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Jess
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Joined: 29 Jul 2005
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Location: Indiana University
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: National 4-H Week ideas for Collegiate 4-H clubs! |
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Hello all,
National 4-H Week is the first week of October. It serves as a week of promotion, recruitment, and advocacy for 4-H throughout the nation and gives us a great opportunity and time to promote Collegiate 4-H.
In the past, there haven’t been very many efforts to compile a list of ideas for Collegiate 4-H clubs to do during this week. However, the Advocacy Team is trying to put together a list of ideas this year in advance of National 4-H Week.
My question is:
What does/has your club done to celebrate National 4-H Week?
What are some other potential ideas for clubs to do during the week?
What would you like to see provided to you to help you participate?
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The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
~Walt Disney
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admenden
Joined: 24 Aug 2006
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Location: Fort Collins, CO
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| Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2006 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I think a great idea would be to work with a local 4-H club during that week to help them to promote National 4-H week as well as promote Collegiate 4-H week, that way we’re not competing with each other. I think that most small clubs would definitely love the help and possibly the guidance from their collegiate counterparts. Maybe do a community service together! |
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Jess
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Location: Indiana University
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| Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Some more ideas:
*Add "Happy National 4-H Week" text to your e-mail signature for the week and provide a link to http://www.collegiate4h.org and http://www.4husa.org
*Add a "Happy National 4-H Week" graphic to your club’s website
*Send the National 4-H Week e-card (available next week at 4HUSA.org) to all of your friends.
*Create a social event with a local club or your county 4-H program.
*Do a presentation at your local Kiwanis, Rotary, Lions Club or other service club about the 4-H program and Collegiate 4-H too!
*Write thank you notes to the 4-H advisors, agents, volunteers, and staff who have made a difference in your life.
*Hand out 4-H promotional materials in town to families with children.
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Tommy
Joined: 22 May 2006
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Location: Reno
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Were attempting to host a leadership training that consits of three sections. One for youth, the second for parents, volunteers, and leaders (adults), then combining the two into one with both youth and adult participation. Were throwing around the idea of using it as a fundraiser to help boost are clubs income.
Then just hosting a leadership conference for other collegiate organizations in the surrounding areas. Were targetting any organizations that prmotes leadership. We have passed on the idea to greek, social, and academic organization at our school and the idea has been met with a lot of enthusiasm. Were hoping to set up allowing each organization to teach one workshop so we can learn from everyone, but it will also be a great recruitment tool.
Fundraising we have had great success putting together a 4H appropiate DJ system. Combing peoples music from with in our club and various equipment we DJ various 4H dances in our area. We go for a "4-H Party" opposed to a dance and do karioke, games, and icecream. Are costs are very low and the local 4H clubs enjoy having us. |
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Jess
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Location: Indiana University
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| Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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Support National 4-H Week and Collegiate 4-H through your Facebook Account!
ADD THE GRAPHIC as your main photo on Facebook during National 4-H Week and show you care! Imagine the buzz we’ll create for National 4-H Week and Collegiate 4-H as hundreds of Collegiate 4-H members align themselves with the cause resulting in thousands of people visiting Collegiate4h.org and learning about starting their own Collegiate 4-H club! It all starts with you!
http://www.collegiate4h.org/docs/natdocs/Advocacy/4-HWeek/mediakit06/4-HWeekLogo.jpg
Other quick ways to celebrate:
*Join the 4-H Alumni group at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2204405979 and invite all of your 4-H alumni friends! (Let’s see if we can get more than 5000 on the group before the end of the week!)
*Post and share on the 4-H Alumni Group message boards about your 4-H experiences!
*INVITE YOUR 4-H FRIENDS to the group and the event!
*Start or find a 4-H Alumni Group on your school’s facebook!
*Host a social event with other 4-H alumni- Go out together bowling, for ice cream, go for a walk, go out for pizza! Just do something together! (Invite everyone from your 4-H alumni Facebook group!) Make sure to wear green and white to celebrate!
*Post a Facebook note about National 4-H Week!
*Learn about Collegiate 4-H at http://www.collegiate4h.org (Let us know at http://www.collegiate4h.org/info/contact.asp if you’re interested in starting a club)
*Attend a local 4-H club’s meeting and lead an activity!
*Start a Collegiate 4-H Club! (at your school, in your county, or tatewide!)
*Post about your 4-H experiences or how you’d like to volunteer with 4-H at http://www.collegiate4h.org/bb/ (and learn about opportunities available to you!)
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My club (Indiana University) is going out for icecream together tomorrow to celebrate. We’re all wearing green and white and we invite all 137 4-H alumni that we found on our Facebook group! Hopefully we’ll meet a few new faces and be able to hand out club brochures and show them we’re great people!
Not to mention we chose a day when another service club is being "Celebrity Scoopers" at Coldstone Cremery, so they’ll receive a profit from our indulgence! Hopefully they’ll be able to return the favor when it’s our turn to do a fundraiser!
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