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4-H 2009: Your Best Year Yet!

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A package of 4-H thank you cards was part fo the welcome packets for all the 4-H volunteer attendees.   Extension staff arrive early to set up the Forum workshops before volunteers arrive.   Lisa Phelps, Program Administration for University of Maine Cooperative Extension, welcomes volunteers to the Forum.   Volunteers are attentive to the opening remarks of Pinetree Foundation Executive Director Fred Schlutt.

The Animal Science Committee convenes during the Forum to discuss policy issues.   A 4-H youth attends the Animal Science Committee meeting.   The Animal Science Committee work out policy issues during their daylong meetings.   A panel of youth who attended national 4-H conferences shared their experiences.

Maple Hill Farm, an eco-friendly business that uses a wind turbine and solar panels to generate power for their buildings, serves as host of the Forum.   Maple Hill Farm is in a beautiful location in Hallowell, Maine.   Volunteers chat with each other to learn more about what other leaders are doing around the state.   The Life Skills Wheel workshop demonstrates a simple idea for integrating the Life Skills Wheel in to an easy-to-understand activity for leaders to do with their youth.

Volunteer leaders take part in an ice breaker activity to get to know each other.   Leaders from Cumberland County write down the skills they used to get to the Forum based on the Life Skills Wheel during that workshop.   Leaders having fun networking and sharing ideas at the Forum.   Opportunities for leaders to chat one-on-one make the Forum a valuable experience.

Leaders learn how to properly fold a flag during the Cloverbud workshop, which was full of creative ideas to engage Cloverbuds.   The “Skill-A-Thon” Cloverbud workshop has leaders learning new hands-on activities, which included making bugs out of marshmallows and toothpicks.   Leaders practice their math skills with the Smart Shoppers activity at the Cloverbud workshop.   Leaders chat with Extension Educator, Christy Fitzpatrick during a break.

Volunteers show off a newly acquired resource, laminated cards that will help leaders work with youth in their clubs through the Experiential Learning Model.   Leaders are given a minute to teach their partner “anything” and process how this experience can translate to working with youth through the Experiential Learning workshop.   Leaders work together on a group teambuilding activity.   Leaders work together on a team building activity.

Barbara Baker, an Extension Educator, leads the Experience Experiential Learning workshop.   Christy Fitzpatrick does some early morning set up that includes a sign welcoming the 4-H volunteers to the Forum, thanks to Monsanto and the National 4-H Council.   A volunteer balances a broom handle on his hand during the Experience Experiential Learning workshop

 

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