Statewide 4-H Activities
2007 4-H Mid-Winter Teen Retreat
 2007 MISSION POSSIBLE
ALABAMA 4-H MID-WINTER
TEEN RETREAT
02.16-18.007
State Council would like to invite senior 4-H members(ages 14-19) to the Mid-Winter Teen Leadership Retreat 2007! The theme is 007 Mission Possible. State Council chose this theme because we believe that anything we want to achieve is possible! Mid-Winter will be held Friday, February 16 through Sunday, February 18. We hope to see your county represented at our Signature Event! Registration information is available from your local Extension Office or from your 4-H REA!
The following workshops are in the planning stages:
-004-H: Licensed To Tell!
-Mission Possible: Are You Ready?
-Shaken & Stirred
-From 4-H With Love
-Spy School -- With Class
-Tomorrow Never Dies (If You Have a Really Good Job)
State Council has worked hard to put this Retreat together. We need YOU to attend to make it fun and successful!
Thanks for helping State Council,“Make the Best, Better!”
Natural Resource Camp
Four students from Houston Co. represented the Wiregrass Region at the
2006 4-H Natural Resources Camp last week at the Alabama 4-H Center in Columbiana. Over 90 youth and adults from across the state attended this natural science education and outdoor recreation event. Educational programs were conducted by Alabama Power, Alabama Dept. of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System.
The theme this year was " 4-H Protecting Alabama’s Natural Resources - A War Worth Fighting” ; participant's t-shirts were designed by Chelsea Kelly of Pike Co. 4-H.
Activities on Friday focused on Water Quality, Catch and ID of marine life, freshwater fish ID, fish dissection and graphing on the lake. Saturday focused on outdoor sports including fishing, canoeing, archery, shotgun and zip line. Campers stayed in cabins and dorms, enjoyed swimming, an ice cream social, watermelon party and guest speaker Chuck Simon, Covington County Extension Coordinator and a member of the Alabama Fur Traders and Indian Association.
The 2-day camp is offered each year for youth ages 9-15. For more information about Natural Resource Programs visit:
Alabama 4-H Natural Resources
Alabama's 4-H Summer Retreat
Over thirty-five Alabama 4-H members from across the state joined together recently to get “Back to Basics, Back to Green” at Troy University in Troy, AL for the 2006 Summer Retreat. Eleven of them were from right here in the Wiregrass Region!
At the conference, which was hosted by Alabama Collegiate 4-H, attendees participated in a variety of leadership building activities including collegiate and professional workshops and presentations. The workshops revolved around the 4 h’s: head, heart, hands and health; and brought participant’s attention back to the basics of 4-H. Workshops on teamwork, communication, service, leadership and healthy lifestyles kept participants up and moving with fun hands-on learning activities.
The conference also conducted a youth service project supporting “Operation Military Kids”. Participants attended a training workshop and learned how to effectively write a letter of support to other youth who are enduring the deployment process with a parent or loved one. The participants then assembled over one hundred ‘Hero Packs’. These packs are given to military youth when parents are deployed. The packs included disposable cameras, VFW Panda Bears, journals, pens & pencils and a variety of other fun and entertaining toys or items. The project also included signing a Memory Wall with notes of support and caring, this poster will be past on to the family member of an Extension professional currently deployed.
Participants also got to relax and have some fun during the Retreat!. Indeed, they spent the rest of the afternoon cooling off by playing organized field and relay games. Most games included wet sponges and water balloons! It was a fun way to spend a very hot afternoon.
On the last night of the retreat participants attended a banquet where Col. John Schmidt, Vice-President of Troy University and a former 4-H member spoke to the group about servant leadership. Collegiate 4-H also presented several awards including the annual selection of Mr. and Miss 4-H. This year’s winners are Jarrett Moore from Lee County and Mariah Logan from Choctaw County.
Before leaving on Sunday morning six Geneva County youth presented “Nip-It” a tobacco use prevention skit and informational workshop.
This conference was an important opportunity for college-age youth and alumni 4-H members to give back to the 4-H community. It also strengthened their commitment the Collegiate 4-H motto, “Continuing to Share, Sharing to Continue.” For more information about the Collegiate 4-H program please visit,
www.collegiate4h.org or for more information about the Alabama Collegiate 4-H Club please contact Co-advisor Evelyn Rachell or visit their page on Yahoo Groups.
State Congress and Leadership Conference
June 26-28, 2006
 
Six youth from the Wiregrass Region, who qualified at Regional Round-Up recently traveled to Auburn to compete with their projects on the state level. Besides their competitions youth were able to participate in leadership workshops and enjoy the Auburn University Campus.
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