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NOVEMBER - DECEMBER 2015

4-H Family Newsletter

Hancock County

Hancock County Extension and Outreach

327 West 8th Street

Garner, IA 50438

(641) 923-2856

Just a Note:

4-H friends and families,

As 2015 comes to a close, it’s a good time to reflect back and look at accomplishments made through-out the year. We had an amazing Hancock County Fair and Iowa State Fair. Our FIRST Teams did an incredible job at their competitions. Our 4-H family grew with the start of a new community club in Woden, as well as a two new Jr FLL teams; one in Garner and one in Britt. We doubled our summer programs attendance and had a lot of fun too! I encourage you to set new goals, try new things and build new skills. What is something new you will try or learn in 2016?

Don’t forget to check out the new workshops this winter! November 22 we’ve got a workshop planned to help you learn the art of capturing that perfect photo whether it be by camera or phone. Coming on December 7 just in time for the holidays is the Cookies & Candy Workshop. Grab a friend and make something yummy to share (or not)!

Calling all 3rd and 4th graders! We are having a new session of ASK about weather. Forces of Nature will be starting after Christmas break. Be on the lookout for a brochure in your back pack and check our Facebook page for more information.

Reminders: * Don’t forget to re-enroll in 4-H online by DECEMBER 31st * Awards ceremony will be November 8th. We will have a theme basket silent auction. Enjoy a meal afterwards with other 4-H’ers from around the county.

Don’t forget 4-H is all about volunteers, and in our busy world, now it is more important than ever to take time to THANK your 4-H leader or coach for all the time and service they have put in to making your club great. Also, thank you to all you parents for all you do to support the youth programs in Hancock County.

We are looking forward to making new memories and friends in our new 4-H year.

Victoria Schmidt

County Youth Coordinator

vschmidt@iastate.edu

641-923-2856

Nikki Renner

Youth Enrichment Coordinator

nrenner@iastate.edu

641-923-2856

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

4-H Calendar

4-H Re-Enrollment

4-H Award Program

Theme basket silent auction

and competition

4-H family meal

4-H Photography Workshop

Afterschool Kids Club

Cookies & Candy Workshop

LEGO Competitions

Concord Challengers Scavenger Hunt for

God’s Pantry

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4-H CALENDAR Nov. 2 Garner ASK Field trip - Garner Vet Clinic GHV cafeteria 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Nov. 3 Britt ASK Field trip - Britt Vet Clinic WH Art room 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Nov. 9 Garner ASK semester end party GHV cafeteria 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Nov. 10 Brit ASK semester end party WH Art room 3:30 - 5:00 pm

Nov. 6 Mock FLL competition Extension Office 6:00 pm

Nov. 7 FTC competition - BLOCKHEADS Belmond All day

Nov. 8 Britt Broncos Club mtg. GHV cafeteria 3:15 - 4:00 pm

Nov. 8 L.A.B Toy Swap Extension Office 1:30 - 4:00 pm

Nov. 8 Hancock County 4-H Awards Program GHV Auditorium 4:00 pm

Nov. 9 Britt Creative Clovers (K-1st grade) WH Elementary 3:15 - 5:00 pm

Nov. 14 FLL competition - Flip the Switch Estherville All day

Nov. 21 FLL competition - FIRE & Extreme Chaos Denver, IA All day

Nov. 21 FTC competition - BLOCKHEADS Glidden All day

Nov. 21 Garner Lucky Clovers (Clover Kids) Extension Office 9:00 - 10:30 am

Nov. 21 Bulls Eye Bunch Shooting Sports Field Day Nelson House 3:00 - 6:00 pm

Nov. 22 Photography Workshop Extension Office 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Nov. 23 Britt Creative Clovers (2nd-3rd grade) WH Elementary 3:15 - 5:00 pm

Dec. 5 FLL competition - ICE Cedar Falls All day

Dec. 7 Cookies & Candies workshop Britt First Lutheran Church 5:00 8:00 pm

Dec. 12 FLL competition - LAB Des Moines All day

Dec. 19 FTC competition - BLOCKHEADS Fort Dodge All day

Jan. 3 Britt Broncos Club mtg. Britt Bowling Alley Afternoon

July 26- Aug 1, 2015 Hancock County District Fair

August 11-21, 2015 Iowa State Fair

4-H OPEN HOUSE

MISSION STATEMENT 4-H EMPOWERS YOUTH TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL WORKING

AND LEARNING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CARING ADULTS

4-H Awards Program

GET RECOGNIZED FOR YOUR EFFORTS

Most 4-Hers Contest Clubs are in a com-petition! Which Hancock County 4-H club can have the highest percentage of club members present? Winning club will get $25

towards a pizza party! A challenge: Wear a 4-H shirt. Theme basket contest & silent auction Individuals, friends, clubs, families, or businesses are invited to create a theme basket. Items will be judge for fun awards and auction off through a silent auction. Proceeds will go to Han-cock 4-H program to help offset the cost of workshops, events, and programs. Award categories will include: best holiday, most family fun, most unique, and best 4-H theme.

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.

4-H Award Program November 8th, 2015

4:00-5:30 pm, GHV Auditorium

Re-enroll in 4-H by December 31st

4-H ONLINE RE-ENROLLMENTS

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, 2016. After January 1st only enrolled 4-H members and Clover Kids will receive correspondence from our office. New this year: Please remember to pay the $20 enrollment fee to the Hancock County Extension Office. (This is a one time annual fee. This fee is NOT for Clover Kids and is NOT in addition for ASK registration fees.) 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 2015-2016”

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 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 Clo-ver Kids and is NOT in addition to ASK registration fees.

Scholarships are available upon request.

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.

Photography Workshop - Nov. 22nd

4-H PHOTO JUDGING TIPS

Be sure to attend this photography workshop if you’ve ever considered showing photography at the fair. We will be learning what 4-H judges look for when judging photography. What is the rule of thirds? How do you choose your matting? How do you write a good 4-H goal? What impacts does lighting and position make when taking a photo? Find out on Sunday, November 22nd from 1:30-3:00 pm at our Photography Workshop. Bring your own device to take photos while at the workshop. Limited to 25 members, be sure to RSVP to Victoria at 641-923-2856 or vschmidt@iastate.edu. Parents and club lead-ers are welcome to stay and learn. Our presenter Donna Bucsh, is a certified 4-H photography judge.

Afterschool Kids Club - Pets & Animals

DISCOVERING PETS IN 4-H

Rabbits, leopard gecko’s, butterflies, kittens, dogs, and a guinea pig. What do all of these animals have in common? These are the pets that have attended our After School Kids Club meetings for 3rd and 4th graders at the GHV & WH schools. We have learned about what these animals eat, where they live, and how to take care of them. We have had a lot of fun also learning about what kind of pet would work best for us and telling about the pets we already have.

One of the many highlights of our meetings is watching the life cycle of a butterfly. They started as caterpillars, turning into chrysalis and finally emerging as butterflies.

We were also excited to have Derek Lonne-man join one of our meetings. He showed us the animal pelts of all the different animals in our area. We enjoyed sharing stories of animals that we have seen where we live.

We were also able to take field trips to the Britt and Garner Vet clinics and learn the importance of working with a veterinary to make sure our animals are healthy.

Watch for spring Afterschool Kids club registration after Christmas break. Anyone can sign up for the spring session. It will be 8 weeks and we will discover “Forces of Nature”.

4-H IS BASED ON RESEARCH

HOLLIDAY TREAT BAKING

Cookies & Candies Workshop - Dec. 7th

Want to make some Christmas goodies with 4-H friends? Be sure to attend our Cookies & Candy Workshop on Monday, December 7th from 5-8 pm at the First Lutheran Church in Britt. The cost to attend is $20 and includes the supplies for baking and pizza for supper.

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 The Blockhead’s, the FIRST Tech Challenge team, challenge this year is RES-Q, modeled after actual rescue situations faced by mountain explorers all over the globe. Their mission is to “reset” rescue beacons; deliver rescue climbers to a shelter; park on a mountain, and retrieve debris from the playing field. During FTC’s competition they will have

30 seconds of autonomous (pre-programmed play) robots where the robots need to repair the rescue beacons. After the 30 seconds, the team members will pick up the controls and have a 2 minute Driver-Controlled period. Here they will retrieve up to 5 debris and place them in the mountain goals or the floor goals. They may also scale the mountain to release climbers that will slide down a zip line to safety. The last 30 Seconds is called the End Game. They can earn bonus points by hanging the robot from the pull-up bar on the topmost part of the mountain and claiming the All Clear signal from their alliance. It is a very exciting, fast paced tournament. Check out our calendar and see if there is a date that works for you to check out our FIRST teams in action.

Tis the season for Jr. FLL, FLL and FTC Competitions. This year’s topic for Jr FLL and FLL is Waste Wise and Trash Trek. Our FLL teams need to solve a trash problem and present it to the Judg-es on tournament day, along with programing their robots to pick up LEGO trash and bring it in to recycle and reuse. Some trash problems the teams are working on are; recycling batteries properly, recycling old toys, reusing pizza boxes, and melting plastic bags down and making toys. Our teams are traveling all over 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. Our Jr FLL teams the Anchor Builders, Recyclinators, And LEGO Master Builders are also working a ways to solve our trash problems. They need to look at trash in a whole new way, they will find out what making trash really means. Some ideas are using Milk Cartons to plant flowers, or egg cartons to plant seeds to start a garden. The will show off what they have learned at an EXPO at ISU for the State FLL Tournament in January.

LEGO Competitions

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Hancock County November - December 2015

4-H Family Newsletter

Theme basket contest and silent auction. Award

categories: best holiday, most family fun, most

unique, and best 4-H theme.

4-H Award & Recognition Program Sunday, November 8th, 4-5:30pm GHV High School Auditorium 4-H family meal immediately following ceremony