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Nine regional science fairs affiliated with the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) serve the state of New York. For example, the Tri Region Science and Engineering Fair (TRSEF) <http://mysite.verizon.net/vzeuvcl2/> serves 27 Upstate counties and is looking for other youth serving organizations to help elevate youth interest in the sciences. The Fair offers awards and [...]

Tracking climate in your backyard – A PRI/Museum of the Earth & 4-H Collaboration
What is it all about?
Over the next two years the Paleontological Research Institution will be working with the CCE 4-H Youth Development program to recruit and train educators to work with upper elementary and secondary school youth on citizen science, monitoring temperature [...]

Thirteen 4-H animal science teams involving over (52) teens from New York State travelled to national competitions this Fall. Below in (word) is a summary press release. Please share the good news with your media outlets. The following New York counties sent at least 1 representative to a national event and you have multiple reasons [...]

You likely remember hearing about our 4-H House of Stories project at State Fair, at the ACCE4-HE Trans4Mations Conference…and about NAE4-HA’s request for heartwarming stories.  I’m pleased to share with you that we have finally closed the loop on that project – making the resources available to you!Â
You will find a link for support materials [...]

Please share the following 4-H Webpage Guidelines with your clubs and partnering groups of youth:  http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/documents/webguidelines.pdf  Pages 1 and 2 are a stand alone piece.  Page 3 is a supplement.  Hand them out together if you wish.
To find this on the web – go to our staff site, then organizational systems, then club management http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/ClubManagement.php – [...]

Everywhere you turn, the nation’s economic woes are making headlines.  Times are tough!  Families are tightening their belts and struggling to find ways to make ends meet.  CYFERnet’s November’s Hot Topic, Helping Families Thrive Through Tough Financial Times, focuses on helping families cope-and actually thrive-during tough times.
CYFERnet’s November’s Hot Topic highlights just some of the [...]

On the Club Management page of our 4-H Staff site – http://nys4h-staff.cce.cornell.edu/ClubManagement.php(first column) you will find a number of secretary’s reporting tools, including downloads of:

Secretary’s Monthly Report to the County 4-H office
Secretary’s Report for email
Secretary’s Report in Word
4-H Club Secretary’s Handbook
and data to import to create an on-line secretary’s form. to do this, save the [...]

The NYS 4-H Geospatial Leadership Team gathered to discuss its plans for the upcoming year,  including new strategies to encourage 4-H youth involvement in GPS activities: developing new training programs and resources (e.g. community mapping and remote sensing).
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The 4-H Geospatial Leadership Team’s NYS youth representatives are:  Emma Long (Cornell Freshman from Genesee Co.), Sam Mansfield [...]

EVERY DAY SUPERSTARRS: TAKING ACTION FOR A BETTER TOMORROW!  STARR planning committee teens and adults are preparing an amazing STARR ‘09 event!  Participants can expect a variety of exciting workshops, a semi-formal dinner dance, community service activities and an Amazing Race! Our Key Note Speaker will be Tommy Nugent – http://www.tommyspeaks.com,  a man with quite a few tricks up his sleeve [...]

Congratulations to Kyle Donnan, Saratoga County; Cody Nager, Westchester County; Jared Reed, Rennsselaer County and Brett Rosko, Steuben County!  They were selected to attend the National 4-H Conference March 28th – April 2nd in Chevy Chase, MD.  Kyle, Cody, Jared and Brett submitted impressive application packets and we’re quite excited to have such outstanding young men represent New [...]