KAWARTHA LAKES HALIBURTON 4-H ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Fall 2013

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1 KAWARTHA LAKES HALIBURTON 4-H ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER Fall 2013 KLH Board of Directors Past Sue Roberts President President Allan Francis Vice Melody President Rodman Secretary & Evelyn Newsletter Editor Chambers Treasurer Laura Staples Activity Diane Coordinator Armstrong Association Jane Rep Durward Director Brenda Lowes Director Robert Batty Director Robin Brown Director David Gould Director Suzanne Barker Director Debbie Gerzymisch Director Amanda Staples Director Heather Regional Reps 4-H Ontario Coordinator, Volunteer Support Burgomaster Jane Durward Evelyn Chambers Megan Burnside ext. 477 Special thank you to the Victoria Haliburton Federation of Agriculture for their generous and continued support NOTE: NEW 4-H Ontario Location 111 Main Street North, Rockwood ON N0B 2K0 Phone: Fax: Toll Number: Hands of Congratulations What s New in KLH Help Fund the 4-H Future Attention Volunteers Mark Your Calendar Attention Volunteers Going Beyond the KLH Borders 4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4H4HH4H4H4H4H Like Us on Facebook KLH4HAssociation?ref=stream# Follow for news and updates. Not on Facebook? Check out the KLH webpage klh4-h.ca These are two great ways to keep up to date on what's happening in KLH 2014 Membership Fees The KLH 4-H Association has set the 2014 membership fees as follows: $75 if paid by or at 4-H Awards Night $90 when paid after awards night and at 4-H Round Up. All current 4-H members MUST pay their 4-H membership fees before or at 4-H Round Up. Only new members (in 2014) will be permitted to pay memberships at the first club meeting. Membership fees can be paid at any time. Please contact Debbie Gerzymisch, Membership Clerk at or sydney's_mom@hotmail.com. Thanks to everyone who has helped KLH 'go green' by receiving the 4-H news electronically. Through electronic mailings we have reduced our carbon footprint by 60%. If you would like to start receiving news via send your address to echambers@nexicom.net Next Newsletter January Please send submissions to Editor Evelyn by January 8, 2014.

2 Hands of Congratulations to KLH 4-H Fair participants. It was a great day for everyone. East Central 4-H Championship Show participants: KLH had a great showing by all participants. Congratulations to everyone who participated and represented KLH with true 4-H spirit. RAWF participants: Good luck to all 4-H members representing KLH at the upcoming Royal Agricultural Winter Fair. Agribition Judging Seminar delegates Sophie Wotten, Matt Bates and Cassandra Gorrill who will be representing Ontario at this national judging opportunity. 4-H Opportunity participants Matthew, John and Allison Brown, Emily Roberts, April Jean Hickson and Landyn Bowen who represented KLH at regional and provincial 4-H opportunities in Ask these 4-Her s about their exciting 4-H experiences! Attention Intermediate and Senior 4-H Members! Have you an idea for a business, dreamed of someday operating your own company but not sure of what is involved? If so, then 4-H and Junior Achievement has an opportunity for you. Junior Achievement and the KLH 4-H Association are offering the opportunity for youth in Grades to be part of the Company program offered through Junior Achievement. This is a great way to learn all the aspects of running a business from governance to business planning, finance and investment and more. Come out on October 22 at 6:00 p.m. to the Warehouse (Boys & Girls Club in Lindsay) for more information on how to be a part of this entrepreneurship opportunity. 4-H members will receive 4-H project credits for participating and completing the program. TAKE NOTE: Reimbursement of Registration fees to 4-H Member Events: The KLH 4-H Association recently adopted a new policy regarding reimbursement of 4-H event registration fees. For 2013, the KLH 4-H Association will reimburse 50% of event registration costs upon presentation of a report (oral or written for 4-H newsletter). Funds will be available on first come first serve basis and the Board of Directors must be aware of the member s application to events. When registering for a regional, provincial or national event, please notify Evelyn Chambers, KLH Secretary (echambers@nexicom.net or ) or Diane Armstrong, Activity Coordinator (d.armstrong@eastlink.ca or ). Merial Canada is continuing its commitment to Canada s next generation of producers with a new program to assist 4-H members in raising funds for their local 4-H chapters. Collect box labels from IVOMEC Pour-On and EPRINEX Pour-On purchased this season. For each eligible box label sent in Merial will donate $10 to your 4-H club. Check out SeCan has launched the Grow a Leader initiative. SeCan is a not for profit organization comprised of over 700 independent seed member companies. Many of these are family-owned businesses that have benefitted directly from local leadership provided by 4-H. During the week of October 14-21, 2013, SeCan will donate $1 per unit ordered of SeCan Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. Information available from Order deadline is October 21. The donation to 4-H will be based on the final sales. Contributions will be shared with 4-H Canada, 4-H Ontario and local 4-H county/regional 4-H organizations.

3 The KLH 4-H Association has appointed Debbie Gerzymisch as the Membership Clerk. Debbie will be responsible for collecting member fees and issuing receipts. Please ensure Debbie is informed of the date of your first club meeting so she can plan to attend and collect pertinent membership fees. The KLH 4-H Association is looking for a volunteer(s) to help organize a 4-H Dog Club in We currently have a new volunteer wishing to join the KLH 4-H program and would like to find someone to help him out. Please let Diane ( or d.armstrong@eastlink.ca) know if you would be interested in helping out with this club. Everyone is cordially invited to attend the Syngenta Arbor Award and 25 year Volunteer Award presentations on Sunday, Oct 27, 2013 at 2 the Lindsay Exhibition grounds. We look forward to celebrating these achievements of Jane Durward, Evelyn Chambers, Muriel Burnett, Yvonne Chambers, Laurie Jones & Ross Chambers. Mark your calendars and join in the celebration!!! KLH 4-H Awards Night Come Celebrate A Century of 4-H in Canada with the Kawartha Lakes Haliburton 4-H Association at a 100 Mile Dinner & Awards Presentation Saturday, November 30, 2013 Fenelon Township Community Centre (2255 Elm Tree Road, Cambray). Social Time 6:00 p.m. Dinner 6:30 p.m. Awards 8:00 p.m. Silent and Live Auction. Adults $12.00 Youth -12 & Under $6.00. Tickets will be available from: Suzanne Barker Jane Durward Linda Staples Yvonne Chambers and Evelyn Chambers Deadline to purchase tickets is November 8. Nominations are being called for the Joy Daniels Volunteer of the Year Award. If you wish to nominate an outstanding volunteer please submit in writing the reasons why this person is deserving of this nomination. Please send nominations to Evelyn Chambers (echambers@nexicom.net) by November 1. Calling all recipients of perpetual awards in 2012: Please return this trophies and plaques to Yvonne Chambers -387 Wallace Drive in Lindsay by November 1. Thank you! WANTED: 4-H Memorabilia -record books, awards, pictures for display at the KLH 4-H Awards Night. This is the 100th Anniversary for 4-H in Canada and KLH 4-H wants to share in the celebrations with a walk down memory lane. We are asking 4-H members, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, neighbours and 4-H enthusiasts to dust off their photo albums and if possible lend us pictures which will be scanned into a photo display. Please contact Sue Roberts or Evelyn Chambers if you have pictures you can lend us. At awards night we also want to have a display of other 4-H memorabilia so hunt down those old record books, ribbons, awards and contact Sue or Evelyn.

4 Regional Opportunities Regional Senior Social on October 19 at Baseline Community Centre. This is the wrap up of the new Region 3 Senior Member Club. Provincial Opportunities 4-H Ambassador Applications- deadline for applying is December 20, 2013 for 2014 Ambassador roles Future Leaders in Action: Deadline to register is January 31, 2014 Ontario 4-H Council Director-Youth: Deadline to apply for this position is January 15, Check out details at H Ontario Volunteers Conference: March 21-23, Registration opens November 1, 2013 National Opportunities Cooperators 4-H National Volunteer Leader of the Year- nominations being accepted until December Visit Canadian 4-H Council Youth Advisory Committee Ontario Representative- deadline to apply is January 15, 2014 For more information and to register for these events visit Youth Scholarships: Holstein Canada Education Awards: Application deadline: November 30, 2013 AgriVenture 4-H Adventure Opportunity Scholarship: Application deadline: Dec. 1, 2013 To find more 4-H event, scholarships and essay opportunities visit or check out the H Ontario Resource Guide being mailed early Now hear what KLH 4-H members who attended H events are saying: Matthew Brown: I went to a day camp called Discovery Day s Kids/Youth. I met a new friend named Landen. My favorite thing was toilet brush hockey. We used toilet brushes for sticks and a foam ball for a puck. Next was tug of war, our team won the whole thing! And last but not least lunch! We had pizza, ice tea and fruit. I also learned how to do great judging. We judged corn. The facilitators let us me make a t-shirt as well as a Chia pet to take home. The camp was in Millbrook at a hockey arena on May 25 th I joined discovery days kids because I knew it would be so much fun. I would recommend it to anybody who asks me. John Brown: From Monday Aug I had the privilege of attending YAC with 79 other 4-hr s from across Ontario. YAC was held at the Youth Leadership Camps Canada on Pigeon Lake near Ennismore. I was surprised to be the only person from KLH, but I made many new friends throughout the week and especially during the team building games. Some of the games included stacking dice, escaping from a volcano, and lifting people through the spider web at the low ropes. These games helped improve things such as communication, problem solving and leadership skills. The facilitators at camp were amazing and enthusiastic! The facilitator s names were Brianna, Brendon, Annika, Justin, Alissa, Luke, Jessie, Matt, Megan and Marianne. Lastly I would definitely recommend that anyone who wants to have fun with other 4-hr s from across the province should consider going to YAC next year. I know I ll be there! April Jean Hickson: This year career mania was held at the University of Guelph. From Monday July 22 to Friday July 26 this camp was held at the University of Guelph. This experience was great! We got to experience some of what it would be like to live on campus, and we learned all about getting a

5 job. We all stayed on campus in east residence, and ate all of our meals in the food court, like we would if we lived there. We also used one of the classrooms for the week. We had a tour of the campus, which included the crop sciences building and the college of veterinary sciences. On Thursday we got to really know the campus with an amazing race style activity that took us all over the campus. Even for people not interested in Guelph University we had a tour of Conestoga College as well. We also spent time in the classroom. We had many different speakers come in and talk to us about the different stages of getting a job. Our first talk was about the right job for you based on your personality, then we talked about resumes, cover letters, job searching, social networking, interviews and public speaking. On Thursday night we even had a fancy dinner to prepare us in case we had to attend an interview, or meeting over a meal. We didn't spend all our time in the class working though. We also had time every night to do team building activities. These let us work with different people and try different things. Some had you frustrated by not seeing the whole picture or got you out of your comfort zone, but all were really fun. The best part about the camp though may have been the people. We had a small group, but we all got to know each other. Everyone was really friendly, and we had many good laughs! I thoroughly enjoyed myself and would recommend it to anyone ages 14 to 18. It is a great way to meet new people and learn about steps to your next job, or your future career! Allison Brown: Hello, I m Allison Brown. I am 16 years old and I had the privilege of attending Provincial 4-H Leadership Camp this past march break. My parents had both been to leadership camp when they were my age and they loved it! My mom told me that I should go and she promised that I would have a lot of fun. She was right! I remember being dropped off on the first day and all of the facilitators were all standing around the registration table and they were dressed up in the funniest and weirdest costumes. They were very silly and fun and from that moment I knew I was going to have a great week. At the beginning of camp we made our goals, the top 3 things that we wanted to learn and get out of this camp. Most people chose to become better at communicating (like public speaking), how to take constructive criticism, and to learn to take risks. Everyone at the camp, aka The Fleet made a mission statement, We the fleet of 2013 Provincial 4-H Leadership Camp will create a positive experience to develop our leadership skills using enthusiastic participation. We will make new friends and gain self-confidence while encouraging others to take risks and have fun! I defiantly think that we lived up to that statement. This camp was so great because everyone was included in the activities no matter if they were shy, disabled, injured, from a different race or spoke a different language. I think having the variety of people really made the camp better! We experienced a lot of great activities at camp. We participated in a lot of leadership training but the training felt a lot like games, it was a ton of fun. We also broke into two groups and prepared our own I Have a Dream speech to say in front of the group. At first a lot of people were nervous to do a speech, but once we got started it was really fun. That activity really boosted my confidence and made me a more confident speaker. One of my favourite activities was the NASA challenge that we had each night. Everyone at the camp was part of 4 starships, and each starship would race to be the first to issue a challenge to all the other starships, even the facilitators. And then the starships would accept the challenge and try to compete to win the challenge. The challenge could be whatever you wanted it to be. It was almost like a group talent show. I loved the NASA challenges. We did so many great activities throughout the week and they all transformed us to be better leaders. I had an amazing time at camp and I learned so much from it, gained some great friend, and learned some valuable lessons that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I would encourage everyone to go to this fun filled camp if the get the chance. I wish I could go back and do it all again. To be part of these and other exciting 4-H opportunities check out