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EPSILON SIGMA PHI IS SEEKING AWARD NOMINATIONS FOR EXCELLENT EXTENSION COLLEAGUES: Nominations for awards may be submitted any time, by anyone (before Sept…but don’t put it off). On-line nomination forms and descriptions are available at http://hosts.cce.cornell.edu/admin/ESP/awards.htm You need not be an ESP member to nominate a colleague for an award.
It’s easy to [...]

Some of you have mentioned an interest in having the 4-H Connects Kids to Cornell Display PDF available.  A few years ago we send CD’s with this PDF to counties so that you could have it printed locally if you wished.  I know that a few of you have expressed an interest in seeing it [...]

Dear 4-H Staff:
The State 4-H Office receives 4-H newsletters from many counties (thank you by the way! ).  It is a great way for us to see bright smiley 4-H faces, what is happening across the state, and it helps us understand what resources might be helpful to provide to you.
There are a few [...]

Have you heard?
Autumn Lavine, 4-H Educator from Tioga County, wrote to remind me…
a 4-H commercial is running on CBS during the Saturday and Sunday morning cartoons. Below is
the link to the commercial.
http://www.4-hbrandnetwork.org/
The commercial is the youtube link on the bottom of the 4-hbrandnetwork page.
National commercials about 4-H were the first way that I learned about [...]

Have you watched the Disney Channel lately?  With three elementary age kids in my house, I don’t have much of a choice.  That said, I will share I’m a fan of the edu-taining mini-shows that play between the commercials and the real shows.  My favorite is Pass the Plate – they call it “the global [...]

National 4-H Council is looking for winning photos from your state and county fairs (2003-2007) to create the 2010 Calendar.  Winning photos will be on display at the National 4-H Conference Center from September through November 2008 and will also be posted on their web site.�
http://www.4-hmall.org/Calendar/PhotoContest2010.asp

In 2008 we will continue to encourage activities and events around 4-H Choose Health. We would also like to encourage you to think  more broadly about Healthy Lifestyles and how this particular initiative relates to last part of the        4-H pledge “…and my world”. 

Remember to access the ‘4-H Choose Health’ web site for additional information [...]

Don’t forget to take a few minutes this month to run your Club and Member / Leader Reports.  Running monthly reports keeps you on top of things now rather than waiting until the end of the year to clean up files.  See http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/BRYE.php  “Preparing Successful Statistical Reports” document page 2: Friday Afternoon Tasks.  Doing this monthly will make a big difference [...]

Take a look at the 2008 NYS Fair Teen Leader packet posted on the web.  Although it may seem early, now’s the time to begin thinking about how your county will be involved.  Many of the activities, displays and exhibits you work on over the course of the next several months can really impact your presence at the [...]

Educators have been requesting some simpler, more basic garden activities for Cloverbud aged children that can be done at any time of the year. In response to this, Leigh MacDonald-Ruzzo, the education coordinator for the Ithaca Children’s Garden, who also assists with our garden-based learning program, created a terrific activity — Turtle Sprouts. [...]