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David Bannister 4-H: Hey 4-H, David from AG CONNECT here. Are you thankful for our Advocates in Ag? Tell us about them: www.agconnect.com/awards Grand prize is a FREE trip to Orlando in January.
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The Advocating for Agriculture Awards are part of our commitment to a deliberate effort to voice support for production agriculture, and to present in a compelling way the work of farmers and ranchers to provide abundant and affordable food and fiber. ...
Jeanne 4-H: We love 4-H! Your club can easily raise money with our 100% made in the USA, superior-quality dog, cat and horse treats for 4-H fundraising. Check out our website: www.pettreats4youth.com to learn more about a unique product that reflects the values and image of 4-H. At just $4.00 per package, these treats are perf...ect for holiday gift giving. Check out our blog for lots of tips and great news stories highlighting 4-H selling pet treats.
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Lisa 4-H: For everyone in the Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Norfok, and Suffolk areas! Come out and support the 4H Top Shooters and get a Turkey too!
Every Saturday & Sunday from 11am - 5pm Starting November 7th - December 20th $3 a Shot / $5 for 2 Shots ...
By:Lisa M. Washburn
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In This Week's News -- October 31 to Nov. 6 Madieu Williams Gift to UM: Honoring His Mother, and Alma Mater (Washington Post, Cocorioko-Sierra Leone)
Monica 4-H: spreading the word
NON-SANCTIONED
Location:BEE COUNTY EXPO CENTER, SHOWBARN
Time:7:55AM Sunday, November 15th
Aleighica Ann Keeran 4-H:
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Check out our County's Achievement Program pictures! We call them the Clover Awards!
Photos taken at Sunday's (Oct 25th) Goshen County 4-H Achievement Program. Congrats to all the winners! Please feel free to tag yourself or your friends. Thanks Jamie Mehling for providing the photos.
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4-H Check out 4-H'ers participate in the 4-H NYSD experiment @ the Univ. of Missouri Extension.
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It's called the National 4-H Science Experiment. To read more click here: http://4h.missouri.edu/news/2009/NYSD09.htm There is a shortage of scientists and engineers in this country. To help meet this ...
Kelly Jecmen 4-H:
Will County 4-H in Illinois is in danger of closing!!!
Will County Board Plans to Eliminate Extension Funding
The Will County Board of Commissioners reduced the funding for Extension from $60,000 to
$25,000 in 2009. Moreover, the County Board Finance Committee has recommended zero
funding for Extension in 2010 and be...yond. If funds are unable to be restored in the 2010 budget,
it is more likely than not that Extension will have to close its doors. The University will not
allow the Will County Extension office to operate without adequate county funding, and witha
deficit budget that has been caused by this reduction of funds.
Furthermore, under federal law, it is essential that local county government provide funding for
Extension. The Extension program has been in operation in the county for close to 100 years.
Funding Extension has been a good use of county dollars. Every dollar the county directs to
Extension is matched between 85-100 percent by the State of Illinois. In addition, if financial
support for Extension is lost, we also lose the support of professional staff, funding from other
agencies, and countless hours of volunteer service valued at almost $800,000. Last year alone,
the Extension program had more than 40,000 Community contacts.
Let’s Keep Extension In Will County:
We do not know of other local organizations capable of offering the youth development,
horticulture, and nutrition programs we provide. Here are a few examples:
Without our Youth Programs:
· Who will teach leadership, citizenship and life skills to about 300 4-H youth, ages 5 to
19, in Will County4-H Community Clubs?
· Without our Youth Development program, who will meet the needs of over 4,000 youth
including those at risk by offering after-school and summer programs, youth relationship
programs, leadership programs, embryology, and Natural Resource Days, etc?
Without our Family Nutrition Program:
· Who will teach nutrition classes to more than 8,000 participants including food-stamp
recipients?
· Who will provide enrichment programs to about 2,000 children on hand washing, and
hopefully reduce flu?
· Who will teach the residents of local homeless shelters and after school programs about
eating healthy foods, healthy cooking classes, to join the more than 900 individuals that
learned to cook and eat healthy foods through Extension?
Without our Master Gardener Program:
· Who will be on the front line answering over 8,000 questions regarding home ownership,
Emerald Ash Borer, environmental questions, horticulture, crops, bugs, gardening,
insects, weather, and more?
· Who will bring therapeutic horticulture programs to children, and young adults with
special needs?
· Who will bring gardening programs to over 3,000 youth across Will County who wonder
where our foods come from?
· Who will provide hands on community gardens, in cities, and libraries spreading from the
City of Joliet, to areas across the County?
Let’s Keep Extension In Will County:
1. Contact:
a. County Executive Larry Walsh (815-774-7480) and
b. Your district County Board members in October and November before they vote
on the county budget. (See the enclosed contact list, map, and phone script.).
c. Ask them to restore funding for Will County Extension for 2010.
d. Include a story about how Extension programs have impacted you or your family.
2. Attend the county board meetings. County board meets the third Thursday of every
month at 9:30 a.m. (November 19, December 17) in the County Board Room, 2nd Floor,
Will County Office building, 302 N. Chicago Street, Joliet, IL 60432. Phone: 815-740-
4602.
3. Attend the finance committee meetings. The finance committee meets on the first
Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. in the County Board Committee Room.
For contact information for County Board members, visit:
http://www.willcountyboard.com/yourcount
4. Let us know the results of your efforts.
For questions, please contact any of us:
Doug Tweeten 815-478-3169 or dougtweeten@sbcglobal.net
Dianne Ross: 708-301-3213 or dross@lw210.org
Gary Patton: 630-759-8925 or gpatton104@comcast.net
Thank you for your continued support of Extension. We rely on you.
Extension Council Chair
Doug Tweeten
Richard Mason 4-H: Hey ya'll check out the cool app that i created called 4-H Gift Exchange!!!
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Amy Do 4-H: Hi guys! I just wanted to let you know that there will be a very fun documentary that will be playing in San Francisco on Sunday night, called Rabbit Fever - it focuses on youth programs and features 4-H activities.
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In our first-ever rabbit documentary, Rabbit Fever follows a colorful collection of impressively competitive and undeniably quirky competitors as they strive to win the top title at the National American ...