The Licking County 4-H Tractor Clubs will soon start meeting again. If your youth is interested in learning more about large equipment, engines, petroleum power and ATVs in a hands-on setting or if your youth would like to complete the Tractor Operators Certification Program (ages 14+), please check out this opportunity. More information can be found at: https://licking.osu.edu/sites/licking/files/imce/Program_Pages/4H/MemberResources/2018-2019Licking%20County4-HTractor%20ClubFlyer.pdf
The Licking County Health Department and Licking County Safe Communities Coalition, through support from State Farm®, is challenging Licking County high school students to create a public service announcement (PSA) billboard to educate their peers about teen driver safety. The winning design will be displayed on a local billboard and the creator will be awarded $500.
Motor-vehicle crashes are the number one killer of teens. The goal of the contest is to raise awareness leading up to National Teen Driver Safety Week, October 15 through 21.
The contest requires students to create their own billboard design with a PSA for teen driver safety and includes the following areas of teen driver safety: seat belts, distracted driving, speed, and peer pressure. The billboard design can be created using whatever media they are most comfortable with, including graphic design, drawing, painting, photography, etc. When using facts and statistics, students should use credible sources (i.e. teendriversource.org, safecar.gov), or through their own research.
A panel of judges will select the winning entry based on the following criteria: relevance, originality, creativity, aesthetic quality, and how well the message of teen driver safety is communicated through the design. A winner will be selected and announced through a press release to the community and their artwork will be displayed on billboards in Licking County for one month in recognition of National Teen Driver Safety Week, October 15 through 21.
The winning design will receive a prize of $500. The student will be presented with the prize from the Licking County Safe Communities Coalition and State Farm at their high school. The referring teacher or school will receive $500 for promoting the contest. Homeschooled students are invited to participate.
For questions or more information, please contact Ashley See, Health Education Manager at (740) 349-6514 or ASee@lickingcohealth.org.
See last year’s winning design here.
Details:
Deadline to submit designs is September 27.
Achievement Award Forms can be filled out by older youth. These form encapsulate information on the youth’s 4-H career and are used to select members for county/state awards, trips and scholarships.
Licking County will be hosting an Achievement Award training on Wednesday, September 19th at 6:00pm at the Licking County Extension Office. This training will help new members learn about achievement forms and how to fill them out and can also help veteran members better their forms from previous years. Please call our office at 740.670.5315 to RSVP for this event.
The Ohio 4-H Teen Leadership Council (TLC) will also be hosting two Achievement Award Forms workshops at the state level. The first workshop is designed for those new to achievement records and the second is for those who have completed achievement records in the past but would like help to spruce up their forms. More In-Depth Session-Ideal for 2+ year completion of the form (or those who have worked quite a bit on their form for the first year). It will offer work stations and coaches available to help attendees with already started or completed achievement forms.
Beginner’s Workshop: Saturday, September 15th, 5:00-7:00pm at the Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center. Please RSVP by September 10th to Hannah Epley, epley.24@osu.edu or 614-247-8144.
Advanced Workshop: Saturday, November 10th, 1:00-2:30pm at the Ag Admin Auditorium on the OSU Columbus Campus. Please RSVP by November 5th to Hannah Epley, epley.24@osu.edu or 614-247-8144. Please realize that this advanced workshop occurs after Licking County’s deadline for Achievement Award Forms. We would still encourage members to attend in order to learn how to better their forms for if they are selected to send their forms to the state level or for upcoming years.
A flier for both state workshops can be found here: https://licking.osu.edu/sites/licking/files/imce/Program_Pages/4H/AchievementAwards/AchievementFormWorkshopFlyer.pdf
Calling all do’ers! National 4-H Council is looking for 4-H youth of all ages who have ideas (original or adapted from other sources) for fun, educational and/or service-oriented hands-on activities to be featured in Council’s brand campaign later this fall. Do you have a step-by-step guide for growing a bean in a bottle to teach kids about agriculture? Or instructions for organizing a trash pickup day in your community? Or a favorite healthy recipe you make for friends and family? We’d love to hear those ideas, and have the opportunity to feature the great ideas, kids and 4-H clubs bringing them to life. Submit your ideas today!
30 Days of Doing is a chance for kids to do with purpose through hands-on learning. You can win a $10,000 scholarship and $10K for Ohio 4-H when you submit a photo that shows how your child inspires themselves or others to do with purpose for themselves, their family, their community, their country or the world. Visit www.4-H.org/inspirekidstodo to before September 30th.