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A very enthusiastic delegation of thirty educators from NY attended the NAE4-HA Conference in Atlanta last week.  The southern hospitality was very welcoming. The opening cermony took place in Olympic Park and featured a great southern barbecue, 4-H Clover Kids entertainment with former 4-H’er Jennifer Nettles from the country group Sugarland, and a grand firewroks [...]

The NAE4-HA Urban 4-H Programs Task Force recently announced that New York’s CYFAR Sustainable Communities Project, the Community Improvement Through Youth (CITY) Project was selected for the 2007 NAE4-HA Directory of Successful Urban 4-H Programs.  The CITY Project received recognition of this honor at the 2007 NAE4-HA Annual Conference in Atlanta.

The CITY Project, a project [...]

Thanks to your recruitement – over 83 teen and adult volunteers along with staff will participate in the CCE 4-H Choose Health Volunteer Forum on November 9&10 at the White Eagle Conference Center. Look forward to having well prepared teams to help promote the healthy lifestyle initiative in your county very soon.Â
 

4-H Salute to Excellence Volunteer Recognition AwardsÂ
Nominations due November 19, 2007

Volunteers are, undeniably, the “heart and soul” of 4-H, and in an age when time is at a premium, Salute to Excellence serves as an opportunity to acknowledge our volunteers’ unwavering dedication to the 4-H Youth Development movement.
Each year, state 4-H programs are invited to [...]

Have you viewed the State 4-H Staff Volunteerism website recently at: http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/volunteerism.php ? Some new items were added about volunteer background checks and a way to recognize your volunteers:

The Volunteer Involvement Policy Background Check Updated Memo � Mostly for those getting started with criminal background checks or in need of refreshing. This was shared at [...]

Coming in next week’s pouch mail – DVDs of the panel discussion for the Cornell Reading Project book, The Pickup.
Evaluation forms for you and your schools will be posted to the web during the next week.

It is that time of year again…you should have received your NYS 4-H Resource Directory bookmarks by pouch mail.  500 of them have been mailed to each county, saving you the work of printing and cutting them from http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/ResourceDirectorySupport.php.
Need some ideas on how to use them?  Here are a few ideas from your colleagues on [...]

National 4-H Headquarters, Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture announces the 2008 CYFAR Conference May 6-9, 2008, in San Antonio, Texas.
CYFAR 2008 will feature inspiring keynote speakers, current youth and family research presenters, exciting interactive workshops and computer labs, as well as a Program Showcase demonstrating the [...]

Communicating the 4-H Brand was a workshop that I facilitated at the recent CCE Systemwide conference.  We had some good conversations there – including -  a reminder to all of us to (be it in print or in a presentation) communicate that “4-H Youth Development is the youth serving organization of Cornell Cooperative Extension”. The [...]

Those of you at the NAE4-HA conference heard about the development of the new Access 4-H Internet Platform.  May sound scary, but I think it will be incredible.  Essentially it will roll most of National 4-H’s webpages into one tool, allowing the user to customize the tools.    More than a website, greater than an online [...]