4-H Awards Ceremony: October 10, 2010 at 4 pm!

Dear 4-H Members, Leaders, Friends and Families:

You are ALL cordially invited to join us for our:

4-H AWARDS CEREMONY

(with Raffle and Potluck!)

Sunday, October 10, 2010

4 pm at Irondale Church Hall

681 Irondale Road, Port Hadlock

In this event we present awards to ALL our 4-H members so join us! We will present certificates of participation, record and scrap book awards, project awards, year-end pins and more! (These are great things to include in college applications and portfolios!)

Please bring a potluck dish to help us celebrate our past 4-H year!

Each 4-H club is asked to bring at least one table centerpiece or item for the raffle to help us off-set our ceremony costs. (Set-up crew starts at 3 pm.)

Questions: Call Pamela Roberts, 4-H coordinator at 379-5610 ext. 207.

WSU 4-H Jefferson County, 201 W. Patison, Port Hadlock, WA  98339

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4-H is in competition for $250,000!

JC Penney on Facebook is sponsoring a
$250,000 competition for four

Afterschool Charities -

4-H is one of them so
LET'S WIN!

To vote for 4-H (you can vote once each-and-every-day through October 17) simply go to:

http://www.facebook.com/jcpenney?v=app_128073657241194

Login to your Facebook account

And Vote for 4-H!

We can win this - tell your friends and family to vote daily!

Let's Clean Up Our Watershed - Saturday, Sept. 25!

We need your help to carry garbage out of our watershed on National Public Lands Day!

This Saturday, September 25, 2010 we will meet at the Quilcene Ranger Station at 9 am sharp for a required safety meeting before we go into the forest to do cleanup work. Tools, gloves, hardhats, etc. will be provided.

If you can help - register your name and phone # by emailing proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu
or call Pamela Roberts at 765-0124.

On Saturday, September 25, thirteen Port Townsend high school students in the 4-H Stewardship Program are asking you to join them in the forest! They will lead groups of community volunteers to cleanup the Quilcene-area watershed that supplies Port Townsend’s drinking water. This event is held on National Public Lands Day – a day when thousands of volunteers gather at national parks and forests, reservoirs and other public areas to improve and enhance the resources of those special places where Americans go to enjoy the outdoors. These projects are ones that would not have been accomplished without National Public Lands Day.

Jennifer Fujii with the Hood Canal Ranger District pointed out that, “This event should hold special meaning for the residents of Port Townsend, who receive their drinking water from the targeted cleanup area. I would love to see them turn out in strong numbers – not only because the work will directly benefit their community’s water, but also because the youth involved have put in a lot of effort to organize this cleanup.”

Pamela Roberts, Jefferson County 4-H coordinator emphasized, “We encourage all who are physically able to join us for this important community effort. We require volunteer participants to register beforehand so that we can responsibly plan for tools and group organization. We want to be sure that everyone has a great day outdoors, that they stay safe, enjoy the beauty of nature and fresh air while helping their watershed stay clean.”

Participants will start that day with a required safety meeting at 9 am at the Quilcene Ranger Station before driving into the forest for the cleanup. To register, send your name and contact information to Pamela Roberts, 4-H Coordinator, at proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu or call her at 765-0124.

In partnership with the City of Port Townsend, WSU Beach Watchers,

U.S. Forest Service and Jefferson County 4-H.

4-H Stewardship Program youth start their environmental work!

 Click on image to open larger photo

Above are pictured the first youth members of the 4-H Stewardship Program in Jefferson County, Washington. From left back: Cory Smith, Kevin Hughes, Ben Mitchell, Ben Matthews, Issac Urner, Zac Golding. From left middle row: Yarro Lanphear, Grayson Pennell, Nick Sterritt, Michelle Garland, Holly Garland, Adin Oman. From left front: Freya Fennwood and Joe Baisch, crew leaders. They are shown following their first training day at the WSU 4-H Challenge Course at Gibb Lake.

Paws-N-Claws 4-H cat club performs at the Washington State 4-H Fair and gets featured on KING5.com!

Click here to open video file.

2010 California State 4-H Film Festival - Division I Winner!

The first annual California 4-H Film Festival was held at the State 4-H Field Day on May 29, 2010 at UC Davis. This film is the Division I winner - by Walden Smith of Alameda County.

Check it out!

"Let's Clean Up Our Watershed!" - September 25, 2010 - National Public Lands Day - you are invited to help!

Click here to register your name and phone # by emailing proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu

or call Pamela Roberts at 765-0124

4-H Stewardship Program crew chiefs, Joe Baisch and Freya Fennwood, warm up their tools for the upcoming "Let's Clean Up Our Watershed" event on September 25, 2010 - National Public Lands Day - and you are invited to help!

On Saturday, September 25, twelve Port Townsend area youth in the 4-H Stewardship Program are asking you to join them in the forest! They will lead groups of community volunteers to cleanup the Quilcene-area watershed that supplies Port Townsend’s drinking water. This event is held on National Public Lands Day – a day when thousands of volunteers gather at national parks and forests, reservoirs and other public areas to improve and enhance the resources of those special places where Americans go to enjoy the outdoors. These projects are ones that would not have been accomplished without National Public Lands Day.

When 4-H heard that the U.S. Forest Service was looking to establish leadership opportunities for youth, it seemed natural to ask, “Why not have our youth help lead environmental projects in the Olympic National Forest while getting some fresh air and exercise themselves?”

Through a contract with the USFS, the 4-H Stewardship Program is able to pay the twelve youth participants for the Saturday projects they complete. This gives them a meaningful workforce and leadership experience, provides financial help to families who are in need of a boost, and helps these teens experience the personal satisfaction that comes from making real contributions to their community and to the environment.

Jennifer Fujii with the Hood Canal Ranger District pointed out that, “This event should hold special meaning for the residents of Port Townsend, who receive their drinking water from the targeted cleanup area. I would love to see them turn out in strong numbers – not only because the work will directly benefit their community’s water, but also because the youth involved have put in a lot of effort to organize this cleanup.”

“The City of Port Townsend’s municipal water is supplied by gravity from the Big and Little Quilcene Rivers. The existing surface water system has been in operation since 1928, making it one of the oldest water systems in Washington State. In addition to serving the residents of the City of Port Townsend, water is provided to the Port Townsend Paper Company, Glen Cove, unincorporated area west of the City, and the City wholesales water to Public Utility District No. 1 of Jefferson County (PUD) for the South Hastings Loop.” – City of Port Townsend Public Works – Water Quality

Pamela Roberts, Jefferson County 4-H coordinator emphasized, “We encourage all who are physically able to join us for this important community effort. We require volunteer participants to register beforehand so that we can responsibly plan for tools and group organization. We want to be sure that everyone has a great day outdoors, that they stay safe, enjoy the beauty of nature and fresh air while helping their watershed stay clean.” 

Participants will start that day with a required safety meeting at 9 am at the Quilcene Ranger Station before driving into the forest for the cleanup. To register, send your name and contact information to Pamela Roberts, 4-H Coordinator, at proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu or call her at 765-0124. 

In partnership with the City of Port Townsend, WSU Beach Watchers, 

U.S. Forest Service and Jefferson County 4-H.

4-H Stewardship Program hosts "Let's Clean Up Our Watershed" event - September 25, 2010 - on National Public Lands Day

4-H Stewardship Program crew chiefs, Joe Baisch and Freya Fennwood, get their tools warmed up for the upcoming "Let's Clean Up Our Watershed" event in the National Forest in Quilcene. On September 25, 2010 community members from throughout Jefferson County will gather at the Quilcene Ranger Station to participate in this event as part of National Public Lands Day.

This community participation event will be led by 12 Port Townsend area youth, who will receive leadership training prior to the event to prepare them to be squad leaders for the cleanup. We would love to see everyone in Jefferson County join in and support the kids on this effort! If you would like to help out, please write to Pamela Roberts, 4-H Coordinator, at proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu.

4-H Stewardship Program now hiring youth ages 14-18!

4-H is all about developing youth leadership through hands-on learning and community service. So when 4-H leaders heard that the U.S. Forest Service was swamped with backlogged maintenance, it only seemed natural to ask:

Why not have youth take leadership in helping maintain the health of our unique Olympic National Forest while getting some fresh air and exercise themselves?

And so a new partnership was formed between 4-H youth and the USFS.

The 4-H Stewardship Program is NOW HIRING this fall 2010:

• 12 Port Townsend area teens, ages 14-18
• To work  six "saturdays on the ground" to help clean, replant, and reinvigorate our local public forest lands.
  
  

They will be led in this effort by our experienced 4-H crew chiefs, Joe Baisch and Freya Fennwood!


(To be fair, Chimacum area youth will be hired this spring and Quilcene area youth have Quilcene Ranger Corps this summer.)

The work days this fall for Port Townsend area youth participants are scheduled from September - November, 2010.



Planned activities include:

• Fish Toss (returning salmon carcasses to a river)
• Picnic table restoration
• Watershed cleanup day
• Elk forage restoration
• Trail building
  
• and more!

Youth will be paid minimum wage for their work and will be transported from Port Townsend and back on work days in a program van. Youth must live in the Port Townsend area, but can attend public, private or home school. We start the third week of September so don't hesitate if you are interested!

If you or someone you know is interested in joining the 4-H Stewardship Program, have them write to Pamela Roberts, WSU Jefferson County 4-H Coordinator, at proberts@jefferson.wsu.edu   (this is the best way to contact her ) or you can call her at 765-0124.