NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2016 Hancock County 4-H Family Newsletter INSIDE THIS ISSUE 4-H Calendar Shooting Sports 4-H Re-Enrollment 4-H Award Program Theme basket silent auction 4-H family meal Theatre Arts Workshop Afterschool Kids Club Cookie & Candy Workshop LEGO Competitions Just a Note: 4-H friends and families, As 2016 comes to a close, it s a good time to reflect back and look at accomplishments made throughout the year. We had an amazing Hancock County Fair and Iowa State Fair. Our 4-H family grew with the start of the Flaming Eagles, a new FIRST Lego League club in Britt. We also added a 4th Jr FIRST Lego League club in Garner called LEGO Storm. We offered 26 different camps/workshops for ages 5 to 18 reaching 436 youth from Hancock County. If you have ideas for workshops please let us know, we are always looking for new ideas! Don t forget to be on the look out for workshops that will be offered this winter! We will be bringing a Theatre/Arts Workshop to Britt, and a 2nd Theatre/Arts workshop in Garner. On November 14th bake holiday cookies and candies with us and bring a parent if you d like. Be sure to watch emails, social media, and our website to keep up to date with all our exciting programs! Calling all 3 rd and 4 th graders! We are having a new session of ASK about crime scene investigation. Crime & Spy Adventures will be starting after Christmas break. Be on the lookout for a brochure in your back pack and check our website for more information. Reminders: * Don t forget to re-enroll in 4-H online by DECEMBER 31 st * Awards ceremony will be November 13, at 4:00 p.m. - anyone can bring a theme basket for auction * Watch email updates for beef weigh in information We are looking forward to making new memories and friends in our new 4-H year. All the best, Nikki Renner Youth Enrichment Coordinator nrenner@iastate.edu 641-923-2856 Taylor Kluver County Youth/Adult Coordinator trkluver@iastate.edu 641-923-2856 Victoria Schmidt County Youth Coordinator vschmidt@iastate.edu 641-923-2856 Hancock County Extension and Outreach ISU EXTENSION HANCOCK COUNTY, 327 W. 8th STREET, GARNER, IA 641-923-2856 M-F 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. LEARN MORE AT WWW.EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/HANCOCK 327 West 8th Street Garner, IA 50438 (641) 923-2856
4-H CALENDAR Nov. 6 Northwest Chargers Woden Comm. Center 2:00 pm Nov. 7 Garner ASK GHV Commons 3:30-5:00 pm Nov. 1 Britt ASK WH Art room 3:30-5:00 pm Nov. 13 Hancock County 4-H Awards Program GHV Auditorium 4:00 pm Nov. 13 Orthel Jolly Workers Club mtg. GHV School following awards Nov. 14 Britt Creative Clovers (K-1st grade) WH Elementary 3:30-5:00 pm Nov. 14 Garner ASK semester end party GHV Commons 3:30-5:00 pm Nov. 15 Britt ASK semester end party WH Art room 3:30-5:00 pm Nov. 19 Garner Lucky Clovers (Clover Kids) Extension Office 9:00-10:30 am Nov. 19 Cookies & Candies workshop GHV High school Home Ec 8:30-11:30 am Nov. 21 Britt Creative Clovers (2nd-3rd grade) WH Elementary 3:30-5:00 pm Dec. 3 Orthel Jolly Workers Club TBD 9:00 am Dec. 3 FLL competition - ICE Cedar Falls All day Dec. 17 FLL competition - Flip The Switch, Mason City, NIACC All day Flaming Eagles, Extreme Chaos, FIRE Dec. 29th Britt Broncos Club mtg. Local Movie Theater (TBD) TBD July 25 31, 2017 Hancock County District Fair August 10-20, 2017 Iowa State Fair SHOOTING SPORTS Member of the Bullseye Shooting Sports Club qualifies for the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitation Match Congratulations to Ian Gobeli of the Bullseye Bunch Shooting Sports Club on his 1st place and qualifying for Nationals at the Senior Match and National Qualifier, on Saturday, October 22nd, at Brownell s Big Springs Range near Montezuma. Ian will participate in the National 4-H Shooting Sports Invitational Match in the Archery Compound discipline, on June 25-30th, 2017, at Grand Island, Nebraska. Iowa will be sending a team of young people in the following disciplines: air rifle, archery compound and recurve, muzzleloader, shotgun, and smallbore rifle. Good Luck Ian! If you are interested in joining or learning more about shooting sports opportunities in Hancock County contact the Extension Office. WANT TO KNOW MORE? FIND US AT: EXTENSION.IASTATE.EDU/4H
4-H ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENTS, PAY $20 FEE Re-enroll in 4-H by December 31st After September 1st everyone who wishes to continue in 4-H must re-enroll for the new 4-H year. Re-enrollments must be finished before January 1st, 2017. Please remember to pay the $20 enrollment fee to the Hancock County Extension Office. Follow the instructions below: Go to http://iowa.4honline.com. Enter your family email that you use frequently. (if you don t know, the Extension Office can help.) Select I forgot my password (unless you remember) Copy your new temporary password that was emailed to your inbox. Click login and scroll down to the family members listed at the bottom of the screen Click edit on the right side of each family member you want to re-activate Scroll to the bottom of each family member s page and click Enroll for 2016-2017 Follow instructions making sure you fill out as many fields as you can or that apply to you. The club you were in last year is already identified. Don t forget to select your projects. Click submit and the enrollment will be sent to the office for verification that everything is included. Submit $20 payment to Hancock County Extension with your childs name on the memo line (unless you were contacted previously about working 3 of the 4 fair clean-up days), by dropping it off at the office or to your club leaders if your club is offering that as an option. This fee is NOT for Clover Kids and is NOT in addition to ASK registration fees. Scholarships are available upon request. GET RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR EFFORTS 4-H Awards Program Most 4-Hers Contest Clubs are in a competition! Which Hancock County 4-H club can have the highest percentage of club members present? Winning club will get $25 towards a pizza party! Silent Auction Individuals, friends, clubs, families, or businesses are invited to bring an item/ items to be auctioned off in a silent auction. There will be three categories: Kid Adult Food 4-H Award Program Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016 4:00-5:30 pm GHV Auditorium Proceeds will go to Hancock 4-H programs to help offset the cost of workshops, events, and programs. 4-H Meal Immediately following the awards program we will have a 4-H family meal. All 4-H families are invited as well as extended family, businesses, city and county officials. MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS
NEW THEATRE ARTS CLUB Theatre Arts Workshop - Imagination in Action The Hancock County Extension and Outreach hosted a Theatre Arts workshop on September 21 st. Have you ever looked through a magazine, glancing at the many pictures of people, when one grabs your attention? You are drawn in, and find yourself taking on that character. You imagine what your life would be like if you were that person. Board the Bus to Imagination in Action, was the workshop we held for our new Theatre/Arts program. 10, 3rd 6 th graders attended and created a character based from different magazines. They got to dress up as their character and create a story about their character. They also made a puppet or avatar to represent their character. The kids found out that the tone of your voice can change their character to many different people. Be looking for this same workshop in Britt after Christmas break, as well as a 2nd session of Theatre/Arts in Garner. DISCOVERING PETS IN 4-H Afterschool Kids Club - Farm Animals Pigs, calves, chickens, sheep, horses, dairy cows, and wild animal furs. What do all of these have in common? These are the animals that have attended and been talked about in our After School Kids Club meetings for 3 rd and 4 th graders at the GHV & WH schools. We have learned about what these animals eat, where they live, and how to take care of them. One of the things the kids most enjoyed was getting to meet some of these animals up close and personal! We had 5 special visitors this semester. Otis the pig, Ali and Abby the cow and calf, Patches the sheep, and Princess the horse. We will be ending our session with learning about pizza from the farm to the table and animal feeds and how they are mixed. We enjoyed sharing stories of animals that we have seen where we live. New Session of ASK Crime & Spy Adventures Watch for spring Afterschool Kids Club registration after Christmas break. Nikki Renner will be teaching the spring 8 week session and we will learn about crime scene investigation! Registration materials will be sent home from school and available on our website. 4-H PLEDGE I PLEDGE MY HEAD TO CLEARER THINKING, MY HEART TO GREATER LOYALTY, MY HANDS TO LARGER SERVICE, AND MY HEALTH TO BETTER LIVING, FOR MY CLUB, MY COMMUNITY, MY COUNTRY, AND MY WORLD.
HOLLIDAY TREAT BAKING Cookies & Candies Workshop - November 19 Want to make some Christmas goodies with 4-H friends? Be sure to attend our Cookies & Candy Workshop on Saturday, November 19 from 8:30-11:30 am at the GHV high school Home Ec room. Cost is $15 for supplies. Parents are welcome to join your 4-Her to make fun memories. We will learning about kitchen safety, mixing ingredients for exciting holiday treats, and take home the recipes and the treats from our evening of baking. We are limited to the first 20 participants so be sure to sign up right away. Some recipes that we plan to try are pictured below. FIRST LEGO LEAGUE & FIRST TECH CHALLENGE LEGO Competitions Our Jr FLL teams the Busy Bees, Master Builders, LEGO Master Builders and our LEGO Storm are also working on ways to learn more about Creature Craze. They need to look at Bee s in a whole new way, they will find out what making honey really means. The Jr FLL team s goals are to: Tis the season for Jr. FLL, and FLL competitions. This year s topic for Jr FLL and FLL is Animal Allies and Creature Craze. Our FLL teams need to solve a problem concerning animals and present it to the judges on tournament day, along with programing their robots to help LEGO animals. Some animal solutions the teams are working on are; dog parks, a website for new dog owners, how to keep pigs comfortable, and different ways to protect our sheep. Our teams are traveling to compete against other FLL teams across Iowa. What FIRST LEGO League teams accomplish is nothing short of amazing. It s fun. It s exciting. The skills they learn will last a lifetime. Study what are the jobs of a bee; What they produce; and who lives in their habitat Then show what you have learned through your LEGO model and Show Me poster They will show off what they have learned at an EXPO at NIACC for the Regional FLL Tournament in December. Be on the look out for our Mock Tournament to check out what FIRST LEGO League is all about. 4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH
HANCOCK COUNTY EXTENSION 327 WEST 8th STREET GARNER, IA 50438 NON-PROFIT U.S. POSTAGE PAID GARNER, IA 50438 PERMIT NO. 26 Hancock County November - December 2016 4-H Family Newsletter 4-H Award & Recognition Program Sunday, November 13, 4-5:30 pm GHV High School Auditorium 4-H family meal immediately following ceremony Theme basket contest and silent auction. Anyone and everyone is invited to make a theme basket. Do you accept the challenge? Theme basket categories: kid, adult, food.