Warm Welcomes and Fond Farewells

Elaine Noble from Chemung County writes about her change in position:
Two weeks ago there were some changes made in CCE of Chemung County and
effective immediately but I hope temporarily, I will be relinquishing any
4-H responsibilities. I have been reassigned in areas of Adult Agriculture
for the next year or so.
While 4-H / Youth Development is near [...]

March Dog Madness Trains Leaders to be Prepared

March 17, Ithaca, NY

Pets are more likely to become good companions and good neighbors when properly trained. In an effort to train 4-H dog obedience trainers, the annual March Dog Madnesss 4-H Leader Training conference is an opportunity to bring adult and teen volunteer leaders together with community experts to increase knowledge and awareness of [...]

4-H Open Golf Tournament

Message from Dave Ferris…
Nineteen years ago Jim Pratt, former Executive Director of the NYS 4-H Foundation, Inc., and I sat down over a cup of coffee and discussed the feasibility of holding a golf tournament with proceeds to benefit the Foundation…and the 4-H Golf Open was born. Our hearts told us we could make it [...]

Warm Welcomes and Fond Farewells

Thanks for sending news to Kim Fleming at kff2@cornell.edu about yourself or your colleagues as changes occur with life events, great accomplishments, new hires and retirements. This keeps us all informed!
Wishing You Well Brian!
Have you noticed that things have been a little quieter in the South Central District? Well, Brian Aukema writes to explain more….‿I [...]

2007 National 4-H Conference March 24th – 29th

5 NYS 4-H teen delegates and two adult chaperons will attend the Secretary of Agricultures pemier youth development conference – a conference designed to engage youth in developing recommendations  for the 4-H Youth Development Program.  Delegates are: Alicia Keller, Genesee County; Dan McIntyre, Rensselaer County; Meagan Stephens, Dutchess County; Dana Thomas, Oswego County; Courtney Weis, Ulster County; and Chaperones, Jody Maneely, [...]

NYS Fair Happenings

Demo Kitchen Remodel – we’ve have two used refrigerators and one freezer donated to the remodeling effort. Still looking for an electric range.  A team of 4-H volunteers from across the state will meet at the State Fair Youth Building on Saturday March 31st to assist witht the remodeling efforts. Thanks to everyone who responded to our [...]

NYS Fair Teen Leader Packet

Hard copy of Teen Leader Packet and NYS Fair Staff Survivor Guide will be sent out pouch mail to every county week of 2/26 – 3/2.  Please make sure that person responsible for State Fair involvement has access to these documents. TL packet and Survival Guide can also be found on NYS Fair web page [...]

4-H STARR

Every county should have hard copy of STARR flyer. See STARR web page for pdf of STARR 2007 flyer and to register participants. Registration page requires Cornell netID to access. Extension Educators are responsible for registering themselves, other staff, voluteers and teens expecting to participate. Email Confirmation of registrations will be sent out to educators in late March.  [...]

New News Options

Some of you have been asking to have an option to print out the monthly Fourth Friday news ..and the option is now, thanks to Paul Treadwell and the IT gang, available.Â
 So, here is what you do.  Go to Archives (depending on your screen resolution it might be on the very bottom of the screen or [...]

Career Explorations 2007

Registration for Career Explorations is now up and running at: http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/registration/form
Paper registration packets should have arived in each county Thursday. Mark your calender now for June 26 – 28, 2007.