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Welcome to Oahu 4-H's online newsletter.
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Aloha 4-H Leaders, Members, and Parents,
How about that spooky Halloween! Now that we’ve all had our share of tricks and treats, we can reflect on October. Thanks to everyone who took time out of their busy schedules to volunteer in 4-H community events such as the Kualoa Ranch County Fair, Youth Day at the State Capital, and Kids Fest at Bishop Museum.
November will be a relatively quiet 4-H month, but it’s not too early to start preparing for Communications Fair in December, Food Show in March, or even Record Books, due in the Summer. Planning ahead makes everything so much less stressful!
Enjoy Thanksgiving!Aloha,
Farin Fukunaga
NOVEMBER
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Hawaii Operation: Military Kids meeting @ UGC, 9 am |
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OMK Hero Pack project @ Kaiser High School |
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Council Meeting @ UGC, 3 pm |
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4-H Healthy Living Training @ Fort Shafter Youth Center, 9 am-12 noon |
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Oahu 4-H Leaders Meeting @ West Oahu College and UGC, 5 pm |
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National 4-H Congress in Atlanta, GA |
DECEMBER
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Communications Fair @ Farrington High School, 8 am-12 noon |
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Oahu 4-H Executive Board Meeting @ UGC, 3pm |
October was a busy month with clubs getting reorganized for the new 4-H year and participating in the service projects that were scheduled for the month. Thank you to the clubs who have turned in your enrollment forms. Emily Heydon wrote a nice reflection of her experience at Kualoa Country Fair, please read her article in this newsletter.
On October 23rd, Oahu County 4-Hers spent their Sunday at the Bishop Museum participating in the 7th annual Hawai‘i Pacific Health Kids Fest. Every year they ask us to participate with the Germ City Tent where the youngster learned to properly wash their hands. Thanks to Becky Kanenaka whose passion is for everyone to learn how to properly wash their hands and coordinates the setting up of the tent and training the 4-Hers. Properly washing your hands will prevent germs from spreading. Three 4-Hers from Farrington FCCLA 4-H Club set up a nutrition and exercise activities as part of their project. Jane Raquinio and Amy Piera did a fat be gone game in which the youth needed to select the snacks that have fat in it. Jay Raquinio did the heavy pack exercise activity. It seems the youth coming through their activities were having fun and learning at the same time.
It was a fun day watching the thousands of kids going to all the educational activities and learning about health. The Warriors 4-H Club also set up promotional 4-H materials. Thanks to all the 4-Hers and leaders who participated and made our booth fun. Mahalo to the Hawaii Pacific Health Organization for having 4-H participate in this worthwhile event since it was started seven years ago.
Rose Saito
The Communication Fair is back! It will be held at Farrington High School, in rooms A121 and A122 on December 10, 2011 from 8 am -12 noon. We will feature the original oratory, storytelling, dramatic interpretation, group interpretation, poetry reading and demonstrations for the fair. Check out the Oahu 4-h website: http://www.ctahr.hawaii.edu/4h/oahu/CommFair/index.htm for the required forms and categories. The theme is “What I want for Christmas is…” There will also be a workshop on November 18, 2011 to prepare for this upcoming event. Mahalo and hope to see you there!
Farrington FCCLA
The next Oahu County leaders’ meeting will be on November 17 at two locations. The first meeting which is the Statewide WRLF meeting for the steering committee and the coordinators will start at 5 pm. This is a polycom meeting and will be at West Oahu College, room 301B. Claire Nakatsuka will be at that meeting as the staff person. After that meeting you all can come to UGC where dinner will be ready and we will continue with the County meeting.
I will be at UGC at 5:00 pm setting up for the dinner and if your committee wants to meet this will be a good time. At this time, the workshop and those involved with making the bags. We need to get a time line set up. Others can join us at 6:30 pm when the County meeting begins.
All leaders are invited to attend this meeting even if you are not part of the WRLF because we will spent some time on Oahu County happenings.Rose Saito
| Oahu 4-H Food Show |
The date for the annual 4-H food show has been chosen as well as its location. The food show will take place on Saturday March 10, 2012 and will be on Fort Shafter. The club taking the lead for the food show this year is the Keyblade Bearers 4-H Club. The club is considering changing one of the categories for the event. Specifically they are considering changing the International Foods category and replacing it with a Vegetarian Foods category. The reasoning behind this is to emphasize healthy decisions in light of the fact that we have received a grant in support of fighting obesity. More information will follow. For any question please contact the Keyblade Bearers 4-H Club.
Jacob Lockwood,
Oahu 4-H Vice President
When:
Tuesday November 15 9am-12pm
Where:
New Fort Shafter Youth Center, 240 Montgomery Drive Building 351
What:
1 of 3 project specific trainings for 2011-12
Who:
for Leaders of sports, healthy living and nutrition focused 4-H clubs
The military 4-H program will conduct a project-specific training for 4-H leaders in the area of "Healthy Living." This learn-by-doing training is for those leaders conducting clubs in the areas of healthy living, sports, or nutrition. We will be doing activities from Bicycles Adventures, learning the new "My Plate" guidelines and sharing ways to integrate "health" into other aspects of programming.
Please RSVP to Carmen, military4-h@ctahr.hawaii.edu by Friday Nov 11 if you would like to attend.
TWO additional project-specific training will be conducted later:
- Science- January 10th
- Citizenship- May 15
Carmen Golay,
Military 4-H Project Coordinator
On Thanksgiving Day after a nice Thanksgiving dinner, two Oahu 4-Hers, Dustin Borromeo and Dwayne-Marie Edades, along with 14 other 4-Hers from Maui and Kona plus two adult chaperon Melissa Yoshioka and Joan Chong will be traveling to Atlanta, Georgia to participate in the National 4-H Congress along with 1000 other 4-Hers from the across the United States. This year’s theme is “Become a Catalyst of Change in which they will participate in educational workshops, listen to inspirational speakers and tour parts of Atlanta. It is a great experience for them to meet with other 4-Hers. They will also become “instance celebrities” as they perform the hula on International night.
Both Dustin and Dwayne-Marie are from the Farrington FCCLA 4-H Club. They completed their 4-H Portfolio back in May of this year and were selected to attend this National Event for outstanding 4-Hers. As part of their FCCLA 4-H membership they have participated in various leadership roles in both organizations and in 4-H activities such as Ahaolelo, Food Show, Fashion Show and many community service projects. Since FCCLA and 4-H have similar goals they are able to apply what they do in both organizations to compliment the life skills they learn. Hope the both of you enjoy this once in a life time opportunity and come back to share with the rest of the other 4-Hers.Rose Saito
Sixty five community members comprised of educators, counselors, administrators, youth workers and family advocates attended the October 21st RSG! Training, held at the 29th IBCT National Guard Training Facility in Kalaeloa. The Hawaii Operation: Military Kids (OMK) training, which was facilitated by Tripler Medical Center personnel and OMK team members, gave participants insight into military culture, the deployment cycle, the unique challenges military youth face, and tools to help build resiliency in youth affected by deployment.
Kiki Yoshimoto,
OMK Project Coordinator
My family’s 4-H club, the Rabbiteers of Oahu, enjoyed participating in a 4-H service project at the Kualoa 2nd Annual Country Fair on October 1 at Kualoa Ranch. The fair was held in conjunction with the All-Girls’ Rodeo. My parents, siblings, and I took our three Dutch rabbits to the ranch where we helped organize a 4-H booth with other 4-H small pet and livestock clubs.
4-H leader Ronald Darlington, the Hays Family, the Lockwood Family, my family, and 4-H members from the West Side Small Animal Club and Leeward Paniolo Livestock Club worked together to educate several hundred ranch visitors about our animals. We gave the visitors and their children the unforgettable experience of interacting with rabbits, chickens, and goats.
As a military family, my siblings and I have shown Dutch rabbits in 4-H throughout the United States for the past nine years. The ranch visitors enjoyed watching me, my brother, Caleb, and my sister, Lizzie, as we handled our rabbits and flipped them on their backs to demonstrate showmanship maneuvers. They also enjoyed watching us demonstrate how to clip the rabbits’ toenails. Some of the visitors’ most interesting questions included, “What is so special about these rabbits?”, “How big will they get?”, and “Do they live inside or outside?”
This was a very successful 4-H outreach program. 4-H leaders and members had a lot of fun teaching others about their animals, while many visitors asked how they could acquire an animal and join a 4-H small animal or livestock club.
Emily Heydon,
Rabiteers
Dozens of youth across the Pacific participated in the National Youth Science Day by taking part in an experiment with wind energy. Youth from Camp Zama Japan; Camp Humphreys Korea; Marine Corps Base Hawaii and Camp Walker Korea all reported successfully completing the experiment, which involved creating a prototype wind turbine and recording energy from it. Science kits were provided to each site upon request by the Hawaii 4-H Youth Development Military Partnership.
If your program completed the experiment, let us know with a photo! You can email it to Carmen: military4-h@ctahr.hawaii.edu.
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| Teens at Camp Walker with their turbine prototypes | Teens build the wind turbines |
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| Youth at Camp Zama hook up their turbine | Youth at Camp Zama hook up their turbine |
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| Marines Corps teens put experiment pieces together | Camp Walker 4-H’ers get into the Wired for Wind action |
The Army Reserve Center at Fort Shafter Flats played host to the first ever Operation: Military Kids (OMK) and Project Youth Extension Service (Project YES) Youth Programming Demo. The October 28th activities demo marked the first training collaboration between OMK and YES, two USDA Military Partnership programs that strive to support the growing needs of military youth affected by deployment. The intent of this activities training was to give participants greater insight into the experiential learning process in which both OMK and Project YES utilize as a tool to build life skills that essentially help military children and youth sustain through all phases of deployment. Employing the hands-on and interactive approach, the child, youth and family programs participants found their inner extroverted-selves through resiliency fostering activities such as Peace Puppetry, Houdini’s Handcuffs and Rapping. To learn more about OMK or Project YES, please visit:
www.operationmilitarykids.org or http://militaryfamilies.extension.org/yes-intern-program/
The State 4-H Office has just received some great new items to help you show your Hawaii 4-H spirit! Hawaii 4-H logo items are all embroidered in Kelly and Dark Green with the design shown. The items are:
1. Men’s Sport Shirts (golf type), white, collared, knit, short-sleeve in a smooth texture. These shirts have a left front pocket with the logo located on the right chest. Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, X-Large, and XX-Large. $20 each.
2. Women’s Sport Shirts (golf type), white, collared, knit, short-sleeve in a pique texture. There is no pocket and the logo is located on the left chest. Sizes: Small, Medium, Large, X-Large. $20 each.
3. Aprons, white, heavy weight cotton, 22” x 24”with 3-pocket pouch. $18 each.
4. Tote Bags, natural color, canvas, large size, 20” x 15” x 5”. $15 each.
Contact Wanda W. Kohashi, at wkohashi@hawaii.edu to order your Hawaii 4-H Logo items! Quantities are limited. Postage costs will be additional.
Wanda W. Kohashi
Submit Information about your NYSD Event for a Chance to Win $10,000
The 2011 4-H National Youth Science Day may be over, but you can still submit the details of your NYSD event for a chance to win $10,000 in Toyota Innovation Awards!
To participate, complete our simple Event Report form, give an explanation for why your event should be considered for any of the three awards and make sure to include photos or videos of your event. Submitted events will be placed under the consideration of a panel of judges, and winners will be notified in late November. All submissions must be completed by November 18.
Even if you choose not to submit your event for the Toyota Innovation Awards, you can still make your NYSD participation count! Report your NYSD event so we can help generate future partners and donors for the 2012 National Science Experiment.
EngineerGirl! 2012 Essay Contest
The National Academy of Engineering’s EngineerGirl! is pleased to announce their annual Essay Contest. Students are asked to write about the role of engineering in providing safe and nutritious food. Details and rules can be found on the EngineerGirl! website: http://www.engineergirl.org/CMS/Contest/food2012.aspx.
Participation is open to both girls and boys in grades 3-12 and submissions must be entered by 6:00 pm (EST) on March 1, 2012. All winning entries will be published on the EngineerGirl! website and winners will receive cash prizes: first place winners $500, second place winners $250, third place winners $100. The 2012 EngineerGirl! Essay Contest was made possible by the generous support of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
The EngineerGirl! website is designed to spark the curiosity of young people, girls in particular, and encourage them to consider careers in engineering. EngineerGirl! provides career descriptions, profiles of successful women engineers, information about exciting engineering projects, and interactive tools for girls, parents, teachers, and guidance counselors, all designed to encourage girls to pursue an engineering education and career. Launched in 2001, the site is visited by more than 18,000 unique visitors a month and has been featured by the Girl Scouts of America, the Society of Women Engineers, and local and national media in the United States and around the world. The #1 website on Google for “girls + engineering,” Engineer Girl! is a trusted and entertaining resource for young girls, parents, educators, and volunteer engineers involved in student outreach. In a 2011 poll, girls’ reported that viewing the EngineerGirl! website or participating in its annual essay contest caused 63% of them to consider a career in engineering and 81% to consider studying engineering in college. Please visit www.engineergirl.org to learn more.
KaBOOM! Let's Play Spruce Grants
Deadline: November 15
With support from Dr Pepper Snapple Group, KaBOOM! will be awarding grants of $750 each to communities this year who wish to make their playgrounds cleaner, safer and more inviting. Communities must demonstrate that they have maintained their playspace and they have led an improvement project in the last 60 days. Communities that demonstrate this will receive a $750 gift card to further enhance or improve their playspace. http://bit.ly/qNmqCs
NGCP Webinar Girls RISEnet: Strategies to Build Capacity to Engage Minority Girls
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Pacific
Learn about strategies and resources developed by the Girls RISEnet National Museum Network, an NSF-funded initiative that is strengthening the professional capacity of informal science educators across the country to engage and motivate minority girls to explore and pursue careers in science and engineering.
Register: http://www.ngcproject.org/events/events.cfm?eventid=221
Calling All Digital Divas, Web Chix, and Coder Girls!
The National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) is seeking applications from young women (grades 9-12) for the NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing. Awardees are selected for their computing and IT aptitude, leadership ability, academic history, and plans for post-secondary education. National award winners will receive cash and prizes. Many states have local affiliates that also offer awards and recognition. NGCP collaboratives help conduct outreach to girls as well as educators that support girls' aspirations in computing. Deadline: October 31, 2011.
Register: https://awardportal.ncwit.org/register.php
ScienceCasts: Online Video Series
NASA ScienceCasts are short online videos about fun, interesting, and unusual science topics encountered by NASA's science missions. The video series, created by astrophysicists and a team of agency narrators and videographers, offers the public a fast and fun way to learn about scientific discoveries and facts about Earth, the solar system, and beyond. New videos are posted online every Thursday.
http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/sciencecasts
MLK Day of Service - January 16, 2012
Each year, Americans across the country come together on the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service to serve their neighbors and strengthen their communities. Find more information below about MLK Day Grants and MLK Day Webinars.
Prudential Spirit of Community Awards
Deadline: November 1
If you've made a difference through volunteering over the past year, you could win $1,000 and a fabulous trip to Washington, D.C. next May by applying for a Prudential Spirit of Community Award! Even more importantly, you could win recognition that might inspire other young people to follow your example. These prestigious awards, sponsored by Prudential Financial and NASSP, have honored nearly 100,000 middle and high school students at the local, state, and national level over the past 16 years solely for their volunteer work. http://bit.ly/pb4Fbb
Katie Krops Grant Opportunity
Summerville, South Carolina, October 17, 2011- Katie’s Krops is excited to announce a new grant opportunity for kids ages 9 to 16 to start a vegetable garden to feed people in need in their communities. The winner will be awarded a gift card to a garden center in their area (up to $400), support from Katie’s Krops, and a digital camera to document the garden and the harvest. Applications for all types of vegetable gardens, such as a container garden if you live in a city or a vegetable garden located in your neighborhood or at your school, will be considered. Applicants must be between the ages of 9 and 16 as of October 1, 2011.
Applications must be postmarked by December 5, 2011.
The mission of Katie's Krops is to start and maintain vegetable gardens of all sizes and donate the harvest to help feed people in need, as well as to assist and inspire others to do the same. Information on Katie’s Krops and the grant opportunities can be found at www.KatiesKrops.com.
“My dream is to have gardens in all 50 states that feed people in need. Katie’s Krops has awarded 13 grants to date. I am thrilled with the results and look forward to awarding more grants to kids across the United States.” Katie Stagliano, 13 year old Founder of Katie’s Krops.
Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships
Deadline: December 5
The Stephen J. Brady STOP Hunger Scholarships recognize and reward students who have made a significant impact in the fight against hunger. The scholarship recipients each receive $5,000 for their education as well as a $5,000 matching grant in their name for the hunger-related charity of their choice. Sholarships are open to students (Kindergarten through graduate school) enrolled in an accredited educational institution in the United States. Applicants must have demonstrated on-going commitment to their community by performing unpaid volunteer services impacting hunger in the United States at least within the last 12 months. http://bit.ly/qImcz3
4-H State Exchange Opportunity
We would LOVE to do an exchange with Hawaii! Lancaster County is a centralized area to visit to see a variety to things in PA. We are a farming community that is best known for our Pa Dutch Amish community. We are located near Hershey the home of Hershey Park/waterpark and Chocolate World. Depending on where you fly into, past groups have toured: Philadelphia, Washington DC or Baltimore. We try to cater our hosting experiences to the visiting states interests but some of the past activities have included: pool parties, visit to the beach, waterpark, Amish tours, Gettysburg, Harrisburg (state capital), farm visits, and of course Hershey Park and Chocolate World. In the past we have exchanged with Montana, Texas, Oregon and Kentucky. We like to pack your visit with lots of things to see and do and keep you very busy during your visit with us.
If you are interested in setting up an exchange program with us, please contact Sharon Sherick at ssherick@dejazzd.com
GIS 2012 Grant Program
Esri’s 4-H Club geographic information system (GIS) 2012 grant program is now accepting software grant applications from 4-H Clubs in the United States, and 4-H and Operation Military Kids (OMK) efforts on American military bases around the world. The program provides geospatial technology and curriculum to 4-H Youth and qualified adults and is designed to expand 4-H’s 21st Century mission mandate for science, engineering, and technology (SET) activities.
The application deadline is Dec. 1, 2011. The software grant guidelines and application pdf may be found at www.esri.com/4-H. A letter of support from your state SET Coordinator needs to be submitted with the application. Please contact your SET coordinator early to avoid any delays.
There are three levels in the Grant program:
- ArcGIS Desktop(ArcGIS version 10.1) Youth Club. Recommended for those who will be working with community partners and have sufficient computer resources.
- Getting Started with GIS and GPS (ArcGIS version 9.x). This is an older version of Esri’s technology but still works fine on older computers.
- The State or Regional ArcGIS 4-H Educator Train the Trainer (ArcGIS 10.1).
Each program has its own eligibility criteria and required activities. Grant recipients receive Esri’s ArcGIS software (30 seat license), data, and curriculum materials. 4-H clubs use the Esri GIS for 4-H Grants as a way to introduce 4-H youth to GIS technology, explore careers that utilize GIS technology, and conduct a local service learning project in their community using GIS technology.
Military Family Month
It’s November and time to join the Department of Defense as we celebrate National Military Family Month! Our military families demonstrate incredible resilience and strength on a daily basis. Their determination and willingness to make sacrifices enables our service members to complete their missions with confidence and focus. During Military Family Month, we honor and thank them for those sacrifices and their dedication. We recognize that military families also serve and appreciate them for all that they do.
Join our nation’s leaders as they show their admiration for our military families. Our President and First Lady strive every day to improve the quality of life for our military families through a number of programs and initiatives. Efforts like the Joining Forces Initiative bring together all sectors of our society to help provide support and resources for military families.
Join our military installations and local communities in hosting events and implementing new programs to celebrate and support military families. This November, celebrate the contributions our military families make, and take every opportunity to show your respect and appreciation for all they do to support our nation.
For more information, and to learn more about what you can do to celebrate military families, visit MilitaryHOMEFRONT.4-H Power of Youth
For additional articles on 4-H youth development nationwide, check out the National 4-H Clover Corner News at http://www.4hblogs.org/ccn/
If you have a disability and require special assistance during any of our planned 4-H activities, please call the applicable County Extension 4-H Youth Development Agent two weeks prior to the event.
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