4-H in the City: Building 4-H Clubs in Urban Areas
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WSU Cougar Quest 2010 Begins!
Cougar Quest 2010 participants from Jefferson County include: l. to r. - Jesaint Baril (Port Townsend), Angel Perez, Jake Jordan, Mason Jordan, Naeomie Barrow and Leslie Andrea Perez (all from Quilcene). Advisor, Pamela Roberts, is at right. (Click on photos to open larger format.)
Cougar Quest is a residential academic summer camp for highly capable students on the Washington State University campus in Pullman, Washington (75 miles south of Spokane, Wa).
The camp is designed to meet the educational and social needs of young college-bound students entering grades 7 through 12 in fall 2010.
There are two weeks of camp, one to accommodate 7th through 9th graders and the second for 9th through 12th graders. Students entering 9th grade have the option of choosing one week, or attending both.
For one exciting week high achieving students attend three rigorous workshops of their choosing. Most workshops are taught by Washington State University professors and are full of hands-on activities that are meant to challenge and keep the interest of students.
Urban activities for 4-H
Becky Brown from Suamico Beavertail 4-H showed off some urban projects for 4-H participants
The 4-H Eco-Stewardship Program
The 4-H Eco-Stewardship Program develops the critical thinking skills necessary for youth to become healthy, productive and knowledgeable members of their communities. It is based on a model that combines experiential education and service learning projects designed to create opportunities for youth engagement as both participants and leaders of the process.
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4H-Be the Change
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Be the Change - Reducing Your Eco-Footprint. Learn these simple steps you can start doing now to help the earth by reducing your eco-footprint
4-H Urban-Rural Exchange
In cooperation with the 4-H programs in Grant, Klamath, Wallowa and Multnomah County, the 4-H urban-rural exchange program is helping bridge the urban-rural divide by bringing urban and rural youth and families together for five day exchanges. This program is designed to help Oregon youth and families Oregon understand natural resource management from both and urban and rural perspective. The exchange is also designed to help students develop a camaraderie and spirit of friendship with families from rural Oregon who are involved in ranching, farming and natural resources management.
Urban 4-H Club in Springfield First in 30 Years or more
It has been at least 30 years since Greene County has had an urban 4-H Club in Springfield. That trend changed at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 1 when the Springfield Aggies 4-H Club gathered in the community classroom (Red Barn) at the Rutledge-Wilson Community Farm Park, 3825 W. Farm Road 146, Springfield, to elect officers. This club is targeting youth in the city of Springfield which has been a real void for 4-H in Greene County. The Springfield Aggies, led by George Davis, begins with 31 members. To learn more, visit http://extension.missouri.edu/greene/...
Peninsula Man organizes help for King County farmers
By Jeff ChewPeninsula Daily News
PORT TOWNSEND -- Donations from Port Townsend residents to a farm have unfolded like the green leaves of cabbage, and come from as far away as Japan, said Richard Glaubman, who spearheaded a drive to help a Kent Valley group of Burundi and Somali refugees.
Donations have flowed in since a story about the refugees' plight was published July 12 in the Peninsula Daily News.
One donation was a $100 check from a resident of Japan, Glaubman said, a teacher at Blue Heron Middle School, who believe the global connection with Japan was a result of the story having been published on the PDN's website, peninsuladailynews.com.
Three years ago, 100 refugees -- both from Barundi, a poor country that was torn apart by the genocide of the mid-1990s that spilled over from Rwanda, and from the Bantu tribe in Somalia -- landed at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport not far from where they farm today.
Equipment stolen
But the group that farms the 10 acres in a heavy-industrial area were victimized by metro-suburban crime: All of their gardening equipment was stolen from a storage shed. Lost were a water pump, rototillers, tools and other gardening equipment and supplies.
Glaubman, after reading about their plight, went to Jim Minish, Port Townsend Honda and Marine owner on Sims Way at Mill Road, who donated a new $450 water pump at cost, which amounted to $150 donation.
Soon thereafter, money and tools began to appear.
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West Kentucky 4-H Camp Film
This short film was created by students in Movie Making at West Kentucky 4-H Camp in Dawson Springs, Kentucky in June 2009. Directed by Rylan Tuohy
Note: This film is sophisticated with all kinds of special effects and shots. You should check it out!
Walla Walla 4-H’er Nicole Aichele Breaks World Barrel Racing Record
AMELIA VENEZIANO, Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
WALLA WALLA - Nicole Aichele's heart sank when she watched friend and rival Courtney Frazier's barrel race Memorial Day weekend in Pasco. Frazier beat the TRAC arena record, spinning through in 16.691. Aichele, the last rider up, knew she'd have to make it fast. "I knew she broke the arena record, and she was really fast," Aichele said. "I knew it'd have to be all or nothing, and I thought, ‘I'd better go for it.'" So Aichele leaned forward and whispered in Blondie, her Palomino mare's, ear.
"Blondie loves attention. She's really spoiled," Aichele said. "I told her if she ran a ‘16,' I'd ride in the trailer with her back to Walla Walla."
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National 4-H Council Among Best 50 Nonprofits to Work for in 2010!
National 4-H Council
was voted as
One of the 50 best places to work,
by The Non-Profit Times.
Congratulations!
2010 Thomas E. Majhan Teen Leadership Award Winners
Congratulations to all of the 2010 Thomas E. Majhan Teen Leadership Award Winners! We at 4-H are particularly proud because out of 15 winners, 6 of these fine youth were from 4-H! Congratulations to - front row l. to r. : Luke Turner, Hannah Tipton, Tyrus Wilcox; back row far left and far right: Kaye Bailey and Ashley Govia! (Not pictured is Chelsea Benner).Click on photo to open larger format.
Puget Sound Voyaging Society
This video was produced by Luke Turner, 4-H Network News reporter/videographer. He did this as his senior project for Port Townsend High School. Featured are instructors Marci Van Cleve, M.B. Armstrong, Wayne Chimenti.
Field Report: A Michigan Teen Farms Her Backyard
Alexandra Reau, of Petersburg, Mich., tended to her rainbow chard.By CHRISTINE MUHLKE
Published: July 12, 2010
Lawn mowing and baby-sitting are standard summer jobs for the enterprising teenager. Alexandra Reau, who is 14, combines a little bit of each: last year, she asked her dad to dig up a half acre of their lawn in rural Petersburg, Mich., so she could farm. Now in its second season, her Garden to Go C.S.A. (community-supported agriculture) grows for 14 members, who pay $100 to $175 for two months of just-picked vegetables and herbs. While her peers are hanging out at Molly’s Mystic Freeze and working out the moves to that Miley Cyrus video, she’s flicking potato-beetle larvae off of leaves in her V-neck T-shirt and denim capris, a barrette keeping her hair out of her demurely made-up eyes. Who says the face of American farming is a 57-year-old man with a John Deere cap?
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Sunfield Farm and Waldorf School
Sunfield Farm and Waldorf School (a 4-H club and sponsor of a variety of 4-H projects in Jefferson County) are featured in this video produced by 4-H Network News. You can access their website at:
http://sunfieldfarm.org
Sunfield is a pioneering nonprofit organization with a broad community-building mission. Inspired by the ideas of the early twentieth-century philosopher and scientist Rudolf Steiner, Sunfield offers a Waldorf school and educational programs in sustainable land stewardship that take place on our eighty-one acres of fields, forest, and wetlands. We also provide healthy, organic food for the local community.
Our farm is located in Port Hadlock on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula, an area renowned for its majestic natural beauty, mild temperatures, and outdoor opportunities. Nearby is Port Townsend, a Victorian seaport with a thriving cultural and arts community.
Sunfield is a unique and formative environment, making a difference for people of all ages in our local community and beyond. Visit us and experience firsthand how our programs engage the hands, awaken the mind, and nurture connections between the earth and its inhabitants.
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