National 4-H Week Information Available

Just in case you have not seen the information…National 4-H Week info can be found at: http://4hmediaresources.4husa.org/4HWeek_Kit.aspx
The site includes print materials, logos, ads and more…

4-H Afterschool Website Available

The NYS 4-H Afterschool website is available at http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/4-HAfterschool.php
This site includes the pdf for a new tabletop display that we just finished up the design for. Check it out! For more details, contact Kim Fleming 607-255-6506.

ADminders Supplies Available

Need shirts for the new club year? How about give-away items? Have you seen the items available through ADminders? ADminderst can assist counties with all of their customer service.
http://www.adminders.com/?s=CCE&c=11

CITY Project Team Attends Training in Washington DC

June P. Mead, Project Director and Evaluator; Steve Goggin, Principal Investigator; Kay Telfer and Vicki Giarratano, CUCE-Broome County; and Ariff Hajee and Jackie Davis Manigaulte, CUCE-New York City attended a two-day training August 15 and 16 in Washington, DC in conjunction with the start of the Community Improvement Through Youth (CITY) Project. The CITY [...]

Diversity Update

A few updates…
CCE COMPREHENSIVE DIVERSITY PLAN A key initiative currently in the rollout stage is the forthcoming CCE Comprehensive Diversity Plan (CDP), which will be introduced to executive directors this fall. The CDP is intended to serve as a comprehensive, practical tool and resource to support associations in meeting Affirmative Action and Equal Employment and [...]

National Fair Share Program Made Easier

During the last year New York State has participated in a pilot phas of the National 4-H Fair Share Program, a program designed to return 10% of every purchase made from the Source Book to the state 4-H foundation.
Recently some changes have been made to make this process easier. Where we used to have [...]

Fond Farewells to BJ Bristow

Please join us in bidding BJ Bristow a fond farewell.
BJ has been a friend to the 4-H program for a long time. She has worked on many fine 4-H Financial Management materials such as, “It All Adds Up.” She has been involved with our 4-H Youth Development Network to connect with faculty and staff [...]

CALS Open House – Oct. 22

The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University will host its annual open house on Saturday, October 21st on the beautiful Ithaca, New York campus.
Attached is a flyer promoting the event that you can include in your upcoming 4-H newsletters, mailings and/or email announcements – you will also be receiving color posters in [...]

New film explores poverty in America

Check your local listings for the airing of “Waging a Living.”
On August 29, PBS will air P.O.V’s (Point of View) “Waging a Living,” a documentary chronicling the day-to-day lives of four low-wage workers struggling to lift their families out of poverty. The documentary presents an unvarnished look at the barriers these workers face in trying [...]

Week of Change

Have you seen the info about Week of Change? A Week of Change is a statewide marketing and change drive campaign planned for National 4-H Week 2007.
A Week of Change is a chance to:

share the personal impacts that 4-H makes
gain experience in managing a statewide fundraising campaign
provide positive visibility
involve others in a [...]