Recap of July 2018 Meeting

Meeting Date: July 13, 2018

Old Business

Club T-shirts

T-Shirts have arrived!  Please contact Marcy if you did not receive yours at the meeting.

New Business

Thank-you Card to Grand Gazette

The club signed a thank-you card for the Gazette’s free advertising for our fundraiser.

Peach Delivery Mom Meeting

Moms need to meet to organize the peach deliveries before they arrive in August.  Delivery date TBA.

Moms, please contact Shelly with your availability between July 18th and August 3rd.

Shelly & Susan are both available on the following dates:

Wednesday, July 18th -- Shelly is available.  Susan -- are you?

Tuesday, July 31st - 8:30 am

Wednesday, July 25th at 1 pm

Friday, July 27th - afternoon or evening

Wednesday, August 1st - after 3 pm

Friday, August 3 - 1-2 pm (possibly in the morning, if Susan can switch Cliffview)

Next Year’s Chartering Paperwork

The club approved the following budget for 2018-2019:

---Scholarship Fund - 35%

---Community Service Fund - 42%

---Club Activities Fund - 20%

---Miscellaneous Fund - 3%

The Plan of Action that was used in 2017-2018 was approved as an outline for 2018-2019.

Volunteers for September’s Meeting

Prayer - Kenna

Devotion - Audrey

Refreshments - French family

Game - Rhae

Demonstrations

Ben, Cherish, Chisum, Rhae, Taylah, and Shiloh gave their demonstrations.

4-H Projects

Members - be sure to register for Exhibit Day and Fair before July 20th.

Call Caroline for help.  It’s a bit complicated, and she will walk you through the process.

The newly updated instructions give links to project documentation - Record Book Help

Please read the club announcements, as well as the 4-H Council newsletter on your own.

Homesteaders Club Announcements

Next Club Meeting - Friday, September 14th @ 1:30 p.m. @ Kremmling Community Church

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Middle Park 4-H Council Announcements

Next Council Meeting - Wednesday, July 25th @ 9 am @ the Middle Park Fairgrounds

(with cleanup as community service)

Registration for Fair & Exhibit Day

Online registration is DUE before July 20th.  Click Submit.  Call Caroline for help!

Read the County 4-H Newsletter that comes to your email and keep up to date on 4-H events!

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Club News - July 2018

Club News

July 2018

Club Meeting

Friday, July 13th  @ 1:30 p.m. @ Hot Sulphur Springs Community Church

Business

Fruit Fundraiser

Chartering Business

Meeting Volunteers

Prayer - Kenna

Devotion - Sego

Refreshments - Rhae

Game - A volunteer?

Demonstrations - Taylah, Shiloh, Ben, Cherish, and Rhae

ALL fruit spreadsheets and payments are DUE this week to Marcy & Audrey!

ANNOUNCEMENT

This is our last meeting before Exhibit Day and Fair!  

Click HERE to check your attendance on the website.  

Six meetings are required for project completion.  

If you have attended other project meetings elsewhere, please let Shelly know.

www.ColoradoHomesteaders.org

Record Book Help

HOW TO GET STARTED ON 4-H PROJECT PAPERWORK

For Junior, Intermediate, and Senior Members...

Learn about what is required for your project by clicking HERE

• Scroll down and click on the link pertaining to your project.
• Click HERE to see links to e-Records, Project Manuals, Supplemental Resources, and Tip Sheets. 
  I have included those links in this document below.
• Click these links to locate, download, and print additional information for your projects.

E-RECORDS

Locate, download, and print the E-Record Book for each of your 4-H projects - Animal / General

• Locate and click on the appropriate link for your project record book.
• It will download into your Downloads folder on your computer.
• Open your Downloads folder to copy and paste the file wherever you would like to store it for future access and use (such as your Documents folder or your Desktop).
• Options:
• Print and write in the data by hand.
• Type in the data and print.
• Store in a 3-ring binder.
• ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTAL PAGES
• Carefully examine the division for your project.  Look for additional supplements to download and include in your record book, such as "Project Expense and Income/Value Forms".

PROJECT MANUALS - Click here for Animal / General

There are some project manuals in file format listed below the record books.  Review the list and

download for use, if they pertain to your project.

PROJECT TIP SHEETS - Click HERE

Below the project manuals are Project Tip Sheets & Project Information Pages.  Be sure to locate those that relate to your project, download, print, and review.

AFTER you download your record book, there are project guides that will be of help to you as your work on your project.  Please click on the category link in which your 4-H project resides:

• Project Guides - Click HERE and select the appropriate guide(s) for your project(s)

EXHIBIT REQUIREMENTS FOR EXHIBIT DAY, MIDDLE PARK FAIR, AND STATE FAIR
Project Score Sheets - Click HERE and HERE to locate score sheets for your project(s).
Exhibit Requirements - Click HERE.  Read the Table of Contents to locate the page on which your project is described.  Scroll down to that page and read what is required for Exhibit Day and State Fair.
Fair Contest Rules - Click HERE to learn about the rules for the fair contests.

SHOOTING SPORTS

Click HERE to learn about the Shooting Sports 4-H Program and available events and activities.

Suggestions In Getting Started

• Take the time to browse through them to get an overview picture of the project.
• Write down ideas on how to schedule your project assignments over the next few months.
• If you need someone to help learn the project (or to help teach it to your children), let me know!  We
  can contact the office to see if they can hook us up with an “expert.”

NOTE: Cloverbuds are not required to complete a record book!