that sounds secure please let me know.
Thanks
Nick Peters
Paicines Clover Archery Leader
10. New Livestock Judging Project!
The livestock judging project is now going to be restarting and will be available to the whole county!
If you are interested in joining or would like more information please contact Stephanie Churchill-Gross via text call or email. Cell 831 524 1005 or grooming95023@Yahoo.com.
As always please let me now if there is something that you would like to see on the blog.
Questions? Contact the office at 831-637-5346 ext 13
Sincerely,
Brenna Johns