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!

Recap of June 2018 Meeting

  by Shelly Mathis

Meeting Date: June 1, 2018

Old Business

Club T-shirts

Please email your desire shirt order to Shelly: include sizes and name(s) of member or mom.

Due by June 9th.

New Members:

Paige

Brenden

Carsten

Cherish

Old Members:

Please email Shelly if you grew out of your shirt from last year and need a new one.

New Business

Fruit-Selling Opportunities in Granby

Paige invited whoever is available to sell fruit with them at a Granby Chamber Event tonight.

You can contact her at 970-531-8099.

We talked about selling early OR surplus peaches at Granby’s Farmer’s Market.

This is completely dependent upon the peach crop and Phil’s schedule.

This event is optional and for the members who are available on the dates chosen.

Tish and Paige will coordinate based on what they learn from Phil.

Community Service

The club voted to purchase five boxes of peaches to donate to local food pantries and seniors.

We will divide them up between whichever entities accept them:

Silver Spruce Apartments?

Mountain Family Center (food pantries in Kremmling and Granby)

Granby Seniors

Volunteers for July’s Meeting

Prayer - Kenna

Devotion - Sego

Refreshments - Rhae

Game - Lexi

Demonstrations

Lexi and Flint gave their demonstrations.

Community Service: Tray Favors

After the meeting, Cherish led a community service project.

She taught the club how to make crab and ladybug tray favors out of seashells.

4-H Projects

Members - be sure you are completing all that is required for your project.

Follow these instructions to verify you have the necessary 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, July 13th @ 1:30 p.m. @ Hot Sulphur Community Church

Demonstrations - Taylah, Shiloh, Ben, Cherish, Rhae

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Middle Park 4-H Council Announcements

Next Council Meeting - Monday, June 4th @ 7 p.m. @ the Hot Sulphur Springs Town Hall

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 - June 2018

Club News

June 2018

Club Meeting

Friday, June 1st @ 12 p.m. @ Hot Sulphur Springs Community Church

Picnic Lunch Time!  

Bring a packed lunch.  If you wish, you can bring something to share with the group.

Business Meeting

Meeting Volunteers

Prayer - Lexi

Devotion - Rhae

Demonstrations - Taylah, Lexi, Shiloh, Flint

Tray Favors - Cherish will be leading the group in designing seashell tray favors.

Please bring black sharpies, if you have them!

Please bring any completed fruit sale spreadsheets and payments to give to Audrey & Marcy.

www.ColoradoHomesteaders.org

Recap of May 2018 Meeting

by Shelly Mathis

Meeting Date: May 18, 2018

Ben’s 4-H Council Meeting Report

Council Fundraiser

Volunteer to sell 4-H truck raffle tickets with the council on June 2nd at Murdoch’s in Fraser.  

The council earned $1000 selling tickets outside of City Market.  

Watch for more council fundraising opportunities in the newsletter and in emails from Lacy.

Old Business

Fruit Fundraiser

Phil says to sell lots of peaches; he’s expecting a “bumper crop.”

Contact Paige if you want to set up a fruit-selling table this summer at the new Granby Chamber.

Please start turning in your completed spreadsheets with payment to Marcy & Audrey.

Sales need to wrap up by the end of June!

New Business

Trip Assistance

The club voted to give Ben $75 for CWF, and Foster and Lexi each $75 for EXPO.

T-Shirts for New Members

The club voted to purchase club T-shirts for new members:

(At the meeting, that included Rhaelyn, Cherish, Carsten, Brenden & Paige).  

Jani, Carly, and Critter -- more new members

Marcy will contact Donna at Mountain Mama’s and coordinate the order and payment.

---Is there a minimum requirement for our order?
---Does the previous sizing chart still apply?
---What is the cost?

Shelly or Marcy will email the sizing chart to the club and ask for order requests.

If anyone else in the club needs a larger size, please contact Shelly or Marcy immediately!

4-H Projects

Members - be sure you are completing all that is required for your project.

Follow these instructions to verify you have the necessary documentation - Record Book Help

Volunteers for June 1st’s Meeting

Prayer - Lexi

Devotion - Rhae

Refreshments - Each family will bring a packed picnic lunch.  Feel free to bring something to share.

Game - NO GAME - Due to demonstrations and tray favors

Tray Favors

We made Independence Day tray favors ahead of time for July.  

Marcy, Tish, and Shelly will deliver them when it is appropriate.

Demonstration Schedule

May - Foster, Sego, Audrey, Kenna

June - Taylah, Lexi, Shiloh, Flint

July - Ben, Cherish, Rhaelyn

Homesteaders Club Announcements

Next Club Meeting - Friday, June 1st @ 12 p.m. @ Hot Sulphur Community Church

Demonstrations - Taylah, Lexi, Shiloh, Flint

Tray Favors - Cherish will be leading the group in designing seashell tray favors.

Please bring black sharpies, hot glue guns, and glue sticks!

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Middle Park 4-H Council Announcements

Next Council Meeting - Monday, June 4th @ 7 p.m. @ the Hot Sulphur Springs Town Hall

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 - May 2018

Club News

May 2018

Club Meeting

Friday, May 18th @ 1 p.m. @ Kremmling Community Church

Business Meeting

Meeting Volunteers

Prayer - Sego

Devotion - Sego

Refreshments - Audrey

Game - Foster

Demonstrations - Foster, Sego, Flint, Audrey, Kenna

Please bring any completed fruit sale spreadsheets and payments to give to Audrey & Marcy.

www.ColoradoHomesteaders.org