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Waukesha County UW-Extension 4-H

Clover Flyer Family Newsletter

Greetings 4-H Families,

We hope this newsletter finds you all well and enjoying the beautiful fall colors. We are

looking forward to another great year in 4-H. With so much going on the last few

months it seems like a blur. We would like to thank everyone for your commitment and

dedication to making Waukesha County 4-H program what is today. Leaders, volunteers

and our youth have been extremely busy with recruiting new youth and families,

planning, organizing and conducting meetings to start the new year off strong and let’s

not forget committee meetings or the club and group Charters. These are just a few

things you do, and we recognize that this is only a small part of process. We are thankful

and happy that you all have chosen to be a part of the Waukesha County Extension 4-H

program. Let’s continue to make the best better!

This year, I’m looking forward to learning more about your club, projects and all the

amazing things you are doing. I’m most excited about seeing and being a part of the

process for the entire year. I appreciate all your support and have truly enjoyed my first

7 months working with you and the youth. With that being said, a few reminders. Please

remember that we need all of volunteers and youth to complete your online re-

enrollment as soon as possible and if you have any volunteers that need to complete the

VIP trainings please have them contact our office. We have scheduled VIP training for

Tuesday, December 12, 2018 and if you are unable to attend that date the Racine

Extension office will be offering a training on Saturday, December 15, 2018. Please

contact Molly at 262-548-7774 or mellis@waukeshacounty.gov to RSVP. There will be

other opportunities for youth and adults workshops this year so stay tuned. I encourage

you all to attend the workshop offered through our Leadership Series. For more

information see our website on upcoming events. We are still needing volunteers to join

committees for more information on volunteering and out committees go to:

https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/UWEX/4H/Volunteer/

In a few weeks, we will be conducting a survey on communication and we would ask

that you take the time to complete it. This will help us to evaluate our program and seek

out opportunities to improve our communication with one another. We are in the process

of updating our County Website so tuned and check it out regularly. Make sure that you

like us and follow us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/WaukeshaCounty4H/

Wishing you the best and looking forward to seeing and hearing from you,

James & Molly

To Make the Best Better

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WEBSITES & EMAILS OF INTEREST

Waukesha County 4-H http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/uwex/4H/ Waukesha County Fair http://www.waukeshacountyfair.com/ Waukesha County 4-H Horse Association http://www.wc4hhorse.org/ Wisconsin State Fair Youth Expo http://www.wistatefair.com/competitions/youth-exhibits/ Molly Ellis, 4-H Program Assistant mellis@waukeshacounty.gov Wisconsin 4-H Youth Development http://www.uwex.edu/ces/4h/

Waukesha County UW-Extension 4-H, 515 W Moreland Blvd, AC Room G22, Waukesha, WI 53188

4-H Program Assistant - 262-548-7774 / Fax - 262-548-7787

Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WaukeshaCo4H

Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WaukeshaCounty4H

University of Wisconsin, U.S. Department of Agriculture and Wisconsin counties cooperating. UW-Extension provides equal opportunities in employment and programming including Title VI, IX and ADA.

NEWSLETTER – CLOVER FLYER

Welcome to Waukesha County 4-H!

This 4-H Clover Flyer is sent out six times per year with important information relating to

you! It is published around the 1st of January, March, May, July, September, and

November.

Next Clover Flyer submission deadline is Friday, December 21, 2018

Email information to: Molly Ellis, mellis@waukeshacounty.gov

For the calendar, 4-H forms, and other information, check our website:

https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/UWEX/4H/

Our business hours are 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

**Please be patient and allow time for your requests and give deadlines, as service on

demand is not always possible. A three day notice would be greatly appreciated!**

Check out the Waukesha County UW-Extension Facebook page for up-to-date information

on educational resources: https://www.facebook.com/WaukeshaCounty4H/

Feel free to share your 4-H Facebook posts with the UW-Extension 4-H page!

Check out the Waukesha County UW-Extension’s new website:

http://www.waukeshacounty.gov/uwex/

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Rifle/Pistol Practice starts, Monday, October 29,

2018 Hillcrest Park 7:00 PM

Fall Forum, November 2-4, 2018

Green Lake Conference Center

Finance Committee Mtg., November 14, 2018

6:30 PM

All Leadership Mtg., November 14, 2018 7:00

PM

4-H Youth Banquet, November 17, 2018

Fundraising Mtg., November 27, 2018 6:30 PM

Executive Board Mtg., November ?? 7:00 PM

Drones Project Mtg., November 10, 2018 3:30

PM

Sewing Project Mtg., November 10, 2018 3:30

PM

Drones Project Mtg., December 1, 2018 3:30 PM

Sewing Project Mtg., December 1, 2018 3:30 PM

Online Re-Enrollment due by December 3, 2018

All Leadership Mtg. December 12, 2018 7:00 PM

VIP Training - Waukesha, Wednesday, December

12, 2018 at 6:30 PM

VIP Training - Racine, Saturday, December 15,

2018 at 2:00 PM

Annual Require Shooting Sports Informational

Meeting, Tentatively scheduled January 2, 2019

Saturday, November 3 | 1:00-4:00 PM

Retzer Nature Center S14W28167 Madison Street, Waukesha

Learn how “Your Actions Matter” at Retzer Nature Center’s

2nd Annual Science Fest! This celebration of science

features hands-on activities, hikes and a planetarium show.

Waukesha County

UW-Extension 4-H Camp at

Phantom Ranch Mukwonago

SAVE THE DATE August 11– 14, 2019

Watch for more information to come!

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Waukesha County UW-Extension 4-H

Clover Flyer Family Newsletter Minooka News:

Minooka club stared out their September meeting with an ice-cream social. The feature student, Elizabeth, discussed her fair projects. We welcomed new members!

In October, our club painted pumpkins. We had two students featured, Oliver and Ignacio, who demonstrated their work from their fair projects. We had a field trip to the Waukesha Police Department. The S.W.A.T team members allowed us to try on their gear. The tour included viewing the jail cells, talking with dispatch, sitting in the Humvee, and meeting in the roll call room. We had our picture taken in front of a wall of police patches from around the United States.

4-Leaf News:

September's Meeting was our annual potluck dinner. We played ice breakers and each of the members had a chance to show and tell about their 4-h projects. October's meeting allowed us a chance to make ornaments from salt dough taught by Emily. Caroline taught us how to make cookies look like turkeys using fondant.

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Cleveland Challengers: In August, we had our club open house where we displayed our fair projects, played games, and made some bead crafts. At our September meeting, we elected new officers and made paper weave bookmarks as a back to school project. Before our October meeting, we worked on weeding the library garden. Then we headed inside for our an-nual Halloween party. We made tootsie pop ghosts and had candy relay races and played a few more Halloween themed games. Later in the month, we had our Adopt-a-highway clean up along National Avenue and are now looking forward to the upcom-ing holidays.

Falls busy beavers:

At our October meeting we welcome to new member Alanna. Thank you to the members who shared their projects with us and congrats to our youth for their accomplishments last year! Our Club Banquet is scheduled for November 1st 6:30 PM.

The theme for our October Meeting was Culture in our community. The meeting ended with Fall games and a costume contest. The games included tossing marshmallows in cups with numbers in them, adding up your score, guessing how many candy corns were in a jar, a word search, some exercises. Reading strategies and some math skills were used as our educational part of the meeting along with organizational skills and time management and social skills practiced.

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Green N Growing:

We held our annual Halloween potluck and party at our October club meeting.

Our next 2018-19 Green n Growing 4-H club meeting will be held on November

13th at 6:30 pm at Merton Primary School! Please arrive early at 6 pm to begin

decorating holiday cards. Bring any supplies that you have to help create new holi-

day cards from recycled ones (old cards, scissors, markers, stickers, cardstock). We

will have some more time to continue making cards after the meeting. The finished

cards will be handed out to the seniors at our caroling event in December. We will

be having a very special guest speaker talk to our club after the meeting: You don’t

want to miss this!

Muckey: 4-H will be getting together for their November meeting on Monday, the 12th, at the Muskego Library. The meeting will be followed by a potluck dinner and ice cream social. We ask that all attending bring a non perishable food item for the food pantry. Our December meeting will be held on Monday the 10th at Country Lanes bowling alley in Franklin. The meeting will be followed by bowling.

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Horse Association News:

New officers were appointed along with a new officer position (communication office), hayride and pumpkin picking at the Tessman farm in October. We will be preparing for Trim a Tree in November and looking for-ward to decorating at the zoo and earning money for a family in need at the food stand for Santa comes to Dousman. (first Sunday in December). The club also participated in helping to host a food stand at the equine hospital open this month.

Drone Project:

From the beginning we've tried to remove the bad image everybody has about drones. We are teaching drone setup, control, and that they can have a purpose. All the participants, including some parents, are hopefully learn something new each month. There are new and seasoned pilots alike in the group. Everybody helps each other out in times of need. As young as 7 years old flying drones in a controlled and safe environment. We try to bring real life situations to light during the classes to show the increasing benefit of drones. And as always, everybody enjoys there time with other enthusiasts.

RIFLE / PISTOL

Practices started on Monday, October 29th, for rifle, air rifle, pistol & air pistol. Practices are held every Monday night, and will run through March, at the indoor range at Hillcrest Park (the old Nike Site), 2119 Davidson Road, Waukesha. Starting time is 7:00 PM. Depending on the numbers that show up each night, practice sessions may have to be alternated each week due to only 8 shooting lanes available, OR plan on a longer night to give everyone a chance to shoot! We will stay there until everyone has had a chance to shoot.

Be sure to check out to the Project page for more

information on meeting dates: https://www.waukeshacounty.gov/UWEX/4H/Projects/