Family Camp

June 3-5, 2011 Family style camp with intergenerational programing to suit all ages! Traditional camp activities based around varying ages and skill groups. Fully staffed with Camp Ocala Program Staff. Youth under the age of 8 must remain with a parent during activities. Cost: $95/person. Registration Deadline: May 25. http://florida4h.org/news/weeklyupdates/Camping_Opportunities_at_Camp_Ocala.pdf

DEADLINE for Registration extended until April 15

You’re Invited The Florida 4-H Volunteer Association requests the honor of your presence at their Annual Volunteer Forum to be held

April 29- May 1, 2011

at Camp Ocala. This gathering is for the purpose of learning/teaching 4-H projects, meeting with other volunteers, and deciding the future of Florida 4-H. Your participation and input are of great importance to us and to the youth we serve. We promise a weekend of enlightenment, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. In addition to workshops there will be activities, meetings, fun, and friendship. Come join us! Go to the state website - click on forum registration -read the info- fill out the forms- join us for the weekend! The association exists for all of us. Help us help others by being a part of us. Please accept my personal invitation to join us April 29- May 1, 2011. Ellen Waldrop, President

Congratulations to all the 4-H youth who participated in the Collier County Fair last week.

Hello to the 4-H Families, I would like to introduce myself. I am Tish Roland, the new 4-H Extension Agent for Collier County. I started work on March 7. Just in time for the horse show in Immokalee. I have been super busy learning about 4-H in Florida. I really enjoyed the County Fair last week. What a busy time for all of the 4-H families. I come from Nebraska. I grew up in western Nebraska in a town called Ogallala (population 5,000). I showed my horse in 4-H. Actually, I tried to find any reason to be on a horse. My senior year of High School I went to New Zealand for a year as a Rotary Exchange Student. Upon my return I went to the University of Nebraska for 4 years and got a Bachelors of Education in Elementary Education and Human Development and the Family. I married my husband Mark after graduation. His career in the Air Force moved us to California, where our first son, Douglas was born. Then we moved to Montana, where our second son, Daniel was born. During this time I taught in Great Falls and Power, Montana. We decided that Nebraska was the place to raise our boys so we returned back home. We lived in Eagle on an acreage, which is just outside of Lincoln. I had two horses Jessie and Mac. I worked at the University of Nebraska for the last 17 years as the Director of the Children’s Center. It was a very large center serving 178 children. The children were from 25 different counties. I had 22 full time employees and 70 college students. My sons are both are attending the University of Nebraska. I look forward to working with all of you. I will be calling each leader and asking when your next meeting is, so that I can come and meet all of you. You are always welcome to contact me. Communication is very important to establish a relationship. I am here for you and want to do what is best for your club. In the beginning I may not know all the answers, but I will find the answers and get back to you. I know many of you have had a long journey in 4-H and I would love to hear from you. Here is my contact information: Tish Roland Work: 239-353-4244 Cell: 402-580-7669 e-mail: troland@ufl.edu

On February 12th, 4-H members from Hoof Beats and Boots & Spurs in Collier Country went the the State Fair in Tampa to compete in the 2011 Horse Judging competition. Over 300 individuals 4H and FFA club members from all over the state can to Tampa for this competition. The day included judging 4 halter classes and 4 under saddle classes. The teams from Collier county had a great experience and finished in the top half. Clare Sullivan finished in the top 10. Congratulations to all the participants ( Sierra Tamm, Devon Roffler, Clare Sullivan, Bree Wipperman, Danielle Fisher, Sarah Sistrunk, Annabelle Moll) On March 19th, some of these same 4-Hers travelled to Orlando to compete in the 2011 Hippology contest. This is a day of team activities, written tests, horse judging and visual station identification on all topics related to horses. Sarah Sistrunk finished 5th overall in the Intermediate division, Devon Roffler received the highest school on the team question in the Senior Division and Clare Sullivan received the highest score in the Senior Division for Horse Judging and finished 4th overall. Congratulations to the teams and thank you for representing Collier County!

Good Luck!!!

We would like to wish all of the Collier County 4-H Exhibitors that are participating in the State fair good luck. We will be cheering each of you on in spirit.

The County Events and CWF deadline is this Friday, February 11th. Please make sure that you return your paperwork to the office in time.

If you want to enter a t-shirt design for Area F we need it in our office on Tuesday February 8th.

Intermediate State is coming up very soon so what do you need to do to get ready for this amazing event? Register! We don't want anyone left out so make sure that you tell all of your friends. The promotional video has been made and can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PKmxgFcanI

. The weekend will be filled with fun, great workshops, and amazing fun shops planned by the Intermediate State Committee! Health Rocks! will be taught in the workshops, and they are sure to make everyone have fun!
Check with your county agent for your county's registration. You can also contact your county agent for more information or go to http://florida4h.org/events/Int_State.shtml.

Here is a new website for embryology. Check it out!!
http://florida4h.org/projects/embryology/

We also have a new website for a new 4-H online rabbit project, here is the link for it.

http://florida4h.org/projects/rabbits/Intro.html

In an effort to recognize the impact the class of 2011 has had on the Florida 4-H Program over the years, the Florida 4-H Ways and Means Committee has created a special t-shirt to congratulate this year’s graduating seniors on their work to “Make the Best, Better”!

Order forms and money are due to Ms. Wendi by July 8th.

Congratulations

I would like to congratulate all of the exhibitors at the 4-H Livestock show. Everyone did a great job with their animals, and all of the inside entries were great.
Congratulations to the Hoof beats 4-H club on winning best of show on their club wreath. Everyone had a lot of fun on the Family fun day, with the races and egg toss game (even though it became a little messy.)

I would also like to thank everyone who worked so hard to make the 4-H Livestock Show a great success.


Paper work for County events and KYCG are completed. Make sure to ask your leader for the forms if you are interested in participating, and return them to the Extension office before the deadline.