Focus on Youth
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News for OCES staff working with youth 4-H
is a community of young people across America learning
leadership,
citizenship and life skills.
http://agweb.okstate.edu/fourh
April, 2005
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Dear
Extension Educators, 4-H Youth Development:
The 4-H Foundation Board of
Directors met March 24th. State Representative Joe
Dorman was welcomed as a new board member. Attorney
Bob Burke from Oklahoma City will also joint the
2005 Board. Jim Rutledge was welcomed as the
Interim Executive Director of the 4-H Foundation.
He presented the board with some of the goals he
will be working toward while he is in the position.
Four-H Day at the Capitol is
April 19th. If you have 4-H members who will be
participating, please check with them to be sure
they have made contact with their legislators and
fully understand the Second Century Initiative.
Successful funding of this Initiative will mean at
least two state 4-H specialist positions will be
restored.
Thank you for your assistance
with making 4-H Day at the Capitol and the Second
Century Initiative successful.
Sincerely,
Lynda Harriman
Assistant Director
4-H Youth Development
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LAMB NOMINATIONS
Wether nomination dates have changed since
our last correspondence. Wether nomination dates for 2005 will
be:
Monday, June 27, at the Fairgrounds in
Enid
Tuesday, June 28, at the Fairgrounds in
Chickasha
Wednesday, June 29, at the Tulsa State
Fair Fairgrounds
Specific nomination information,
(Nomination Forms & Junior Market Wether Rules), will be
posted on the Tulsa State Fair website in late April
MEAT GOATS & BARROWS
We will not nominate wether meat goats or
market barrows for the 2005 Tulsa State Fair.
JUNIOR MARKET BROILER ORDERS & ENTRY
INFORMATION
Order/Entry Deadline: July 1, 2005. Cost:
The commercial broiler-cross straight run chicks, (as hatched),
will cost $1 each. The minimum order is one pen, 25 chicks.
Pricing will be $25 per pen, plus $6 shipping and handling,
equaling $31 total. At this time the entry fee of $12 and 4-day
Pass ($5) or 11-day pass ($15) is due. The order total, along
with the entry and a 4-day pass, will total $48. If an
exhibitor would like an 11-day pass, the total amount will be
$58. Entry Limits: The minimum order is one pen (25 chicks),
and the maximum an exhibitor may order is four pens. Shipping
Date: The broiler pens will be shipped from Ideal Poultry
to the address the exhibitor puts on the order/entry from on
August 17, 2005. Normally broilers arrive the day after
shipping. Show Day: The Junior Market Broiler Show is scheduled
for October 6, 2005.
STEER NOMINATIONS
TULSA -Tulsa Stockyards, 912 North 161st
East Avenue, Thursday, May 12, 8 am to 12 pm.
EL RENO -OKC West Livestock Market, 7200
East Highway 66, Friday, May 13, 8 am to 12 pm.
Steer Nomination Forms, Breeder
Verification Forms, and Classification Rules are posted on the
Tulsa State Fair Website.
ONLINE ENTRIES FOR THE 2005 TULSA STATE
FAIR
All Junior Livestock Show Entries will be
done online for the 2005 Tulsa State Fair. More information
will be sent out and posted on our website in late April.
If you have any questions please do not
hesitate to contact Brandi Cook, (918) 744-1113, extension
2104, bcook@tulsastatefair.com, OR Cas Salley, (918) 744-1113,
extension 2929, csalley@tulsastatefair.com
The Oklahoma Brown Swiss Breeders
Association is sponsoring an essay contest and will award a
registered Brown Swiss heifer to the winner in June. Details
are attached.
We are in the process of developing a
SciTech Taskforce to review our current SciTech programming,
E-Set, Robotics, GPS/GIS etc.. We will be looking at everything
from evaluation methods to fair projects. If you have an
interest in Science and Technology and would like to help us
shape the future of this program area call me and I will get
you involved. We always appreciate your input and ideas.
Click! Snap! Flash! Say cheese!
Participate in the 4HUSA.ORG digital camera giveaway promotion.
It's a snap! Register at 4HUSA.ORG (It's
free!), upload your favorite photos of 4-H related activities
into the photo gallery album with the 4-H Photo Promo icon, and
you may win a Kodak digital camera in our random photo
promotion. Upload as many photos as you wish. 4HUSA.ORG digital
camera giveaway promotion ends at 11:59 p.m. Saturday, April
30, 2005. Showcase your snapshots here @ http:
//www.4husa.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=
coppermine&file=index
If you see the April Better Homes & Gardens on
the newsstand, pick up a copy. Four-H Afterschool is featured
on Page 182. The magazine article recognizes that parents are
worried about how their children are spending their hours
directly after school. With youth crime statistics on the rise
today, the need for after-school programming continues to grow.
But according to a recent study by the Afterschool Alliance,
4-H and other youth development organizations across the nation
are helping to lower this statistic.
It is estimated that more than 14 million
young people are left alone in the hours directly after school,
and many times it’s during these hours when youth get
into the most trouble. Although 4-H has been helping to solve
this problem with more than a century of educational
programming, the need to target 4-H programs in those hours
that are the most dangerous has risen and, in 2002, 4-H
Afterschool was created.
Young people throughout the 4-H community
are getting involved in 4-H Afterschool and spending their time
after school in new and meaningful ways. For more information,
go to www.4hafterschool.org today!
If you have never visited an Afterschool
program, I challenge you to do so. You will immediately see the
need for 4-H within a lot of these programs. Afterschool
programs are a terrific outlet for your educational programs,
and the audience will appreciate any time you share with them.
The after-school youth and staff need your time and expertise.
On behalf of the state 4-H officers, I
would like to thank Oklahoma 4-H for joining with Habitat for
Humanity (HFH) to help build a house for a low-income family.
The timeline for collecting money concludes May 6th, and funds
need to be received in the state 4-H office by May 16th if your
county/group wants to be considered for awards presented at
Roundup. Send one check or money order, made payable to
“4-H Dime Drop,” and mail to the Oklahoma 4-H
Foundation. Our team looks forward to presenting Oklahoma
4-H’s contribution to HFH.
Magan Smith, Service Project Chair and
S.E. Dist. State Vice President
Conference program and enrollment form are
now posted at http://agweb.okstate.edu/fourh/volun02/Eduopp.htm.
The State 4-H Volunteer Board invites
parents, volunteers and Extension educators to come and sample
the palette of food 4-H offers. The Leadership Development
Conference format has a fresh look and a variety of tasty
treats for participants to draw from while gaining new ideas
from one another.
I challenge you to reflect on the variety
of foods served at your home during mealtime. Some of these
foods are quick and easy, while others are labor intensive and
time-consuming to prepare. Our preparation and guidance to 4-H
members is similar. At times we need a quick and easy project
or activity, while at other times our preparation or guidance
will be more labor-intensive and time-consuming. Each of us
contributes to a balanced 4-H program, just as each dish
contributes to a balance meal.
Please place July 23rd on your county 4-H
calendar, and encourage participation in The Leadership
Development Conference. We promise to feed and nurture the 4-H
soul.
Sandy Major, State 4-H Volunteer Board
President
County Educators, please be sure all
chaperones receive a copy of the “Letter for
Chaperones.” It can be accessed from the Oklahoma 4-H web
site under “Activities and Events/Discovery Unlimited.” Included within the general information
is a web address for Saints Groves Camp, where directions to
the camp can be obtained.
All chaperones transporting youth should
have a Xerox copy of the child’s RAM form in the car in
which they are being transported to and from camp. A second
copy of all delegate RAM forms should be in the possession of
one designated chaperone/Extension educator. For further
information see information posted online.
REFERENCE PAST ISSUES: January, Februray
2005 & March 2005
With tax time comes calls from club
leaders who do not want to report the interest from their local
4-H club on their own income tax. To avoid this problem
all clubs should seek their own EIN numbers. While this
can be done for the entire county it could cause long-term
issues with tax receipts, so we have been advised that
individual club numbers are the best way to go.
To obtain an EIN go to this web site:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fss4.pdf and complete the
form.
Line 1 should list the clubs name which
should also match the name to be used on the bank account.
The words “4-H Club” should ideally be part
of that name.
Next, complete lines 4-6. The county
office address could be used as club treasures do tend to
change.
In section 8a, check the Other non-profit
organization box and list (4-H Club) it will also ask for
Group Exemption Number (GEN) list 2704 in that blank.
In section 9, check the box for
“Banking purposes” and specify 4-H Club receipts
and disbursements.
Also answer items 16a-c. Most likely
the answer for 16a is NO and that will complete the questions.
If yes, complete the next two items.
Finally form needs to be signed. It can be
signed by anyone who represents the club.
Once the number is issued, it needs to be
provided the bank and the leaders SS# should be removed from
the account.