2012

Finger

Lakes 4-H

Expo

 

When: Saturday, March 10, 9Am to 2:30PM

Where: Midlakes High School

 

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Winter Regional 4-H

Shooting Sports

Workshop

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Program Year

• The 4-H program year begins on October 1st and ends on September 30th.

Enrollment

• Enrollment is open to all youth 5 - 19 years of age as of January 1st of the current 4-H year. In Seneca County, youth 5-7 years of age are enrolled in a special "Cloverbud" program. Those youth who are age 8 by January 1st and in 3rd grade are enrolled as youth members. Enrollment is open to all boy and girls regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, religion or disability. Enrollment fee is $10.00 per child per year. A family with more than two 4-H members will pay a family rate of $25.00. The fee is due with your enrollment forms. The deadline to enroll for the current 4-H year is
  April 1st.

Independent Members

• When circumstances prevent he/she from joining a 4-H club that he/she may participate in the 4-H youth development program by enrolling as an independent member. They work on projects of their choice, at their own pace, with parental  or adult assistance. They are encouraged to participate in county fund-raisers and all county sponsored activities. They are required to enroll each year just like other 4-H members.

Founded

• 4-H began nationally in 1902 and officially when Congress passed the Smith Lever Act in 1914. this act established the National Cooperative Extension Service. Under the Smith Lever Act, "Boys & Girls Club Work" became 4-H. 4-H in Seneca County began in early 1920 and officially in 1938.

Partners

• The 4-H Program is the youth development program of the national education system of Cooperative Extension, shared by the United states Department of Agriculture (USDA), the state land grant university / college system (Cornell University) and county governments. 4-H Connects Kids to Cornell

4-H Emblems & Symbols

• The national 4-H emblem is a four-leaf clover with a capital letter "H" on each leaf. The 4-H emblem is protected under federal statue 187SC707. The four "H's" stand for Head, Heart, Hands and Health.
• The 4-H pledge is something that 4-H members and volunteers should learn.

"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."

• Green and white are the 4-H colors. The white of the "H's" symbolizes purity; the green clover 4-H emblem is nature's most common color in the great outdoors and is the color of springtime, life, and youth.
• The national 4-H motto, "To Make the Best Better" should be the objective of each 4-H volunteer leader and member.
• The 4-H slogan is "Learning by Doing".

The 4-H Creed:

I believe in 4-H club work for the opportunity it gives me to
become a useful citizen.

I believe in the training of my Head for the power it will give me to
think, plan and reason.

I believe in the training of my Heart for the nobleness it will give me
to be kind, sympathetic, and true.

I believe in the training of my Hands for the ability it will give me
to be helpful, skillful, and useful.

I believe in my country, my state, my community, and in my 
responsibility for their development.

In all these things I believe and I am willing to dedicate my efforts
to their fulfillment.

• www.4husa.org
• http://nys4h.cce.cornell.edu/

• http://www.collegiate4h.org