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At our State Conference in Ithaca we discussed the importance of being able to articulate the WIG’s – the Wildly Important Goals for 4-H Youth Development. Through a quick group exercise, participants very accurately were able to identify all of the major concepts that form the framework of what we do, such as the [...]

Now’s the time to get the word out to 4-H’ers to apply for post-secondary educational scholarships sponsored by the New York State 4-H Foundation. The 4-H Opportunity Scholarship program in its fifth year will offer a total of $12,000 in awards ranging from $1,000 to $5,000. Young people ages 17 to 21 with [...]

Counties that participated in the Reading Project should receive a care package this week. A few more Great Gatsby posters and the DVD of the campus based book talk were sent out. Thought they might come in handy as you re-connect with your local schools about the Cornell Reading Project.
Discussion of the book: [...]

Scholarship Reminder! As mentioned in the June “Fourth Friday Newsletter” and an email dated October 16th from Virginia Glezen, scholarships are available to counties having volunteers attending the 2006 Northeast Regional 4-H Volunteer Forum, October 12th – 15th. Each county with at least one volunteer attending will be given $100. There is also an additional [...]

Register now, on-line at: http://forms.cce.cornell.edu/submitter.php?form_id=119 by November 3, 2006 to attend the 4-H Tractor Safety (National Safe Tractor and Machinery Operation Program) Orientation.
The videoconference will be held on Monday, November 13th from 2 pm to 4 pm at four locations: 300 Rice Hall, Ithaca, CCE of Cattaraugus, CCE of Delaware, and CCE of Saratoga [...]

This month we had the pleasure of seeing many new 4-H Youth Development staff at New Staff Introduction (NSI) and at the NYSACCE4-HE Full Circle Conference. At NSI, new 4-H staff each wrote a little about themselves. At the risk of welcoming new staff more than once, we decided to share all bios that we [...]

Make the 4-H Resource Directory your homepage for one month and you may win $20 of 4-H bucks (good at the 4-H Mall or at AdMinders). The 4-H Resource Directory Team wants YOU as a good partner in using and promoting the directory. We are convinced that once you use it, you will [...]

Quite often we are all called upon to write or present about youth development topics. Below are a few links that can bring the info that you need to your fingertips! Have other suggestions? Comment on this posting by registering and submitting comment .
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CYFERnet researched based information from top Universities.
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New York had a fantastic year. Here is a brief run down of the accomplishments. We had 10 youth attend the conference either related to 4-H or FFA. Our 4-H team placed second with its members all being from St. Lawrence County. Daniel Romlein came in first (also took 1st place [...]