This Week In 4-H – October 8th, 2010
Hey 4-H’ers! National 4-H week is upon us and there are millions of people all over the World honoring the organization. This week also brought us the 4-H National Youth Science Day. This is definitely a fun time to be involved in 4-H.
This week, we share a few stories below that we discovered in the midst of literally thousands of stories online about National 4-H week and Youth Science Day. We didn’t want them to go unnoticed.
If you have a 4-H related news story that you’d like to share, just enter it as a comment below and we’ll publish it right on this page!
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4-H News for October 8th…
As most of you know, October 6th was 4-H National Youth Science Day. Hopefully most of you participated in the event and learned a lot about water quality and how it can affect climate change.
This year’s experiment was the idea of Dr. Stephanie Luster-Teasley of North Carolina A&T, who teamed up with her colleague, Dr. Greg Goins to compete against other Universities for the chance to lead the national experiment.
Well, they won the competition and as a result, millions of kids all over the World took part in the experiment and received a great learning experience.
Click on the link below and watch the video to learn more about Dr. Luster-Teasley and see other kids participating in the experiment – Congratulations on your achievement doctor!
The moment I saw this story, I knew it would be in the lineup this week! Back in June of this year, a tornado smashed through the small town of Wadena, Minnesota causing widespread damage. The small town was devastated, including its local 4-H club.
Fast forward to September 27th. In another small town a few miles down the road, the East Otter Tail 4-H Club was collecting their Blue ribbon auction winnings. But they had something else in mind.
The East Otter Tail 4-H Club, eager to help their fellow 4-H’ers, donated a large portion of their auction winnings to the Wadena 4-H Club to help them replace what they had lost in the tornado.
This is something that both 4-H clubs will remember for the rest of their lives, and something that every single one of us can take a lesson from.
What else can we say? Kudos to the East Otter Tail 4-H Club. We wish both of your clubs the best!
4-H, It Runs In The Family!
Here’s a great story about a family in Mason City, Iowa. When the two youngest children joined 4-H, they marked the 4th generation of the family to have been involved in 4-H.
What’s interesting about this story, aside from 4 generations of 4-H’ers, is how much 4-H has changed, while maintaining the core values and traditions that make 4-H such a meaningful organization.
Click on the link below and read about the different 4-H memories of 4 generations! There is a video link there as well.
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The state of Illinois is very close to production of the brand new 4-H Specialty License Plate. But they need your help. If you live in Illinois, visit this page see if you can help them make this a reality.
Once they receive 1500 commitments, the plate can officially go into production and begin funding 4-H programs across the state.
Here’s a picture of what the plate would look like, and a link to the page where you can support the push for the plate. Purchase an Illinois 4-H License Plate.
Not from Illinois? Does your state have a 4-H license plate?
As we talked about above, Wednesday was the 4-H National Youth Science Day. With that in mind, it was interesting to see this story out of Abilene, Texas.
4-H Clubs throughout Texas will soon be widening their programs to include the fields of science, engineering and technology and they will be included in the State Roundup this year. If you’re interested in these fields, the good news is that, until they gain traction, you won’t have to qualify at the district level, you can go straight into the state level competition!
This will definitely open up new opportunities for 4-H’ers and we want to know your thoughts. Leave a comment below!
Well, that’s it for this week. We know there are some stories we missed, so if you have a story or news event you’d like to share, just leave it in a comment below.
Now It’s Your Turn! Leave a comment below and let us know what you think!
Have a great weekend and we’ll see you next week!