4-H Volunteer Meeting

Tuesday, January 17th, 2017

  • Ice Breaker

-Who is it?

  • Enrollments

-All re-enrollments are now late. Late enrollments cost $30 per youth and $60 per family. June 1st is the deadline to enroll in 4-H for the 2016 fair season!

-ALL YOUTH MUST BE CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN 4-H TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY 4-H EVENT. (This includes club meetings)

  • Pie Sale – Starts February 1st

-Distribution of order forms and information regarding timeline.

-Volunteers neededApril 6th, 2017 for pie pick-up and distribution.

  • Horse & Dairy Bowl

-We will need volunteers to help run the regional events.

-Dairy Bowl is on March 4th – Rensselaer County – Tamarack

**Still need to set a meeting date – Clarissa Putnam offered to coach a team**

**Only 3 youth needed to form a team for dairy bowl**

-Horse Bowl is on March 18th – Albany County – Voorheesville

**Teams formed with Chanda King coaching Novice, Christy Griffin coaching Junior,

and Breanne Riehl coaching Senior**

**We have full teams for all three division!**

  • Shooting Sports

-Looking for volunteers interested in becoming certified instructors or coordinators for shooting sports. The 2017 Winter Northeast Regional 4-H Shooting Sports Workshop will be held Friday, February 24th through Sunday, February 26th, 2017.

-Registration for the workshop is due February 10th, 2017. Registration fee is $100.

-Open to Adult Volunteers and Teen Leaders. Limited Space (two per discipline from each county)

  • Public Presentations Workshop

-Wednesday, February 15th at 6:30pm – Montgomery County Annex, Room #111

-Covering a basic overview of public presentations – Preparation, procedure and public speaking.

-Public Presentation Night – Friday, March 24th, 2017.

  • Lewis County Teen Weekend

-Date Change – Friday, February 17th through Sunday, February 19th, 2017

-Teen retreat at the Oswagatchie Educational Center in Croghan, NY.

-Youth must be 13 years old by January 1st to participate.

-$70 per person (Youth & Adult Volunteer)

-Registration and payment are due to the 4-H Office by Friday, January 27th, 2017.

  • Poultry, Rabbits and Rocketry

-Rabbit & Poultry 101 will be held at the Montgomery County Annex, Room #111, on Saturday, January 28th, 2017.

-Poultry will begin at 1:00pm and Rabbits at 2:15pm.

-Matt Gogis is planning a Rocketry meeting for a weekend in February. Date TBD.

-There will be further hands on clinics this Spring and Summer.

  • Agriculture Literacy Week

-March 20th through 24th, 2017.

-Looking for a few more volunteer readers for OESJ Elementary.

-Looking for teen 4-H members to read and run activities at local libraries. (Does not have to occur within the dates listed above)

  • Fonda Fair 2017

-Day shorter – Starts Wednesday, August 30th, 2017.

-Look for overview of dates and schedule changes in a future newsletter.

-Grade Dairy cattle allowed.

-Suggestions and comments for improvement in 2017.

  • RSVP

-Please RSVP for events.

-We use this to gage interest in certain meetings/events.

-With minimal or no RSVP’s we will cancel certain meetings/events due to lack of interest.

-If meeting is cancelled and you did not RSVP, you will not receive a courtesy call.

  • Next Volunteer Meeting

-Tuesday, March 7th, 2017. 6:30 – 8:00PM, Montgomery County Annex, Room 111.

-Brainstorm ideas you would like to discuss and possible educational speakers to incorporate in these volunteer meetings for professional development.

Have a good evening!