CLOVERBUDS ~ NO August meeting!

No meeting tonight, Cloverbuds! We are taking the month of August off to recover from the Fair and Back-to-School madness :)

We hope everyone enjoyed the Union County Fair this year. So many of our Cloverbuds entered Open Class projects with wonderful results. We can't wait to hear about everyone's Fair experiences at our next meeting!

Our September meeting will on Tuesday, September 21st, at 6pm, and will be our final meeting of the year. We will post more details soon!

CLOVERBUDS ~ July Meeting Agenda

DATE

Tuesday, July 20th @6pm
Allen Township Community Building

MEETING TOPIC
Creating a Photography or Creative Arts
entry for the Union County Fair

KINDHEARTED ACT
Our club is sponsoring a 4H award for the fair!

Our KindHearted Cloverbuds are partnering with KH4H to sponsor 2 awards. One award is for Scrapbooking and the other will be an animal award.

What a super way to be KIND HEARTED!
We will talk more about this at our meeting :)

ADDITIONAL MEETING INFO
Our Goal for this meeting will be to have each Cloverbud create an entry to enter in the Union County Fair. We will have the rules and entry forms available and will give instructions on how to enter these projects in the Fair.

We are planning to focus our meeting on photography and are hoping each child interested in entering a photograph in the Fair can bring a digital camera to the meeting to shoot pictures. Our hope is that one of these pictures will be entered into the Fair in the Open Class Photography Department. We are planning to contact a local photographer to come to our meeting and talk to us about how to take great photos.
Here is a list of just some of the Photography categories:
(can be either COLOR or BLACK & WHITE)

• Animals
  
• Children
• Humorous
• Nature
• Landscape/Seascape
• Sunrise/Sunset
• Night Scene
• Action sport
• Still life flowers/fruit

For the Cloverbuds not interested in photography or unable to bring a digital camera, we will have supplies available for working on a drawing, watercolor painting or mixed media art project. Our hope is that one of these art projects will be entered in the Fair in the Open Class Creative Arts Department.

Here is a list of just some of the Creative Arts categories:

• Portrait
• Landscape/Seascape
  
• Still Life
• Union County Subject
  

You are welcome to bring along anything that you would like to photograph or draw or paint a picture of...a bowl of fruit, a vase of flowers, a picture of the beach that you'd like to like paint or draw...the ideas are endless! Start thinking about what you'd like to do and we will see you on July 20th!

CONTACT ADVISORS
if you have any questions :)

Rachel ~ brkscjones@embarqmail.com
Corie ~ payitforward@columbus.rr.com
Lorie ~ loriehaskell@gmail.com

CLOVERBUDS ~ June Meeting Rundown

A BIG THANK YOU to our Cloverbuds who donated healthy snacks for the firemen at the Allen Township Fire House. We had a great time touring their Fire Station and learning about all the many things that firefighters do.

We were reminded to STOP, DROP and ROLL and cover our faces with our hands if our clothes ever catch on fire.

We learned about the gear that firefighters have to wear and that it weighs nearly 50 pounds! They let us listen to the funny sound the firefighters make when they breathe with their masks on (kind of like Darth Vader). They reminded us not to be scared of them when we hear this noise...they are always there to help us!

Before we left, the firefighters gave us all a souvenir fireman hat...what a great end to our meeting!

Our next meeting is July 20th...more info to come soon! :)

CLOVERBUDS ~ June Meeting Agenda

DATE
Tuesday, June 15th @6pm
Allen Township Community Building

MEETING TOPIC
Learn about Fire Fighters
& Tour Allen Township Firehouse


KINDHEARTED ACT
Please bring a healthy food/snack(s) to donate to the Allen Township Fire Fighters. We are suggesting the following ideas, but feel free to bring your own choice of a healthy snack food you think the fire fighters would enjoy!

Kindergarten Cloverbuds: granola bars or oranges

First Grade Cloverbuds: apples, grapes or baby carrots

Second Grade Cloverbuds: bananas or cheese sticks


ADDITIONAL MEETING INFO
We are planning to tour the Allen Township Firehouse during our meeting. We will meet at the Community Building at 6pm and say our pledges before heading over to the Firehouse. The tour will take most of the meeting, so we anticipate not having time for an additional activities this month.
Hope to see you all at the meeting!

CONTACT ADVISORS
if you have any questions :)

Rachel ~ brkscjones@embarqmail.com
Corie ~ payitforward@columbus.rr.com
Lorie ~ loriehaskell@gmail.com

CLOVERBUDS ~ May Meeting Rundown

THANKS FOR A GREAT MAY MEETING!

A BIG THANK YOU to all of our Cloverbuds for the great donations you brought in for the Union County Humane Society (UCHS).

We hope you enjoyed the presentation by Steffen Baldwin, the Executive Director of the UCHS, and his pal, Merlin.

Steffen was able to provide us with lots of good information, including the fact that the UCHS serves over 1,300 stray pets a year! He told it was important to remember that pets always require 3 things: food, water and shelter. He also taught us how to approach a stray dog...first, by being a 'tree' standing still with our chins tucked or by being a 'rock'.

Steffen also read us a story about dogs and taught us that we need to ask the owners of pets for permission to pet their dogs to keep us safe. He said volunteers are always welcome at the Humane Society to help walk dogs and do other helpful things, but first must complete a volunteer orientation that is offered once a month at the library. Also, all volunteers under the age of 16 must have an adult volunteer with them.

To finish up our meeting, we made some photo frames using the wonderful pictures that Miss Corie took of us at our last meeting with Shelby's pet bunny!

We left for home with doggie bags full of puppy chow to finish up our pet themed meeting. Here's the recipe for Puppy Chow if you'd like to make more at home: http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,1747,133182-252193,00.html

Looking forward to another fun-filled Cloverbud Meeting in June. We are hoping to schedule a tour of the Allen Township Fire Station. Details to follow soon :)

CLOVERBUDS ~ May Meeting Agenda

DATE
Tuesday, May 18th @6pm
Allen Township Community Building

MEETING TOPIC
Pets

KINDHEARTED ACT
Please bring an item(s) to donate to the Union County Humane Society. Some of the items that are most needed at this time include: chew toys for large dogs, kitten food, puppy food, blankets, paper towels, bleach, and HE laundry soap.

The entire wist list for the UCHS can be found here:
http://www.uchspets.org/wishlist.htm


ADDITIONAL MEETING INFO
We are currently working with the Union County Humane Society to schedule a fun demonstration during our meeting. We will also have a quick craft and a small snack during our meeting. Hope to see you all then!

CONTACT ADVISORS
if you have any questions :)

Rachel ~ brkscjones@embarqmail.com
Corie ~ payitforward@columbus.rr.com
Lorie ~ loriehaskell@gmail.com

CLOVERBUDS ~ April Meeting Rundown

Thanks for a wonderful April meeting, Cloverbuds!

A BIG THANK YOU to all of you for donating items for the Personal Needs Pantry! We had such a great time discussing Spring Cleaning with you, and we hope you had fun with our dust pan relay race and our feather duster puppet craft. (Here is a link to the directions for making the puppets in case you'd like to make more at home... http://www.makeandtakes.com/feather-duster-puppets)


Looking forward to a great May Meeting. Details will be posted soon! :)

May Meeting for KH4H

Hello Everyone....just wanted to let you all know that the May 4H meeting will be Sunday, May 16th at 6:30 p.m. at Jack Herbst's house.

Meeting Change for KindHearted Cloverbuds and KH4H

We have to change our meeting originally scheduled for Sept. 16 ~ I have started grad school and that is one of the nights I have class and I can't miss ~

We have it down to two dates which are both on Tuesday: Tuesday, Sept. 22 OR Tuesday, Oct. 13 ~ Please vote for your preference ASAP and we will go with the one that works for the most people ~

This meeting will be a year end wrap-up and we will be passing out certificates and celebrating a most wonderful year with our Cloverbuds and KH4Hers ~ It will be an ice cream social and we will meet with both the Cloverbuds and KH4Hers and their families from 6:30-8 PM ~ We will provide the ice cream and then we will have people bring toppings and bowls to share ~ More info to come once we settle on a date......

Thanks!

Corie
& Rachel

KH4H Fair Reminders

KH4Hers ~

The fair is upon us ~ It's time to be finishing up projects or shifting into high gear ~ Our meeting on July 15 at 7 p.m. will be completely fair-focused ~

Everyone needs to be prepared to share something that they've put together to demonstrate what they've learned from one of their projects ~ Even if they don't plan on showing at this year's fair, we would still like to see what you've learned ~ This is your time to show-off and let everyone see how hard you've been working ~

The easiest way to show your progress is probably in the form of a poster ~ Also make sure you have completed the Discovering 4H book (you can use this as your fair project) We will be presenting the group with some questions about the Discovering 4H project to make sure everyone has completed it (we are required to do this by the Extension office)

So the bulk of our meeting will be focused on project progress and finishing Discovering 4H ~

CLOVERBUDS!

Our next meeting is on Wednesda, July 1 @ 6 PM ~ Allen Township Building

JUST A REMINDER! This will be the last meeting before the Fair ~ We will work on getting a display together for the fair to represent our group AND we will be making decorations for the parade ~
Please bring to the next meeting the following:

Two Large Bags of Wrapped Candy that we can hand out on the Parade Route
A Plain 4-Leaf Clover cut out of any color green poster board (approx. 12 X 12 inches in size) ~ we will decorate these at our meeting to be used on the trailer/truck for decorations ~
A school picture size of yourself ~ We will use these to create our fair display poster ~ the picture doesn't have to be your school picture it just has to be cut to about that small size (1X2)
Your Nature Board if you decorated it from our Field Trip
AND....any interesting pictures or photos that your child plans on entering in open class and would like to share ~

I know this is a lot more than usual but given the time crunch, it will help Rachel and I to have some things done ahead of time (like the Clovers)

Please Call or E-Mail if you have any questions ~ We will give everyone final instructions regarding the fair parade at the July 15 meeting ~

KH4H Agenda for June 17, 2009

KH4H Project Club - Regular Meeting and Field Trip
June 17, 2009
3:15 p.m.
North Lewisburg Multi-Use Path

1. Call to Order VP Evan Hamm
2. Pledge of Allegiance Evan
3. 4H Pledge Kira
4. Suspended Reading of Minutes/Treasurer's Report due to time constraints
4. Demonstration on Beginner Fishing Evan
5. Bike Safety Presentation Ms. Corie
6. Bike Ride
7. Final Comments/Reminders
8. Adjournment Pre. Noah Eubanks

KH 44H Agenda for June 7, 2009

KH4H Project Club – Regular Meeting
June 7, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Hayden Bix’s Home ~ 532 Fawnbrook Drive ~ Marysville


1. Call to Order Hayden Bix (sub.)

2. Pledge of Allegiance Jack Herbst (sub.)

3. 4H Pledge Kira Jones (sub.)

4 Roll Call/Kindhearted Act Kira Jones (sub.)

5. Reading of the Minutes ----------------------- Suspended (Amber absent)
6. Treasurer’s Report Nathaniel

7. Discovering 4-H Project Ms. Rachel and Ms. Corie

8. Demonstrations Hayden/Nathaniel/Jack
Hayden – At Home Fitness
Nathaniel – Dog Grooming
Jack – Proper Hand Washing

9. New Business

A. Discuss Field Trips
Ideas Include: Canoeing, Heart of Ohio Pond, Hiking, Creeking
B. Demo Day on June 19

10. Reminders: Discovering 4H books and
T-shirt money due Ms. Rachel and Ms.Corie

11. Comments

12. Adjournment Hayden Bix (sub.)

13. Kick Ball?

KH4H Agenda for May 20, 2008

KH4H Project Club – Regular Meeting
May 200, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Allen Township Hall


1. Call to Order President ~ Noah Eubanks

2. Pledge of Allegiance ~ Vice-President Evan Hamm

3. 4H Pledge ~ Pres. Eubanks

4 Roll Call/Kindhearted Act ~ Amber Brooks

5. Reading of the Minutes ~ Amber Brooks

6. Treasurer’s Report ~ Ms. Rachel

7. Discovering 4-H Project ~ Ms. Rachel and Ms. Corie

8. Demonstrations ~ Kira Jones and Noah Eubanks

9. New Business
A. Collect T-Shirt Money
B. Discuss June Meeting/Field Trips
C. Sort Clothes and Books
D. Project Updates


10. Recreation Officer Presentation ~ Jack Herbst

11. Comments

12. Adjournment



June Presentation – Hayden Bix

Relay for Life ~ Friday, May 8

KH4H and Families ~

I will be helping with Relay for Life this Friday at the Marysville High School Stadium ~ If you are interested in helping call me by tommorow and I will contact the Luminaria chair and find out when and where she needs help ~ This is a great way to give back to the community and put into action our club name Kind Hearted ~ I plan on bringing Hayden and Sawyer (my cloverbud) so if you have younger ones that want to come along, bring them ~ If your 4Her plans on participating, please make arrangements to stay with them at the event as I will be tied up with a related luminaria project at the event ~

Thanks~

Corie Bix, 937-644-2786

KH4H Project Club – Regular Meeting
April 22, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Allen Township Hall


1. Call to Order ~ President Noah Eubanks

2. Pledge of Allegiance ~ Vice-President Evan Hamm

3. 4H Pledge ~ Pres. Eubanks

4 Roll Call ~ Amber Brooks

5. Demonstration ~ Amber/Allyson Brooks

6. Reading of the Minutes ~ Amber Brooks

7. Treasurer’s Report ~ Ms. Rachel

8. Discovering 4-H Project ~ Ms. Rachel and Ms. Corie

9. New Business

A. T-Shirts
B. Bike/Clean-A-Thon Fundraiser at Allen Township
C. Project Updates

10. Safety Officer Presentation ~ Tony Woodworth

11. Comments

12. Adjournment

* May Presentation – Photographer/Historian – Kira Jones

Please Vote for a Club T-Shirt!

1. Varsity T-Shirt (click on link for picture)
$9.95 each (can be personalized with club name)
http://www.4-HMall.org/detail.aspx?ID=1381593

OR

2. Make the Best Better T-Shirt (click on link for picture)
$13.95 each (we would have to personalize on our own if we chose to do so)
http://www.4-HMall.org/detail.aspx?ID=1729021

KH4H Field Trip Postponed

Due to weather and the anticipation of a lengthy NL council meeting we will re-schedule for a later date! Happy Spring Break and we will see everyone on April 22 ~

Kindhearted Cloverbuds!

What a wonderful first meeting! We enjoyed seeing a lot of our returning Cloverbuds and getting to meet some new faces ~

Remember our Pledge Challenge ~ If you are able to recite the pledge from memory at our next meeting or at any meeting this year, you will be rewarded with a prize ~ They are printed on the backs of your name tags.

Be prepared to share during Kind Moments.

On April 22 we will celebrate Earth Day by potting flowers to give to someone as our kind hearted act for April.

Ms. Rachel and I are so looking forward to getting to know each of you more this year!

KH4H Field Trip

Weather Permitting - We will meet at the east end of the bike trail (by the bridge) at 4:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, April 7. Please wear walking shoes and dress appropriately as it will get cooler over the course of our evening. Bring a small clipboard or something easy to write on and a pen/pencil. After we complete the 1.9 mile trail we will head to Cardinal's pizza to refuel and hold a very short business meeting. After dinner we will walk over to the North Lewisburg Municipal Building and stay for the first 30 minutes of their regular montly meeting to see first hand the parlimentary procedure in action. Parents please pick your 4Her up at 7:30 at the Municipal Building. If the weather doesn't cooperate we will met at Cardinal's at 6:00 p.m. and pick up will still be 7:30 ~ Please RSVP and let us know if you can make this event!

Playdough Recipe

1 c. flour
1/2 c. salt
2 tsp. cream of tartar (DO NOT OMIT)
1 c. water
1 tbsp. cooking oil

Mix ingredients in a saucepan. Cover over medium heat until it forms into a ball, stirring constantly. Food coloring may be added. Knead slightly on waxed paper. Let cool.
This playdough will not stick to carpet or clothes.

Tentative Agenda for 3/18

KH4H Project Club – Regular Meeting
March 18, 2009
7:00 p.m.
Allen Township Hall

1. Call to Order President Noah Eubanks

2. Pledge of Allegiance Vice-President Evan Hamm

3. 4H Pledge Pres. Eubanks

4 Roll Call/Kind Moments Amber Brooks

5. Reading of Minutes Amber Brooks

6. Treasurer’s Report Nathaniel Johnson

7. Demonstration Ms. Corie

8. Project Updates/
Demonstration Sign-Up Ms. Rachel

9. New Business
A. T-Shirts
B. Field Trip – NL Meeting (April 7, May 5, June 2)
C. Field Trip – TBA over Spring Break
D. Bowl for Kid’s Sake – April 18
E. Relay for Life – Volunteers for Luminaria
F. Bike/Clean-A-Thon Fundraiser at Allen Township

10. Recreation Officer Presentation Jack Herbst
11. Health Officer Presentation Hayden Bix
(Healthy Snacks)
12. Comments
13. Adjournment

FYI:
April Presentation – Safety Officer – Tony Woodworth
May Presentation – Photographer/Historian – Kira Jones

2009 Meeting Schedule

Cloverbuds will meet from 6-7 p.m. and KH4H Project Club will meet from 7-8 p.m. at the Allen Township Community Building~

February 25th
March 18th
April 22nd
May 20th
June 17th
July 15th
August 12
September 16th

**We will plan two extra meetings and some summer field trips!

Other Important Dates:

4-H Demo Day (for KH4H ONLY): Friday, June 19 ~ more info to come

Union County Fair: July 26 - Aug 2.
We will participate in the opening fair parade on Monday evening!
Cloverbud Day at the fair will more than likely be Friday, July 31~

Cloverbud Day Camp:
August 11-18 @ the County Extension Office on Rt. 4 Time TBA ~ Wonderful Day Camp Open to all County Cloverbuds

Cloverbud Overnight Camp is usually held in August at Camp Clifton ~ Campers are dropped off on Sunday afternoon and get to experience camp life for 24 hours with pick on Monday afternoon ~ more info to come!

KH4H Officers

2009 KH4H Officers (elected 2/18/09)

President- Noah Eubanks
Vice President- Evan Hamm
Secretary- Amber Brooks
Treasurer- Nathaniel Johnson
News Reporter- Allyson Brooks
Health Officer- Hayden Bix
Safety Officer- Tony Woodworth
Recreation Officer- Jack Herbst
Photographer/ Historian- Kira Jones