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The books were shipped out directly from Cornell Mail Services and should have arrived to you.  Please check to be sure that you have received the correct number of books.  We have had a few calls…making me wonder if everyone received what they ordered.
 You should have also received an e-letter and info about the Reading Project [...]

You should have received your confirmtion packet last week.
Program Changes/Cancellations. You all probably know how this works…we do our best to put our kids in programs that they want.  Chaperones, especially staff who are chaperones, are often moved in places that make the most sense for the program.  This year is no different.  We will [...]

Please send news of new 4-H Youth Development Colleagues or other notable news to Kim Fleming at kff2@cornell.edu – or we will make it up! This helps keep us all informed and may inspire secret treasures to be shared (mostly with new staff).
Warm Welcomes to:
….Alexa King as she resumed her Extension career with CCE of [...]

Mark your calendars for November 9 & 10, 2007 for the statewide Cornell Cooperative Extension Healthy Living 4-H Volunteer Forum at the White Eagle Conference Center in Hamilton, NY. The White Eagle Conference Center is 60 minutes from Syracuse and 45 minutes from Utica. This event will target volunteers, teen volunteers, and Educators yet space [...]

Going through your Performance Review? Thinking about your Individualized Learning Plan? Have you reviewed your PRKC self-assessment recently? If so, what’s next? Check out the new 4-H Professional Development List and other opportunities on the State 4-H staff webpage at: http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/organizational_systems.php Find this comprehensive list of options for you to build your strengths in 4-H [...]

If you have students coming (or returning) to Cornell, please share a name and email address with Kim at kff2@cornell.edu. We are looking for strong leadership for Collegiate 4-H in the Fall of 2007. Many thanks for your most recent participants especially our officers: graduating President Kate Werner, graduating Vice President Danielle Dubois, and rising [...]

Propose your workshop by June 1st for the CCE System Conference to be held at Cornell  October 10 – 12, 2007 (with a pre-conference Oct 9-10) at: http://test2.cce.cornell.edu/editorstree/view/691  We are looking for workshops that address the Public Value of Extension and feature connections between Educators and Faculty and Staff on campus, as featured in 4-H [...]

The third issue of the Journal of Youth Development: Bridging Research and Practice is now on-line. The Journal of Youth Development is a resource for youth development researchers, practitioners and policymakers. The multidisciplinary, applied refereed journal is published by the National Association of Extension 4-H Agents and focuses on the development of school-aged youth through [...]

Check it out!  In collaboration with Dev Aujla, of DreamNow.ca, and through the support of YCA Program Work Team and Smith Lever dollars, YCA now has a virtual classroom – an engaging, innovative and high tech vehicle for youth and adults to work through the community action process. 

This year we’ve offered youth the opportunity to exhibit displays using the 55-gallon drums outside the entrances to the youth building but…..we’re not quite sure…..