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September - October 2014 4-H Family Newsletter
Kalamazoo County September - October
2014
Involvement in 4-H can help kids
EXPLORE
new ideas, EXPERIENCE
new opportunities, build friendships, and learn skills designed
to help them ACHIEVE.
Kalamazoo County MSU Extension 3299 Gull Rd. Wing 2, Rm. 410
Mailing Address: PO Box 42 Nazareth, MI 49074-0042 www.msue.msu.edu/kalamazoo Fax: 269-384-8035
Veronica Bolhuis Program Coordinator Traditional 4-H Youth Programs Phone: 269-383-8867 Email: [email protected]
Evan Granito Program Coordinator Urban 4-H Youth Programs Phone: 269-383-8878
Re-enrollment information
As we look forward to the leaves changing color, the temperatures cooling off and
lots of sweatshirts around camp fires - we also look forward to the kickoff of our fall
re-enrollment period.
As the weather changes so will some of processes for enrollment into the 4-H pro-
gram for 2015. Our national database will be changing and starting this fall we will
be using 4-H online (https://www.4honline.com/). Here are some of the features that
we currently know about this program:
Enrollment will not begin until at least Oct. 1, 2014
4-H staff will work with leaders and families to ensure that everyone is re-
enrolled as quickly as possible once we are given the go ahead from campus to
start the process
Enrollments will primarily be done by the parent/guardian of the youth with
the assistance of 4-H staff and your community club leaders
We are encouraging everyone to use the online payment tools, but in the event
that isn’t an option you may also write a check to your community club and
they will write one check to MSU
Things that we know will remain the same:
Any youth 5 - 19 as of January 1, 2015 will be able to enroll in the program
Adults who would like to be a volunteer will need to go through the Volunteer
Selection Process prior to working with youth
Registration will still be $10.00 and $1.00 for insurance ($2.00 for horse par-
ticipants and leaders).
New members can join anytime during the year, but may not be able to meet
fair participation requirements if enrolled after April 1.
Kalamazoo County 4-H News
Page 2 September - October 2014 4-H Family Newsletter
URBAN PROGRAM UPDATE
4-H Urban Programs continue meeting once a week at the Eastwood Community Garden and the Kala-
mazoo Peace House. Programming ended at the Northside Association for Community Development and the
CDF Freedom School sites in early August, as members began preparing for the school year ahead. We look
forward to continuing these programs with our urban partners again next summer!
Afterschool Spin Clubs resume September 3rd at the Kazoo School in the Vine Neighborhood. The 4-H
Chess club will run from Sept 3 through October 15. If you would like to run a 6-8 week program of your
own, please contact Evan Granito in the MSU Extension office.
On October 25th there will be a large “Urban Greenspace” installation project in downtown Kalamazoo,
in partnership with the urban 4-H program. We are currently vetting potential installation sites, and reaching
out to community organizations for donations and speakers. David Milarch will be our keynote speaker, and
he has generously donated over 30 Giant Sequoia champion trees to be planted by volunteers. We are also
looking for 4-H groups who would like to give their time to participate in this urban beautification initiative.
If you would like to get involved in either the planning or implementation of this project, please contact Evan
Granito at the MSU Extension office.
Other events like this are popping up all the time, so keep checking the 4-H facebook and website for
more updates!
2014-2015 Kalamazoo County 4-H State Exchange Informational Night
Galesburg Community Park (behind city hall at 200 E. Michigan Ave.)
September 14, 2014
6:00 PM
Pizza and beverage will be served
The 4-H Interstate Exchange program offers you the opportunity to travel to another state, stay
with a 4-H member in that state, and then host that 4-H’er the following summer.
If you are between the age 13 – 18 (4-H age), would like to travel to another state, meet new
friends, have wonderful learning opportunities and build valuable life skills, you won’t want
to miss this opportunity. Contact Deb Ellinger (838-8193) or Veronica Bolhuis (383-8867) for
more information.
KALAMAZOO COUNTY 4-H NEWS
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September - October 2014 4-H Family Newsletter Page 4
Kalamazoo County 4-H News
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP GIVE 4-H’ers A
PAT ON THE BACK?
The Awards Committee will be meeting Tuesday,
October 30h at 6:30 p.m. in the Georgian Café at the
Nazareth complex. The Awards Committee helps the
4-H office to secure sponsors of awards, reviews award poli-
cies and procedures and honors members by reviewing Mem-
ber Award Record Books and rewarding them with awards
that they have applied for. Please contact the
4-H staff if you would like to volunteer for this committee.
(383-8867)
FIND US ON FACEBOOK
Kalamazoo County 4-H Youth Development - https://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Kalamazoo-County-4-H-Youth-Program/122047197873078?fref=ts Kalamazoo County 4-H Twitter at https://twitter.com/KzooCounty4H Kalamazoo County 4-H Blogspot at http://kzoocounty4h.blogspot.com/ Michigan 4-H - https://www.facebook.com/#!/Michigan4H?fref=ts Kalamazoo County Dairy Project link - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/359337366181/
Kalamazoo County Rabbit Project - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/195384267151802/
Kalamazoo County Dog Project - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/147649262038773/
Kalamazoo County Teen Club - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/188725345004/
Kalamazoo County Feeder Calf Club - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/264639983534/
Alamo Achievers 4-H club - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/495459130465211/
Augusta United 4-H Club - https://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/AugustaUnited/
2014 - 2015 BIRTHDAY CAKE SCHEDULE
September 2014 Scotts January 2015 Tri-United
October 2014 Augusta February 2015 Pavilion
November 2014 Galesburg March 2015 Climax
December 2014 Hickory Corners April 2015 Cooper
May 2015 Alamo
Cakes should be delivered to Woodside at Friendship Village (1300 North Drake). Please furnish two 9” X 13” or three 8”
cakes. Cakes should be delivered between 8:00 am and noon on the first Wednesday of the month or the day before from
8:00 am—5:00 pm. Cakes should be decorated but NO writing. Leave your name, address and club name when dropping
off cakes. Contact Lynda Doorlag (381-8837, ext. 466).
MEMBER RECORD BOOK &
RECORD KEEPING WORKSHOP
If you would like to apply for Fall Achievement Awards
but need a little help? Haven’t started a Member Record
book? Want to learn why record keeping is a life skill
worth working on? There will be a Member Record Book
and Record Keeping Workshop on Tuesday, September
30th at 6:00 p.m. in Room C at the Fairgrounds. Please
bring your Project Record sheets that you completed for
each fair project and any other Award Book pages you
have already completed. Other member books and experi-
enced members will be available for you gain knowledge
from during this time. Come learn how you can benefit
from good record keeping!
KALAMAZOO COUNTY 4-H NEWS
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Apply for Award Trips
During our Fall Achievement Awards evening, many youth will be awarded
with fun and educational trips that they get to help plan – please don’t be left
behind – apply today.
9-11 year old Day trip: This is a trip that youth will get to help plan. They
may choose to go to John Ball Park Zoo, Binder Park Zoo, Fredrick Meijer
Gardens, Impressions 5 Science Center in Lansing, or one of any other local
educational sites. This trip will be planned for Spring 2015.
10 - 11 year old Day trip: This is a trip that youth will get to help plan.
They may choose to go to John Ball Park Zoo, Binder Park Zoo, Fredrick Meijer
Gardens, Impressions 5 Science Center in Lansing, or one of any other local educational
sites. This trip will be planned for Spring 2015.
Grand Rapids Awards Trip – Trip for Six 4-H members (13 – 14 years old). This is an overnight trip that the
youth will help to plan and organize that will be held in the spring of 2015.
Chicago Awards Trip - Trip for 4-H members (15 – 19 year olds) This is a two night, three day trip that the youth
participants will help to plan and organize and will be held during the winter of 2014 or spring of 2015.
Next year teens will be able to apply for the Capitol Experience trip or the Citizenship Washington Focus trip which
are awarded in odd number years (November 2015).
FALL ACHIEVEMENT—November 12th at 6:30pm
Fall Achievement is a time to recognize our 4-H members for their accomplishments
during the past year. This year’s award celebration will be held in the Georgian Room
at the Nazareth Complex on Thursday, November 12th, at 6:30 p.m.
Turn in your Member Award Record Book by October 24th to be eligible for awards
and trips. All 4-H members who have completed one year in 4-H are eligible for
Fall Achievement awards and trips. To apply, members need to complete a nomination form
and hand in their Member Award Record Book to the 4-H office or to your Community Club
leader who will bring it to the office. Some of the nomination forms have changed and are available
on the 4-H website under the Member Record Books for each age or under Upcoming Events.
Please remember that these forms do need to be signed by your Community Club Leader, before
being turned in to the office.
Kalamazoo County 4-H News
E-Mail Contact
E-mails sent out through the national data
base, that we use when entering your regis-
tration forms, will come from bolhuisv@e-
mail.4-h.org or [email protected].
Please make sure NOT to save this e-mail
as my contact information. It is set up this
way so that our e-mails shouldn’t end up in
your spam/junk folders. Please make sure to
save our emails as [email protected] or
[email protected]. E-mails sent to the
other address end up in cyberspace and will
not be seen by 4-H staff.
SET THE ALARM ON YOUR BLACKBERRY, iPhone, PDA,
computer calendar, etc. !
!! UPCOMING DEADLINES & EVENTS !!
9/27 Crop & Shop Leaders Council Scrapbook ing fundraiser—see page 3. 9/30 Member Record Book Record Keeping Workshop 6pm Room C Fairgrounds 10/18 Harvest Festival 4:30—7pm Expo South Fairgrounds 10/23 Community Club Officer Training Room B 6pm Fairgrounds 10/24 Member Records Books due for Fall Achievement 5pm 10/30 Fall Achievement Awards Committee meeting 10/31 Re-enrollment paperwork deadline
September - October 2014 4-H Family Newsletter
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HARVEST FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 18, 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Expo South (formally the Hazel Grey Building)
Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds
Families and youth from across the county along with members really enjoy this event which is fun and open to all
ages. Remember to invite your friends. This community event is open to the public and there is no admission fee.
Each 4-H club may come in between 3 - 5 pm on Friday to set up or may set up at 3 pm on Saturday, all booths must
be set up by 4 pm. Tickets cost .25¢ and each club will set the amount for their booth. There will be food, beverages
and games. This is a fun time to get together with 4-H friends. The money raised at the 4-H carnival is used for
awards, trips, scholarships, workshops and trainings.
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Kalamazoo Club 4-H News
Poultry Project News
I hope that everyone had as much fun during fair as I did. All of the kids and families were wonderful and
displayed so much teamwork and co-operation, everything went very smoothly. We have a project meeting
scheduled for Tuesday, September 16th at 7:00 pm in Room B at the Fairgrounds, where we can renew our
fair friendships, discuss improvements/changes and start planning for the next project year.
Upcoming Poultry Events:
Fowl Fest Open Poultry Show – Saturday, October 11th at the Expo Center in Burch Run. You can enter
your show birds or shop for a new addition to your flock – call Jackie at 629-9664 for more infor-
mation.
Poultry Workshop for leaders and teens at the Kettunen Center in Tustin, MI. will take place on Saturday,
November 1 through Sunday, Sunday 2. Some great sessions are planned including Pullorum Certifi-
cation Training. More info through the 4-H office.
Ohio National Poultry Show in Columbus, OH on Saturday, November 8th and 9th. It is the American
Bantam Association’s 100th anniversary – it is going to be BIG! If there is enough interest, maybe we
could go as a group in the 4-H bus!
Ann Hollister – Poultry Co-Superintendent
Jackie Stasevich – Poultry Co-Superintendent
RABBIT PROJECT UPDATE
Fair was great success and we are very proud of all the 4H'rs. We are really excited
for a new year and look forward to making next year even bigger and better. We will
talk about this year's fair, rabbit hopping and a what we want to improve for next
year's fair. Please bring your best ideas. We will also have a short activity to create a thank you to the Feed
Bag for supporting our project this year by donating the feed for the fair. Please bring your markers and crea-
tive ideas with you. See you in September .
Kalamazoo Club 4-H News
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FEEDER CALF PROJECT
Thank you for a fun fair! With the summer winding down and school schedules starting up, here are
a couple more dates to add to you calendar!
All 4Hers are invited to attend the following trip, but it will be limited to the first 32 people that sign
up and have a deposit of $50.00, to go on the trip by October 15. We will be taking the 4H bus to
Louisville KY to attend that North American International Livestock Expo (NAILE) on Friday Nov 7 at
4pm and coming home on Sunday, Nov 9. Animals that will be exhibiting that weekend are: dairy
goats, quarter horses, alpacas, llamas, dairy cows, and swine. Tentative cost is about $150.00 per
person- this includes hotel stay for two nights, a ticket into the Expo for one day, pizza Saturday
night, and an activity TBD. Other meals and spending $ not included in cost mentioned. *This trip is
counted as a meeting for the feeder calf and dairy clubs*
For those interested in participating in a pie fundraiser to help pay the way for the trip: You will
need to sell 15 pies by October 15 to cover the total cost of the trip explained in the trip de-
tails. Money and pie total sold is due to me by October 15 ( or make arrangements with me by
then). Date of making the pies is Saturday, Nov 1. **If you sell pies, plan on make pies on Novem-
ber 1.**
One other family fun event is the Winter Beef Show up at the MSU Pavilion December 5-7. Members
can bring their feeder calf projects from this year and show them at that show. Get in touch with
Mike Moreland if you are interested in exhibiting there. It is fun to just go up and watch too!
*Reminders* dairy feeder calves for 4H’ers need to be born between January 1 and February 28. If
you haven’t already, please join the Kalamazoo County 4H Feeder Calf Club on Face Book, it is a
great way to connect with other members of the club. Please call Greg (506-0456) or Sara (720-
7215) if you have any questions.
DAIRY PROJECT
Another successful fair is in the books! Great job to everyone! We will be heading to Madison WI for the
World Dairy Expo October 3-5. If there is anyone that would like to go with the dairy club, please let Sara
know by September 20 so that we can reserve rooms. If you haven’t already, please join the Kalamazoo
County 4H Dairy Club on Facebook, it is a great way to connect with other members of the club. Please call
Sara (720-7215) if you have any questions.
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Calendar of Events and Special Points of Interest
MSU 4-H Events http://4h.msue.msu.edu/events
Breakfast on the Farm - Washtenaw County
September 6, 2014
Uphaus Farms, 14324 Pleasant Lake Rd. Manchester,
MI. Enjoy a free breakfast, take a walking tour featuring educational
stations, talk to farmers and learn about the farm-to-table process.
4-H Operation Military Kids Skate into Bay County
Fun Night - Bay County Civic Arena
July 2, 2014 Join Operation Military Kids for a FREE military fun night of
hands-on 4-H activities and ice skating.
4-H Proud Equestrian Program Instructor Update
October 25, 2014
WK Kellogg Biological Station Hickory Corners, MI.
This conference provides continuing education for current
4-H PEP Program certified instructors. Attendance is
required at either the Fall 2013 or Fall 2014 Instructor
Update to maintain 4-H PEP Program Instructor status in
2015. The program is also open to PATH (formerly
NARHA) certified instructors and those interested in
therapeutic riding. Sessions include topics related to
instructing therapeutic riding, working with you with
special needs and horse management and care are included
in the program.
MSU Pavilion http://www.ans.msu.edu/
events 4301 Farm Lane, East Lansing, MI. 48910 517-355-8383
No events currently scheduled for September
or October.
Kettunen Center http://www.kettunencenter.org/calendar.html
231-829-3421 14901 4-H Drive, Tustin, MI. 49688
Michigan 4-H Goat Science Teen and Adult Volunteer
Workshop
October 4 - October 5, 2014
Kettunen Center Tustin, MI.
4-H adult leaders and teen leaders (13 yrs. As of Jan. 1,
2015 and older) interested in the goat project and who are
willing to share the information and experiences gained at
the conference with others in their counties. Staff is
welcome. We encourage individuals to car pool. Contact
your county office for names of other persons attending the
workshop.
MI 4-H Telling Your Story Workshop
October 11 - October 12, 2014
Kettunen Center Tustin, MI.
The Michigan 4-H Tell Your Story Workshop is for
volunteers and youth who would like to learn more about
how they can contruct and share their 4-H story within their
greater community. Participants will also be able to take
back the knowledge gained to their 4-H clubs and groups to
help others learn how to communicate with stakeholders
through public speaking, filmmaking, photography and
social media.
4-H Visual Arts, Crafts, Sewing and Texttiles
Workshop
October 18 - October 19, 2014
Kettunen Center Tustin, MI.
Youth aged 12 ny January 1, 2015 and adults will be
energized at this workshop with new ideas for working with
youth in arts, crafts, sewing and textile projects. This is a
combined workshop of th previous Visual Arts and CXrafts
workshop and the Clothing and Textile Workshop. Class
sessions will explore how entrepreneurship, career
development, science and leadership are a part of the
creative arts. There are 32 class sessions to choose
fronincluding these and many more: Zentangles, Glass
Fused Pendants, Fashion Illustration, Arm Knitting,
Crochet, T-shirt quilts, etc.
2014 Michigan 4-H Poultry Science Teen and Adult
Workshop
November 1 - November 2, 2015
Kettunen Center Tustin, MI.
This workshop is for adult and teen leaders (13 years and
older) Staff is also welcome. The workshop will cover
several poultry science related topics such as nutrition, care
and management, show techniques, entrepreneurship
opportunities and careers.
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4-H Youth Development
Veronica Bolhuis, 4-H Program Coordinator
Evan Granito, 4-H Program Coordinator
4-H Youth Development
MSU Extension - Kalamazoo Co.
PO Box 42
Nazareth, MI. 49074-0042
Kalamazoo
County MSU Extension
Bringing Knowledge to Life!
Our Mission Helping people improve their lives through an educational process that applies knowledge to critical issues, needs and opportunities.
Accommodations for persons with disabilities may be requested by calling the MSU Extension Office at (269) 383-8867 ten days before an Extension-sponsored event to ensure sufficient time to make arrangements. Requests received after this date will be met when possible. MSU is an affirmative-action, equal-opportunity employer. MSU Extension programs and materials are open to all without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, religion, age, height, weight, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, marital status family status or veteran status. Issued in furtherance of MSU Extension work, acts of May 8 & June 30, 1914, in coopera-tion with the USDA. Thomas G. Coon, Director, MSU Extension, East Lansing, MI 48824. The 4-H name and emblem are protected under Title 18 U.S.C. 707. Reference to commercial products, services or trade names does not imply endorsement by MSU, MSU Extension, 4-H or Calhoun County or bias against those not mentioned. This information is for educational purposes only.