4-H Club

KCNRA Trunk-or-Treat and Archery

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Trunk or Treat

The Knox County Natural Resource Area (KCNRA) is hosting a Trunk-or-Treat and Archery Block Party on Oct. 23, 2024. The community is welcome to attend in costume for some treats, bonfire, and monitored archery range. The event will begin at 5:30pm at the archery range right behind the Ramser 4-H Center. Youth archery equipment will be provided and all are welcome to shoot! Archers with personal equipment are encouraged to bring their own!

We are also welcoming 4-H Clubs that would like to set up a trunk or table to pass out treats! Clubs may donate treats to the Extension office prior to Oct. 22. This is a great way to recruit new members, or participate in a community service activity. Be sure to show your club pride by displaying your club name! Please RSVP to Lindsey (vangundy.44@osu.edu) by Oct 22 if your club would like a spot to pass out treats. If your club is just attending, no RSVP is needed.

Event is rain or shine.

Booth Building 2023- Updated

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All clubs are able to sign up for a booth space this year! We encourage all clubs to reserve a space! This is how members will display their exhibits for still projects.  Let’s make our booth building an exciting place to visit! We need full booths, interesting exhibits and displays, and most important, welcoming 4-H members on patrol.

UPDATE: Clubs will not be needed for Sunday, July 16. Booth set-up night is Wednesday, July 19 from 3:00-8:00pm. During the construction time on July 19th, clubs wanting their own booths may allow members may check in projects. They must check in projects with Lindsey during that time. Clubs with booths are responsible for filling 4 hours of “booth patrol” during the week of fair. That sign-up is also below.

In order to receive the premium for a still project, it must be displayed in the booth building the entire week of fair. Still projects may be checked in Friday July 21 from 4:00-8:00pm or Saturday July 22 from 8:00am-12:00pm. No late arrivals will be accepted. **Remember: a project book is NOT an exhibit.** Cloverbuds will also have a specific booth to display any projects during the week.

 

Club Booth sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AACAB28A7FCCF8-2023

 

Booth Patrol Sign-up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AACAB28A7FCCF8-booth

 

4th H Club Challenge

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We pledge our “health to better living” but do we actually practice it? The 4th H Club Challenge encourages Ohio 4-H Clubs to learn, practice, and advocate for healthy choices and behaviors at 4-H club meetings. Practicing healthy habits and choices now has lifelong effects on the health of youth.

Each club that completes the challenge before the deadline will enter into the $100 voucher drawing for their region to use for their club (project books, educational tools, etc.)! Each region will have a winner. The first 25 clubs that complete the registration and pre-survey will get an extra entry. How does it work? Apply 3 healthy practices per meeting at 6 or more 4-H clubs/meetings from April – December 2023.

  1. Register and complete pre-survey.
  2. Record the dates and activities in the 4th H tracker link. (the tracker link will be provided after registering)
  3. Share a picture of your club doing a healthy practice on social media. Be sure to include the official hashtag #Ohio4thHClubChallenge.
  4. Submit all activities to the tracker link by December 31st, 2023.

More information can be found at https://go.osu.edu/4thHClubChallenge. Attached is a graphic both in PNG and PDF file for your newsletters, social media, etc.

2023 Knox County 4-H Officer Training

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This is a friendly reminder that Officer Training will be on Tuesday, March 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ramser 4-H Activity Center.  The OSU Collegiate 4-H groups will be coming to assist our members with learning their roles.  Lindsey would like to have a head count on who we will be expecting that evening to make sure we plan accordingly.  As a club, please fill out this survey: https://osu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9GZ8mNo0NIIWKAm to help with calculating our expected attendance.

 

NEW 4-H Club Financial Guidance

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4-H volunteers/4-H families can access it on the Ohio 4-H website (https://ohio4h.org/ > Volunteers > Club Leaders > Finances > at the top of the page titled, “Ohio 4-H Club/Affiliate Financial Guidance”). The direct link to the webpage, where you can access the document is here: https://ohio4h.org/volunteers/volunteers/club-leaders/finances.

The document covers a variety of items including:

  • why the guidance is necessary,
  • why clubs should have funds,
  • financial timeline,
  • managing funds,
  • starting a new club’s funds,
  • maintaining finds (including the requirements vs. best practice/recommended),
  • when to raise funds,
  • acceptable fundraisers,
  • determining how to spend funds (including acceptable ways to spend funds and prohibited ways to spend funds),
  • thank you notes,
  • concerns about a 4-H group’s finances, and
  • the time commitment to manage funds.

 

Let’s Get Crafty SPIN Club

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This virtual 4-H SPecialINerest(SPIN) Club is for youth Grades 3-12, who want to learn and create a variety of art projects.  During this 6 week SPIN club, participants will receive information and then actively create projects during the 1 hour meeting time.  An Art Gallery will spotlight the club participants’ projects on April 29.

 

Projects …

  • Food Art
  • Painted Photo Frames
  • Art Cards
  • Origami
  • Earth Day Art

Let’s Get Crafty SPIN Club details…

  • Thursdays (March 25, April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29)
  • Time: 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
  • Location: ONLINE via ZOOM
  • Cost: FREE!

*A list of supplies needed will be sent to participants.

Please register at: go.osu.edu/crafty

Flyer: Let’sGetCraftySpIn Club2021

Grab & Go Club Meeting Toolkit

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The Ohio 4-H Grab & Go Club Meeting Toolkit provides 4-H volunteers and teen leaders with seven (7) club meeting agendas to help plan for the 4-H year. Each agenda is two pages. The first page provides an overview of the topic, a sample agenda and resources to put ideas into action. The second page provides in-depth explanations and specific strategies.

Agenda Title Pages
#1: Family Meeting Kick-Off
#2: Icebreakers/Team Building
#3: Election of Officers
#4: Public Speaking Activities
#5: Educational Programs
#6: Planning Club Fundraisers
#7: End of Year Review

Each agenda highlights how to adapt in-person 4-H activities to a virtual setting.  Clubs may discover creative solutions that remain part of their club tradition for years to come. Visit Ohio 4-H’s Stay Connected page for more resources.  Each agenda highlights strategies for including Cloverbuds in developmentally appropriate, non-competitive club activities. A variety of Cloverbud-specific activity
resources are also available on the Ohio 4-H webpage For Cloverbud Leaders.

New Club Officer Resources for 2021

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New resources are available to use with your 4-H clubs for 2021.  These are quick guides that offer information on the importance of campaigning for club offices, officer position description, and tips for holding elections.   You can also visit: https://ohio4h.org/officerresources to find all of the officer books as well.

Check out these great new items:

 

Online Training for Club Volunteers

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The North Central Region Volunteer Specialists are excited to share with you a new online training resource: “4-H EZ: Recipe for Community Club Success.”

This training includes 6 videos, handouts, and resources that go with the videos. Volunteers can watch the videos and review the handouts and resources designed for club use. We have also included a “4-H EZ Application Guide” that allows you to reflect on the videos and apply the information specifically to your 4-H Community Club.

This online training can be completed by yourself or with a group of youth and adult volunteers. Volunteers can complete the videos all in one setting or divide them up, as needed, for their schedule.

The videos are available at: http://bit.ly/4-HEZ. Click on the heading of each section to go to the video. They will first be asked to sign in, and then can click on the video link. At the end of each video, they will be asked to reflect on something learned and offer suggestions for future training opportunities.

We thank you for your interest in strengthening your 4-H Clubs and hope that 4-H EZ will help our Volunteers with these efforts!