Warrick County 4-H members chosen for National 4-H Congress

Kendra Mehling and Emily Grimm are preparing to travel to Atlanta, Georgia later this month as two of the nine Indiana delegates to the 2012 National 4-H Congress.

Emily Grimm



Kendra Mehling

 

While at National 4-H Congress, Kendra and Emily will participate in workshops on leadership, diversity and team development. 

The Month of the Military Child

April is the Month of the Military Child.  To help recognize military youth, Indiana Operation: Military Kids is celebrating Purple Up! Day on April 13th. Why purple?  Purple is the color that symbolizes all branches of the military, as it is the combination of Army green, Coast Guard blue, Air Force blue, Marine red and Navy blue.

 So, help spread the word about Purple Up! Day so we can show how much we support our Indiana Military Youth.  For more information on the Month of the Military Child, click here.

Katelyn Mehling Honored by Prudential

Warrick county 4-H member Katelyn Mehling was recognized this week for her volunteer service by the Prudential Spirit of Community Award. Recipients of this award must demonstrate how they impact their community through service projects.



Katelyn's projects include a toy drive at Christmas and starting foreign language clubs at local elementary schools.



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THANK YOU ALCOA WARRICK OPERATIONS

A big thanks to ALCOA Warrick Operations for selecting Warrick County 4-H for their Day of Service. Fourteen engineers from ALCOA Warrick Operations volunteered their resources to rebuild and expand the 4-H Council Stand Deck located on the south side of the building.

The Fab Products Engineering team worked on the project from start to finish. The team provided the design work and materials which resulted in 98 hours spent constructing the deck.

Their volunteer work has resulted in a $3000 ALCOA Foundation ACTION grant for Warrick County 4-H. We sincerely appreciate this high level of support from ALCOA Warrick Operations.

Warrick County is Wired for Wind

On October 5th, Warrick County celebrated National 4-H Youth Science Day (NYSD). Students at Boonville Middle School and Tennyson Elementary celebrated the day by participating in the 2011 NYSD experiment: Wired for Wind.

Wired for Wind explored wind energy and the engineering behind the development of wind turbines. The students were able to design wind turbines and test their turbines for performance.

Degonia 4-H club wins 4-H 60 Challenge

We are excited to announce Degonia 4-H club won the Warrick County 4-H 60 challenge. The Warrick County 4-H 60 challenge was our campaign to promote 60 minutes of physical activity most days. The Degonia 4-H club logged 56,178 minutes of physical activity from April through July.

Animals at the 4-H Fair

4-H has always involved animals; therefore animal welfare is an important part of the 4-H program.

Part of practicing good animal welfare is looking out for the welfare of all animals. If you visit the Warrick County 4-H fair this week, you will see countless examples of 4-H members practicing animal welfare.

With the high temperatures this week, 4-H members are taking precautions against the heat by ensuring their animals are staying cool and comfortable. Just as families take care of the elderly who might become sick during heat waves, 4-H members offer the best care they can for their animals. The responsibility 4-H members undertake with their animals allows them to grow into caring and responsible adults.

It's Poster Time

In about a month we will be checking projects in for the 2011 Warrick County 4-H Fair. Many of our 4-H members will be working on posters.

For some poster tips: check out our Tip of the Month.

Down on the 4-H Camp Farm: Friday

We had a hot but rewarding day at 4-H camp. 4-H Camp Friday brought us field games, swimming, volleyball, canoes on the lake, and water games.

Down on the 4-H Camp Farm: Thursday

We kicked off our 2011 Warrick County 4-H Camp on Thursday. We had great weather for our first day of camp. Our campers were kept busy with group meetings, line dancing, swimming, and getting settled into their dorms. All the campers and counselors are having fun with our "Down on the Farm" theme.

Here is a shot of 4-H camp group mixers

Group meetings

4-H in the News

Results of a Tufts University Study (The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development) released today indicate that 4-H members when compared to other youth are: 1. More likely to spend time being phsically active; 2. Two times less likely to engage in drug use; 3. Two times less likely to use ciggarettes or alcohol. Warrick County was a site for the "The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development". For more information on the findings of this study go to 4-H.org and click on "about 4-H". Source: National 4-H Council

4-H 60 Challenge Set to Launch April 1

The 4-H 60 Challenge will begin in April and end at the conclusion of the 4-H fair in July. During this time frame, 4-H families are encouraged to complete at least 60 minutes of physical activity each day. Each person will self report their minutes of exercise on our website.

The 4-H club with the highest number of minutes per member will receive a 100 dollar award from the 4-H Council. Look for information about the 4-H 60 challenge in your mail box and on our website.

Jelly Genes at Tennyson

We concluded the 4-H science series at Tennyson After school with a DNA activity. To introduce the topic of DNA to the students, we practiced making DNA stands out of jelly and crackers.

The process of making jelly cracker sandwiches helped to teach how genes come together to make DNA strands.

Warrick County 4-H Member Wins Citizenship Award

Katelyn Mehling, a member of Lakeside 4-H club, was recently recognized for her 4-H citizenship, leadership and community service activities by the Indiana Sons of the American Revolution.

Katelyn is currently serving as president of the Lakeside 4-H club and as treasurer of 4-H Jr. Leaders. She has also recently started an after-school language program at St. John's Elementary.

The Tennyson Ice Cream Shop

Our Scientists at Tennyson Elementary were food engineers this week. Using soy milk, we made soy ice cream.


Step 1: Our food engineers mixed vanilla (or chocolate) soy milk with 1 Tbs of sugar.











Step 2: Our food engineers put their milk mixture into ice. (the ice included a sprinkle of ice cream salt)

Step 3: Shake until milk mixture thickens and enjoy a tasty treat.

This was a great way to help children understand the benefits of soy, especially to those who cannot have lactose in their diets.

Essay Contest: "Our Food, Our Farmers"

Students in grades 4-12 can capture their love of Indiana food and farmers in an essay contest sponsored by Indiana Agricultural Commodity Groups and the Indiana Humanities Council. Entries must be received by February 15th and winners are eligible to receive Flip Cams and iPads.

Entry information can be found at www.FoodforThought.org

4-H Science and Biofuels

This week students at the Tennyson Elementary After school site conducted biofuels experiments using yeast, corn syrup and sugar.

This experiment helps to teach youth about alternative energy sources that are derived from plant material such as corn, sorghum or switchgrass.

Source: 2009 4-H National Science Experiment

4-H Science at Tennyson

This month we started 4-H science at the Tennyson Elementary after school site. For the first lesson, we touched on the water cycle, importance of water quality, and conducted water surface area experiments.

Great Job Kent!

Yesterday was our PCARET (Purdue Council on Agriculture, Research, Extension and Teaching) legislative luncheon. Kent Kleiman, a dedicated Warrick County Extension Volunteer, served as the MC for the event. He did a super job!

What's Buggin' You?

At the January Exploring 4-H meeting, we had a great time with bugs! We made caterpillars and spiders. We also learned how we can learn more about entomology through 4-H.

Exploring 4-H is a program for youth in grades K-2. Exploring 4-H used hands-on teaching to introduce youth to science, horticulture, healthy eating and many other topics. Contact us for more information.